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3. If your church is prepared to help the community after a crisis, do government and community services knowwhat you can do? 4. How could you prepare your house, school, church, or other building to reduce the risk of danger? 5. What supplies could you stock to be able to live after a disaster? 6. How can you keep from losing important documents in a crisis? 7. Fire drills are effective in helping people know how to get out of a building safely. What safety drills might help prepare people for other kinds of crises?

4. How can we communicate when trouble comes? ❂❂ SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

Does your community have a plan of how to communicate in the case of a crisis? If you do, explain it. If you do not, who should be involved in making a plan? Share feedback in the large group and add anything from the points below that has not already been mentioned. A. Within families Each family should openly discuss dangers they see coming. This dis- cussion should include the children (see Lesson 4). Each family mem- ber should know where to go in case of danger. They should decide

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