Purpose
Advent United Methodist Church established our Safe Sanctuary Policy for the purpose of demonstrating our total and unwavering commitment to the physical, emotional and spiritual safety of all our children, youth, and vulnerable adults.
This policy states that all who wish to volunteer with youth and children need to submit documentation and undergo training before they may be added to Advent's list of who can volunteer with youth and children. If you name does not appear on this list, you cannot volunteer to work directly with youth or children.
Examples of Whom Needs Training
Examples of volunteers who need training are volunteers who:
- Teach or shepherd in Children's or Youth Sunday School, Wednesday Night or VBS
- Help with GAIHN
- Coach an Advent youth basketball team
- Mentor a confirmand
- Accompany youth on a church sponsored trip, such as the beach, the float in, or Salkehatchie.