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 However, it has not been updated and some of the information, resources and references are out of date.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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Here are some of the ways ELCA congregations, agencies, and synods are bringing the Help the Children Initiative to life around the country. There is a safe haven at:

greensquare.gif (71 bytes) Grace Lutheran Church in Marshfield, Wisconsin, where child care for children in rural America has become a priority.
greensquare.gif (71 bytes) Central City Lutheran Mission in San Bernardino, California, where an after-school program provides an educational boost for kids and a job opportunity for teens who tutor them.
greensquare.gif (71 bytes) The St. Barnabas Center for Ministry in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where a summer day camp reaches neighborhood children who are too old for a babysitter but not old enough to be alone all day.
greensquare.gif (71 bytes) The statewide level where Pennsylvania Lutherans look at ways to collaborate on behalf of children.
greensquare.gif (71 bytes) Saint Luke Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, where Sunday school children support the Hunger Relief Act.
greensquare.gif (71 bytes) St. James Lutheran Church in Crystal, Minnesota, where Victor's family received its first car.


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