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The Children's Advocacy Center of Kent County is presenting a 2020 Summit to Stop Child Sexual Abuse on April 1, 2020 at Calvin College's Prince Conference Center.
On January 29, Safe Church hosted it's first webinar of the year. This article is a highlight reel of the event.
Shawn Sikkema tells the fictionalized story of Angel, a sex worker on East Colfax Avenue.
Abuse Awareness Sunday includes resources about power. We all have it; the question is: How do we use it?
The Safe Church toolkit for responding to abuse would not be complete without a look at forgiveness.
Are you aware of how prevalent teen dating violence is? Educate yourself about the warning signs and ways to get help.
If someone has committed a public sin (eg an affair), are they eligible to be an office bearer in the future or do certain sins prohibit someone from serving in office for the rest of their lives?
Ontario friends: Please consider joining us Saturday, March 7 at Waterloo CRC for our annual Inter-classis Safe Church Conference.
Safe Church will be hosting the first webinar in our new series ("Connect, Collaborate, and Coordinator to end abuse") on Wednesday, Jan 29 at 12 pm (EST). Join us!
We are excited to announce the 2020 Safe Church Conference! Mark your calendars for October 22 to 24 in Grand Rapids, MI at the Drury Inn.
As we celebrate and care for our wonderfully created bodies, we must acknowledge a tendency to place evil there, in our flesh, in our bodies.
December 6th, 2019 marked the 30th anniversary of a mass-shooting in Montreal. We take time to remember the event and those who lost their lives.
In this post, an anonymous CRC congregant shares his journey of recognizing, remembering, and processing the abuse he endured.
And it was here, in her words, that Advent found me. God found me, sending his precious son, an innocent lamb, telling us: “May you know how much you are worth.”
Who needs protection in our current world? This story reminds us about the global crisis of child marriages and the need to continue to work towards a safe world, free from abuse.
I wonder what our faith communities would look like if we chose to embrace our tension and conflict, to value relationship with others more than being right.
As important as annual Safe Church training is for staff and volunteers, it can be a challenge to make it engaging. One church had an idea that worked really well: Safe Church Jeopardy!
These are adoptions from Synod 2019 that pertain to specifically to classes. These adoptions were recommended from the Addressing Abuse of Power Report.
Safe Church Ministry recently held a training event on Restorative Practices in Faith Communities. I'm excited to discuss the training and share links and information about Restorative Practices.
Safe Church equips congregations in abuse awareness, prevention and response - and now we're providing resources for classis Safe Church Coordinators to help equip others.
I’m thankful that ministries within the denomination are partnering with Sherman Street CRC to offer a Restorative Practices training November 8 to 9. Here is how these practices have been transformational for me.
Does your church have a system or policy in place for children's programs that begin mid-service? How do you handle this situation?
I'm excited to step into my new role assisting the ministries of Disability Concerns and Safe Church. Find out some of my story below. Looking forward to connecting!
Take time to read about the ways in which our Catholic brothers and sisters are finding ways to offer reparations for past evil.
This sermon explores how we as a church lament our history and move from using power for ourselves to using our power with generosity, the way Jesus modeled and taught us.