Norman retired from the US Army after 24 years of service and then spent 6 years with the Alaska State Troopers.  Norm has been in bad situations, against bad people, and come out on top. He has dedicated a lifetime of learning, research, study, and certification to give you the best odds of surviving a real-world encounter.

Dan Lanotte was the director of his church’s safety team for about 8 years and now serves as one of their trainers.  We are going to talk with Dan and see what it has been like to develop and lead a church team.  The challenges that have been faced and how he has worked through those.

Vince is a wealth of knowledge and experience that he is allowing God to use in a variety of ways in his life.  We never know when evil is going to show up and are we prepared for when that happens?  Vince has an incredible story of just that and how the vigilance Vince showed and God's protection made a difference.

Alan Hughes has been the security director at his church for over 8 years.  Alan brings a variety of experience to the role that God has called him to with his church and he has also been able to share that experience with other churches in his community as part of a local coalition of churches that started about 5 years ago.

Bill has served 30 years in law enforcement and retired as Chief of Police. He currently is the Director of Security for Cedar Park Church in Washington State and has established a highly successful and respected church security program.  He is a frequently sought speaker and trainer on House of Worship security programs.

My guests today are Frank and Sheri Pomeroy.  I have been blessed to be able to spend some time with Frank and his wonderful wife Sherri over the last couple of years.  The evil that occurred at their church in Sutherland Springs Texas shocked and saddened our country.  Frank and Sheri join me on the podcast to discuss the  what lessons were learned as a result and the healing process. 

Tim has been a pastor over many years for a couple of different congregations and I think that it is with that pastor’s heart that he is able to combine both the security aspect and the ministry aspect so well.  Not everyone that was prior law enforcement or military can combine their experience in those fields with a heart and mindset for ministry.

I’m happy to have Dr. David Stephens back with me again today.  Dr. Stephens is the President and Founder of CorrValues, LLC.  Today we are going to talk about how sexual abuse in the church is so devastating and the steps a church can take to prevent it from happening to their ministry.

We talk about the importance of training on a regular basis and that there is so much that we need to be training on regularly.  Something that we want to incorporate into each of our Hands-On Seminars is a medical training.  Chris Stoehner is a highly experienced medical trainer and we just barely scratch the surface of what we could cover regarding the subject of medical trauma.

Since we view security as a total team concept, a vital part of that team are the people leading the worship.  If Jesus could be interrupted when he was in church, there is no reason for us to think that it won't happen in our churches and it has in many.  The conversation with Kristin addresses issues that have or could arise during the service.  Hopefully this conversation will generate more conversations in your church with your worship leaders.