Child Safety Policies

ELPC maintains a commitment to extending “radical hospitality” to all of God’s people.

Our scriptures instruct us that the greatest command is to love God and love our neighbor as ourselves. We strive to put this call into practice by welcoming a diverse community of people into our building—regardless of race, gender, sexual identity, age, ability, and ethnicity. Our hospitality includes offering a broad range of ministries and programs sponsored by ELPC as well as hosting a vast array of programs for groups from the larger community. We desire to be an “open door church” in which all persons who enter here can encounter the love of God in Christ.

We also recognize that communities of faith are places where persons come for sanctuary, for a visible witness to God’s mercy and healing, and to participate in a community through which the Holy Spirit can inspire them toward service. Therefore we acknowledge the need for all persons within our congregational life to work together to ensure that ELPC is a safe haven for all persons—physically, emotionally, spiritually, etc. Child safety must therefore be a collective effort—a partnership between parents/caregivers, ELPC staff, ELPC volunteers, congregation members, and staff and volunteers of outside agencies who utilize ELPC space for events and programs.

For more information, please read through our Child Safety Policy.