Since 2007, churches in the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church have sought to provide and implement Safe Sanctuaries practices for the protection of children, youth, vulnerable adults and volunteers. Each local church must maintain a Safe Sanctuary policy and review it annually.
Our first churchwide Safe Sanctuary training was a huge success! We had 60 folks in attendance. Open Hearts UMC will host a virtual training via Zoom on Wednesday, May 8th at 6:30pm until 7:45pm. All congregants are encouraged to attend.
Congregants who volunteer with children, youth and vulnerable adult ministries are required to participate in Safe Sanctuary trainings in order to continue volunteering.
Registrants can bring named guests.