I’ve been the guest blogger this month at Key Ministry’s blog, Church4EveryChild. I wrote on special-needs ministry, specifically in smaller churches. Here are the links and excerpts: Eight Outreach Events to Target (and Bless) Special-Needs Families: We see special-needs families as an unreached people group we plan to target. And like missionaries, we are taking…
Last weekend we had a couple over and we were talking about our new church. The husband looked at my husband and asked, “What do you mean when you say your church will be ‘special-needs friendly’?” It’s a good question. Last summer my family and I packed up everything we owned and moved from rural…
In chapter 6 of Acts the church was growing but one group was feeling neglected (the Hellenistic widows). The apostles weren’t doing it with malicious intent, they were simply so busy with the growth of church they didn’t notice. The issue was brought to the attention of the apostles and they responded by appointing men to meet…
I am very excited about being featured at Christianity Today’s women’s site, her.meneutics sharing about how James’s autism diagnosis changed everything, including our church. Here’s an excerpt: We now see the special needs community as an unreached people group. Too many of these families have been hurt by churches that turned them away either by…
This week kicks off a new project I’m pretty excited about. Through my job at Key Ministry, I’ll be helping to create a database of churches across the country that are special-needs welcoming. When a family contacts Key, we hope to match them with a church in their area that meets their needs. How you…
As special-needs families, it’s hard to go to church and easy to make excuses. But we do hard things. I’m a church girl. I grew up faithfully attending. I found a church as soon as possible when I went off to college. I got involved in a new one soon after moving to go to…