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SUMMARY:Fall 2024 Child Protection Cohort
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SUMMARY:Handling Allegations in a Ministry: Responses and Investigations Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Receiving an allegation of some kind of misconduct is always a shock and may trigger a crisis situation. The end goal will be to bring peace and healing\, but it may be a long journey. This talk will provide principles on how to respond initially\, what plans to put in place\, and how to evaluate if an investigation is needed. Then it walks through how to plan and execute a good investigation\, addressing some practical and legal concerns. This may include “red flags\,” who should conduct an investigation\, and to what extent legal counsel and other experts may be needed. A correct approach will help avoid serious mistakes\, minimize damage\, and prepare the organization to provide healing to people harmed. An investigation is designed to uncover truth\, but the goal should be for the truth to be used for repentance and healing. \n\n\n\nThis event will be free for ECAP Members and $20 for non-members. All attendees will receive a copy of Theresa Sidebotham’s book Handling Allegations in a Ministry: Responses and Investigations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors for this event!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout our Presenter:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheresa Sidebotham assists organizations in the U.S. and internationally\, with a special focus on employment law\, religious and nonprofit law\, and child safety. She advises on numerous misconduct investigations. She is also the founder of Telios Law PLLC. Theresa was mentored by judges at the Colorado Court of Appeals and worked at a large law firm serving religious institutions and doing general litigation before opening Telios Law. She has since gone on to represent a variety of businesses\, ministries\, churches\, and individual clients in matters ranging from child protection to employment to civil rights and more. Her cross-cultural experience helps her serve ministries and businesses well\, particularly in negotiating employment problems and conducting internal investigations into misconduct allegations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Handling Allegations In Ministry: Responses and Investigations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA church office worker complains about romantic advances made by a married pastor. What do you do? Parents in your congregation accuse a teenage boy of touching their daughter inappropriately. How should you handle it? A woman in your ministry files a sexual harassment complaint about a male coworker\, which turns into a confusing he said/she said clash. How can you determine the truth? \n\n\n\nAllegations of harm must be taken seriously. The health and reputation of the organization\, the potential victim\, and the accused are at stake. How do you go about investigating in a proper and godly way? \n\n\n\nThis handbook helps pastors\, ministry leaders\, board members\, and HR professionals navigate the process of response and investigation\, which may require outside expertise. With clear and practical guidance\, this book will show you how to: \n\n\n\n\nRespond to complaints and make appropriate reports\n\n\n\nListen to and protect those who may have been harmed\n\n\n\nCreate a fair process and communicate it appropriately\n\n\n\nTake responsibility and restore those who have been harmed
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LOCATION:Online Via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T090000
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SUMMARY:Safeguards for Kids Tour - Tampa
DESCRIPTION:Opportunities to win raffle prizes including a $400 SeaWorld gift card!* Free resources! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18. What can Christians do to change these disturbing facts? \n\n\n\nJulie Lowe argues that Christians must lead the way in prevention and response measures to keep kids safe and to respond with the hope of the gospel. Julie is a licensed professional counselor who brings over twenty years of counseling experience to help equip parents to become aware of this issue\, and equip their children to recognize\, respond\, and report immoral behavior from an adult. \n\n\n\nSafeguards 4 Kids will help parents and caregivers to have wisdom and discernment in parenting\, and will teach them how to have age-appropriate conversations with their kids about abuse and threats. In addition to Julie’s presentation\, we will also have mini-talks addressing human trafficking and internet safety for kids. \n\n\n\nJoin us\, so that you can safeguard your kids and equip them with the wisdom necessary to navigate a fallen world. \n\n\n\nThis event is $10 in advance and $20 at the door. Each attendee will receive a copy of Safeguards by Julie Lowe! Read more about Safeguards below.+$5 for an optional add-on for lunch and a Q&A with Julie Lowe. \n\n\n\n\n\nChildcare is not provided at this event. With the exception of nursing infants\, children are not permitted due to PG content and limited capacity. \n\n\n\n*Must be present to win. Excludes virtual events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulie Lowe\n\n\n\nis a former faculty member at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF). She holds an MA in counseling from Biblical Theological Seminary. She is a licensed professional counselor with over twenty-two years of counseling experience. She has extensive experience with marriage\, women’s issues\, sexual abuse\, body image issues\, parenting\, and child maltreatment issues\, and regularly speaks on these topics. Julie is a registered play therapist and has developed a play therapy office and resources to serve families and youth. She is trained in leading mandated reporter trainings and provides numerous trainings on child sexual abuse. Julie has a registered therapy dog that she works with both professionally and on a volunteer basis. Visit https://julielowe.org. \n\n\n\nHuman Trafficking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHuman sex trafficking is the exploitation of a person for profit and the trauma it leaves in its wake is devastating. There are many myths associated with human trafficking and those myths distract us from what is really happening to our children right under our noses.  