by Stephen Grcevich MD | Feb 21, 2022 | Special Needs Ministry
Credit: Photo by David Bartus from Pexels One of my favorite ministry-related tasks during the year is the process of selecting speakers and putting together the program for IFL, the big disability ministry conference we’ve usually hosted in the spring which will...
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 Joanna French | Jan 11, 2022 | Autism, Church Support, Special Needs Ministry
I serve as a special needs pastor at a small church in Kansas. I have had a mentally trying time for the last three months. Much of this is due to my own mental health conditions, but it doesn’t end there. The last quarter of the year hosts about a third of our...
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 | Nov 4, 2021 | Coronavirus, Special Needs Ministry
During COVID and lockdown many of us have really missed the experience of touch. We understand that we need to keep ourselves and others safe and healthy but it has been hard. My husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia before COVID. His symptoms worsened...
by Key Ministry | Oct 26, 2021 | Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry
By the numbers, I shouldn’t be here. I had a traumatic birth with low birth weight. I have a defect on the left side of my brain with contusions on my left hemisphere. My EEG is like someone who has seizures. As an infant, I only slept every two hours during a...
