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The Very Best Christmas Gift of All—A Church That Includes
Preparing to fight the good fight...
Ten ways for churches to serve families impacted by mental illness
Four Signs Your Church Needs a Special-Needs Ministry
Church, we can’t not know about adoption and special needs!
Our church community didn’t know what we would need, but they said yes with us: yes to loving through the brokenness, yes to being faithful to the ones (me included) who need to learn to trust once again, yes to a bit more chaos in our row during worship, yes to choosing to do good for young ones for whom others hadn’t always chosen good in their recent past.
Mental Health Ministry...So What?
Helping kids with "hidden disabilities" at the start of a new program year
Transitions from one ministry environment to another all too often result in kids and families falling away from church programming. With a little understanding of how transitions may impact kids with specific disabilities and some advance planning, church staff, volunteers and parents can help most to have positive experiences as they progress into their age-appropriate ministry environments at the start of the new program year.
One benefit of visiting a new church as a unique family
Stepping Into Mental Health Ministry: Understand Who Your Church Is and Find the Champions
Before launching the mental health pilot in my church, I spent months talking and meeting with individuals of influence within the church community, many with ‘lived experience.’ The goal of such conversations was ultimately to generate support for the idea that we could—as a faith community—be much more upfront about the reality of mental illness, in all its various forms—and begin truly supporting one another.