Every day in almost every city in America children are being sold for sex and we can stop it. In this session you will learn what human trafficking looks like in our country and what our response should be. You  We will cover ways to protect children and wrap around those in our communities with specific vulnerabilities. Ending sex trafficking is possible and it all starts with education.  \n\n\n\nOnline Safety\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLike any tool\, the internet and our digital devices can be used for good and ill. Parents and caregivers should be on the front lines to protect children and youth from online threats and exploitation. Learn how to stay alert to virtual dangers and how to put measures in place to keep kids safe online. \n\n\n\nTeach safety\, supervise young children\, review games and apps\, adjust privacy settings\, warn about online dangers\, be alert to signs of abuse\, identify safe adults\, report incidents to the authorities. \n\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSafeguards\n\n\n\nBecause children are vulnerable\, they need to be protected. After more than two decades as a family counselor\, Julie Lowe has seen how important it is to help parents and caregivers think wisely and biblically about the dangers children face. Instead of living in fear or denial\, parents and caregivers can equip children to assess people and situations and model for them how to live by faith in a world where evil exists. \n\n\n\nLowe helps parents and caregivers teach the safety skills that will help protect their children from mistreatment\, unsafe situations\, violence\, bullying\, cyber-crimes\, predatory behavior\, sexting\, abuse\, and other kinds of danger that they might encounter. The safety skills that are needed at every stage—preschool\, elementary-age\, teens\, and college-bound—are discussed and applied in an age-appropriate way. \n\n\n\nSafeguards provides tools\, skills\, and resources to help when faced with uncomfortable\, challenging\, or dangerous situations. Instead of growing more anxious\, parents and caregivers can grow in a biblical understanding of the type of dangers and issues children and young people might face\, learn how to instill confidence and conviction in responding to new or fearful situations\, and distinguish safe vs. unsafe people and situations.
URL:https://ecap.net/event/safeguards-for-kids-tour-tampa/
LOCATION:South Tampa Fellowship Ballast Point Campus\, 5101 Bayshore Boulevard\, Tampa\, Florida\, 33611\, United States
CATEGORIES:ECAP Events
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SUMMARY:Raising the Standard of Care for Leaders Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Healthy leadership is crucial to ministry effectiveness and trust. Join ECFA’s President & CEO Michael Martin\, as he shares the importance of investing in leader care based on biblical principles. You will be equipped with practical insights on why the holistic integrity of leaders is vital to ministry flourishing and how boards and leaders can be proactive in supporting healthy leadership. We believe that good and godly governance is the foundation for Christ-centered ministries to build trust through transparency and integrity. Learn more about ECFA’s new leadership standard. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is designed for Christian ministry leaders\, boards\, elders\, deacons\, trustees\, and anyone that cares about healthy Christian leadership that glorified God. \n\n\n\nThis event will be free for ECAP Members and $20 for non-members. \n\n\n\nEach attendee with recieve a FREE copy of The Council: A Biblical Perspective on Board Governance by Gary G. Hoag\, Wesley K. Willmer\, Gregory J. Henson. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout our Presenter:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Martin became ECFA’s President and CEO in 2020. Both an attorney and a CPA\, he had previously served on ECFA staff for nine years\, most recently as Executive Vice President. \n\n\n\nAn accomplished communicator\, Michael has written on both scholarly and popular levels. His authorship is probably best known from the annual Minister’s Tax & Financial Guide and the Church and Nonprofit Tax & Financial Guide\, both of which he co-authored with former ECFA President Dan Busby\, beginning with the 2013 editions. \n\n\n\nMichael is passionate about helping churches and Christ-centered ministries maintain high standards of financial integrity through ECFA membership\, as well as through addressing legal and tax-related issues. He is a frequent speaker on ECFA’s webinars\, videos\, and podcasts\, as well as a regular contributor to ECFA’s library of ebooks and other written publications. \n\n\n\nHe has spoken at numerous conferences and workshops across the country\, and he has served as a guest on webinars\, videos\, and podcasts for numerous Christ-centered ministries and churches. \n\n\n\nMichael lives in Winchester\, Virginia\, with his wife and four daughters. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThrough accreditation\, ECFA serves as an accountability partner to Christ-centered organizations that voluntarily apply for membership and continue to faithfully demonstrate their commitment to ECFA’s Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship™ focused on board governance\, financial management\, and stewardship. \n\n\n\nECFA helps their accredited members maintain high standards and make their financial practices and activities transparent to the public\, which significantly enhances their credibility and support among their current and future donors.
