by Key Ministry | Apr 12, 2018 | Advocacy, Care and Support, Families, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
Nine years ago our family received a letter, typed and signed by our pastor at the time, requesting our signatures. The church staff and their insurance agent wrote the letter, stating church volunteers would not pick up my daughter and would not change her...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Mar 25, 2018 | Families, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, Training Events
Raising a child with a significant mental illness or special need is often physically, emotionally, and financially draining. A limited amount of respite care may be available from government-funded agencies, but service is often expensive, waiting lists may be...
by Sandra Peoples | Feb 22, 2018 | Inclusion, Sandra Peoples, Special Needs Ministry
When we got our son’s autism diagnosis in 2010, there was no special-needs ministry at our church. Because my husband was the pastor, we couldn’t go to the big church in the next town that did have a great disability ministry. We had to hope and pray...
by Sandra Peoples | Jan 18, 2018 | Families, Inclusion, Special Needs Ministry
You spend a lot of time planning great inclusion activities and outreaches especially focused to bless families with special-needs in your area. So how do you spread the word so families know they are welcome? Here are five ideas to get you started … Your email...
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...
by Sandra Peoples | Dec 14, 2017 | Autism, Care and Support, Families, Inclusion, Sandra Peoples
I hate not living up to someone else’s expectations.That will happen a dozen times at least in the next few weeks. When we can’t make James sit still at the dinner table. When we he and I can’t make it to every church event. When he won’t smile...
