Safe Church
Diocesan policies for a safe community
Safe Church Training Opportunities
In addition to the online option outlined below, the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania will offer Zoom sessions from time to time.
The training sessions are facilitated by Diocesan Staff Member, Canon Micalagh Moritz, Canon for Children, Youth & Families/Safe Church Administrator. If you have questions regarding the training, please click here to email Micalagh.
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What is Safe church?
Formerly known as Safeguarding God’s Children, Safe Church is a two-hour training program (entirely on Zoom) for the prevention of sexual abuse of children and youth. The program provides participants with information they need to protect the children they know and care for in their personal lives and in the ministries in which they serve.
Jesus Christ calls us to loving relationships that are healthy and helpful to each other. In our ministry with children and youth, every child, youth and adult, deserves to be treated as Jesus would treat them, that is, with love, respect, and kindness. We are to seek God’s purposes for one another and not our own selfish ends.
All participants in ministry to children and youth deserve to be in a safe environment, including, but not limited to, an environment that is free from harassment, abuse, and misconduct. Our Diocesan Policies for the Protection of Children and Youth from Abuse are meant to help provide such an environment.