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Webinar: Preparing Houses of Worship for Emergencies

The Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and FEMA are pleased to invite you to a webinar to prepare faith-based organizations for disaster.

The webinar will provide faith-based and community organizations with critical local, state and national resources that can help get communities better prepared for disasters and emergencies.  Subject matter experts from emergency management, the faith-based and volunteer sectors, and the federal government will answer questions about engaging the faith-based community in disaster preparedness activities.

Title: Preparing Houses of Worship for Emergencies

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Time:  2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (ET)

How to join the webinar: Adobe Connect Registration Web Link.

Please register for the event.  Be sure to test your Adobe Connect connection prior to the meeting.

This webinar will offer closed captioning.

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Reminder: Places of Worship and Other Faith-Based Organizations are Among the Nonprofits Eligible For SBA Help!

Churches and Other Houses of Worship of Any Size:

Up to $2 million for Physical Property Losses

Real Estate, Machinery & Equipment, Inventory, Other Organizational Assets

  Interest Rates as Low as:

3%for Non-Profit Organizations

Loan Repayment Terms up to 30 Years 

Apply to SBA online at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela

For additional program details contact SBA at 

1-800-659-2955 or www.sba.gov

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Faith-Based Orgs

The company I consult for is considered a large faith-based health care organization, which is really just a euphemism to express that they are some form of Christian (Come on, do you really think large Muslim, Hindu or even Santaria-based hospital organizations in America would be as profitable?) In this case, they are Catholic.

Last time I was part of a Catholic organization was in middle school, where girls competed over who could hike their skirts up the highest without getting sent to the pedophilic principal, and boys were incredibly awkward (going through puberty and all), spending their leisure time playing CYO basketball and/or serving as altar boys on the weekend. It isn't a time I look back on with fond memories. Catholic school did, however, teach me how to behave as a lady when, in reality, I'm just as wild and crazy as the next deviant.

This company is no different. The women here frequently break dress code and the men are not so much awkward as they are priest-like. Admittedly, I feel a strange sense of cultural connection. I totally get their culture. It's like the Catholic schoolgirl in me never left. Or maybe it's just the tainted glass windows, crosses, and pictures of saints everywhere.

Company culture is something us consultants have to always be mindful of whenever client-facing, meaning try to fit in as much as possible and don't stick out like a sore thumb. For this client, that means no use of any "violent words"; i.e. DOT points instead of BULLET points, DASHING T's instead of CROSSING T's, COACHING OPPORTUNITIES instead of EVALUATIONS, etc. Weird. But, okay, I get it. Ephesians 4:29. Thank you, years and years of Bible study!

The most difficult restriction my consulting team has had so far is dealing with Catholic guilt that obviously perpetuates through the halls. A couple of months ago, KPMG performed an audit and found a bunch of things wrong with their PLC. Faith-based org subsequently hired my team to help fix the problems. I get the sense that, while they fully intend on correcting their mistakes, there hasn't yet been a full commitment to changing the way they run things. It's like they just came out of confession with a priest (KPMG), and expect to only say a few Hail Mary's as "punishment for their sins" when they really need to "repent" by fully accepting the Lord as their Savior (my company).* Hah!

I'd be really interested to see how this engagement pans out.

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*Before all you religious fanatics accuse me of taking the Lord's name in vain, I'm sorry, all right? Don't get offended.

P.S. As stated in the disclaimer to the right, ALL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT MY CLIENT AND COMPANY.