Volunteering & the Protection Plan
OEFC requires all volunteers working in our children and youth ministries to complete the steps of our “Protection Plan” prior to being involved. These steps include attending a Protection Plan Course, filling out an Application Form, completing a Criminal Record Check (this step for volunteers over 18 only), and completing an Interview with the ministry leader or pastor. These steps are to ensure we are providing the safest environment possible for the children in our care, as well as to protect the volunteers and the church.
Below are links to some of our Protection Plan documents including our Adult Application Form (for adults wishing to volunteer with minors) a Youth Application Form (for youth wishing to volunteer with children up to grade 6), and a Cover Letter with detailed instructions for each step of the Protection Plan. If you wish to volunteer for the first time at OEFC, please feel free to print, fill out, and return to the church’s main office the appropriate Application Form. This will help us to get to know you and initiate the remaining steps of the Protection Plan.
Thank you for your desire to be involved in our children and youth ministries, as well as for taking the OEFC plan to protect seriously.
Application Forms to volunteer in youth and children’s ministries:
Adult Protection Plan Application Form
Youth Protection Plan Application Form
Instructions for completing the steps of the Protection Plan:
Instructions for fulfilling OEFC Protection Plan
Protection Plan Course Documents:
We recommend that you attend a Protection Plan Course at the church, but we understand that busy scheduel’s can conflict and our course dates won’t work for everyone. If you are unable to attend a course in-person we ask that you read the “Protection Plan Book”. Once you have read the book, please sign the “Protection Plan Course Completion Form” and return it to the church.
Protection Plan Course Completion Form