{"id":2792,"date":"2025-06-19T21:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/?page_id=2792"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:12:50","slug":"safe-sanctuaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/?page_id=2792","title":{"rendered":"Safer Sanctuaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bookcase-books-kids-child-learning-reading-1427473-pxhere.com_-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Small white girl reading a book in front of a bookcase\" class=\"wp-image-2818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bookcase-books-kids-child-learning-reading-1427473-pxhere.com_-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bookcase-books-kids-child-learning-reading-1427473-pxhere.com_-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bookcase-books-kids-child-learning-reading-1427473-pxhere.com_-768x1186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bookcase-books-kids-child-learning-reading-1427473-pxhere.com_-995x1536.jpg 995w, https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bookcase-books-kids-child-learning-reading-1427473-pxhere.com_.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>A central tenet of the Christian faith is the inherent value and worth of all:  children, youth, and adults. Children, youth, and other vulnerable people are unfortunately least able to protect themselves in our society and are particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect. The United Methodist Church is eager to do all it can to protect these members who take part in the life of this congregation. These are our policies &amp; guidelines for their care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SafeSanctuariesFinal.docx\">Safer Sanctuaries Policy<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Signed-signature-page-scaled.png\">Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CRUMC-CHECK-IN-AND-OUT.pdf\">Check In and Check out<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CRUMC-INCIDENT-RESPONSE-FORMS.pdf\">Incident Response Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PhotoReleaseDoc.pdf\">Photo Release Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CRUMCREGISTRATION-AND-RELEASE.pdf\">Registration &amp; Release For Offsite or Overnight Events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CRUMC-VOLUNTEER-INTEREST-FORM.pdf\">Volunteer Interest Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnccumc.org\/files\/websites\/www\/resource+center\/online+learning+instructions.pdf\">Online Safer Sanctuaries Training information.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nA central tenet of the Christian faith is the inherent value and worth of all: children, youth, and adults. Children, youth, and other vulnerable people are unfortunately least able to protect themselves&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/?page_id=2792\" class=\"link-more\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Safer Sanctuaries\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2792","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","entry-type-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3072,"href":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2792\/revisions\/3072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crumc-nc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}