On Saturday, November 15th, UMCOR will host a Connecting Neighbors Ambassador Training from 8:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Denman Building, which is located at 1908 Grand Avenue in Nashville. The goal of this training is to help congregations to prepare for and respond to disasters in their areas. Those who attend will learn how churches can coordinate with their community to respond when disasters strike. Ambassadors will not only help their churches prepare, but can also help other churches to respond. Pastors, members of trustee committees, and anyone else interested in helping prepare churches and communities to respond when disasters occur are invited.
Registration
The registration has been set up and is open. The link to share with participants is below. Participants can select which session they will attend, while Ambassadors will be expected to attend all sessions. Registration deadline: October 31, 2025.
Ready Congregants – Inspires participants to take action to be prepared | Designed for entire church body
Ready Churches – Understanding the importance of protecting church property and people within. Learn to be equipped to assess readiness of building or property in the event of a disaster | Designed for trustees, finance, Sunday School Superintendent, lay leaders, pastors
Ready Response – Inspires churches to explore their capacity for various disaster response ministries | Designed for outreach coordinators, lay leaders, UMW & UMM, youth leaders, Stephen’s Ministers, and more!
Schedule | November 15, 2025
| 8:30 am – 9:15 am | Overview |
| 9:30 am – 11:30 am | Ready Congregants |
| 11:45 am – 12:25 pm | Lunch |
| 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Ready Churches |
| 2:45 pm – 4:45 pm | Ready Response |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Ambassador Session |
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