About Dr. G
Dr. Stephen Grcevich serves as President and Founder of Key Ministry, a non-profit organization providing free training, consultation, resources and support to help churches serve families of children with disabilities. Dr. Grcevich is a graduate of Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), trained in General Psychiatry at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University. He is a faculty member in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at two medical schools, leads a group practice in suburban Cleveland (Family Center by the Falls), and continues to be involved in research evaluating the safety and effectiveness of medications prescribed to children for ADHD, anxiety and depression. He is a past recipient of the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Dr. Grcevich was recently recognized by Sharecare as one of the top ten online influencers in children’s mental health. His blog for Key Ministry, www.church4everychild.org was ranked fourth among the top 100 children's ministry blogs in 2015 by Ministry to Children.
On another level, I love to share in Bible study and prayer with kids with disabilities and I think they should all be included in the major weekly event of our congregations, Sunday worship. Continue reading →
Posted in Autism, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Resources, Strategies
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Tagged Amplifying Our Witness, Autism, Ben Conner, developmental disabilities, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Special Needs Ministry, spiritual development, Young Life Capernaum
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So my strategy is to go where kids with developmental disabilities gather or are gathered: Buddy sports programs, help out at a local school, volunteer at a therapeutic horse riding facility, get involved in Special Olympics, or even have someone from your church start a program, like an assisted art program, that supports that community. When you reach out in love to kids with developmental disabilities you will also being serving their families. Continue reading →
Posted in Autism, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Resources, Strategies
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Tagged adolescents, Amplifying Our Witness, Ben Conner, church, developmental disabilities, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Special Needs Ministry, spiritual development, Young Life Capernaum
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Mike has graciously shared with us his video response to the question “Why?” As usual, he doesn’t disappoint! We’re all looking forward to Mike’s Inclusion Fusion presentation, Partnering With Parents. Continue reading →
I don’t know how I’d tell a leader interested in the resources we offer without the means to pay for them that they couldn’t come to our conference. And thanks to the generosity of our ministry supporters, I’m blessed that I don’t have to. Continue reading →
If you plan to attend this weekend’s Group Kidmin children’s ministry extravaganza in Chicago, make a point of connecting with Katie Wetherbee and Harmony Hensley from our Key Ministry team. Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, Families, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Training Events
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Tagged advocacy, children's ministry, church, Group KidMin Conference, Harmony Hensley, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Katie Wetherbee, Special Needs Ministry
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In Ben’s book, he advocates for a “practice-centered” approach to discipleship of teens and young adults with developmental disabilities. Through including adolescents with developmental disabilities in traditional Christian practices (worship, hospitality, prayer, friendship) involving participation in a community of faith, a transformative effect on spiritual development can occur based upon intuition and impression that doesn’t necessarily correspond to our understanding of intellectual or psychosocial development. Continue reading →
Posted in Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Resources
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Tagged adolescents, Amplifying Our Witness, Ben Conner, churches, developmental disabilities, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Special Needs Ministry, spiritual development, young adults, Young Life Capernaum
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Key Ministry is making available to the Inclusion Fusion Disability Ministry Video Library free of charge to pastors, church staff, volunteers and families everywhere. Continue reading →
Posted in Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Resources
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Tagged churches, Disability, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion Library, Key Ministry, Resources, Special Needs Ministry
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Jolene did a wonderful talk on the topic Ten Ways Churches Can Support Parents of Kids With Special Needs for last year’s Web Summit (click on the link above to download her slides). Feel free to share this talk with others, and if you’re interested in more resources like Jolene’s presentation, click the link in the last paragraph for FREE registration to this year’s Inclusion Fusion 2012, scheduled from November 12th-16th. Continue reading →
Posted in Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Resources
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Tagged churches, Different Dream Parenting, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Jolene Philo, Key Ministry, special needs, Special Needs Ministry
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Mark 2 has served a vital role in pulling together a diverse group of churches from throughout the state of Indiana for training and mutual support as individual churches pursue active disability ministry initiatives. Continue reading →
Posted in Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Leadership, Strategies
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Tagged Aaron Scheffler, church, Disability Ministry Connection, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Mark 2 Ministries, Networking, Special Needs Ministry Web Summit, Why?
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I’m pleased to announce that registration for this year’s Special Needs Ministry Web Summit is officially open.
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