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??? I'm not quite sure I get the point of your reply... someone asked about the size of my church and I gave the information... I also explained that I re-checked the company policy and nothing is mentioned about firearms... so not only is your post bordering on insulting, it's kind of pointless.

pbandjelly wrote:yadda yadda yadda, the point is you're an employee, and if their employee policy says you can't carry, regardless of if you're on the clock, or not.... well, you guessed it.
they can't arrest you, but they sure could fahr you.
if just depends on the wording in the HR handbook.

Well, we're still a church I assure you. We're just a little larger than most. We have 5 "satellite" campuses in addition to our main campus in Rockwall, employee over 200 people and have between 6,000 and 8,000 attendees every weekend (except Easter and Christmas when we average 20,000 for our services). I was scared to death of large churches (and rightly so, I'd either interned or worked part time at several), but Lake Pointe is different... It's not run like a business when it doesn't have to be... it really still tries to be a church. We partner with churches in several US cities and 10 or so foreign countries and are very involved in our community and the world at large...

I'm a the senior content creator and am responsible for the creation of all of our video, animations, and computer graphics for live services (I am responsible in the sense that the "buck stops here", but there are probably 5 people or so that actually work on the content creation).

Good news though... I am in the process of moving, and while packing my office (at home) I found my employee manual and thought I'd double check the firearms policy... and what I thought I remembered being there... wasn't! There's no firearms or weapons policy at my church! And after what you guys pointed out to me the yesterday, I checked for 30.06 signs as I left, and they're not there either. So thanks to you guys, I know I'm actually in the clear on this one!

Nice! I've kinda always thought that myself... (about the Bill of Rights). As for me, I work in the media department of a large church, and my boss (the Minister of Media) thinks getting a CHL is cool (obviously, he's getting his with me), but I doubt our corporate-like HR department would approve of carrying on the grounds.

It does bring up an interesting question though... When I'm not officially at work, and I'm just attending an event... does the corporate policy apply then?

Oh, cool. I did misread.

Well, no, but from what I've read of the Texas laws, you can't carry in a church unless given express permission... did I read something wrong?

As for the whole work situation... I already know I can't carry at work... not only is it in the HR employee policy... but I work at a church. So the only way I can carry is to get permission... which I won't get. Funny thing though, I'm taking the CHL class with my boss. What a weird world.

As for the whole verbal issue... I've always found this one tricky, based on the definition of verbal. Verbal can mean "pertaining to words" (i.e.: a written statement would be considered verbal because it's made of words) or it can refer to only spoken word... Gotta love the English language!