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Category Archives: Key Ministry
My 8 favorite Bible verses for special needs ministry (and the one I usually don’t use)
These are the eight verses I use to emphasize the calling that each church has to include all people. Continue reading
Burdens and blessings…
And then one day I realized that the burdens often provide the biggest blessings in our lives. For every dream that is dashed by the new normal as a dad of a child with special needs, a window is cracked into new insights and revelations from God. Continue reading
Want an easy life? Don’t become a Christian
Do you want an easy life? Stay away from church. Ignore the small, still voice inside you prodding you to serve those around you in the name of Jesus. Continue reading
A look at our year in ministry…and what’s next
Join us as we seek to extend the love of Christ to families everywhere for whom a child with a disability has too often been an insurmountable barrier to connecting with a local church. Continue reading
When prayers for healing go unanswered…
“The faith formula for healing…if you have enough faith, you’ll be healed…is absolutely wrong.” Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Key Ministry, Resources
Tagged anxiety, Bay Presbyterian Church, God, healing, Key Ministry, Mike Vonderau, Philippians 4:6-7, prayer, unanswered prayer
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Christmas time challenges for kids with common mental health conditions
three practical strategies will help many kids with common mental health conditions and their families to better experience the peace and joy associated with the Christmas season! Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Key Ministry, Strategies
Tagged ADHD, anxiety disorders, children's ministry, Christmas, Disability Ministry, Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Family Ministry, Key Ministry, OCD in Kids, parenting, Special Needs Ministry, Stephen Grcevich MD, student ministry
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Coming forward
Prayer for healing often needs to be repeated and sustained over an extended period of time. Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Key Ministry, Leadership, Mental Health
Tagged Bay Presbyterian Church, Brokenness, Depression, Garnett Slatton, healing, Jesus, leprosy, prayer
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Disability and abortion: How should the church respond?
Show the love and grace we received from Christ with others, including those who have had abortions and those who are experiencing difficulties as parents of children with disabilities. Preach the gospel faithfully to those who did and those who didn’t choose life. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Controversies, Key Ministry
Tagged abortion, church, culture of life, Disability, Down Syndrome, grace, John Knight, Shannon Dingle, Special Needs Ministry
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Rethinking “disability” in the church
But the newer thinking is that it’s not your body that disables you, it’s the environment around you.” For example, an environment full of stairs is actually what disables a person in a wheelchair. “That’s a much more interesting way to look at disability,” he adds. “So the onus isn’t on the ‘disabled’ person, it’s on the environment and on all of us.”
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Should adoption be the church’s response to abortion?
Adoption should be our response to a child in need of a family. Meanwhile, support in a variety of forms should be our response to a pregnant woman in need. Let’s not confuse the two. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Controversies, Key Ministry
Tagged abortion, Adoption, culture of life, Foster Care, Key Ministry, Pro-Life, Shannon Dingle
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