by Evana Sandusky | Apr 21, 2022 | Church Support, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
Sometimes things go great in your special needs ministry or class. Everything you planned goes as it should. The lesson you prepared is being well-received, understood, and enjoyed. All the volunteers showed up to assist in the room, and all of the children are having...
by Key Ministry | Feb 22, 2022 | Church Support, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
She looked me in the eye and said, “God is going to provide you with a supportive community first, Allison!” I had just finished explaining to her that if my active-duty husband gets orders to go halfway around the world again, this would leave me, our daughter, and...
by Evana Sandusky | Feb 8, 2022 | Church Support, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
When our church, The Roads Church, located in Southern Illinois, decided to start a special needs ministry a few years ago, we were embarking into unfamiliar territory. As a speech-language pathologist and mother of a child with special needs, I became part of the...
by Lisa Jamieson | Dec 7, 2021 | Church Support, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
Our annual budgets reflect what we value. This is true whether we are being intentional about budgeting or not. And this is not just about how much money we dedicate to specific things. What we value as leaders, congregations, and ministry organizations is also...
by Key Ministry | Aug 5, 2021 | Church Support, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
“And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their...
by Steph Hubach | Jul 27, 2021 | Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
Over the summer, my husband Fred and I have been working through the course material from an organization in Canada (Empowering Ability) that helps families promote independent living for their adult family member with intellectual or developmental disabilities. One...
