PLEASE NOTE - WE ONLY HAVE 100 SEATS AVAILABLE…

SHEEPDOG SEMINAR FOR CHURCHES

  • THIS SEMINAR IS ACTUALLY IN HURST, TEXAS, A SUBURB LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO FT. WORTH.

  • THIS SEMINAR IS ONLY 10 DOLLARS APIECE (THANKS TO A DONATION FROM ST. ANDREW LUTHERAN CHURCH

  • REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (SO WE WILL KNOW HOW MANY TO EXPECT)

 

Learn how to protect your flock!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Church Safety Team, Police Officers, all First Responders - any citizen concerned about unlawful violence.

 

DATES

  • Saturday, September 24, 2022. 

  • (Saturday: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon)

 

LOCATION OF EVENT

  • St. Andrew Lutheran Church

    504 West Bedford Euless, Road

    Hurst, Texas

  • LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF BEDFORD EULESS ROAD AND HURSTVIEW DRIVE.

 

TIME

  • Saturday 8:30 A.M. - 12:30

If you have concerns or questions about the seminar, do not hesitate to call Jimmy Meeks at 817-437-9693. 

 
 
 

Verbal De-Escalation - Learning how to calm someone by your presence and verbal skills

Recognizing the "clues" that indicate something may be wrong or is "about to happen."

Protecting the flock from sex crimes

Responding to an active attack (assailant with gun, knife, etc)

How to form a safety team at your church (who to put on the team; who NOT to put on the team)

What does the team do on Sundays and for all other events...

Where to station team members during church

And so much more...

 

  • The seminar cost is $10.00 apiece (thanks to a donation from St. Andrew Lutheran Church)

  • Refreshments provided

 

OUR PRESENTER

Jimmy Meeks is a retired police officer, having served 35 years in law-enforcement. Jimmy has also been a minister for over 47 years. As an officer, he served as a hostage negotiator, field training officer, school resource officer, detective, supervisor, and crime prevention officer. He has accumulated over 4500 hours of TCOLE training. He has also been a certified crime prevention specialist. He has conducted over 350 safety seminars for churches.

Jimmy was pastor of a church in the Ft. Worth area for over 11 years, while also serving as a police officer. Jimmy has a B.A. in Religion from Oklahoma Baptist University and a Certificate of Ministry from Emmaus Road Ministry School. He has conducted over 350 seminars for churches since 2009, at which over thousands of churches have been represented. It has been said of his presentation, "...there has never been a stronger call to action..."

Jimmy and his wife of 43 years, Julie, were married at the First Baptist Church of Daingerfield, Texas, the sight of the June 22, 1980 massacre that killed 5 - and injured 10. Jimmy was also a production assistant in the award-winning docudrama Faith Under Fire, based on the tragedy at First Baptist Church in Daingerfield, Texas.