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The secret to launching a missional special needs ministry
But BIG is not always better…or most effective for creating a missional movement into the disability community. Continue reading
Thinking “Orange”: Things every kids need…with or without disabilities
All of the needs listed above tend to be more acute for kids with disabilities and their siblings, and parents of kids with disabilities have fewer places to go outside of the church where they can receive help in meeting those needs. Continue reading
Thinking Orange…Partnering with parents when kids have disabilities
More so than with parents in the general population, church leaders may need to do more to earn the right to partner with parents from families affected by disabilities. Continue reading
Thinking Orange: Supporting the family’s role in spiritual development when kids have disabilities…
How are the kids in the family supposed to come to know and love Jesus if we’re not prepared to welcome the parents to church…and all the other activities at church we’ve found to be helpful in facilitating spiritual growth?
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The experiment…
In helping local churches to make their worship services, Christian education, small groups and service activities available online, we’re providing them the opportunity to introduce the church to families in an environment that works best for that family. Continue reading
Posted in Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health, Ministry Environments, Strategies
Tagged children's ministry, Community Bible Church, Disability Ministry, Family Ministry, Key Ministry, Nils Smith, online church, Special Needs Ministry, The Front Door, youth ministry
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Experiencing the God of hope in the prison of spiritual autism…Dave Lynden
Being the parent of a special needs child is often a journey of constant despair. You ache for the many things your child will probably never enjoy or experience. With autism, you pine for some kind of deeper connection that you know will always be impaired. Sometimes, it can feel like a kind of prison. But, in this small moment, I suddenly realized that God was taking my routines and trying to break through to connect with me. With this little crack in the wall, I could feel God burrowing through the walls of hopelessness with a small glimmer of a promised world renewed; of a deep blue Pacific Ocean, of a place where the bars and cement block walls that kept me away from my son and kept me away from my God would one day crumble to dust. Continue reading
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