This is a six-hour training session designed to increase awareness regarding sexual misconduct and abuse of power, to outline steps toward preventing abuse, to offer ways to intervene when misconduct occurs and to equip anyone in a position of parish leadership with ways of healing and rebuilding the body of Christ.
The training is required of all clergy and diocesan employees. It is also intended for wardens, vestry members,lay Eucharistic visitors (LEM B), pastoral visitors, youth leaders, confirmation sponsors, acolyte leaders, choir directors, church school teachers, volunteers working in the parish on a regular basis and all employees of congregations. Safe Church Training is scheduled in each deanery at least once per year; participants are welcome at any training, regardless of location.
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For all sessions:
Time: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Deadline: Two weeks prior to the event
Contact: Dick Vanderlippe at rvan [at] aol [dot] com or 617-482-4826, x507
Cost: $40.00. Payment is due two weeks in advance of training.
Make checks payable to: The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and send to:
The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
138 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02111
This session is for clergy only:
The Safe Church Manual is only available to parish officers and clergy. Each parish has been provided with a user name and password which are required to access the manual at ftp://docs.diomass.org; this address should be entered as a URL in the address field at the top of your browser (where http://... normally goes).
If you cannot find the correct user name and password, please contact Jamie Reamer: jreamer [at] diomass [dot] org or 617-482-4826 x339.