Good evening Matt and welcome back!
Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.
Actually, there is. You can do exactly what you did in the context of a template override.
You might want to read our Themer’s guide to get a sense of how that works.
Basically, you need to copy these edited files in the correct file path inside the /tribe-events/ folder of your theme/child-theme.
This will prevent the customizations from being overwritten.
Let me know if that helps.
Have a great day!
Geoff B.