
Federation of Fire Chaplains
Broad River Baptist Association Building
2308 Cherokee Ave
Gaffney, SC 29340
August 11, 2026, 8:30am – 4:30pm
August 12, 2026, 8:30am – 3:30pm
Limit 20 Students
Cost $165
(covers EFC course fee, student notebooks & USB, printing & supplies)
Students are responsible for making their own off-site lodging arrangements!
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Federation of Fire Chaplains
Broad River Baptist Association Building
2308 Cherokee Ave
Gaffney, SC 29340
August 11, 2026, 8:30am – 4:30pm
August 12, 2026, 8:30am – 3:30pm
Limit 20 Students
Cost $165
(covers EFC course fee, student notebooks & USB, printing & supplies)
Students are responsible for making their own off-site lodging arrangements!
Checks: payable to “SCPSCA”
Mail to: 220 Lothrop Hill Rd, Lexington, SC 29072
Venmo or Cash App (Bottom of SCPSCA webpage):
Onsite POC: Robert Foster (rfrost67@gmail.com)
Course POC: Dave DeDonato (dmd777d@gmail.com)
Register & pay by July 26, 2026!

For: Chaplains, Negotiators, Peer Support
August 20 - 21, 2026 8am - 5pm Hosted @ Charleston County Sheriffs Office
Modules
$300 per student | Limited seating
QuestionsChaplaincy@CrisisChaplaincy.org

SCLEAP is hosting an extended unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (Focus is Public Safety Chaplaincy). Class meetings will be on Tuesdays, 1-6pm between late Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.
Send your application to Johnny Bush johnnycbush@gmail.com and copy Eric Skidmore eskidmore@sled.sc.gov
Presented on February 13, 2026 by:
- Brian Bennett, Retired Law Enforcement Officer Founder/Instructor Clearview Justice Training & Consulting
- Lauren Moose, Forensic Nurse at Mcleod Health
Presented at the SCPSCA Annual Meeting on December 5, 2025 by
Major T.J. Geary, Operations Bureau Commander at the University of South Carolina Division of Law Enforcement and Safety
Presented by Chaplain Tom Patterson, Rockhill Police Department Chaplain during the monthly Third Thursday chaplain zoom call on November 20, 2025
Presented by Chaplain Andrew Putnam, Rockhill Police Department Chaplain during the monthly Third Thursday chaplain zoom call on September 18, 2025
Presented by Chaplain Jay Ortiz, North Myrtle Beach Public Safety during the Upstate Region monthly meeting September 17, 2025