Operations & Facilities

James Burns & Nathan Parr (Session B)

Facilities Roundtable

This workshop will be a panel of facilities professionals that will be available to answer your industry questions. To ensure your question(s) are answered, email them to speakers@churchco-op.org and we will make sure they are answered during the workshop.

James Burns (Session D)

Utilizing GOD Facilities to Engage Community and Generate Revenue

This workshop will introduce you to the various ways churches can utilize the space entrusted to them. Those ways will open doors to the community and generate revenue for the church. This workshop will cover the things to consider, the dos and don’ts, and contracts.

Rick Cadden & Christopher Cass (Session C, D)

Priorities in Facility Management

This workshop comes from 28 years of hands-on experience in church facility operations. In this session, the attendee will learn an overview of practical processes related to the very core of facility management, how to assemble a team, map your way, access what you have, and train your staff. A workbook will be provided to each attendee that includes this session plus lots of detailed “how to’s” in Facility Management.

Glenn Wood (Session A)

Surviving and Thriving During Construction

It is possible to survive and grow while you are building your church facility! We will discuss how to build a successful construction team, define the difference between Wants and Needs, develop a complete budget, and adapt when things change! Glenn has been working on church construction projects for over twenty-five years and will share practical tips to help you Survive and Thrive during your next construction project.

Nathan Parr & Lizzie Zabojnik (Session D)

Staffing and Budgeting Efficiency Through Technology

This session is designed to help any size church understand how to leverage currently available systems and programs to operate their facility more efficiently. Participants will learn how to maximize their staff’s impact on operations positively even when understaffed, common system integrations and technology tools to help operate their facility more efficiently, and how to objectively evaluate marketplace solutions.

Nathan Parr (Session A)

Lessons Learned from Facility Condition Assessments

This workshop will help attendees understand the most common issues found in churches across the United States and how they can be prepared to fare better. Attendees will learn facility issues shared by most structures, common regulatory issues that are consistently missing, and get an understanding of how this feeds the amount of deferred maintenance each property will have.

Nathan Parr (Session C)

Understanding Staffing Benchmarks for Custodial & Maintenance Operations

This workshop will explain how most churches in the United States (and Canada) are consistently underfunded and understaffed in custodial and maintenance due to common misconceptions about needs and staff availability. Attendees will learn how to calculate their true staffing need in custodial and maintenance, determine the correct range for funding if they want to operate effectively, and understand the factors that are reducing the availability of their personnel.

Chief Anthony Williams (Session A)

Securing the House of Worship

This workshop addresses the fundamentals of securing the house of worship through proper planning, resources, and critical needs assessment. At the end of this workshop, the participants will be adept at recognizing the vulnerabilities associated with church campuses and environments. Additionally, participants will have a raised level of awareness regarding challenges associated with church safety and security.

Chief Anthony Williams (Session B)

Unholy Are Thou: Addressing the Evils That Impact Our Sanctuaries

We will focus on issues occurring in the church that are based on human risk behaviors such as domestic violence, suicide, and mental health. Turning from the reality of these issues creates an internal vulnerability with the church that can result in a major critical incident occurring.

Chief Anthony Williams (Session C)

God, Why Did You Allow This to Happen?

This session will focus on actual critical incidents that occur within the church environment and how trained members in the church are recommended to respond and mitigate the occurrences of church violence. By the end of this session, attendees will be able to recognize and respond to incidents as well as understand the behaviors and profiles of active shooters.

Chief Anthony Williams (Session D)

Media Training and Rebranding

This workshop will focus on the proper channels for addressing the aftermath of a critical incident that occurs within the church environment. Participants will understand the need for a formal communications strategy to address any critical issue that has an adverse impact on the church environment. They will also understand the benefit of a positive working relationship with the media versus having an adversarial one.