Nurture Team

Create and nurture relationships and connections among the local, district, conference and general church ministries.

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What is Safe Sanctuaries?
Safe Sanctuaries is more than guidelines, policies and procedures implemented to create an environment in which children, youth and the adults who work with them have boundaries of safe space. Safe Sanctuaries is an overt expression of a congregation in making a congregation a safe place where children and youth may experience the abiding love of God and fellowship within the community of faith. (GBOD|Safe Sanctuaries)

In 1996 The General Conference of The United Methodist Church adopted a resolution aimed at reducing the risk of child sexual abuse in the church.  
More Information regarding the '96 Mandate. 

Soon after that the first series of national training occurred and the first Safe Sanctuaries book was written by Joy Melton.