The East Caribbean Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist is conducting two workshops here which commenced in the north at the temple SDA school on Wednesday 18th continuing through Saturday 21st. Disaster preparedness and psychoogical First Aid are the two areas covered in thes workshops.
The program is repeated in the South at the Roseau SDA Church on Sunday 22nd -Tuesday 24th May.
Objectives:
Teach the four key principles of family disaster planning: Plan. Prepare. Protect. Practice.
Identify emergency contacts during a disaster.
Prepare a list of critical disaster supplies.
Create lists of special provisions for children, older adults.
Identify government and community organizations that provide support during disasters.
Examine the Psychological trauma associated with disasters, and
Teach participants how to render psychological first aid in these critical
Facilitators include Local and overseas Professionals The workshop is open to both Adventists and non SDA who desire to be of relevant assistance during and after disasters.
I am a non-adventist and i attended this workshop and it was very informative, interactive and fun!…I learnt alot especially about psychological first-aid. We tend to focus alot on physical first aide but psychological is also a critical aspect of disaster preparedness.. I beleive other denominations should team up with the SDA church and continue educating the public on disaster preparedness..
I think we give people like “sceptic” the very thing they are looking for when they make these stupid comments out here.
I’m no psychologist but I’m assuming that there’s nothing much going on in their personal lives. Kind of an emptiness or personal sense of failure. So they come on here and get their “kicks” as we would say. They make outlandish comments hoping to generate the furry of readers and the “angry” replies that come with it.
That I guess makes them relevant and gives them a reason to get up in the morning.
I am quite sure that you do know that the Hurricane season begins in June. Too often we are unprepared for such and I may be wrong, but I am thinking this is preparation for the natural disasters which all the islands are exposed to especially within the next six months. Look around you, and you will see the amount of natural disasters taking place and the effect on persons. Are you, skeptic, prepared physically, emotionally, psychologically or even spiritually for the disaster that will come your way???
Stop crying down churches and get prepared. Read Matthew 7:1-5
No it is preparedness for huricane season which comes once a year beginning in June. The issue my friend is , are you ready to meet your maker, whether it is when the wold end or when your life ends, that should be your consentration.
First of all the adventist church was not officially founded until 1863! Second of all people in general of all races & religions believed the world was coming to an end in 1844. The adventists have read the bible and concluded that Jesus went into the most holy place around that time to begin judgement on the dead. They also believe that no one knows when Jesus will come as it states in Matthew 24:42-44, therefore no adventist will tell you or predict when Jesus is coming. And finally the adventist are always having programs like these. They also have their own disaster relief agency called Adventist Disaster & Relief Agency (ADRA) which helped out with the Haiti & Japan earthquakes & Pakistan floods. Maybe you should do your own research before comments that has no basis or foundation from whence it came.
Big up to the Remnant of God for keeping such a seminar in this timely manner. It is much needed as we are in the hurricane season to get our nationals of Dominca prepared in case of any major natural disaster that may occur
Is this preparedness for the end of the world? They too had predicted that the end of the world would come in 1844. When it didn’t happen they say Christ went into a higher heaven. Up to now they have remained silent on this contradiction. Can someone stand up and explain to the world what they mean as they now having their disaster preparedness at the same time with judgement day predictions. Is there something that they are not telling us?
You real stupid. The Seventh day Adventist did not predict that, it was a group of people that included different denomination. Is uneducated people like you that have Dominica in that state it is in. Think bigger, look beyond what you hear people say, read for yourself, educate yourself. In case you forgot, we are in the hurricane season, it is a very good thing to have such a seminar at this point. smth
Get your information correct please. The Seventh-Day Adventist church was formed in 1863. They never predicted that Christ would have come in 1844, it was the Milletrite movement. Christ coming wouldn’t be a disaster so Adventist wouldn’t need a disaster preparedness workshop.
sceptic i wud advise you to read through the history of adventism and how it all began. Dont just believe by hear say and infact adventist were not the one who predicted that christ wud come in 1844.
i am a pro seventh day adventist and i defend my belief.
so why wud they have a workshop on sunday after the word supposedly ends…ur just too fooilsh
Do a little more research and you will get it right then you can make a more informed contribution to the discussion at hand.
get your facts straight brother.. the SDA church never predicted the end of the world in 1844. If you’re not aware the SDA church has an organization called, Adventist Disaster relief Agency (ADRA) which offer relief all over the world for persons who are victims of a disaster… preparedness is part of it cause all we all know, preparedness help save lives.
Concerning the coming of Christ, it was never predicted by Adventist but by persons of different denomination including Sunday worshipers, After deeply studying their Bibles, amny of them happened to find the Sabbath truth, ( many of us will do if we study and stop listen to just what the pastors and priest tell us)
If the SDA church believed that Jesus was coming on May 21st that wouldnt have been an issue cause the members would have been found IN CHURCH when he returned. So stop the judgement and the criticizing ..
just saying