LCC plans to schedule Lutheran Early Response Team trainings quarterly in the Northern Illinois District. If your congregation desires to host a training session please Click here to fill out an interest form and an LCC staff member will be in contact with you. Each participant in the three-hour training receives official credentials, LERT manual, and LERT vest. If you have any questions about LERT training or how to launch a Disaster Response Outreach Ministry at your church contact Dianna Bonfield at LCC with questions or to book your LERT training. Call (866) 455-6466 or email LCC@LutheranChurchCharities.org.
In order to better manage volunteers and resources, FEMA is finalizing a guideline on credentialing volunteers for large-scale disasters. The federal guidelines indicate that volunteers responding to a disaster should be trained and certified. LCC is providing training for Lutheran Early Response Teams (LERT) throughout our district. Should a disaster strike these teams would be put on call and may be asked to deploy in 72 hours or less to the disaster site.
This training will prepare team member for credentialing and will focus on the safety, work, and ministry of Lutherans as Early Responders.
Click here if you are a church interested in hosting a LERT Training. For more information call Dianna Bonfield at 866-455-6466
Click here to register for LERT Training. For more information call Dianna Bonfield at 866-455-6466
Click here to download the LERT brochure or the bulletin insert to advertise LERT training at your church
Click here for Congregational Preparedness Training information and registration
LERT training currently scheduled for 2013:
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Registration begins at 8:30 am;
class runs 9 am-Noon |
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Lord of Life Lutheran Church
40W605 IL Route 38
Elburn, IL 60119 |
Registration and a light breakfast, lunch, or dinner will start 30 minutes prior to class followed by the three-hour course. You can register online and the fee can be paid online with a credit card at time of registration, or at the event when you check-in, by cash, check or credit card.
Click here to register for LERT training
For more information, call Dianna Bonfield at 866-455-6466 or email LCC@LutheranChurchCharities.org
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On Saturday, October 13, LCC hosted Advanced Chainsaw Training for LERT volunteers. Trinity Lisle LERT Team Leader Ed Boerman presented the classroom training at Good Shepherd in Elgin and supervised the practical portion as participants felled four trees on the property of the Elgin Evangelical Church. Last August Ed spent three days in Rome, Georgia learning about chainsaws and chainsaw safety so that he can serve as the NID Chainsaw Trainer. The chainsaw training is part of the comprehensive LCC annual schedule of advanced trainings for LERT teams and volunteers.
The latest advanced training for LERT volunteers was also opened to K-9 handlers and any other interested people. The Emotional and Spiritual Care Workshop, led by Pastor Roger Pollock, was held on consecutive nights at Trinity Lisle and Good Shepherd Elgin.
On Saturday, September 29 LCC Director of Mission and Ministry Advancement, Tim Kurth, presented the Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) training at Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church in Merrillville, Indiana. Participants representing several churches from Northern Indiana and two churches from Northern Illinois were in attendance.
Thank you to Living Waters Lutheran Church in Peoria, Illinois for hosting a LERT Training program this past Sunday, May 20th. There were seven different churches represented by the 37 participants of the training program. This newly training group of LERT volunteers brings the total to 712 certified LERT volunteers.
In our ongoing effort to offer advanced training for our LERT volunteers, LCC presented the second session of Roof Safety and Tarp & Patch training at Trinity Lisle's Green Trails campus on Thursday, April 19. Harry Dietz, National Director of Risk Management for the National Association of Roofing Contractors, was the special guest presenter. 42 people came out for the training and received a certificate of completion at the end of the evening. These advanced trainings are only open to those who have completed the basic LERT training and certification. If your church would like to host a LERT training and begin a Disaster Response Outreach Ministry, contact Dianna Bonfield at (866) 455-6466 or by email at
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