Upcoming Training Opportunities
Alaska Baptist Disaster Relief Regional Coordinators or a host church can set up this 2025 training. Click on CONTACT GARY to set up this event.
Topics can include:
Intro. to Alaska Baptist Disaster Relief (3 hours)
Ready Church (1 to 2 Hours)
Spiritual Care for DR (Chaplaincy) (3 Hours)
Housing & Meals
Cabin bunks (disaster response style housing) are available at LaVerne Griffin Camp for free with advanced registration. Housing is available Wednesday night (for those traveling a long distance on Wednesday), Thursday night, and Friday night (October 2-4).
Meals are also provided at no additional cost by LaVerne Griffin Camp with registration in advance. We are offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Thursday, October 3 and Friday October 4. Breakfast and lunch are being offered on Saturday, October 5.
To reserve your housing and meals, please fill out the registration form below and make sure to check the boxes requesting housing and meals.
Deadline for housing and meal registration: October 1
About the Instructors
John & Gay Williams
In February 2021 John and Gay Williams began serving as the Directors of Hawaii Baptist Disaster Relief. Their experience includes leading a four-month long recovery effort following the 2023 Lahaina fire on the island of Maui.
They came to Hawaii in 2019 from Colorado where they were both involved in their state's Disaster Relief for over ten years. John served as the assistant director of Colorado Baptist Disaster Relief. Gay served as a chaplain with the Colorado Springs Fire Department for 12 years. She is an endorsed Southern Baptist chaplain and a licensed professional counselor. Gay is currently a doctoral candidate at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.