About Us

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1. Mission Statement

   We teach families a principle-based approach to creating a climate of provident living, allowing them to meet the challenges of a changing world without fear.

   Jim Phillips, Jul. 2008

2. Manifest Function

   To reach and teach as many families as possible,

   To be a guiding force in helping these families become prepared to meet the future without fear,

   To help all truly God-Worshipping, Freedom-Loving, Christian-Principled people everywhere,

   To make a true and lasting positive difference within: 1) Our Households and Extended Families, 2) Our Communities and Nation,

   To seek after and live by true and eternal principles with total integrity,

   We seek the guidance of Heaven in all that we do in order to accomplish the task before us.

   Jim Phillips, Sep. 2008

3. Beliefs

   Our activities proclaim charity, compassion, understanding, and love towards all peoples, nations, kindreds and tongues. We are true friends to all people everywhere.

   We strive to teach true and correct principles that lift and inspire others to greater heights of positive personal and professional achievement. First and foremost we are people builders.

   We believe that we are spiritual beings experiencing and learning from a physical life rather than physical beings trying to develop a spiritual life.

   We seek to create an atmosphere that promotes and teaches growth and prosperity in all areas of life: mental, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, physical and financial.

   We do not believe in the concept of scarcity, i.e., that there is a finite amount of fixed and unchanging resources in the world. We believe that there is enough and more resources for all of the world and its people. (We simply have yet to grasp and understand most of these resources.) God has not created a world of fixed and limited resources in which one person's gain will require another person's loss. Our only limit is our failure to understand and properly use the gifts, knowledge, materials, and tools that God has given us.

   We believe in the free agency of all people everywhere, wherein that agency is tempered by love, respect and charity towards others. Gain should never be acquired by unknowing or involuntary loss on the part of another. We believe that the only true and lasting way for all to prosper is through knowledgeable win-win actions.

   We teach a lifestyle of family unity, focused direction, positive goals, and uplifting achievement.

   We teach others how to develop a personal and family lifestyle of safety and security that prepares them to meet any future without fear.

   We practice and teach provident living.

   We strive to teach others about themselves and their relationship with the world around them, particularly in winter, cold weather, and emergency situations. We trust that our students will be more functional, reliable, and safe, especially in the cold, snow, winter, and all types of emergencies and disasters. We do not want them to just endure the cold or survive a crises, but to find joy and adventure in it (even at its most severe) through heightened awareness, acute understanding, relevant knowledge, and appropriate skills. It is also our wish that our students pass this understanding and joy onto others and thereby magnify our efforts.

   We believe that life is an adventure to be experienced and enjoyed to its fullest. There is no doubt that tomorrow will come and there is no dispute that "things" happen, but how you are prepared to meet tomorrow will make all the difference in the world. If you are prepared for the worst, then no matter what happens, it will be an adventure.

   We believe that there is no tragedy in the loss of wealth, possessions, health, or even life. Although loss of these things can be painful, inconvenient, or life changing, there is only tragedy in losing who you are, what you stand for, and where you are going.

   We strive to make a permanent positive difference in the lives of individuals and families and thereby societies and nations.

   We believe that in some measure, both great and small, the world will be a better place for our having passed through here. In this manner we have become a tool in the Master's hand.

   Jim Phillips, (1992) Rev. Oct. 2006

4. Jim's Bio
   

   James G. (Jim) Phillips, Jr. — Preparedness/ Survival Authority

   Jim Phillips has been referred to as "A Friend and Advocate of Winter", "The Man Who Loves the Cold", and the "World-class Sub-zero Survival Guru". Jim's specialties actually include all aspects of Personal and Family Preparedness as well as Winter/ Arctic Living and Safety. Jim and FamilyWorx (the organization that he heads) advocate, "creating a culture of preparedness in a changing world" with the focus to teach families a principle-based approach to true preparedness that enables them to meet “all eventualities” without fear.

   
   

   Jim and his father, the late J. G. Phillips, Sr., developed and perfected a new approach and technology for cold weather living and safety. Their system of clothing, equipment, and doctrine is known as PALS (Phillips Arctic Living System). Their experiences and the principles they developed have been featured in dozens of printed publications and broadcast appearances, and Jim continues to deliver public-service lectures and presentations to organizations of all types.

   
   

   Jim started his first part-time business in 1970, from which spawned a number of ventures and several U.S. and foreign patents. Jim is sought after as an advisor and mentor for cold weather clothing, equipment, safety principles, and survival training/ preparedness by numerous national and international concerns. His Winter Industrial Safety Training™ has been customized for classroom and field experience, and he consults on product evaluation and development for cold weather living, winter safety/ survival, general preparedness, and self-reliant living.

   
   

   Jim has established and built a career founded on his cumulative experience and knowledge without compromising his commitments and principles. He and his wife, Linda, have been married for more than 35 years and they have nine children and currently have 19 grandchildren. Jim and Linda work closely together to constantly encourage and assist others in having their own personal successes.

   
   

   Jim has authored and teaches multiple unique and detailed classes in the areas of (1) personal and family preparedness and self-reliance, (2) winter safety and survival, and (3) personal development. His classes are different than the standard "cookbook" approach and how-to-do lists; Jim's are principle-based courses teaching how and why things work so the individual will understand what to do in the dynamic situations of life.

   
   

   Jim enjoys changing people's beliefs and attitudes about winter and motivating them to enjoy it in ways never before imagined. He has a passion for life and is excited about the success and achievement of others. He loves to motivate people to never lose their vision, never give up positive hope, never quit, all the while remaining flexible, teachable, changeable, and compassionate. His greatest excitement comes from helping others find the courage and commitment to do what it takes to live out their dreams.

   
   

   According to Jim Phillips, "There is no doubt that tomorrow will come, and there is no dispute that things happen. But how you are prepared to meet tomorrow will make all the difference in the world. If you are prepared for the worst, then no matter what happens it will be an adventure!" He regularly reminds everyone that, “Our lives were created to be a grand adventure of experience, growth and long-term development, to become far more than we were in the beginning.”

   
   

   To learn more about Jim, download his entire biography here. [pdf | 805 KB]