URL:https://ecap.net/event/raising-the-standard-of-care-for-leaders-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Child Protection Training - Northern Virginia
DESCRIPTION:Lunch will be provided. \n\n\n\nHosted by NorthStar Church Network. \n\n\n\nJoin us to learn more about abuse and child protection for ministry leaders. We believe that child protection is important for ministry leaders because every person is created in the image of God. Furthermore\, we believe that child protection is a matter of Great Commission significance and biblical stewardship. \n\n\n\nAt this child protection workshop you will learn the basics of child protection\, tap into helpful resources and find out how ECAP can come alongside your ministry to help you protect the least of these. \n\n\n\nObjectives: \n\n\n\n\nRaise awareness for the importance of abuse prevention and child protection \n\n\n\nProvide ministry leaders with resources to assist them in prevention \n\n\n\nConnect with area churches and ministries that value child safety\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our sponsor: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenters:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeff Dalrymple is an organizational leader whose leadership experience includes roles in public safety\, higher education\, non-governmental organizations\, and parachurch ministry. Jeff served as a vice president at Southern Seminary in Louisville from 2008-2016. He is an elder at Sunrise Community Church (EFCA) and owner of Lumino Global Consulting and Coaching. In addition to implementing child protection programs at several ministries\, his experience includes team building\, development/fundraising\, hospitality\, international relations\, strategic planning\, and revitalization. Jeff enjoys reading\, exploring\, and spending time with his wife Kristil and kids. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Showers co-founded Simms Showers\, a Baltimore\, Maryland-based law firm\, in 2002 as a principal partner and now heads up the firm’s new Northern Virginia/Metropolitan D.C. office. His practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation and church\, nonprofit\, and business law. Showers regularly handles numerous lawsuits for and against churches\, nonprofits\, and small businesses. He also provides guidance on a variety of matters\, including risk management\, tax exemption\, land use\, and employment issues to defend against current or future legal liability. \n\n\n\nShowers has served hundreds of churches\, denominations\, and nonprofits nationwide throughout his career\, including the Southern Baptist Convention\, the Assemblies of God\, the Presbyterian Church of America\, Americans United for Life\, and Youth With a Mission. Prior to entering private practice in 1989\, Showers served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and served as Executive Director of the National Obscenity Enforcement Unit (NOEU)\, later called the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS)\, within the US Department of Justice. \n\n\n\nShowers sits on numerous boards. He serves as past president on the national board of directors of Christian Legal Society\, and as chairman of Gateway Community Church. He previously served as a member of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee. \n\n\n\nShowers earned his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1980. He earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 1977.
