I joined the safety team when our church held all women conferences and myself and a retired female officer (my friend) were the entire security force for 500 women in attendance. We carried our arms in our purses! That was 15 years ago. Today I am now the coordinator for our team of 43 members, unarmed, armed and medical. The church jus…
I joined the safety team when our church held all women conferences and myself and a retired female officer (my friend) were the entire security force for 500 women in attendance. We carried our arms in our purses! That was 15 years ago. Today I am now the coordinator for our team of 43 members, unarmed, armed and medical. The church just recently stepped up its efforts to "recruit" for the team. We have a tiered system in place just as suggested in the article. One of the members has created an excel program so I can track each new members progress and trainings. Keeping your team engaged is critical. Also, recognizing the potential of women as committed to protecting the flock is beneficial. At my campus (we have 6) there are 3 armed females, obviously me being one of them. We train with an active officer who is a devoted Christian and has courses we can take like critical handgun essentials, stop the bleed. He came to our campus and we cleared rooms on the first level. Activity together is a great team builder but like the article said, we are getting "old" and the timing of this information is perfect. Like Forrester Lowrie in this thread, I am passing this along to our campus pastor.
I joined the safety team when our church held all women conferences and myself and a retired female officer (my friend) were the entire security force for 500 women in attendance. We carried our arms in our purses! That was 15 years ago. Today I am now the coordinator for our team of 43 members, unarmed, armed and medical. The church just recently stepped up its efforts to "recruit" for the team. We have a tiered system in place just as suggested in the article. One of the members has created an excel program so I can track each new members progress and trainings. Keeping your team engaged is critical. Also, recognizing the potential of women as committed to protecting the flock is beneficial. At my campus (we have 6) there are 3 armed females, obviously me being one of them. We train with an active officer who is a devoted Christian and has courses we can take like critical handgun essentials, stop the bleed. He came to our campus and we cleared rooms on the first level. Activity together is a great team builder but like the article said, we are getting "old" and the timing of this information is perfect. Like Forrester Lowrie in this thread, I am passing this along to our campus pastor.