Snyod of the Northeast
February 16-18, 2012
Stony Point Center
17 Cricketown Road, Stony Point, New York 10980
PDA is offering a training program to our synod and presbyteries to help us and our congregations prepare for disasters and become knowledgeable leaders during both the short and long-term recovery periods after disasters. PDA focuses on spiritual as well as practical preparation, and helps church leaders provide spiritual care for their congregations following disasters.
Rev. John Robinson, National Response Associate and Manager of the PDA National Response Team, will lead the training program. John works with middle governing bodies in responding to disasters. He is responsible for decision making around where PDA responds and at what financial level. John is also active in various areas of providing spiritual care to disaster survivors and others affected by trauma, and he provides linkage for PDA to government agencies and other important groups inWashington,D.C.
The training is designed to prepare and energize presbytery teams of 4-6 persons each from all the presbyteries in the region. The cost of $190 per person covers room and board atStony Point for 2 nights, double occupancy, and 7 meals.
Each presbytery team will return home more prepared for disasters and with a list of next steps and questions to answer, along with an action sheet of who will be asked to take on which roles with their disaster task forces. They will also go home with a PowerPoint on congregational preparation and encouragement for congregations to promote family preparedness.
The Registrar for the training program is Ms. Sara Burke of The Presbytery of Elizabeth. Please contact her to indicate your interest and to receive a registration form for your Presbytery team at saraburke@elizabethpresbytery.org
or by calling 908-755-3776, ext. 6.
Synod of the Northeast
Presbytery Disaster Response Training
Stony PointCenter,17 Cricketown Road,Stony Point,New York 10980
Day 1, Thursday, February 16, 2012
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Registration
1:30 p.m. Introductions
2:00 p.m. Discovering One Another’s Gifts –
3:00 p.m. Kinds of Disasters
3:30 p.m. The Disaster Cycle
4:30 p.m. Table Top Exercise - The Disaster Cycle
5:00 p.m. Plenary: Debrief Table Top exercise
5:30 p.m. Dinner
630 p.m. Questions and Answers
7:00 p.m. Disaster Response
8:00 p.m. Vesper Prayer
DAY 2, Friday, February 17, 2012
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. A Variety of Responses
9:30 a.m. Basic Role of PDA in Disaster Response
10:15 a.m Break
10:30 a.m. Long Term Recovery Funding & Spiritual Care for Caregivers
11:30 a.m. Developing Disaster Response Core Values
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Spiritual Care in Disaster -
2:30 p.m. Presbytery Preparation:
3:15 p.m. Presbytery Break Out #1
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Presbytery Quick Start Folders
4:30 p.m. Church Fires
5:15 p.m. Presbytery Break Out #2
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Long Term Recovery
7:30 p.m. Public Violence
8:00 p.m. Devotions/ Evening Prayer
Day 3, Saturday, February 18, 2012
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Pandemic Flu
9:15 a.m. Presbytery Break Out #3
10:00 a.m. Reports from Working Groups on Presbytery Plans
10:30 a.m. Next Steps: Synod Planning Exercise
11:30 a.m. Closing Worship
12:00 Noon Lunch
DIRECTIONS TO
STONY POINT CONFERENCE CENTER
17 CRICKETTOWN ROAD
STONY POINT, NY 10980-3299
845-786-5674 OR 800-253-4285
From New York City
Cross the GeorgeWashingtonBridge(upper level), take PALISADES PARKWAY North to Exit 15.
From the North
Take the New York State Thruway (I-87) South to Exit 16 (Harriman), go East on Route 6 to the PALISADES PARKWAY South to Exit 15.
From the South
Take New JerseyTurnpike (I-95) North to the PALISADES PARKWAY then North to Exit 15. OR Take theGarden State Parkway onto the New York State Thruway (I-87) toward theTappan ZeeBridge, take Exit 13N onto the PALISADES PARKWAY North to Exit 15.
From the East
Take I-95 South onto I-287, cross theTappan ZeeBridge, take Exit 13N onto the PALISADES PARKWAY North to Exit 15.
From the West
Take I-80 East to I-287 onto theNew YorkStateThruway (I-87) toward the Tappan ZeeBridge. Take Exit 13N onto the PALISADES PARKWAY North to Exit 15.
FROM THE PALISADES PARKWAY, EXIT 15
Follow the arrow forStony Point; drive 2 miles on Route 106 to the traffic light at the intersection of 9W. Turn left onto 9W; drive over bridge to first traffic light. Turn left at the light; drive 4 blocks toCrickettown Road. Turn right onto Crickettown Road; drive about 200 yards. Entrance to Stony Point Conference Center is on the left. Check in with the Main Office upon arrival.