URL:https://ecap.net/event/child-protection-training-alexandria-va/
LOCATION:Grace Baptist Church\, 14242 Spriggs Rd\, Woodbridge\, Virginia\, 22193\, United States
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SUMMARY:Safeguards for Kids Tour - Alexandria\, VA
DESCRIPTION:Opportunities to win raffle prizes including a family membership to the Museum of the Bible for 1 year (valued at $230)* Free resources! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18. What can Christians do to change these disturbing facts? \n\n\n\nJulie Lowe argues that Christians must lead the way in prevention and response measures to keep kids safe and to respond with the hope of the gospel. Julie is a licensed professional counselor who brings over twenty years of counseling experience to help equip parents to become aware of this issue\, and equip their children to recognize\, respond\, and report immoral behavior from an adult. \n\n\n\nSafeguards 4 Kids will help parents and caregivers to have wisdom and discernment in parenting\, and will teach them how to have age-appropriate conversations with their kids about abuse and threats. In addition to Julie’s presentation\, we will also have mini-talks addressing human trafficking and internet safety for kids. \n\n\n\nJoin us\, so that you can safeguard your kids and equip them with the wisdom necessary to navigate a fallen world. \n\n\n\nThis event is $10 in advance and $20 at the door. Each attendee will receive a copy of Safeguards by Julie Lowe! Read more about Safeguards below. \n\n\n\n\n\nChildcare is not provided at this event. With the exception of nursing infants\, children are not permitted due to PG content and limited capacity. \n\n\n\n*Must be present to win. Excludes virtual events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulie Lowe\n\n\n\nis a former faculty member at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF). She holds an MA in counseling from Biblical Theological Seminary. She is a licensed professional counselor with over twenty-two years of counseling experience. She has extensive experience with marriage\, women’s issues\, sexual abuse\, body image issues\, parenting\, and child maltreatment issues\, and regularly speaks on these topics. Julie is a registered play therapist and has developed a play therapy office and resources to serve families and youth. She is trained in leading mandated reporter trainings and provides numerous trainings on child sexual abuse. Julie has a registered therapy dog that she works with both professionally and on a volunteer basis. Visit https://julielowe.org. \n\n\n\nHuman Trafficking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHuman sex trafficking is the exploitation of a person for profit and the trauma it leaves in its wake is devastating. There are many myths associated with human trafficking and those myths distract us from what is really happening to our children right under our noses.  Every day in almost every city in America children are being sold for sex and we can stop it. In this session you will learn what human trafficking looks like in our country and what our response should be. You  We will cover ways to protect children and wrap around those in our communities with specific vulnerabilities. Ending sex trafficking is possible and it all starts with education.  \n\n\n\nOnline Safety\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLike any tool\, the internet and our digital devices can be used for good and ill. Parents and caregivers should be on the front lines to protect children and youth from online threats and exploitation. Learn how to stay alert to virtual dangers and how to put measures in place to keep kids safe online. \n\n\n\nTeach safety\, supervise young children\, review games and apps\, adjust privacy settings\, warn about online dangers\, be alert to signs of abuse\, identify safe adults\, report incidents to the authorities. \n\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSafeguards\n\n\n\nBecause children are vulnerable\, they need to be protected. After more than two decades as a family counselor\, Julie Lowe has seen how important it is to help parents and caregivers think wisely and biblically about the dangers children face. Instead of living in fear or denial\, parents and caregivers can equip children to assess people and situations and model for them how to live by faith in a world where evil exists. \n\n\n\nLowe helps parents and caregivers teach the safety skills that will help protect their children from mistreatment\, unsafe situations\, violence\, bullying\, cyber-crimes\, predatory behavior\, sexting\, abuse\, and other kinds of danger that they might encounter. The safety skills that are needed at every stage—preschool\, elementary-age\, teens\, and college-bound—are discussed and applied in an age-appropriate way. \n\n\n\nSafeguards provides tools\, skills\, and resources to help when faced with uncomfortable\, challenging\, or dangerous situations. Instead of growing more anxious\, parents and caregivers can grow in a biblical understanding of the type of dangers and issues children and young people might face\, learn how to instill confidence and conviction in responding to new or fearful situations\, and distinguish safe vs. unsafe people and situations.
URL:https://ecap.net/event/safeguards-for-kids-tour-washington-dc-metro/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church of Alexandria\, 2932 King St\, Alexandria\, Virginia\, 22302\, United States
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