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Santuarios más seguros

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 20:20:05 GMT

Desde 1998, Santuarios seguros ha sido una fuente fiable de orientación para las iglesias y otras instituciones afiliadas en su labor de reducir el riesgo de abusos en sus comunidades mediante políticas y prácticas de eficacia probada. Sin embargo, un mundo cambiante exige una renovación constante de estas estrategias de confianza junto con enfoques nuevos y actualizados de la labor de prevención de los abusos. Santuarios más seguros: Fomentar la confianza en las comunidades religiosas se basa en los cimientos sólidos de los recursos anteriores, a la vez que inspira y prepara a las iglesias para la labor del futuro.

Santuarios más seguros reconoce los temores que giran en torno al tema de los abusos y anima a las iglesias a responder con honestidad, comunicación abierta y responsabilidad a los retos a los que se enfrentan estas comunidades. Este enfoque permite a las comunidades fomentar el florecimiento en lugar del miedo y construir comunidades acogedoras y prósperas que sean abiertas y seguras para todos.

Las siete secciones del recurso recorren los fundamentos teológicos de esta labor, la psicología de la prevención de abusos, las directrices básicas para la reducción de riesgos, orientaciones específicas para cada edad, instrucciones paso a paso sobre el diseño y la aplicación de una política a nivel de toda la iglesia, cómo responder a los abusos, y una afirmación y un estímulo para el trabajo que queda por realizar.

Santuarios más seguros es también un trabajo exhaustivo que incluye capítulos con orientaciones para trabajar con:

Niños en edad de guardería y preescolar
Niños de primaria
Jóvenes
Personas con discapacidades
Adultos mayores
Asistentes a campamentos y retiros
Estudiantes universitarios

También se proporcionan modelos de formularios para ayudar a seleccionar a los trabajadores, solicitar la comprobación de antecedentes, verificar las referencias y denunciar las sospechas de abuso.

La construcción de un santuario más seguro puede ser un ministerio que dé vida y mejore la comunidad de una congregación. Se trata de una forma gozosa de estar en comunidad que promueve la seguridad de todas las personas.

Santuarios más seguros

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:54:21 GMT

Santuarios más seguros es también un trabajo exhaustivo que incluye capítulos con orientaciones para trabajar con:

Niños en edad de guardería y preescolar
Niños de primaria
Jóvenes
Personas con discapacidades
Adultos mayores
Asistentes a campamentos y retiros
Estudiantes universitarios

También se proporcionan modelos de formularios para ayudar a seleccionar a los trabajadores, solicitar la comprobación de antecedentes, verificar las referencias y denunciar las sospechas de abuso.

Safer Sanctuaries

Mon, 01 May 2023 13:56:39 GMT

Since 1998, Safe Sanctuaries has been a trusted source of guidance for churches and other affiliated institutions as they work to reduce the risk of abuse in their communities through proven policies and practices. A changing world, however, requires a constant renewal of these trusted strategies along with new and updated approaches to the work of preventing abuse. Safer Sanctuaries: Nurturing Trust within Faith Communities builds on the strong foundation of past resources while also inspiring and preparing churches for the work of the future.

Safer Sanctuaries acknowledges the fears that swirl around the subject of abuse and encourages churches to respond with honesty, open communication, and accountability to the challenges faced in these communities. This approach allows communities to encourage flourishing instead of fear and build welcoming, thriving communities that are open and safe for everyone.

The seven sections of this resource walk through the theological grounding of this work, the psychology of abuse prevention, the basic guidelines for risk reduction, age-level specific guidance, step-by-step instructions on designing and implementing a churchwide policy, how to respond to abuse, and an affirmation and encouragement for the work ahead.

Safer Sanctuaries is also a comprehensive volume that includes chapters with guidance for working with:

Nursery-age and preschool children
Elementary-age children
Youth
People with disabilities
Older adults
Camping and retreat attendees
College students

Sample forms are also provided for help in screening workers, requesting background checks, checking references, and reporting suspected abuse.

Building a safer sanctuary can be a life-giving and community enhancing work of ministry for a congregation. It can be an empowering, joyful way of being in community that promotes the safety and security of all people.

