by Key Ministry | Jan 9, 2018 | Advocacy, Care and Support, Families, Special needs siblings
A new year is a wonderful time to freshen our perspectives. In disability ministry, we are usually trying to understand and support parents and their children with disabilities. Less often, we consider the siblings of those who have the special needs. Let’s call...
by Key Ministry | Jan 8, 2018 | Autism, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Lamentations 3:21-23This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.I love to start things.I love the challenge.I love to...
by Barb Dittrich | Jan 7, 2018 | Key Ministry, Leadership
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4,...
by Stephanie McKeever | Jan 5, 2018 | Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
Let It Go. It’s a bit of a theme song in our house. We sing that Frozen song for ev-er-y-thing. I am super great about telling everyone in my house when they need to “let it go.” (Noticing only the faults of others; it’s an...
by Sandra Peoples | Jan 4, 2018 | Inclusion, Resources, Special Needs Ministry
Our son was diagnosed with autism seven years ago, and the church we attended in Pennsylvania started a special-needs ministry first by meeting his needs and then growing the ministry as more families attended. But this year my husband became the pastor of a new...