Church Safety Conference

2021
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Trinity Security Allies will host the 5th Annual Church Safety and Liability Conference on Saturday October 16, 2021 from 8 am - 4 pm at Generations Christian Church. Doors open at 7:30 am.

SEATING IS LIMITED - Get your ticket early!
Ticket Price: $45 - We want to encourage everyone to come!

Non-members will be invoiced to be paid online or you may mail a check to: Trinity Security Allies 1753 Loch Haven Court Trinity, FL 34655 for the appropriate amount based on the ticket prices above. (If you pay invoices by credit card, you will be charged a $2 per ticket processing fee.)

Tickets are $47/each online or you may send a check for $45/ticket to Trinity Security Allies: 1753 Loch Haven Court Trinity, FL 34655. Please be sure to let us know all of the names if you are purchasing multiple tickets.

Frank Pomeroy, Lead Pastor First Baptist Church - Sutherland Springs, Texas Keynote Lunch Speaker

Prior to answering the call to pastor in June of 2002, U.S. Navy veteran Pastor Frank Pomeroy’s professional career in design, implementation and management in the motor controls industry, culminated in attaining the role of South Texas Regional Director of a fortune 500 company. He has a degree in biological anthropology, which he uses to present God’s word through a theological worldview in academic circles that would not debate on a theological level.

He is the longtime senior pastor at First Baptist Church Sutherland Springs, ministering to the church and community through, and after, the tragedy of November 5, 2017, that claimed the lives of 26, including his 14-year-old daughter and many leaders of the church. The church has seen a continued growth as God's Spirit moves throughout the congregation.

Pastor Frank and his wife of 34 years, Sherri, have raised four biological children, two adopted children and several more that came through their home in need of love and a place to stay. The Pomeroy’s have six grandchildren who are the light of their lives.

When not at the church, Pastor Frank enjoys spending time with his family, serving his community, going camping, doing anything outdoors, and riding his motorcycle.

Sondra Smith, Protect My Ministry - Covering Children's Safety in Your Church.

I have been back at Protect My Ministry since April of 2014, having worked here previously in 2008-2009, first in employment screening sales and this time for our faith-based clients. I previously enjoyed a 10-year career in Catering. I made the move to Sales for more family-friendly hours when my children were young. In the sunflower maze photo are my youngest daughter Nikki and her boyfriend on the left, me in the middle and my son Alex on the right.
Favorite Movie – Galaxy Quest. I am not embarrassed to admit that I can recite most of the movie’s dialogue.

Hobbies – When I’m not cooking, gardening or enjoying my kids, granddaughter or my dogs, I spend most of my time on children’s ministry. I serve as lead elementary teacher at New Journey Fellowship in Pinellas Park on Sundays and T&T Director on Wednesdays. Now that my children have all left the nest, my longer-term passion is to continue learning Spanish and one day leave it all behind and serve in an orphanage in South or Central America.

In the meantime, my guilty pleasure is pretending to be an artist, either at home or at the studio every chance I get. I enjoy fusing glass, painting my own dishes and other fun things. Pictured are a 12x14inch fused-glass tabletop display and an apron set for me and my lovely granddaughter Hannah, daughter of my first-born Alyssa and her husband Joe.

Ricky Rooks, Southeast District Manager, USCCA

Ricky Rooks serves as the Southeast District Manager for USCCA. Ricky will speak about the gray area that exists between your ministry and the protection of your church congregation.

As the Southeast District Manager, Ricky leads a team of Outside Sales Reps across the southeastern US that present the benefits of becoming a member of USCCA in CCW and self-defense classes. As Outside Sales Reps, we partner with firearms instructors and gun ranges to provide responsible gun owners with education, training, and legal protection in the aftermath of a self-defense incident.

The United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) provides self-defense education, training, and legal protection to responsible American gun owners. Headquartered in West Bend, WI, the USCCA is the largest and fastest-growing association whose sole focus is the responsibly armed American.