Safer Sanctuaries

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:40:48 GMT

Safer Sanctuaries is also a comprehensive volume that includes chapters with guidance for working with:

Nursery-age and preschool children
Elementary-age children
Youth
People with disabilities
Older adults
Camping and retreat attendees
College students

Sample forms are also provided for help in screening workers, requesting background checks, checking references, and reporting suspected abuse.

The Awakened Life for High School Students

Fri, 20 May 2022 15:38:50 GMT

One out of five teens lives with depression, anxiety, or another mental illness. Some come to believe that worry, isolation, and fear are all life has to offer. Yet God created us for lives full of joy, well-being, and connection.

The Awakened Life for High School Students is an eight-week small-group guide that empowers teens to awaken to a more abundant life through practices that build resiliency, teach psychosocial skills, and foster emotional and spiritual well-being. It is designed to be led by those who provide spiritual and emotional care to students but who are not professional counselors or therapists. Over the course of this study, students will learn how to connect with their own minds and bodies, expand their understanding of the importance of connection to others, develop connections to nature, and then combine all of these practices to build a resilient, joyful, and awakened life.

The curriculum walks participants through 8 weeks of practices and reflections. Each weekly session lasts for about an hour and includes a mindfulness or spiritual practice to explore as a group. Many of these practices involve prayer and meditation techniques, coupled with discussion and journaling. Students will be encouraged to do each week's spiritual practice at home, to reflect on the experience in a journal, and to check in with an accountability partner at least once a week.

Each week's session follows the same rhythm by revisiting these themes: Awake, Aware, Alive, Abide, and Arise. Through participation in The Awakened Life, high school students can wake up to abundant life; become aware of their worth and belonging; come alive to their senses, thoughts, and emotions; abide in the love and grace of God; and arise to live a life as connected, whole people.

The Godbearing Life, Revised Edition

Wed, 18 May 2022 21:26:54 GMT

A generation ago, The Godbearing Life charted a new course for youth ministry to fuel the faith both of young people and the adults who minister with them. It is founded on the truth that we are all Godbearers to one another, and therefore youth ministry is more about people than programs. Youth ministry is ministry that invites young people into deep soul work and spiritual friendships.

Like the original, The Godbearing Life, Revised Edition is conversationally written, grounded in scripture, and grows out of all three authors' own pastoral experience. The update addresses the profound shifts in society and ministry over the past twenty-five years—from the interconnection of technology to the professionalization of youth ministry. This book reimagines the means of Godbearing youth ministry in a post-pandemic digital age in the twenty-first century while holding on to the fact that young people are continuously transformed by the message.

The Godbearing Life, Revised Edition offers a new generation of church leaders the same depth of spiritual wisdom that shifted the ground for youth workers two decades ago. The basic message is this: young people need adults who practice faith alongside them.

Building Spiritual Muscle

Wed, 18 May 2022 21:11:32 GMT

This six-session Bible Study and discipleship resource designed for youth will help work out their spiritual muscles and build their faith. Included in this resource are scripts for training and coaching the adult group leaders, as well as links to video clips of key speakers from the Youth 2015 event. The brief video clips will guide discussion for groups, with individuals setting their own learning and spiritual growth goals.This resource with help strengthen its users' faith and develop leaders.

SEX

Wed, 18 May 2022 21:11:02 GMT

SEX: A Christian Perspective on Our Bodies, Decisions, and Relationships for 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th Grade Youth is designed to open the door to serious conversation, decisions, and commitments on the part of younger youth as they wrestle with what it means to be Christian and sexual beings. This resource is intended to strengthen relationships between youth and their adult, to foster deep conversation during this experience, and to provide the beginnings of conversations that go beyond this experience. This resource lends itself to adaptation, and you will find encouragement to choose activities and resources that connect with who you are as a local church and community addressing topics of faith and sexuality in your context. Also included are alternative learning activities, conversation starters, Bible study and worship ideas, and more.

Leadership Lab for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Youth (PDF)

Wed, 18 May 2022 21:10:46 GMT

Leadership is a learned skill, a gift from God that can be exercised for the transformation of the world. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders burst with energy, and helping them discover and practice leadership techniques is an important step to growing effective leaders from within your ministry.

Leadership Lab for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Youth provides four complete sessions that:

Identify leadership skills in participants
Showcase the importance of teamwork and group dynamics
Prepare leaders for communication and conflict
Create reflective moments to listen for God's call to lead in a variety of ways

These four sessions are jam-packed with activities, games, and discussions for 6th–8th grade youth, and provide adult leaders with lesson outlines, handouts, and visuals to create a meaningful experience. This resource is part of a growing collection of Leadership Lab materials designed specifically to develop young people into leaders.

