This document provides some creative ways on connecting to your local neighborhood school to provide support and community for families in your neighborhood and for the teachers and administrators who provide so much support.

Written by a vulnerable empath, this document and affirming poem at the end are designed to provide a perspective on how to support empaths in your community, whether that be a faith gathering, a workplace, or a friend group.

This video is of Flipped Table Co-Founder Rev. Dr. Christie Love presenting her doctoral thesis project at Eden Theological Seminary in May 2024. This 30-minute presentation gives you a broad overview of Dr. Love’s work around religious trauma.

This resource provides practical and trauma-informed steps in providing support for someone who discloses an experience of sexual violence and trauma.

In this Flipped Table Collective Content Cast video, Christie Love talks with guests Stephanie Scott-Huffman and Phil Snider about sharing space with faith communities.

This practical video looks at the importance of boundaries, how to set boundaries, and setting boundaries in faith spaces.

This presentation can be used in a large variety of settings, religious, business, classroom, etc. to teach and encourage empathetic actions and perspectives.

In this conversation, Flipped Table Collective founders Christie Love and Holly Madden talk with Rue Lohn about how and why they created a collaborative preaching team at their church plant in southwest Missouri.

This video is a conversation with Christie Love and Holly Madden about the importance of prioritizing self-care for faith leaders and those who are working regularly with people in need.

This guide offers simple guidance on how to correctly use pronouns in all environments. This guide can be used both virtually or downloaded as a poster.

We recognize that in many of our resources, videos, and workshops we use many trauma terms that some members may not be familiar with. For this reason, our team has compiled a list of commonly used terms that you may experience as you engage with Flipped Table Collective resources. 

In this video, Holly and Christie talk about looking at the wall art, decorative elements, and artistic elements that are present in your faith space and how they can be triggering to people who may use your space.

This resource will walk you through the basics of preparing to apply for a grant, how to apply for grants, and how to implement and report on them for your organization.

Photographs can be a triggering experience for many people with trauma histories. This resource will share some guidelines for trauma-informed picture-taking and some examples.

This spoken word poem holds a space and message for the advocate who is facing burnout.

This video talks about experience-based tips and best practices to de-escalate activated and triggered adults and children.

This resource will talk about the benefits of planning and hosting outdoor worship services for faith communities.

This collection of Vows, Ring Exchange language, and Wedding Readings can help faith leaders to plan wedding services with couples.

To help our members improve their knowledge, awareness, and involvement, we have constructed a training portal that covers a wide variety of topics, including; trauma, lived experience, language, system understanding, medical vulnerabilities, addiction, mental health, crisis intervention skills, social issues, de-escalation, media depictions, and connections to other resources.