Sally Wagenmaker, attorney at law from Wagenmaker & Oberly, LLC, was disappointed that she was not able to do her scheduled workshop at this Church Ministries Conference.
She sent several articles and resources to help churches think through various legal issues.
Here is the note she sent.
On my workshop topic of keeping churches and other ministries safe, attached are several articles that you are welcome to distribute as you deem best, perhaps for those people who may have registered for this workshop or otherwise express interest in this topic. Here is some related information about them:
- W&O Memo on Personal Protection Devices - addressing key legal aspects, including potential liability for paid staff and volunteers, with resulting recommendations including appropriate safeguards.
- Church Law & Tax article - focusing on worship-related disruptive activities;
- Four W&O blogs articles (also available online at our W&O website) - providing practical pointers and related legal considerations; and
- A Sanctuary Secured: 7 Essentials Steps
- Church Safety Legal Guide
- Handling Threats and Disturbances
- “Shepherd - Sustain - Send”
- Model workplace violence prevention plan - applicable within and beyond the work context, with extremely detailed guidance, resulting from California’s new mandatory work-related training and protectionmeasures (and potentially applicable in other states, on a voluntary basis).
I would particularly commend the “Shepherd - Sustain - Send” guest W&O blog article by Chris Atkins, for his wise insights on de-escalation and related ministry responsiveness approaches. Chris is a former CIA agent and military veteran and is very kind-hearted too. He now leads 242Momentum and brings this unique professional background to powerfully effective ministry safety.I hope these resources will be helpful, as you may discern.
We are very thankful for Sally's willingness and desire to share these resources with conference attendees and others.
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