Increase your chance of saving lives, and help prevent an active shooter event on your church campus. Use the PDF and video resources collected by the Desert Southwest Conference Anti-Gun Violence Task Force and Church Mutual. Contact Gerry Hill (g.hills1962@gmail.com)or Billie Fidlin (bfidlin@dscumc.org) to learn about the Anti-Gun Violence Task Force or Anti-Gun Violence Facebook Group.
How To Stop The Madness
(42:41 Minutes)
Protecting Congregation Against Active Shooter (54:49)
Handling An Intruder
(34:01 Minutes)
Safety During Services
(4-Minute Guide)
Communicating During A Crisis (40:46 Minutes)
Crime Proof Your Worship Center (15-Minute Review)
Arming Educators
By Gerry Hills, Chair, DSC UMC Gun Violence Awareness Task Force Phoenix, AZ - The Gun Violence Awareness Task Force of the Desert Southwest Conference of The United Methodist Church, has issued a response to the New York Times report that Education Secretary Betsy...
UMC Bishops call for prayers in aftermath of 232nd mass shooting in US in 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. _ The Council of Bishops President Bishop Ken Carter, who is also the resident bishop of the Florida Area, has issued the following statement in the aftermath of the mass shooting today in Jacksonville, Florida, USA: “We are saddened again to learn of...
Silent March Photos and Report
By Billie K. Fidlin, Director of Outreach Ministries for the Desert Southwest Conference In the early morning hours of June 2, the Conference Gun Violence Task Force Chairperson, Gerry Hills, and I had a task before us. Pairs of survivor and victim’s shoes...
June 2 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day – What will you do?
Join the Desert Southwest Conference and its community partners in a silent march to commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at 8:00 AM at the Arizona State Capitol. The silent march will display shoes collected from gun violence...
Silent march planned for June 2, National Gun Violence Awareness Day
The Desert Southwest Conference and its community partners are holding a silent march to commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at 8:00 AM at the Arizona State Capitol. The silent march will display shoes collected from gun violence...
March for Our Lives ~ Phoenix
By Billie K. Fidlin, Director of Outreach Ministries March 24th saw over 800 marches around the globe addressing gun control, in response to the shooting in Parkland, FL, where 17 people lost their lives. Here in Phoenix, the march, as with all the other...
Simple Gifts in Tragedy
Read about God’s love in action in a city recently stricken by gun violence and find hope in these stories of regular people offering the love of Jesus to the welcomed stranger and becoming friends.
Preventing Future Gun Tragedies
Gerry Hills, Conference Gun Violence Awareness Task Force Chairperson of the Desert Southwest Conference and founder of Arizonans for Gun Safety, shares her story and urges clergy to join the new Gun Violence Awareness Facebook Group and start a focused conversation...
Message from Dan: A Time to Reflect and Take Action
It was just a week ago that the news of the Las Vegas concert mass shooting came upon us like a tidal wave – overwhelming and throwing life upside down. I had to double check – just seven days.
Pastor Cheat Sheet RE: Gun Violence
You will likely be discussing this shooting, and responses to it, at church this Sunday and in the coming days. With that in mind, GBCS is sharing the following resource grounded in scripture and in our church statements on gun violence that was created to aid these...
