The California-Pacific Conference Disaster Response Task Force is a part of Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disaster (VOAD) and active with the Jurisdiction and National Disaster Response coordinators and United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) coordinators.
The Task Force is extremely active and able to present at churches, groups, or events information related to Disaster Response, such as preparing a local church to respond to their neighbors in disaster with their inventory and leader training for Early Response and UMVIM teams (national or international).
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THE LATEST
RESOURCES
01. CURRENT RESOURCES
ERT & UMVIM Team Resources:
- ERT & UMVIM Training Classes
- Ministry Safe
- Team Leader Forms (.docx)
- Team Trip Insurance
- 2025 El Salvador Mission Handbook
To receive UMVIM Western Jurisdiction Newsletters, please sign up at umvimwj.com
02. MEDIA/VIDEOS
- Introduction to ERT (Video from Desert Southwest Conference)
- 2021 Disaster Response Task Force Report
- 2020 Disaster Response Task Force Report
- UMCOR:
03. RELATED MINISTRIES
- Justice & Compassion EMT
- United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM)
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- UM General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) – UMC Mission
- UM Committee On Relief (UMCOR)
04. CONTACT
Karl Ports
Chair, Disaster Response Task Force
619.823.8424 | kports95@gmail.com
Susan Harriss
Coordinator, UM Volunteers in Mission
slharriss.77@gmail.com
Rev. Dr. Denyse Barnes
Director of Justice & Compassion EMT
626.568.7356 | dbarnes@calpacumc.org