Our Resource Library
Abolition of The Death Penalty: A Conversation about Faithful Response
*Marcellus “Khalifah” Williams was a man who served 20 years on Missouri’s death row. He was put to death on September 24th, 2024, at 6:01 p.m. after DNA evidence had been submitted proving his innocence. It is his memory, as well as the lives of so many others harmed by the death penalty, that we have created this resource. The following conversation contains detailed accounts of his death.
Movie Night Selection Suggestions
Is your faith community looking to host a movie night? Here are some suggestions for various months of 2024-2025 based upon worldwide monthly awareness themes.
Boundaries
This practical video looks at the importance of boundaries, how to set boundaries, and setting boundaries in faith spaces.
Trauma Terms Glossary
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.
Content Cast: Cooperative Youth Group Model
This video introduces and discusses the concept of creating a cooperative youth group model in communities.
Grant Writing 101
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.
Trauma-Informed Picture-Taking Guidelines
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.
Content Cast: De-Escalation
This video talks about experience-based tips and best practices to de-escalate activated and triggered adults and children.
How and Why to Host an Outdoor Service
This resource will talk about the benefits of planning and hosting outdoor worship services for faith communities.
Training Portal for Working with the Unsheltered
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.
Understanding the Foster Care System
This resource connects to our training portal that provides helpful information on understanding the systems and the needs that exist inside and around them.
A Guide to Creating a Street Outreach Program
This guide will instruct you how to develop a street outreach for your community.
Safe Discussion & Conversation Agreements
These conversation agreements help to ensure safe discussion and conversation atmospheres.
Roots of Community: Best Practice
The research on this project is sound and many experts agree that projects like this one could radically transform communities in our country. Therefore, we are sharing it in our resource library as an idea that could be explored by other communities of faith and communities of context to address growing numbers of unsheltered individuals and a national lack of affordable housing.
Guide to Starting a Medical Outreach
A guide to starting a medical outreach program in your community of context.
Guide to Starting an Emergency Family Shelter
This resource will cover the basics of how to start an emergency family shelter in your community.
Guide to Starting a Cold Weather Shelter
This guide will take faith communities step-by-step through the process of starting a crisis shelter in their areas.
The Connection Challenge
We believe in the importance of connections and conversations. Therefore, we have created this challenge for faith leaders and community leaders to use to help them think about who they need to be intentional to build relationships within their communities to have a holistic view of the needs, the challenges, the resources, and the gaps that exist in your context of community.