Alan Wilkett, Director of Training & Outreach, Bridging Freedom (bridging freedom.org)

Corporal Alan Wilkett recently retired from the Pasco Sheriff’s Office where he served for almost 15 years with a total law enforcement experience of over 27 years. Patrol, court security, investigations, crime prevention, and community relations are among the assignments fulfilled in the years of service. In 2007 he was awarded the Law Enforcement Deputy of the Year. Corporal Wilkett holds a Florida Practioner Designation in both crime prevention and CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design). Corporal Wilkett has devoted the past several years in the fight against human trafficking. He has trained and instructed law enforcement, federal agencies, state and local agencies, NGO’s, along with multiple groups, churches, and organizations. The Pasco Human Trafficking Task Force, the Human Trafficking Commission, and Light Up the Night are founding initiatives. Corporal Wilkett was awarded he 2017 Florida Human Trafficking Law Enforcement Official of the Year from Attorney General Pam Bondi and recently received the Law Enforcement Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Crime Prevention Association. Alan has hundreds of hours of advanced law enforcement training in areas such as Human Trafficking investigations and awareness, advanced interview and interrogation, homicide investigations, terrorism, active threat, as well as many others. He holds certificates in Human Trafficking Investigation, Cryptocurrencies, Dark Web Investigations, Social Media Investigations, Basic Cyber Investigations and others. Alan is engaged as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) in Human Trafficking and has presented at The Florida Senate, numerous conferences, civic organizations, Task Forces, panel discussions and others. He has appeared on multiple television, print, digital, and radio mediums as well as The Weekend Report with Jon Scott on the Fox News Network. Alan was privileged to appear in the recent documentary “Blind Eyes Opened.

Dr. Mark Jones, founder of Manifestations Worldwide Inc. He will discuss the work of One Blood Summit

Dr. Mark T. Jones Sr. is the senior leader and founder of Manifestations Worldwide Inc.
Dr. Jones was born again in 1992, called and licensed to the gospel ministry in 1994, ordained as a church Elder in 1997, and consecrated as an Apostle in 2004. Dr. Jones was directed of the Lord to establish a church, and the first service was held on July 15, 2001. Dr. Jones has been in upper-level management for over 32 years, and teaches leaders how to live debt-free, and to operate debt-free corporations.
Armed with an anointing to destroy the spirit of religion, to break the vice of traditionalism, and determined to make a difference in the lives of people, Dr. Jones launched “The Center for Manifestation” and the local outreach of the church, Manifestation City. Manifestation City is currently comprised 12 buildings serving educational, housing, spiritual, and social service needs in the community.
Dr. Jones is also known for his dynamic yet practical teaching style, and his vibrant illustrated sermons are sometimes intense, often humorous, but always relevant. He communicates the message of Christ with sincerity and simplicity. Dr. Jones’ line by line, verse by verse approach to the word of God stimulates the intellect of people on all levels of life and is masterfully captured in nearly two hundred teaching series.
Dr. Jones and his thriving congregation continues to make a mark locally, nationally, and internationally with over 70 in-reach, and outreach ministries that seek to engage the holistic needs of people. In addition to his primary responsibility as Senior leader of the Center for Manifestation, Dr. Jones actively oversees and develops over one hundred churches, ministries, and business leaders through the Fellowship of Bible-Centered Ministries.
Dr. Jones is accompanied in ministry by his wife of 30 years, Lisa Jones. He has 2 children, Mark Jr. and Marlesia. Mark and Lisa believe in keeping families strong and devote themselves to training married couples in the church through marriage enrichment seminars, conferences, and classes. All of Dr. Jones’ focuses and hobbies outside of the church revolve round keeping his family strong. Dr. Jones is also the President of Manifest Theological Institute, owner of 3 daycares centers, a teen transition center, and operator of 6 transition homes for those in need.

Lead Neuroscientist, Florida Surgery Consultants

Quantitative Electroencephalogram - QEEG testingCameron Allen is an experimental Neuropsych with Florida Surgery Consultants located in Tampa, Florida. He works in closely with Dr. Surbhi Jain who is a Neurosurgeon for Florida Surgery Consultants. Cameron specializes in QEEG testing for Traumatic Brain Injuries.

Joann Baer, Medical Team Lead, Generations Christian Church

Joann Baer has been a registered nurse since 1998 and holds a national certification from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. After working with critical patients for over 20 years in oncology, respiratory ICU, and cardiovascular ICU, Joann moved into Quality Management as well as Hospital Nursing Administration. She is currently an Inpatient Care Manager for United Healthcare.

