by Gillian Marchenko | Feb 23, 2017 | Down syndrome
Meeting HerI remember the feeling.That first meeting with another family farther along the path of Down syndrome after the birth of our child with the same diagnosis.I remember fear and fascination.Fear of the child four or five years old who’s eyes mirrored my...
by Key Ministry | Feb 23, 2017 | Down syndrome
Today is World Down Syndrome Day! March 21, because people with Down syndrome have 3 copies of the 21st chromosome. Many use this day as an opportunity to educate, or spread awareness of the different challenges that these individuals face. It is a day set apart to...
by Sandra Peoples | Feb 23, 2017 | Care and Support, Families, Resources
Sandra interviews Tiffanny and Dara from Victory Lane Camp about how they serve families with special needs. Sandra interviews Tiffanny and Dara about Victory Lane Camp Dara and her family have attended Victory Lane Camp. She discusses the challenges her family...
by Key Ministry | Feb 22, 2017 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting
I am reading Sealed Orders, an autobiography by the Christian mystic and healer, Agnes Sanford. Sanford was an amazing woman of God—writer, speaker, healer, founder of a school of healing—who struggled for years with depression. She writes, “The basic trouble was that...
by Barb Dittrich | Feb 21, 2017 | Care and Support, Families, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
There’s a struggling family or ministry in your church that needs your attention. They are isolated. Helping hands are in desperate need. Donations to these ministries lag. They are families and ministries living immersed in the daily details of disability. And I have...
