Mennonite Disaster Service : building a therapeutic community after the Gulf Coast storms / Brenda D. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Brenda D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonite Disaster Service.

Disaster relief.

Disaster relief--Gulf Coast (U.S.).

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Hurricane Rita, 2005.

Hurricane Ike, 2008.

Physical Description:

xiii, 207 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

Summary:

For Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers, serving others reflects deeply upon their historic roots, cultural traditions, and theological belief system. This volume describes and explains how Mennonite Disaster Service organized efforts for the 2005 and 2008 Gulf Coast storms, following a well-established tradition of helping their neighbors. Based on deeply-ingrained religious beliefs, volunteers went to the coast for weeks, sometimes months, and often returned year after year. The quality of the construction work, coupled with the meaningful relationships they sought to build, generated trusting partnerships with communities struggling back from disaster. Based on five years of volunteer work by Mennonite Disaster Service, this volume demonstrates best practices for those who seek to do the same. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Gulf Coast Storms 1

2 Disaster Recovery 15

3 Mennonite Disaster Service 29

4 The Quiet in the Land 57

5 Homeowners 77

6 Serving Neighbors, Serving Jesus 103

7 Behind the Hammer, Behind the Scenes 135

8 Building a Therapeutic Community 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739185452

0739185454

OCLC:

851417733