Tools for churches who want to be ready.

1. Confirm leaders are safe and name who is coordinating.
2. Check on vulnerable people first — before posting a broad call.
3. Listen for actual needs: food, water, transport, shelter, medication.
4. Share verified information only — say what you know and what you don't.
5. Coordinate with nearby churches before duplicating efforts.
6. Protect dignity — offer help without turning crisis into content.
7. Document who you've checked on and what follow-up is needed.

1. Name a first-call leader and a backup before posting a public ask.
2. Follow official safety guidance — do not enter unsafe buildings or closed roads.
3. Check on vulnerable neighbours first using a simple care list.
4. Write down verified needs separately from rumours and good intentions.
5. Coordinate with nearby churches before duplicating a service already in motion.
6. Gather volunteer skills and availability before sending a crowd.
7. Protect dignity — no photos or stories of people in crisis without consent.
8. Set the next update time, even if the update is simply, “We are still listening.”

Read the full 72-hour flood recovery guide, then join the volunteer roster if you can serve.

• Seniors living alone
• Families without transportation
• Medically vulnerable neighbours
• Newcomers without local support
• Single parents with young children
• People with mobility limitations
• Households with language barriers
• Anyone recently bereaved or isolated
• Other: _________________________________

1. Who is in charge today, and how to reach them.
2. Where you may go — and where you may not.
3. Follow official safety guidance. Do not enter unsafe buildings or closed roads.
4. Do not self-deploy into neighbourhoods without an assignment.
5. No photos or stories of people in crisis without clear consent.
6. Affected neighbours come first. Volunteers eat, rest, and leave on time.
7. Bring only the gear you are qualified and invited to use.
8. Know the day's end time and how leftover food, tools, or people get closed out.

Use with How to Host Flood Volunteers at Your Church. Extra willing people can join the volunteer roster instead of walking into the neighbourhood uninvited.

1. Date: _________________________________
2. First name, or the assignment label: _________________________________
3. What they asked for, in their words: _________________________________
4. Who follows up: _________________________________
5. When: _________________________________

Read The Note You Write After a Flood Visit. If they declined, write that, and that you left.

Read The Board a Flood Coordinator Actually Uses. Review it twice a week.

1. Do the ask written on the row. Do not upgrade it.
2. Go alone unless the coordinator and the household both asked for someone else.
3. The same day, tell the coordinator: done, they declined, or I cannot.
4. Do not post about the household, and do not photograph the board.

Read When Your Name Goes on the Care Board.

The homepage also has a one-tap copy at kingdomresponse.com.

1. Keep one recovery lead and a backup — week two fails when everyone thinks someone else is coordinating.
2. Write the open list: homes still unsafe, families still displaced, meals and rides still needed.
3. Invite volunteers for a defined window, then thank them out loud when it ends.
4. Ask who is already coordinating before launching another collection or crew.
5. Keep the care list alive — week-one names are not finished business.
6. Watch for secondary shocks: mould, insurance delays, kids out of routine, late grief.
7. Leave margin in the building so the church can host again with dignity.
8. Send extra willing people to a coordinated roster instead of uninvited streets.

Read After the First Week, then keep names on the volunteer roster.