HOC2024
Thanks for attending one of my sessions at Heart of the Child! Here are links to the slides I presented: And here are other helpful links that I mentioned in our sessions: Feel free to reach out with questions! speoples@sbtexas.com
Supporting Students with Disabilities as They Transition from Children’s Ministry to Youth Ministry
In this video, Ryan Faulk from Joni & Friends share tips for supporting students with disabilities as they transition from children’s ministry to youth ministry.
David’s Steps of Inclusion: Realization, Restoration, and Invitation (2 Sam. 9)
In this story from David’s life, I see the same steps our church took: realization, restoration, and invitation. Churches can follow that same pattern. It starts with our theology and then changes our practices.
Inclusion Basics for VBS Teachers
My friend Julie (who serves as the inclusion coordinator for special-needs families at our church) and I recorded a video for all the VBS teachers and helpers to get an overview of how to best include kids with invisible disabilities! I edited the one for our church down to a shorter version that anyone could…
discipline or Disability?
In a breakout I did on invisible disabilities, I got a question about how you can tell the difference between disobedience and disability. Are they choosing to disobey or are they unable to obey? That’s a tough one, isn’t it? And one we may get a lot from children’s ministry leaders, especially those who have…
What if my child isn’t able to learn about God and experience salvation?
I remember the day my older sister, who has Down syndrome, went down front at church and told the preacher she had accepted Jesus as her Savior. After a few more conversations, she was baptized. Faith, even childlike faith according to Matthew 18, is necessary, and she had that faith. But my son James won’t…