Tag Archives: Disability Ministry

The quiet ministry of a special needs grandparent

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

How many grandparents quietly, day in and day out, without fanfare or special recognition provide an irreplaceable blessing through the care they provide to children with disabilities? Continue reading →

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Are you prepared to encounter your rooster?

Posted on April 16, 2017 by

I worry that my own faith and the faith of many of my fellow Christians is a mile wide and an inch deep. It’s one thing to profess one’s faith in front of a room filled with like-minded people. It’s another thing when there might be a price attached to that profession. Continue reading →

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Jeff McNair: Eight Questions to Guide the Next Steps for Your Disability Ministry

Posted on February 7, 2017 by

“Better has no endpoint.” Whatever stage we are at in our ministry work or our own walk with Christ, we recognize we are on a continuum. Continue reading →

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Our ministry blueprint for 2017

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

It makes me happy to think about other families having a strong faith foundation when the winds and waves of contemporary life come crashing against the shore. Continue reading →

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Going to church as a family on Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2016 by

Our mission is successful when all families have the opportunity for memories of attending church together to form the foundation of their Christmas traditions. Continue reading →

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Preparing to fight the good fight

Posted on October 16, 2016 by

How shall we prepare now to fight the good fight in the years ahead when we’ll likely pay a price for practicing our faith? Continue reading →

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Disability Inclusion on Mission Trips

Posted on September 25, 2016 by

A mission trip planned by and for people with disabilities was exactly what we were hoping for as we were making our philosophical switch. Note that it was not something anyone from my leadership team came up with. It was an idea that was birthed by God through our friend Nick. Continue reading →

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Celebrating Shannon

Posted on September 18, 2016 by

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 →

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Church, we can’t not know about adoption and special needs!

Posted on September 13, 2016 by

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 →

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One benefit of visiting a new church as a unique family

Posted on August 2, 2016 by

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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