{"id":20749,"date":"2018-12-13T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridabaptist.wpengine.com\/?p=20749"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:57:43","slug":"bringing-hope-and-help-to-the-us-virgin-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/bringing-hope-and-help-to-the-us-virgin-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing hope and help to the US Virgin Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\">Florida Baptists<\/a> traveled to the <a href=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/usvirginislands\/\">U.S. Virgin Islands<\/a> during the last week of November to bring discipleship training, family counseling training and stress management training to churches and communities.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John were devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria which hit the islands within days of each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn June and July just after the hurricanes the islands were in panic mode,\u201d said <a href=\"mailto:jsingletary@flbaptist.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeffery Singletary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/central\/\">Central<\/a> Florida Regional Catalyst. \u201cAfter the hurricanes there were 60 plus deaths\u2026people were saying \u2018I can\u2019t do this anymore\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of the devastation and hopelessness, Singletary along with other Florida Baptists traveled to the islands to bring training and counseling to the people.<\/p>\n<p>From Wednesday Nov. 28<sup>th<\/sup> to Sunday Dec. 2<sup>nd<\/sup> the group worked with churches in three areas. <a href=\"mailto:mdowdy@flbaptist.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Myles Dowdy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/missionsministry\/\">missions and ministries<\/a> lead catalyst, led training and information sessions on family counseling. <a href=\"mailto:lmiller@flbaptist.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lewis Miller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/west\/\">West<\/a> Florida Regional Catalyst, led Sunday school trainings. Pastor Grant Hignight of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpbcorlando.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Central Parkway Baptist Church<\/a> in Orlando led sessions on assessing and managing stress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was important to help them assess where they are [on the stress spectrum] and give them tools to cope,\u201d said Singletary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20751\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Myles-USVI.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20751\" src=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Myles-USVI.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Myles Dowdy, missions and ministries lead catalyst, led a training for church leaders in the US Virgin Islands on family counseling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20752\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Grant-Hignight-USVI.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20752 \" src=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Grant-Hignight-USVI-e1544726237150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grant Hignight, pastor of Central Parkway Baptist Church in Orlando, spoke with US Virgin Island church leaders about how to assess and manage stress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Keila Diaz, Florida Baptist Convention, December 13, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Baptists traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands during the last week of November to bring discipleship training, family counseling training and stress management training to churches and communities. 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