Safeguarding God's Children Training

imageFour classes have been scheduled for Mau'i, Kaua'i, Big Island & Honolulu:

MAUI:  February 25, 2012, 1:00 p.m.
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 2140 Main St., Wailuku
To register contact Good Shepherd directly at 808-244-7244 or email the church office.

KAUA'I - March 3, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
All Saints' Episcopal Church, 1065 Kuhio Hwy., Kapa'a
Rev. Robin Taylor and Rev. Ben Nelson will be leading the training. (REGISTER ON-LINE HERE)

BIG ISLAND - March 10, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Christ Church Episcopal, 81-1004 Konawaena School Rd., Kealakekua. (REGISTER ON-LINE HERE)

O'AHU - April 14, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Church of the Epiphany, 1041 Tenth Avenue, Honolulu
Rev. David Jackson and Deidre Harris will be leading the training. (REGISTER ON-LINE HERE)

Safeguarding God's Children is required of all clergy, Vestry and Bishop's Committee members, and anyone (paid or volunteer) who works with children. This includes Sunday school teachers, youth group leaders, and preschool and school teachers. Anyone in a church is encouraged to attend the workshop, to increase the awareness of how to watch for warning signs of child abuse.

The Diocese uses the curriculum put together by the Church Pension Fund that describes the program as follows:  "Safeguarding God's Children provides participants with the information they need to protect the children they know and care for in their personal lives and the ministries in which they serve. The program is based on the philosophy that if every adult can protect just one child, they will forever change one life. If we can all change one life, together we will make a difference in this generation of children."

To read the Diocese of Hawai'i's Code of Conduct for the Protection of Youth and Children, please click HERE.

Should you have any questions about this course or its administration throughout the Diocese of Hawai'i, please contact any one of these administrators:

Dot Shigemura
Lani Kaaihue
Ben Nelson