Almighty Father,
We lift up the children of this world, the ones who live comfortably and the ones who have no roof above their heads. We lift up the children who have never heard of You. And today as we pray, we remember and lift up in Your tender loving hands, the abused and abandoned, living without love, without hope, and without the basic needs of living.
We lift up the children of this world, the ones who live comfortably and the ones who have no roof above their heads. We lift up the children who have never heard of You. And today as we pray, we remember and lift up in Your tender loving hands, the abused and abandoned, living without love, without hope, and without the basic needs of living.
Lord Jesus, we pray that we may become as pure, as innocent and as humble as children, with no evil, impurity and vengeance in our hearts. May we be excellent examples of godly men and women to children who are in our care. May we nurture and bring them close to You, as they become the future generation of the world and a blessed people of Your Kingdom.
Mark 10 : 13-16
People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.
People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.
 Confidential: Marked by intimacy or willingness to confide, private, secret, entrusted with confidence, containing information unauthorized to disclosure Moral and legal ethics involving confidentiality: Dealing with what is good and bad, moral duty and obligation. A set of moral principles or values. The principles of conduct governing an individual or group. | |
| | Dealing with conscience and right and wrong. |
| Rules and regulations governed by society. | |
Acting in the best interest of the person or others safety.
Definition of clergy 1. a group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a Christian church 2. the official or sacerdotal class of a non-Christian religion
 Mandatory Reportersof Child Abuse and Neglect
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/statutes/manda/
Clergy as Mandatory
Reporters
of Child abuse
and neglect
Privileged Communications
As a doctrine of some faiths, clergy must maintain
the confidentiality of pastoral communications. This is
sometimes referred to as “clergy-penitent privilege,”
where “penitent” refers to the person consulting the
clergy.
Mandatory reporting statutes in some States
specify the circumstances under which a communication
is “privileged” or allowed to remain confidential.
Privileged communications may be exempt from the
requirement to report suspected abuse or neglect.
The privilege of maintaining this confidentiality under
State law must be provided by statute.
Most States do
provide the privilege, typically in rules of evidence or civil
procedure.
The issue of clergy-penitent privilege also may be addressed in case law,
which this publication does not cover.
If the issue of privilege is not addressed in
the reporting laws, it does not mean that privilege is not
granted; it may be granted in other parts of State statutes.
This privilege, however, is not absolute.
While clergy penitent
privilege is frequently recognized within the
reporting laws, it is typically interpreted narrowly in the
context of child abuse or neglect.
The circumstances
under which it is allowed vary from State to State, and in
some States it is denied altogether.
For example, among
the States that list clergy as mandated reporters, Guam,
New Hampshire, and West Virginia deny the clergy
penitent privilege in cases of child abuse or neglect. Four
of the States that enumerate “any person” as a mandated
reporter (North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and
Texas) also deny clergy-penitent privilege in child abuse
cases.
In States where neither clergy members nor “any person”
are enumerated as mandated reporters, it is less clear
whether clergy are included as mandated reporters within
other broad categories of professionals who work with
children.
For example, in Virginia and Washington, clergy
are not enumerated as mandated reporters, but the
clergy-penitent privilege is affirmed within the reporting
laws.
THE LINK BELOW HAS EACH STATES LAWS LISTED
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/clergymandated.pdf
When an individual is faced with an ethical situation to which there is more than one seemingly correct solution  Matthew 18 Amplified Bible (AMP)Rank in the Kingdom
18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child and set him before them, 3 and said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self—your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever [a]humbles himself like this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever receives and welcomes one [b]child like this in My name receives Me; 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
 Stumbling Blocks
7 “Woe (judgment is coming) to the world because of stumbling blocks and temptations to sin! It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person on whose account or through whom the stumbling block comes!
8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off and throw it away from you [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire. 9 If your eye causes you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away from you [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; it is better for you to enter life with only one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fiery hell.
10 “See that you do not despise or think less of one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven [are in the presence of and] continually look upon the face of My Father who is in heaven. 11 [c][For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]
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