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VICTIM RELIEF MINISTRIES SERVING TO GIVE HOPE AND COMFORT TO FAMILIES.
April 13-19 is National Crime Victims week. If you are a crime victim, click here for information regarding support and your rights. If you are not a crime victim, but would like to help,
click here.
Victim Relief Ministries is currently on emergency assignment alongside other agencies in Texas in a mass care situation. Please support this effort through your prayers. To support the work of Victim Chaplains in crime response and disaster response,
click here. In addition, Spring is one of the busiest times of the year for response due to weather and disaster victims and this year, VRM has been in disaster response since the end of January in California and Texas. CURRENT RESPONSES
Victim Chaplains and Crisis Responders have been deployed in response to the fires in California. More than 500,000 people have been evacuated from their homes to shelters in safe zones. The Victim Relief Southern California Chapter is coordinating the response efforts of our services. You can help! Please click here
North Texas floods swept through Gainesville, Texas leaving homes destroyed. Victim Relief was asked by the Texas State Emergency Management Council to coordinate the relief efforts with the faith community there as well as in Sherman and Haltom City. Lives are devastated when homes are destroyed. May God meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of these people at this time of loss. Thank you for your support and God bless you!
Recent Responses. VRM was requested to assist in the recovery efforts in Greensburg, Kansas where an F-5 tornado ripped through the community leaving approximately 1500-1800 families homeless. Three VRM teams of Victim Chaplains and Crisis Responders were dispatched. One team worked in family assistance in Haviland, Kansas; another team in the shelter at the High School in Haviland working with families, and the third team was on the ground at Greensburg. Chaplains and Crisis Responders worked daily with families for several weeks providing support. Virginia Tech campus shootings. Chaplains gave support to students in the hospital who had been injured as well as their familes. Victim Chaplains are in the process of returning from their response to tornados in Cactus, Eagle Pass and Tulia where they provided hope and support to disaster victims. Tornados struck Haltom City, Texas destroying property. Victim Chaplains were on-site for physical, emotional and spiritual support. Trees were cut down that had fallen on homes destroying roofs. Assistance was given in securing roofs. Apartment complex fire destroyed apartment homes of 90 families. Victim Relief Chaplains and volunteers were on-site for 10 days distributing furniture and household items that had been donated by the community. On-Going Responses On a daily basis, client services of Victim Relief works with victims of crime to help them work through their immediate time of crisis as well as working with them through the healing process. Hundreds of volunteers are trained and equipped to serve. YOU can help with your financial donations to Victim Relief Ministries. Click the DONATE button at the top of your screen. We praise God for you. Your prayers and support are appreciated. Thank you. With your help, Victim Relief Ministries is able to continue meeting the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the hurting. At Victim Relief Ministries, we strive to follow the example of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10:25-29 in our response to those victimized by crime or natural disaster. The response to these events must be immediate and they are always unexpected, but your gift helps to enable us to be prepared when response is needed. With each gift we receive, we are better prepared for the next event, and you can know that you have made a difference. May you be blessed for your generosity.
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