including children


	Opening School Sports to Kids with Disabilities Posted on January 28, 2013, 12:04 pm \| 5 comments Topics: Advocacy Some may fear that this law will "dumb down" competition, but that's not the point. As with employment provisions of the ADA, kids must be able to play the sport well to make the team. However, certain conventions exclude kids with disabilities. Read more »
	Helping Kids include Kids with Disabilities Posted on September 5, 2012, 3:08 pm Topics: Church Education This fine book by Barbara Newman just got better with the revised edition just out. Read more »
	Kudos to Target. Now, church, it's your turn. Posted on January 6, 2012, 9:36 am Topics: Hospitality This blog by Shannon Dingle invites the church to learn a lesson from Target and thereby increase the size of the church's "bucket." Read more »
	Music Is A Powerful Tool in Children's Lives Posted on January 1, 2012, 10:39 am Topics: Teaching Where do you go to find great music to use with kids? How do you decide which songs to use for leading kids in worship? Liz Tolkamp loves to sing with kids and will share what she has learned at the APCE annual conference in a workshop called "Sing a New Song!" Read more »
	Autism and Your Church (Revised and Updated) Posted on July 22, 2011, 1:39 pm Topics: Church Education Friendship Ministries has just freshened and updated this excellent resource. Although their publicity emphasizes that the book is for inclusion of children with Autism into a church's ministry, the model for ministry described in the book will help churches include children and adults with many different disabilities into their educational ministry. It's an outstanding resource! Read more »
	Visual Arts -- Not Just For The Refrigerator Posted on June 27, 2011, 9:16 am Topics: Teaching Sometimes I see art as something to take up some extra time. But it is much, much more than that – it could be the time we spend doing art in Sunday School has the biggest chance for a lasting impact. Read more »
	Ideas for Your Church to Help a Child with Disabilities and His Family Posted on February 8, 2011, 3:52 pm Topics: Hospitality “A family attending our church has a child with disabilities. We want to help. What should we do? Where do we start?” This little resource is packed with great ideas to help you and your church get started. Read more »
	Worship Bags for Kids Posted on December 14, 2010, 4:01 pm Topics: Nurturing Faith, Organizing I’d love to hear from other churches that already do worship bags. What do you include in kids’ worship bags? How did introduce the bags and help kids catch the vision for staying engaged in worship? Where do you put them in the sanctuary... Read more »
	3 Tips for Involving Kids in Storytelling Posted on December 1, 2010, 9:28 am Topics: Nurturing Faith, Teaching Some of my favorite story times are ones that allow kids to take center stage... We love to jump in and become part of the story! There are three things I keep in mind each time I tell a story with kids... Read more »
	Jonah and the Little Girl [video] Posted on December 1, 2010, 8:47 am Topics: Nurturing Faith A friend forwarded me this video last week and I couldn't resist posting it for you! How are the kids in your church using their gifts to bless your congregation? Read more »
	Kids Leading Worship Posted on November 2, 2010, 12:34 pm \| 5 comments Topics: Faith Tradition, Nurturing Faith This Sunday the song involved twirling, stomping, jumping, clapping, leaning, and praying—all motions that the kids chose for the song... Read more »
	Affirm Every Child Posted on October 19, 2010, 5:41 pm Topics: Teaching A scene from the Prodigal Son story flashed through my mind--the moment when the father is telling the older son, "You are always with me, and all that I have is yours!" On a smaller scale it’s like that with children’s ministry, too. Read more »
	A Day in the Life of a Child with Autism Posted on August 25, 2010, 11:52 am Topics: Caring Considering that about 1 in 100 people in North America live with autism, the church needs to understand and minister well to people with autism and their loved ones. What's it like to live with autism? How can the church help? Where can church leaders find resources? This article gives good, brief answers to those questions. Read more »
	Broken Behavior: Going to Church with a Challenging Child Posted on August 4, 2010, 9:28 am Topics: Worship Taking her son with special needs to Sunday services taught Heather Moffitt how to be broken in church. Her church community learned more about loving parents and children. Read more »