By CBC NEWS
Added: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 UTC

Thanks to ghuckin for the link.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/23/bc-christian-olympics-vancouver.html

Billy Graham rapid response teams are among dozens of outreach efforts that Metro Vancouver's Christian groups are putting together for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

The volunteer teams organized by followers of the U.S. evangelist aim to provide support to people in crisis when the Games open in Vancouver and Whistler in February, says Abbotsford-based co-ordinator Melanie Neufeld.

"We just want to be on the ground, ready to deploy, should something happen," Neufeld said.

The volunteers have undergone a training regimen called His Presence in Crisis, to help others deal with everything from accidents to fights to stressed-out spectators, she said.

"We see ourselves as vessels that God can use, whether that's verbal or just in the ministry of presence … just being there and being available."

Billy Graham's rapid response chaplains previously have been deployed to natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, and to tragedies such as mass shootings in big cities around the world, Neufeld said.
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From comments on the site
DavidHenry wrote:Posted 2009/11/23
at 8:35 PM ET
Whenever these uneducated and self-aggrandizing twits start spouting their nonsense, just remember the great line by Thoreau (I think it was him) who was asked by one of these bothersomne twits "Have you made your peace with god?" To which he responded "I wasn't aware we had argued".

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