Did you find yourself in a confrontation with anyone during the holiday season? Our sincerest hope is that you did not, but these scenarios do come up from time to time. Equipping others to handle serious confrontations, where one’s very safety can be on the line, Chad Olms is the owner and lead consultant for Arx Security Consulting, a Northern Colorado based firm. With 25 years of experience working for five different federal law enforcement, intelligence, and security agencies, Mr. Olms will be joining the Evening Group and give us all a sample of one of his courses. Specifically, he will teach us some of the basics on how to identify and position oneself around different hostile individuals and describe some of the techniques we can use to deescalate verbal confrontations. Don’t miss it!

        

        

The Peacebuilding and History and Current Events Fellowships will meet jointly after the noon meeting on January 8 to discuss the environment. We will address a brief US history, current events to shape future policy and uses, and find ways to make peace with our place.