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Safeguarding God's Children Training

This training opportunity, before or after the Theological Conference, is in response to the Safe Haven resolution adopted at the 2010 Synod Assembly.

Safeguarding God’s Children Training
Harvest Millennium Hotel
Boulder, CO
Cost $10

Choose one of two identical sessions:
Monday, January 24
1:30 to 4:45 p.m.

Thursday, January 27
10:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. (with lunch break on your own from 12:15 to 1:15 at nearby restaurants)

This training is in response to the Safe Haven resolution adopted at the 2010 Synod Assembly, “ . . .  the Rocky Mountain Synod will provide synod-wide training to church leaders in "Safeguarding God's Children," an established and recognized training program in sexual abuse awareness, providing tools for clergy, Christian educators, youth ministers, nursery workers, council members and all who work with minors in our churches, to keep everyone safe.”

Safeguarding God’s Children provides participants with a basic understanding of the dynamics of child sexual abuse.  This 3-hour course includes information on how to respond, prevent and protect the children and youth in one’s congregation and ministry.  

Who should attend? All rostered leaders are strongly encouraged to attend for their own knowledge and ministry. This is also a pre-view of the training that every congregation in the RMS is encouraged to offer to their entire staff and volunteers who interact with children and youth. All materials are available in Spanish.

The instructor is Nancy Bond O’Neal, a licensed insurance broker and certified risk manager who has been serving synods and congregations in Region 2 since 1995. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA). Nancy is a certified trainer for Safeguarding God’s Children, having presented this workshop to more than 4,000 pastors, lay employees and volunteers throughout the country.  The program was designed by the Episcopal Church Pension Group and is used extensively throughout the ELCA.  

You are invited to download and print the flyer to hand out or post on bulletin boards and in common areas.

Staff who relate to children and youth in your congregation and those responsible for your risk management are encouraged to attend this training.  If they are NOT participants in the Theological Conference, they should register with Linda Staats directly by email. They will pay at the door.

Those attending the 2011 Theological Conference will register for the training as an option in the registration process for the conference.