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4 Ways to Calm Your Mind When You Know Too Much
God has used what I have learned about and experienced with special needs and disabilities to great good. He’s empowered me to write books to encourage and equip parents, provide special needs ministry training, facilitate support groups, and more. But sometimes that same knowledge and experience results in thought patterns that lead to excessive and obsessive worry that steals my joy.
Three Ways to Equip Churches to Support Individuals Who Have Experienced Human Trafficking: Podcast Episode 059
Blockbuster movies and summertime are as American as baseball, fireworks, and apple pie. However, one recently released movie addressing human trafficking is generating significant cultural conversation. Here are three ways churches be equipped to support individuals who have experienced human trafficking.
Five Important Ways to Support, Help, and Encourage Foster Parents
Cindi Ferrini has first-hand experience as a grandparent to two beautiful girls her daughter and son-in-law are fostering. She shares five important ways to support, help, and encourage foster parents
An Interview with David’s Table: Podcast Episode 058
In today’s episode of Key Ministry: The Podcast, Beth pulls up a chair to chat with Katie Mitchell, Skeeter Powell and Keith Finch of David’s Table.
Disability Ministry: The 3 Minute Exchange
What questions should your teachers know to ask when a new child with disabilities is dropped off at church? In an ideal scenario, teachers would have time to sit down with the family and come up with a strategy that best suits the individual. But Sunday mornings are not always full of ideal scenarios! Evana shares what teachers should ask in a brief drop-off exchange.
Solutions When You Don’t Have enough Buddies: Podcast Episode 057
You’ve recruited (and maybe even begged) and still can’t get enough buddies to meet the needs of kids and teens at your church. What can you do next? Sandra Peoples has four ideas that work for churches of any size!
Six Reasons Church Leaders are Struggling (And How You Can Help): Podcast Episode 021
In this episode, Lamar Hardwick shares six reasons why church leaders, especially those in disability and mental health ministry, may be struggling and how your church family can help them.
Empowering Kids with Disabilities, Part Five: Fun!
Empowering kids with disabilities isn’t always a serious business. Sometimes we get caught up in the challenges of raising a child with disabilities, and we ignore the joy. In this blog post, Jolene ends her five-part series on empowering kids with disabilities.
Faithful Friends, the Son of Man and Extraordinary Things: Podcast Episode 056
As Jesus was teaching a large group of people, including church leaders, four men made it a priority to find a way to take their paralyzed friend to the Son of Man. And through their faith, Jesus healed the man both spiritually and physically. In this week’s episode, Garett Wall explores what our churches can learn from the urgency and faithfulness of the man’s friends and how God is glorified in all of it.
The Reason I Gave Church Another Chance
As members of the disability community or the parents/caregivers who love them, we know the Church is not overtly welcoming. The right body of believers is out there, but they may not know it…yet. They may not even be able to understand…yet. But they will be willing to learn. Consider this your formal invitation to be sure of what you cannot see.