Joann leads the medical team members of the Safety Team at Generations Christian Church. Her hobbies include bible art journaling and travel.

Paul Atherton, Barrett Harding Insurance and Trinity Security Allies Board Member

Born of Ralph and Inez Atherton 11/18/1939 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Attended Coe College and was in the class of 1962. In 1964 Paul began his insurance sales career with Farm Bureau Ins. In 1983 transitioned to independent agency marketing with several agencies. In 1989 became an associate producer with the Sheets Forrest Draper Agency until retirement on December 31, 2014. On January 1, 2015 Paul joined Barrett Harding Agency in Florida to continue his career and rebuild a business. The anchor for moving to Florida evolves around our son Michael and his family who live in Keystone (Odessa).

Paul married Susan (Reece) Atherton on September 28, 1968 at St Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Their sons are Timothy and Michael.

The family activities revolved around Paul’s insurance career with world traveling and their family lake cabin. Lake life living along with boating and waterskiing were their interests, pleasures and activities. They are avid Dachshund lovers who have been their ‘children with fur’.

Together in 1974 Paul and Susan became followers of Jesus Christ thru the Catholic charismatic community. Joined the CR Assembly of God church and served as elders on the pastoral ministry team for many years. Currently they are attending Generations Christian Church in Trinity Florida and are respectively active in the men’s and women’s weekly study groups and a bi-monthly Grow group.

Holley Wade, Tampa Bay Regional Intelligence Center

Ms. Wade has over 30 years of public safety, loss prevention and emergency planning experience. She is currently assigned to the Tampa Bay Regional Intelligence Center.
Since 1997, Ms. Wade has been involved in the planning and response to hurricanes, tropical storms and numerous other events. During the lead up to both the 2001 and 2009 Super Bowls, Ms. Wade was responsible for the development and coordination of the Consequence Management activities as well as the Joint Information Center plan. In 2011, Ms. Wade was tasked to lead and coordinate Hillsborough County planning efforts for the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. In September 2012, she was presented with a Certificate of Commendation by the United States Secret Service recognizing her governance and contributions coordinating Crisis and Consequence Management as well as Public Information and Joint Information Center activities for the largest and most complex event ever held in the Tampa Bay Area; The Republican National Convention.

Following the events of 9/11, Ms. Wade became deeply involved in state and national domestic security, serving on the Tampa Bay area’s Regional Domestic Security Task Force (RDSTF) since its inception. In 2006, she was selected as a member of the State of Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force Incident Management Team and was later named team Incident Commander in 2008. In 2015, she was asked to represent the RDSTF on the state Domestic Security Coordinating Group and to chair the Prevention and Awareness subcommittee. Under her leadership and governance, the state was able to develop and implement the first If You See Something, Say Something® mobile app to be approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Holding degrees in both English and International and Global Affairs, Ms. Wade’s education consists of extensive coursework and training from Northwestern University, St. Petersburg College, University of South Florida, National Emergency Training Center Emergency Management Institute, Centers for Disease Control, Florida State Fire College, The National Emergency Response & Rescue Training Center at Texas A & M University, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Justice, National Fire Academy and Harvard University. In 2007 she became one of the first women in the country to receive national accreditation as a Type I - Incident Commander. Ms. Wade is a highly sought-after speaker on matters relating to emergency management, public information, and domestic security. She is credentialed by the Department of Homeland Security as an authorized trainer of the National Curriculum for Weapons of Mass Destruction and is one of a handful of instructors credentialed to instruct the full series of FEMA Public Information Officer Courses.

Angela Sarabia, Attorney Alliance Defending Freedom

Angela Sarabia is a graduate of the University of Florida School of Law. After law school, Angela worked as an Associate Attorney at a law firm that specialized in real estate and land use. In 2007, Angela moved with her husband Bryan to New Port Richey Florida and took a job as a prosecutor in the State Attorney's Office for the Sixth Judicial Circuit. In addition to her work as a prosecutor, Angela also worked as an adjunct instructor at Pasco Hernando State College teaching classes on American Federal Government and Business Law. In 2011, Angela left the working world to homeschool her children full time. She will be speaking on the liability issues that churches face when implementing church safety teams.

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