Way to Live

Sat, 14 May 2022 03:54:56 GMT

"I want to find a way to live that keeps me involved in what God is doing in me and in the world around me. Do you know a way to live that is like that?"

Eighteen teens and 18 adults tackle that question in Way to Live: Christian Practices for Teens. Their different points of view and personal stories make living a Christian life real.

"This book invites you into a community of people who don't just go with the flow," say the editors. "This community's image of 'the good life' is not about having lots of stuff or being more successful than other people. Instead, it's about getting involved in the loving, challenging life of God."

Find out how Alexx dealt with all his stuff, how Marie expressed her creativity with a paint roller, what Jack learned about play. These are just a few of the Christian practices this team of writers explores.

Some ancient Christian practices turn up as ways to deepen awareness of God's presence in our lives today. Discover how to use your imagination when reading the Bible—á la Saint Ignatius—and practice tuning in to God like Brother Lawrence of the 17th century.

This fun, graphics-filled book will start teens on the spiritual journey of a lifetime!

A FREE LEADER'S GUIDE filled with engaging, doable things to encourage teen Christian practices is HERE. (Size: 542 KB. Download times will vary.)

Building Spiritual Muscle

Sat, 14 May 2022 03:02:54 GMT

Building Spiritual Muscle

Sat, 14 May 2022 03:02:42 GMT

Everyday Disciples

Sat, 14 May 2022 02:59:25 GMT

Everyday Disciples: Covenant Discipleship With Youth by Chris Wilterdink resources pastors, youth leaders, and youth groups with information and planning materials related to Covenant Discipleship and accountability practices. Covenant Discipleship encourages youth to connect with Christ and one another through mutual accountability. It also encourages a networked support structure for living in the world as Christ followers.

Everyday Disciples

Sat, 14 May 2022 02:59:07 GMT

Take advantage of a discount and purchase all three Covenant Discipleship resources at once!

iKids

Sat, 14 May 2022 02:48:40 GMT

iKids—the generation emerging in the midst of the digital revolution. A generation defined by a vast and rapidly changing technological landscape, the iKids generation will never know a world without touch screens, social media, and the internet. iKids: Parenting in the Digital Age takes a close look at the culture of this generation and raises critical questions about the effects of technology on children's brains, physical health, educational experiences, relationships, and faith formation.

iKids

Sat, 14 May 2022 02:48:27 GMT

What is Chrysalis?

Sat, 14 May 2022 02:22:05 GMT

This booklet is ideal for potential Chrysalis participants and church leaders. It introduces readers to the ideas behind Chrysalis and helps them know what to expect during a life-changing Chrysalis weekend.

What Is Chrysalis?

Sat, 14 May 2022 02:21:53 GMT

Made to Move

Sat, 14 May 2022 01:42:44 GMT

Jesus affirmed that the greatest purpose of our lives is to love God. But how do we express love to a God we can't see or touch?

Each of us has a body, and our bodies and senses provide tangible ways for us to know and love God. Author Wendy LeBolt writes, "We are made to move in God's direction, by God's initiative, and at God's pace. Our bodies will speak to us if we listen. Our bodies will teach us if we pay attention."

Made to Move is a 6-week study designed to help people of all ages experience God through heart, soul, mind, strength, and stretch, using activities that engage the body and its senses, as well as the mind, including its imagination. Through daily prayer, scripture reading, reflection, and activities, individuals and groups will discover the masterpiece God created and is continuously crafting in their lives.

Made to Move can be used by individuals and groups, including intergenerational groups. Includes a Leader's Guide.

One Day I Wrote Back

Sat, 14 May 2022 01:03:16 GMT

Do you struggle to relate the Bible to your daily life? Jane Herring wrestled with the contradictions, puzzling stories, and difficult sayings in scripture—until she discovered the power of interacting with them.

Herring guides you to talk back to those scripture passages you don't understand. Ask questions, explore your life, plead, praise, and ponder. She provides simple, practical tools for beginning and experienced writers. A perfect resource for individuals, small groups, and retreats.

Length of study: 6 weeks. Includes Leader's Guide.