Covenant of Care

Covenant of Care form and information for Grace Presbyterian Church staff and volunteers.

Introduction

A Policy for Ensuring a Climate of Safety for Children, Youth and Vulnerable Adults in The Presbyterian Church in Canada

The Leading with Care policy is not about us as individuals. It is about us as a body of Christ—a denomination—to ensure the highest quality of ministry by offering our best to Christ and working to make sure that the worst does not happen. It is a time for entering the age of lost innocence, whether real or imagined.

The Presbyterian Church in Canada is committed to providing safe environments for all persons, including children, youth, vulnerable adults, and those who minister to and with them. The church’s ministry includes times of worship, service, study, and play in all milieus (e.g. church courts, congregations, camps) that fall under The Presbyterian Church’s jurisdiction in Canada. All staff, both volunteer and paid, must support this policy.

(adapted from the Presbyterian Church of Canada)

Click here for the full document:

https://presbyterian.ca/resources/resources-od/safety-policies/#leading

Leading with Care Online Form

Covenant of Care

The church is Christ, together with his people, called both to worship and to serve him in all of life. (Living Faith: A Statement of Christian Faith, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1984, section 7.1.1).

Through the church, God orders this ministry by calling some to special tasks in the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of God (Living Faith: A Statement of Christian Faith, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1984, sections 7.2.1-2).

Please complete the following form:

As an expression of this calling that Christ has offered to me to be part of Grace Presbyterian Church: *

I promise to follow Christ’s example of respectful and kind behaviour in all my interactions with everyone;
I promise to use only the physical contact that is deemed appropriate by the document Leading with Care: A Policy for Ensuring a Climate of Safety for Children, Youth and Vulnerable Adults in The Presbyterian Church in Canada, which I have read and understand;
I promise to use appropriate language;
I promise to be sensitive in my use of humour, recognizing that others may not share my sense of what is funny;
I promise to show no bias based on gender, ethnic background, skin colour, intelligence, age, religion, sexual orientation or socio-economic status;
I promise that I will not harass others;
I promise to respect confidentiality and privacy, unless a child, youth or vulnerable adult is in danger, then I will report to a child protection agency or the police.
I promise to abide by procedures that have been established for the safety of others and myself.
I have read and agree with the covenant of care.

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