Step Four: Engage Your Congregation

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Increase Disability Awareness Within the Congregation and Staff

Downloadable Print Resources

• Congregational Awareness

• 5 Tips for Hosting a Sensory-Friendly Worship Service

Articles We Recommend

• Understanding and Engaging with Multicultural Special Needs Families – Part 1

• Understanding and Engaging with Multicultural Special Needs Families – Part 2

• How Special-Needs Families Bless Their Churches

• Seven Prayers to Transform the Church’s Relationship with the Disability Community

• Christ-Like Responses to Tricky Situations in Worship

• Labels: Helpful or Not?

• Changing the Conversation About Disability in Our Congregations

• The Weekend My Church Did “Freeze Worship”

• Seeing Mother’s and Father’s Day Through the Eyes of Adoptive Families

• Pastors, Here Are Three Ways to Preach Better Sermons About Disability

• We Are the Church

• Be a Church That Requires No “Pre-Apology”

• Just WONDER-ful! Tips for Connecting with People with Disabilities

Video Training

Promote the Ministry Within Your Church

Downloadable Print Resources

Articles We Recommend

Video Training

Include & Support Families Impacted by Disability

Downloadable Print Resources

Articles We Recommend

• Prayer Chain Ideas for Churches Committed to the Special Needs Community

• Four Questions to Help Churches Engage with People of All Abilities

• Waiting Alongside: A Powerful Way the Body of Christ Can Support Those Who Seem Weaker

• Steps to Take When a Family in Your Church Receives a Special-Needs Diagnosis

• Tips for Creating a Supportive Small Group Environment for Special-Needs Parents

• Five Practical Ways Churches Can Support Special Needs Families

• Autism and Communion? Yes!

• How to Develop a Spiritual Care Plan for Special Needs Families in Your Church

• How Churches Can Encourage the Blind and Visually Impaired

• Disability Doesn’t Stop Me From Giving God My Best. Neither Should the Church.

• Who Will Watch Our Children?

• How the Church Can Foster Meaningful Holidays for Special-Needs Siblings

• Pastors, Here’s How to Be a Shepherd to Special Needs Families in Your Church

• Learning from the Sibshop Model About Supporting Special-Needs Siblings

• Communicating Courage to Those with High Functioning Autism and Mental Health Conditions

• Ways the Church Can Help Special-Needs Siblings Thrive: Nurturing Faith and Helping Siblings Connect

• Ways the Church Can Help Special-Needs Siblings Thrive

• Family and Church Support…and Beyond

• 5 Characteristics of Great Communication with Special-Needs Siblings

• Special-Needs Siblings Experience Questions and Grief Seasons Too

• Ways Churches Can Support Families Who Need It

Video Training

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