Joy McElroy is the executive director of Cherish All Children, a service of Lutheran Social Service, Minnesota. She is passionate about engaging churches and community groups to prevent child sexual exploitation, working to support young people into safe and healthy relationships both online and in person. She is a strong advocate for Child Safety Policies in congregations to create a culture of safety. Joy holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources from the University of Minnesota, with a focus on training and development. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota with her family, and enjoys many community and outdoor activities.
Families Raising Children into Safe, Healthy, and Equal Relationships
Introduction [1] For many years, I’ve been doing training about safe and healthy relationships in our ELCA churches. Often when I ask, “Who taught you about safe and healthy relationships?” I hear a lot of stammering “…uh…my parents, kinda…my teacher in health class…TV…the internet?” This was my experience as well, although we didn’t have the […]