Safe Sanctuaries Training held February 22, 2015
The Maumee Watershed District of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church held a training for the Safe Sanctuaries program at Liberty Chapel. The training was open to all the churches in our area and was well attended by our members as well as those from other congregations. We had 10 members from Liberty Chapel attend the training along with 60 other people from churches in the Maumee Watershed and
Northwest Plains Districts.
Safe Sanctuaries® is the name commonly given by United Methodist Annual Conferences and local churches to their individual efforts to make conference, district and local church programs welcoming and safe for children, youth and vulnerable adults. Safe Sanctuaries® is more than implementing guidelines, policies and procedures. Safe Sanctuaries® creates an environment with boundaries of safe space for children, youth and vulnerable adults, and the adults who work with them.
As a Christian community of faith and a United Methodist congregation, we pledge to engage in the ministry of the Gospel in ways that assure the safety and spiritual growth of all of our children and youth as well as the workers with children and youth. We will follow reasonable safety measures in the selection and recruitment of workers; and we will implement prudent operational procedures in all programs and events; we will educate all of our workers with children and youth regarding the use of policies;
For more information about the Safe Sanctuaries program go to: http://www.westohioumc.org/conference/safe-sanctuaries
Safe Sanctuaries® is the name commonly given by United Methodist Annual Conferences and local churches to their individual efforts to make conference, district and local church programs welcoming and safe for children, youth and vulnerable adults. Safe Sanctuaries® is more than implementing guidelines, policies and procedures. Safe Sanctuaries® creates an environment with boundaries of safe space for children, youth and vulnerable adults, and the adults who work with them.
As a Christian community of faith and a United Methodist congregation, we pledge to engage in the ministry of the Gospel in ways that assure the safety and spiritual growth of all of our children and youth as well as the workers with children and youth. We will follow reasonable safety measures in the selection and recruitment of workers; and we will implement prudent operational procedures in all programs and events; we will educate all of our workers with children and youth regarding the use of policies;
For more information about the Safe Sanctuaries program go to: http://www.westohioumc.org/conference/safe-sanctuaries
