by Joanna French | Apr 16, 2024 | Care and Support, Disability Ministry
I am disabled. For years that was so hard to admit. I couldn’t mention out loud my neurodivergence. I whispered about my post-traumatic stress disorder, insisting ‘I’m better now.’ I was a champion for the disabled who didn’t want to talk about her own disabilities....
by Lamar Hardwick | Jul 9, 2020 | Church Support, Coronavirus, Special Needs Ministry
Earlier this year we came face to face with a global pandemic that has rocked the world ten times over. The rise of COVID-19 now seems like ages ago, but the reality is that for most churches the impact of COVID-19 came around the month of March. Many churches had to...
by Jenn Soehnlin | Sep 11, 2019 | Challenges, Grief, Special Needs Parenting
For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to Ruth from the Bible. I’ve been thinking about what qualities I admire so much about her. And I think it is that despite the hard, unexpected circumstances that happened in her life, she determined to put one foot in...
by Sandra Peoples | Oct 20, 2016 | Families, Parents, Special Needs Ministry
There’s really just two things I want from the church we attend: I want them to keep James safe and I want them to love him. We visited a new church last weekend for the first time. We had communicated with the pastor and the children’s director in the...
