by Lisa Jamieson | Aug 4, 2020 | Church Support, Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry
You may be surprised to know that there can be various obstacles for people with disabilities or mental health concerns, as well as their families impacted by special needs, to get prayer support. It can also be hard to maintain consistency in the giving and receiving...
by Key Ministry | Jul 28, 2020 | Church Support, Mental Health, Spiritual Development
Mental illness can be one of the most self-centered ailments there is.By this I do not mean that people who battle mental illness are necessarily self-centered. No, I mean the illness itself consumes our minds in such a way that we become unable to see beyond the...
by Joanna French | Jul 23, 2020 | Church Support, Culture of Life, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry, Stories, Worship
The special needs ministry at our church has been operating for four years. In that time, we have welcomed many fantastic friends. Each of Embrace’s friends has given me, and our church family, a precious gift. It doesn’t feel fair to hoard these gifts, so I will...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Jul 20, 2020 | Church Support, Key Ministry, Leadership
Church as we knew it before the second Sunday in March is never going to return to “normal.” Two developments from the past fourteen days illustrate the extent of disruption resulting from closures ordered to reduce spread of the virus.The Barna Group released results...
by Key Ministry | Jul 14, 2020 | Anxiety Disorders, Church Support, Mental Health
Ten years ago, mental illness was something that was strongly stigmatized in culture and rarely discussed within the Church. Having previously worked in youth ministry, kept up with youth ministry practices, and now working with youth and families in a counseling...
by Lamar Hardwick | Jul 9, 2020 | Church Support, Coronavirus, Special Needs Ministry
Earlier this year we came face to face with a global pandemic that has rocked the world ten times over. The rise of COVID-19 now seems like ages ago, but the reality is that for most churches the impact of COVID-19 came around the month of March. Many churches had to...
