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Don’t tell me your church’s theology is sound if my family isn’t welcome…Shannon Dingle
I wouldn’t expect any new church to be fully equipped with how to support our family if we wanted to join. But I would expect, hope, wish, pray that they would be willing to love us enough to try to learn. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Inclusion, Key Ministry
Tagged church, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Shannon Dingle, Special Needs Ministry, theology
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One God, One Hope, One Body…March 28 #oneconference328
Some of our friends are putting on a very cool conference spanning three cities and two states on Saturday, March 28th that we encourage our friends in the Southwest to attend. Continue reading
Lorna Bradley…Special Needs Parenting: From Coping to Thriving
Throughout the years I have seen healing of deeply held emotional and spiritual wounds through coming together in a supportive, welcoming Christian community and working through our challenges together. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Families, Key Ministry, Resources, Spiritual Development, Strategies
Tagged church, Disability Ministry, From Coping to Thriving, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Lorna Bradley, ministry resources, small groups, Special Needs Ministry, Special Needs Parenting, videoconferencing
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What about them? Karen Jackson of Faith Inclusion Network
My daughter did have a place in a church now, but what about all those other families affected by disability? What about them? Continue reading
Including Kids and Teens With Mental Illness in the Church and Community…#globalaccess2015
Here’s the Slideshare of Dr. Grcevich’s presentation today at the 2015 Global Access Conference, presented by Joni and Friends…Including Kids and Teens With Mental Illness in the Church and Community. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Advocacy, Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Training Events
Tagged #globalaccess2015, children, church, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental illness, Special Needs Ministry, Stephen Grcevich MD, teens
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Shannon Dingle…Why do you keep writing about how broken kids in foster or adoptive placements are?
But I also want to make sure we’re telling the whole story. I’m not saying “don’t adopt” or “stop it with those memes” but rather standing in the gap between Hallmark movie versions of adoption/foster care and the hard realities that sometimes persist after placement. Continue reading
Why many in the church don’t see ADHD as a disability…
“People in the church believe they can tell when a disability ends and bad parenting begins.”
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When Our “Can’t” Overwhelms Our “Can”…Mike Dobes
Why are the very overseers of the Church reluctant to bring the Gospel to all people, regardless of their disability? In truth, we are all disabled… some of us just hide our disabilities better than others. How do we keep missing an entire people group that is waiting to be heard, loved, accepted and embraced as they are? Continue reading
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