{"id":148601,"date":"2026-11-06T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148601"},"modified":"2026-11-06T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:21:38","slug":"church-times-the-christian-emergency-network-tells-churches-how-to-be-be-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148601","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) The Christian Emergency Network tells churches how to be Be Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0Christian Emergency Network (ReadyUK), which equips churches to respond to major incidents such as severe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/weatherfloodinghttps:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/weatherflooding\">flooding<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/terrorism\">terrorist<\/a> attacks, has issued a practical briefing for churches and congregations on resilience measures, and how to navigate serious disruption with \u201ccalm and practical faith\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It reinforces official warnings on preparedness for serious disruption in the shape of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/natural-disasters\">natural disasters<\/a>, cyber-attacks, or state-sponsored terrorism. The Government\u2019s \u201cBe Ready\u201d campaign is part of a \u201cnational resilience conversation\u201d to raise awareness of emerging risks, particularly in the wake of the summer wildfires, the advance of the winter storm season, the potential impact of the Super El Ni\u00f1o, and growing concern about cyber-attacks \u2014 the latest of which disabled freezers in shops all over Europe; and another, a security breach, which meant that 32 government websites had to be taken offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting, told BBC1\u2019s <em>Question Time<\/em> last week that the UK was facing a \u201cgreater threat to the country than we certainly have for most, if not all, of my lifetime\u201d. The government checklist includes advice on food and water supplies to last for 72 hours; on light and warmth, communications and information, money and documents, and medical supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2026\/6-november\/news\/uk\/network-tells-churches-how-to-be-be-ready\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Christian Emergency Network (ReadyUK) &#x1f6a8; has issued a practical briefing for churches and congregations on resilience measures, and how to navigate serious disruption with \u201ccalm and practical faith\u201d. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews https:\/\/t.co\/bbTWr5zZwH<\/p>&mdash; Church Times (@ChurchTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChurchTimes\/status\/2118817738185462257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Christian Emergency Network (ReadyUK), which equips churches to respond to major incidents such as severe flooding and terrorist attacks, has issued a practical briefing for churches and congregations on resilience measures, and how to navigate serious disruption with \u201ccalm and<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148601\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,441,148,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parish-ministry","category-stewardship","category-terrorism","category-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148601"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148605,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148601\/revisions\/148605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}