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Please note: The Safe Haven website was created in 1998 and contains valuable information for ELCA congregations. However, it has not been updated and some of the information, resources and references are out of date. For more updated resources and links we would direct you to www.elca.org/safeplace and www.elca.org/legal/congregations/safeguarding.html. |
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In a world torn by the social upheavals of poverty and change, we quickly
forget the most vulnerable among us. |
| PEOPLE: |
God, help the children. |
| LEADER: |
We long for children to be free from fear and free to live in faith. |
| PEOPLE: |
God, help us to help the children. |
| LEADER: |
May our congregation be a Safe Haven for all children. |
| PEOPLE: |
May we know the children in our community by name. |
| LEADER: |
Use us to give voice to the children in our community and throughout the
world. |
| PEOPLE: |
To protect them from the ravages of racism, hunger, violence, and
poverty. |
| LEADER: |
Lord, deepen our commitment that children are central to the life of this
congregation. |
| PEOPLE: |
Help us to see life through a child's eyes. |
| LEADER: |
We know that being a Safe Haven for Children will bring with it
challenges for this congregation, that children bring with them a kind of holy chaos. |
| PEOPLE: |
God, teach us to celebrate the noise and activity and fun that children
bring. |
| LEADER: |
Thank you, God, for giving us children. |
| PEOPLE: |
May we be a Safe Haven for them. In your most holy name. |
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Amen. |
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