CERT delivers readiness packets to Clay Terrace neighbors

Volunteers from our Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) are delivering 'readiness packets' to each of our Clay Terrace neighborhood homes during October.  Check your newspaper-boxes.

The packets of information will help all of our families prepare for emergencies.  It includes information from Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross, FEMA and even a localized flyer of info specific to Clay Terrace neighbors.

The bright-green flyer customized for Clay Terrace neighbors is designed as a refrigerator reminder to be readily at-hand when any emergency arises.  It is our first-edition, so if you have additional localized insights for us, please share with us via the contact shown below!

(Thanks, all of you CERT volunteers, for taking your time to help us become more & more ready to deal with emergencies -- personal or community emergencies!)

(Learn more about the Hamilton County CERT unit, and how you too could be involved.  Your local neighborhood contact is Neil Cox, Walter Street.  Text or call 317-490-1255)

Neighborhood Readiness Videos

We've just added 12 helpful videos to our RH sidebar. Here's #1... an Introduction...

To continue watching these short clips, see our RH sidebar, below...

Neighborhood Readiness

Great opportunity for any (or all) of us

to get more prepared to be good neighbors.

Register (free) at

http://AreYouDisasterReady.Eventbrite.com

And stay in-the-know, even up-to-the-minute,
about emergency readiness
 by following Hamilton Co CERT
(Community Emergency Response Teams)
@HCINCERT on Twitter.

Paradise Bible Study... Every Fri7am

The Fri7am coffee-time group is open to everyone.  We'd love to have you join us anytime.  You just never know who'll show up. *smile*

Right now, we're discussing:  "The Story"...

'The Story' is a very readable, condensed version of the Bible.  We're discussing a chapter each week... which will take us 6 months to read through it.  Very interesting.  And we can ask our questions and hope to get a slightly different perspective from each other.

While Pastor Jim Wright is on-hand to help answer questions, we all attend different churches in the ClayTerrace area.  So you'll be right at home.

Come get a fresh perspective.  And bring a fresh perspective; you're among friends.

Trinity Free Clinic Nearby

Visit TrinityFreeClinic.org .. or Follow @Trinity_Clinic

Clay Terrace Baptist... Sunday, May 13th

A church for our community, Clay Terrace Baptist, is officially now underway, starting Sunday May 13, 2012 at 10:30am at the Comfort Suites.


Ron & Teresa Steege

Pastor Ron has led a weekly 'Paradise Bible-study' every Friday morning (7am) Clay Terrace.  [Everyone is welcome -- come check it out!]  For those of us who know him well, he's become a great friend.  We hope you'll get to know him soon.  But more than that, his wife Teresa is active at Janus Developmental Services, providing those with disabilities an opportunity to participate & contribute within the community.  Their daughter Zoe (4 mos) is a delightful addition to our Paradise group!

Ron says that the Sunday services will include singing some of the old familiar hymns, and a time of fellowship around God's Word.

The Comfort Suites are located near Clay Terrace at 15131 Thatcher Lane (by McDonalds).

For more information you can call Ron (317-446-8504) or email ronaldsteege@gmail.com.  Or better yet, come have coffee and a muffin with us Friday morning.    ;)

Hamilton Co. CERT Training Available

Will YOU be a VICTIM in the next disaster?

Or part of the solution?

Training currently available locally, for FREE, including emergency Go Kit...




Learn more about Emergency initiatives & training at...

• @HamiltonCtyCERT - Citizens Emergengy Response Training (CERT)
  
• @CENINDY - Christian Emergency Network, Greater Indianapolis Chapter - helping prepare 'ReadyChristians' & 'ReadyChurches'. See the ongoing #cenindy tweet-stream.
  
• @IndyChristian/EmergencyNews - a great news-feed to follow re emergency readiness & response.
  

Building Blocks...

[from a friend in Terre Haute...]

Community Readiness Webinar... May 17th

The Community Preparedness Webinar Series invites you to join us for a webinar highlighting exercises that had a focus on community preparedness and participation. The webinar will feature presentations from emergency management practitioners who have been involved in the design and execution of exercises.

Emergencies often involve a “whole community” effort with help from volunteer organizations, schools, businesses, faith-based institutions, and a range of other organizations; therefore, it is important that emergency management agencies partner with community-based organizations and integrate them into their jurisdiction's emergency plans and exercises.

We hope the ideas, strategies and practices shared during this webinar will help other communities design and conduct exercises that enhance community preparedness and participation.

Details about the 2pm webinar on May 17th.

[For anyone in the immediate Clay Terrace neighborhood who would like to connect as we seek to increase our community 'readiness', contact neil@clayterrace.org .]

Easter -- The Twitter Version

What if Jesus were on Twitter?

Special Christmas Weekend

CLICK for ShowNotes re this special.

Marriage Obsolete?

Breakfast With Santa... Dec. 4th

#SAVETHEDATE

8:30am

Stay tuned for more details.

This is an annual fun activity for community kids & parents, compliments of River Oaks Community Church.

Sneak Preview from The Palladium

Here's the full article... "Meet My New Neighbor: The Palladium" [Great job, Kyle!]

Carmel 'Players' Taking Care of Business...

[from the Carmel Star]


Mark Ambrogi

The Carmel Community Players will take their show on the road.

The performers will present "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" at Guerin Catholic High School for a two-week run starting July 22nd...

[continued at Carmel Star]

Praying For Our Community

Carmel Churches Serving the Community

[article AtCarmel.com... by @JonathanHaag]



Over the past several months I’ve had the opportunity to profile many churches in Carmel and explain how they are impacting not only our city, but the cities surrounding us as well. If you were to ask any church in Carmel to make a list of core values, I would guarantee that service would be high on that list. So this month, instead of profiling just one church, I wanted to give you a big picture view when it comes to Carmel churches, specifically when it comes to serving the poor and under resourced in our city and the area surrounding us. With that being said, if you are a Carmel resident and have a desire to serve in our community may this article be an encouragement to you, or if you are a Carmel resident seeking help during a difficult time may this article be a resource for you to find help.

Here are a few examples of Carmel churches branching out and serving... [continued AtCarmelc.com]

You Turn

[click to continue at CCCCarmel.org]

Boy Scouts Celebrate 100th Anniversary

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Here in Central Indiana, connect with the Crossroads of America Council.

MyROCC Embraces Carmel, Technology

article by Jonathan Haag, 'AtCarmel'



Over the past twenty years, River Oaks Community Church (ROCC) has provided an intimate setting for people from Carmel and beyond to gather as a community and worship. I recently had the opportunity to talk to Dominic Francese, Pastor of ROCC, about the mission and future of this particular body of believers.

Pastor Francese tells me that ROCC’s mission in relation to Carmel is to “provide followers of Jesus Christ an intimate setting for worshiping and serving God, in a way which a small church is especially well suited.” Part of this mission includes building a, “strong sense of small group community and strong friendships.”

[article continued]


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Here's a sample video from the 'Officer Do-Good' Series...



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Watch more Officer Do-Good videos at YouTube/MyROCCtv