Care and Support, Caregiving, Church Support, Families, Parents, Special Needs Parenting
Elaina Marchenko
How to Care for Caregiving Families with Lisa ...

Elaina sits down and talks with Lisa Jamieson from Walk Right In Ministries about family caregivers, the holidays, and ways the church can better support them.

How to Care for Caregiving Families with Lisa Jamieson: Podcast Ep 126
Key Ministry, Resources, Training Events, Leadership
Stephen Grcevich MD
The Case for Supporting Key Ministry

The training, content, gatherings and experiences that we’ve created for pastors, church staff and ministry volunteers produced with the assistance of like-minded colleagues serving in disability ministry have become our principal service. So much of what we’re able do to help churches welcome and support families, we accomplish by bringing together experts from other ministry organizations.

The Case for Supporting Key Ministry
Caregiving
Jolene Philo
November Is Family Caregiver Awareness Month

November is Caregiver Awareness Month. As someone who became one of my dad’s caregivers before I started school, I grew up thinking everyone in the world was aware of caregivers and caregiving. As a young adult my husband and I cared for a son born with a life-threatening medical condition, and his typical sibling. As members of the sandwich generation, my brother, sister, and I cared for our mother for 15 years after she was diagnosed with dementia. This explains why, when I first heard that November is Caregiver Awareness Month, I was incredulous, and I still am. 

November Is Family Caregiver Awareness Month
Care and Support, Disability Ministry, Special Needs Ministry
Larah Roberts
A Conversation with Lauren Hickman from Hope ...

In this episode, Lauren Hickman shares her personal journey and calling to disability ministry, describing how God has guided her every step of the way to serve families impacted by disability.

A Conversation with Lauren Hickman from Hope Allen Center: Podcast EP 125
Autism, Care and Support, Church Support, Disability Ministry, podcast, Special Needs Parenting, Special Needs Ministry, Sandra Peoples
Sandra Peoples
Strategies for Small and Normative Sized ...

 In today’s episode, Sandra talks about the challenges small to normative-sized churches face in disability ministry and shares how the churches she’s been a part of have overcome these challenges.

Strategies for Small and Normative Sized Churches with Sandra Peoples: Podcast EP 124

Catherine Boyle

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Call for Speakers... and a Lineup Preview for Mental Health and the Church #MHATC2024

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Call for Speakers... and a Lineup Preview for Mental Health and the Church #MHATC2024

On behalf of our Board, ministry team and the MHATC2024 Program Committee, I would like to invite leaders with impactful or innovative ideas and strategies for churches seeking to minister with individuals and families impacted by mental health concerns to conserve applying to be part of our speaking team for Mental Health and the Church, Key Ministry’s first national conference focused specifically upon mental health ministry, to be held at Bay Presbyterian Church in suburban Cleveland on September 26-27, 2024.

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Ten thoughts about the new LifeWay study on pastors, mental health and the church

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Ten thoughts about the new LifeWay study on pastors, mental health and the church

LifeWay Research released the results of an updated study exploring U.S. Protestant pastors’ experiences with mental illness and the support their churches offer to affected individuals and families.

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Encouraging Signs Regarding Mental Health and the Church

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Encouraging Signs Regarding Mental Health and the Church

We’d love to have you join us this weekend for the Thrive and Cultivate Summit.. The very presence of events such as this one is reason to be hopeful that the church is starting to “get it” when it comes to mental health.

Twenty ways our Key Ministry team made a difference in 2020

Twenty ways our Key Ministry team made a difference in 2020

Our ministry plans for 2020 went out the window when church doors closed across the country as we learned the meaning of social distancing. But in reviewing the accomplishments of the team in 2020, it’s hard not to argue that Beth, Catherine, and the rest of the team had their most impactful year of ministry ever.

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How pastors can support mental health in the age of COVID-19.

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How pastors can support mental health in the age of COVID-19.

A Barna study reported only 30 percent of pastors feel well-equipped to help their people deal with matters of mental or emotional health.

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Emerging from the silos...Disability ministry as a mindset, not a program

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Emerging from the silos...Disability ministry as a mindset, not a program

Silos are the antithesis of inclusion. Are we truly practicing inclusion when we set aside a designated space for the special needs ministry at the expense of including most, if not all participants in age and developmentally appropriate ministry environments.

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Five reasons why you need to come to Inclusion Fusion Live

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Five reasons why you need to come to Inclusion Fusion Live

I'd like to share five compelling reasons why you need to block out the first weekend in April to join us in Cleveland to celebrate what God is doing in the field of disability ministry.

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Mental Health Ministry Resources at Inclusion Fusion Live

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Mental Health Ministry Resources at Inclusion Fusion Live

We'll be offering an all-day training for churches interested in developing a mental health inclusion strategy and making available five additional workshops and presentations for ministry leaders and families with interest in mental health ministry.

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Inclusion Fusion LIVE - A disability ministry conference for church leaders AND families

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Inclusion Fusion LIVE - A disability ministry conference for church leaders AND families

Registration is now open for Inclusion Fusion Live - a disability ministry conference hosted by Key Ministry  on April 20th-21st, 2018 at Bay Presbyterian Church in Bay Village, Ohio.