Mariners' Church exists to proclaim grace to man and glory to God by Knowing the Truth, Growing in community and Going to serve.
The Disaster Operations Team is a group of people from Mariners' Church and our partner churches who serve under the direction of leadership from Mariners' Church.
In partnership with The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) to provides Base Camp infrastructure support and on-site disaster vehicle maintenance and repair. The vision for the near term: One is a group of people who are familiar with, trained for and prepared to work on canteen trucks, primarily the Annapolis one so as to establish a disaster team here in Annapolis. But the larger picture and the mid-term vision is a group of people under a team leader who work for The Salvation Army in area's of mechanical services and facilities at major disasters. I want to pull together auto mechanics, electricians, plumbers etc who are experts in what they do. I'm trying to make a team that when a canteen truck comes in at the end of the day and has mechanical problems can fix those problems that night. This team would have it's own vehicles, tools and equipment supplied by it's members. This team would also be able to keep generators running, the air conditioning working and disaster vehicles on the road. The vision for the long term: I also want to eventually have tent(s) of the large arch type or of military type that can be erected in a few hours, air conditioning and lighting installed and cots set-up to sleep 1-200 people. All of the elements of the Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief and The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services are not local infrastructure dependent with the exception of housing. The Army even has portable shower houses. When responding to Hurricane Ike the first people into Texas City didn't even know where they were going to sleep. It turned out to be a High School gymnasium, then later a civic center hall then bunk houses in a mall parking lot. All within two weeks time. At other times volunteers have slept without air conditioning in the post hurricane windless muggy air in tents on gravel parking lots. I hope eliminate the problems with that situation with portable structures, air conditioning/heating and generators contained on a trailer.
In partnership with The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) to provides Base Camp infrastructure support and on-site disaster vehicle maintenance and repair. The vision for the near term: One is a group of people who are familiar with, trained for and prepared to work on canteen trucks, primarily the Annapolis one so as to establish a disaster team here in Annapolis. But the larger picture and the mid-term vision is a group of people under a team leader who work for The Salvation Army in area's of mechanical services and facilities at major disasters. I want to pull together auto mechanics, electricians, plumbers etc who are experts in what they do. I'm trying to make a team that when a canteen truck comes in at the end of the day and has mechanical problems can fix those problems that night. This team would have it's own vehicles, tools and equipment supplied by it's members. This team would also be able to keep generators running, the air conditioning working and disaster vehicles on the road. The vision for the long term: I also want to eventually have tent(s) of the large arch type or of military type that can be erected in a few hours, air conditioning and lighting installed and cots set-up to sleep 1-200 people. All of the elements of the Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief and The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services are not local infrastructure dependent with the exception of housing. The Army even has portable shower houses. When responding to Hurricane Ike the first people into Texas City didn't even know where they were going to sleep. It turned out to be a High School gymnasium, then later a civic center hall then bunk houses in a mall parking lot. All within two weeks time. At other times volunteers have slept without air conditioning in the post hurricane windless muggy air in tents on gravel parking lots. I hope eliminate the problems with that situation with portable structures, air conditioning/heating and generators contained on a trailer.
COMING SOON...
The Church of the Good Shepherd, Pass Christian, MS. This church is in the heart of the Katrina devastation. Mariners’ has deployed several teams to assist in the Katrina recovery (two in 2007 alone). We will continue to work with them in the recovery effort in the years to come.
Pastor Vasily and Family in Zhitomir, Ukraine. Mariners supports Pastor Vasily’s evangelistic work in four rural villages near Zhitomir. When he started there were no evangelical Christians in these villages. They now have established churches in three of the villages (Bilkivsti and Studenytsya and one other – will get you the name) and home Bible studies in others. Mariners helped build the church in Studenytsya and helped them purchase two vans to bus villagers to church. Ws also sent a short-term team to Zhitomir in March of 2006 to help dedicate the new church building at Studenytsya and had another trip in 2008. We plan to visit them again this summer.
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Pastor Alexei and Family in Ivanovo, Russia. Mariners’ supports their work in the Shuya Orphanage, their Christian Bookstore (an evangelistic outreach), their college seminars, and their anti-abortion efforts. They are presently working to establish place where orphans can acquire life skills before entering back into society. Mariners’ Church sent a short-term missions team to Ivanovo in October of 2006 and another in the fall of 2008.
