Serving Watchmen currently offers Church & Christian School Safety Trainings. These courses are one day from 8:00am-3:00pm and the cost for group tickets is $74.25 per person when you buy 4 or more or $99 per person for a single rate.  If your church or department hosts a training, you can get free spots to attend the training.  

**Refund Policy: Full refunds can be issued 30 or more days before a training. Otherwise, a lifetime credit will be issued to use toward a future training.

***Group Tickets: In order to receive the group ticket price, you must register the entire group with one payment. We are not able to have each person in the group pay separately.

Church & Christian School Safety Training – Level 1

The main topics you will learn are: 

• Biblical Basis for Church Safety  

• Verbal De-Escalation

• 16 Ways to Lock a Door

• How to make the church safe and more friendly

• Safety Techniques and Risk-Reducing Measures

• Lockdown Training for Children’s Ministry

• How to Professionally Break a Window to Escape an Active Shooter

• Stopping all types of Threats at the Church

• How to Write a Church Security Manual or SOP

• The Difference Between a Church Safety Team and a Church Safety Ministry

• Practical Responses to a Threat

• Keeping Congregation Attendees Safe from Medical Issues

De-Escalation Training for Church & School Protectors

The main topics you will learn are:

  • Verbal De-Escalation

  • Using Words as Self-Defense Tools

  • Listening to Emotions

  • Core Message Communication

  • The Art of Calming the Excited

  • Empathetic Listening

  • Validating the Invalidated

  • Bringing Peace to the Verbal Storm

  • Going from Victim to Victor

  • Learning the Art of Getting Someone to do What You Want Them to do Without Making Them do it

  • Results-Based Calming Techniques

  • Mirroring in Self-Protection Scenarios

Firearms Training

If you don’t see a training near you and would like for us to come to your area, please contact Serving Watchmen at barrymichaelyoung@yahoo.com.