Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- The Expected Unexpected -- 1 Prepare to Be Changed: What Happens to a Disaster-Affected Congregation -- 2 Hurricanes and Lilies: Glimpses of God When Disaster Strikes -- 3 Where Your Treasure Is: Stewardship and Disaster Response -- 4 Faith at Work around the World: A Perspective on International Disasters -- When Anderson Cooper Is in Town: Right after the Disaster -- 5 When the Phones Don't Work -- 6 The Role of the Media Following a Disaster -- 7 Nothing Like That Could Ever Happen Here: Lessons Learned from Sandy Hook -- 8 Knowing When to Stay and When to Go: A Guide to Volunteering -- Once the Cameras Leave: Long-Term Recovery -- 9 The Long-Term Recovery Process and Your Faith Community: Some Starting Points -- 10 Creating Holy Space for Volunteer Efforts -- 11 How Vulnerable Populations Are Affected by Disasters -- 12 Environmental Issues and Disaster Recovery -- 13 When Disaster Hits Home: A Pastoral Response -- Providing the Eye in the Storm: Perspectives on Psychosocial Care and Disaster Response -- 14 The Importance of Spiritual and Emotional Care -- 15 What Faith Communities Need to Know: An Evidence-based Approach to Stress and Trauma Care -- 16 Ensuring Resiliency in Children after a Disaster -- 17 "Hurt People Hurt Other People": A Trauma-Sensitive Disaster Response Model -- The Congregational Toolkit: Community Resources -- 18 Building Networks and Utilizing Community Resources -- 19 Systems and Supplies: Some Lists and Tasks for Preparing Your Congregation for a Disaster -- 20 What Can Denominational Agencies and Parachurch Organizations Offer? A Case Study -- 21 Good News in the Face of Bad News: A Bible Study for Groups and Individuals -- 22 Sample Resources for Post-Disaster Worship -- Invitation to Communion -- Prayers -- One Great Hour to Share.

23 Being Loved, the Ultimate Hope: Preaching Following a Disaster -- 24 Constructing a Sermon on Disasters -- Notes.