by Key Ministry | Jan 2, 2020 | Autism, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion
As I write this it is two weeks before Christmas, and I was thinking about Jesus coming into this world as a baby. In my previous post, I talked about how Jesus communicated in different ways, in ways that meant something to the person or people He was with. He...
by Key Ministry | Dec 26, 2019 | Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry
I was watching a YouTube recently where the Washington Post did an experiment where they took the most renowned violinist playing some of the greatest classical works in the last three hundred years on a violin that sold for $3.5 million dollars and had him play it in...
by Key Ministry | Dec 17, 2019 | Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health, Trauma
Since 2005, I have served on my church staff to provide clinical mental health counseling services to our congregation and others in our area. Over the years, I have known people who wanted counseling but couldn’t get it, and others who had access to counseling but...
by Key Ministry | Nov 19, 2019 | Church Support, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health
As someone who has been leading several ministries, the hardest part is not finding the money or space to host events, or the ability to market so people will attend. The hardest and most valuable resource your ministry will have is volunteers and the time they put...
by Brandon Appelhans | Sep 12, 2019 | Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health
Yesterday I crashed hard. I thought I was going to be able to work throughout the afternoon and evening. I thought that after my day job, I was going to come home, go to my wife’s music school, and help finish the renovation. Instead, I barely made it through my...
by Catherine Boyle | Aug 20, 2019 | Autism, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health
I recently met with Kristen Kansiewicz, a mental health professional who had done a survey of church attenders. Surprisingly, stigma was the second reason that people in the surveyed churches weren’t seeking mental health help. The number one reason? Denial.In spite...
