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Upcoming Training

Essentials of Fire Chaplaincy Course

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): 

https://scpsca.org/

Onsite POC: Robert Foster (rfrost67@gmail.com)

Course POC: Dave DeDonato (dmd777d@gmail.com)


Register & pay by July 26, 2026!

Click Here to Register

Crisis Intervention Care

For: Chaplains, Negotiators, Peer Support
August 20 - 21, 2026 8am - 5pm Hosted @ Charleston County Sheriffs Office
Modules

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Suicide Intervention
  • Critical Incident Care
  • Reflect-Reframe-Resolve
  • Moral Injury & Thematic Listening
  • Chaplain Care Model
  • Stress Coping Toolkit

$300 per student | Limited seating
QuestionsChaplaincy@CrisisChaplaincy.org 

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Clinical Pastoral Education

Clinical Pastoral Education

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   

Application

Recorded Training Videos

Domestic Violence Awareness for Chaplains

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

Community Response to an Active Killer

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

Police Chaplain Ride-alongs and Office Visits

Presented by Chaplain Tom Patterson, Rockhill Police Department Chaplain during the monthly Third Thursday chaplain zoom call on November 20, 2025

Tips for Self Care: Talk, Listen and Disconnect

Presented by Chaplain Andrew Putnam, Rockhill Police Department Chaplain during the monthly Third Thursday chaplain zoom call on September 18, 2025

Finding Balance

Presented by Chaplain Jay Ortiz, North Myrtle Beach Public Safety during the Upstate Region monthly meeting September 17, 2025

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