Resources & Handouts
Resources
--Sample Volunteer Application
--Criminal Record Check Request Form
--"Safe Sanctuaries: Reducing the Risk of Child Abuse" by Joy Melton
--"Safe Sanctuaries for Youth: Reducing the Risk of Abuse in Youth Ministries" by Joy Melton
--Safe Sanctuaries (General Board of Discipleship)
--Central Pennsylvania Conference Safe Sanctuaries website
--List of Sex Offenders in Your Area This link will take you to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation website. Click "Sex Offender". Go to the bottom of the page and click "Sex Offender Search Page". Enter the zip code or county where you reside and click search.
--Background Checks
Safe Sanctuaries Basic Orientation PowerPoint and Handouts
Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation used during the training events held in 2010.
Click here to download the PowerPoint "Ministry to Sex Offenders in the Local Church."
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Safe Sanctuaries Outline/Notes Page
Unit 1 Handouts
Unit 1.1 - Scripture and Baptismal Covenant
Unit 1.2 - Resolution 36: Sexual Abuse Within Ministerial Relationships
Unit 3 Handouts
Unit 3.1 - Safe Sanctuaries Local Church Evaluation Form
Unit 4 Handouts
Unit 4.1 - Background Checks / Georgia Sex Offender Registry
Unit 6 Handouts
Unit 6.1 - When to Break a Confidence with Children/Youth
Unit 6.2 - The Book of Discipline 2008 / Georgia State Code
Unit 6.3 - Things to Consider if You Observe, Suspect or Receive an Allegation of Abuse
Unit 6.4 - Reporting Alleged Child Abuse
Unit 6.5 - Handling the Media in a Crisis Situation
Unit 8 Handouts
Unit 8.1 - When a Sex Offender Seeks to Join the Local Church
Unit 8.2 - Premises/Participation Agreement
Unit 9 Handouts
Unit 9.1 - Internet Safety
Unit 9.2 - Social Networking
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