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Category Archives: Key Ministry
Celebrating Shannon
Shannon shared the news that she’s transitioning off our ministry team with readers of her personal blog this past week. Our team is grateful for the time Shannon served with us. She’s a unique figure in the disability ministry movement … Continue reading
Church, we can’t not know about adoption and special needs!
Our church community didn’t know what we would need, but they said yes with us: yes to loving through the brokenness, yes to being faithful to the ones (me included) who need to learn to trust once again, yes to a bit more chaos in our row during worship, yes to choosing to do good for young ones for whom others hadn’t always chosen good in their recent past. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Inclusion, Key Ministry
Tagged Adoption, church, Disability Ministry, Foster Care, Key Ministry, orphans, Shannon Dingle, Special Needs Ministry
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On losing my pastor
My pastor announced his resignation yesterday. I’ll miss him greatly. Continue reading
Posted in Key Ministry, Leadership
Tagged Bay Presbyterian Church, Garnett Slatton, Leadership, pastors, transitions
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Five reasons limiting electronics is harder for kids with mental health conditions
I am suggesting that parents consider why their child’s reactions to being parented in their use of technology are so extreme and to consider how they might address the “why” that fuels their child’s apparent addiction to their electronic toys. Continue reading
Mental Health Ministry…So What?
More than anything, mental health ministry is about your church community, as a whole, getting the concept that people with mental health issues aren’t problems to be solved, they are people to be loved.
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How does the Gospel apply to self injury?
So how can we, in the name of Christ, come alongside those who hurt themselves? Continue reading
Is the sexual revolution driving our kids to suicide?
Teens who voluntarily engage in sexual activity or are victims of sexual violence are far more likely to experience suicidal thinking or behavior than their peers. Continue reading
Living in a manner that honors Christ’s reputation
So…if we’re wrestling with a business challenge or providing a service or advocating for a specific candidate or cause, the question on the table is this – will this action reflect well upon the reputation of the One I claim to serve in front of a hostile world? Continue reading
Posted in Key Ministry, Uncategorized
Tagged Christian witness, evangelism, Key Ministry, reputation, social media
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One benefit of visiting a new church as a unique family
As I left that meeting, it struck me: changing churches as a unique family is hard, but the same elements that make us stand out also make others notice us more easily. Continue reading
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