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Posted on February 18, 2013, 7:13 am | 3 comments
Topics: Hospitality
An acquaintance walked up, punched me on the shoulder and jovially called out, “How’s it going, big guy?” In that moment I was reminded again that I am exceptional. I am six feet eight inches tall and weigh 325 pounds, so I am mostly known for my exceptional size.
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Posted on February 5, 2013, 11:43 am
Topics: Church Education
It’s easy to look at a check list and determine whether or not one has built a ramp, but how do you measure attitudes toward people with disabilities? Elim Christian Services has produced several videos about the journey of disability attitudes that would work well in youth and adult Sunday School.
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Posted on January 17, 2013, 2:01 pm
Topics: Accessibility
CLC Network offers their DVD series featuring Barbara J. Newman, Making Room: Creating Communities of Inclusion and the accompanying training manual, G.L.U.E. Training Manual for free.
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Posted on December 8, 2012, 4:33 pm
Topics: Leadership
You have any idea how a visitor views your church? Do we take for granted we are doing everything well?
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Posted on November 26, 2012, 10:34 am
Topics: Caring
When faith communities show non-judgmental love to members affected by mental illness, parishioners feel safe to acknowledge their needs and overcome their fears of rejection. A faith community can establish that reputation with persons who have a mental illness and their families in a variety of ways.
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Posted on September 24, 2012, 9:26 pm | 2 comments
Topics: Disability Concerns
On September 23 Alberta television stations featured a news item about a young lady who 'climbed' to the top of an 8000-foot mountain in Camrose, Alberta. What made Kuen Yang newsworthy is that she is a quadriplegic. Although she has enough movement in her hands to operate a joystick (to control e.g. a computer) and self-propel her wheelchair, she is totally dependent on others for personal care.
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Posted on September 18, 2012, 8:26 am
Topics: Accessibility
Churches that are serious about hospitality well think carefully and intentionally about the barriers to people with disabilities that are in their own architecture, communication, program, and attitude. A webinar Wednesday will give ideas for how to do that.
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Posted on August 27, 2012, 11:49 am | 1 comment
Topics: Advocacy
Thirty-three percent of families changed their place of worship because their child with a disability was not included or welcomed into the life of the congregation. Of these families who left, some of them not only left their congregation, but left their faith tradition!
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Posted on August 22, 2012, 10:01 am
Topics: Accessibility
Another way to welcome and reach out: let people know that your church is "fragrance free" using this website.
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Posted on April 24, 2012, 10:09 am
Topics: Hospitality
Tom Hoeksema and his wife, both white, decided they needed to visit Grace when their adopted African American son asked during a communion service at their previous church, “Do black people ever get to serve communion here?” The first time the Hoeksemas visited Grace, a member who had an intellectual disability walked up to them, reached out his hand in welcome, and said, “Hi, I like you!”
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Posted on March 5, 2012, 10:22 am | 2 comments
Topics: Church Websites, Web
My name's Jerod Clark and I'm the new guide for the Church and Web network. There’s something I know to be true: everything communicates something. So why not be intentional about what you’re saying?
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Posted on February 28, 2012, 8:51 am | 2 comments
Topics: Hospitality
Making your congregation welcoming and accessible can be done because it has been done—somewhere by people just like you. Amazing Gifts tells those stories.
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Posted on January 31, 2012, 9:40 am | 2 comments
Topics: Accessibility
When Frank Eckl and his family sat down for dinner at Don Julio’s restaurant last November, they had no idea this decision would begin a series of events that would result in the arrest of a young woman and the closing of the restaurant.
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Posted on January 9, 2012, 2:31 pm
Topics: Hospitality
Seminary students and people with intellectual disabilities need housing. Why not together? In this article by Matt Floding describes the Friendship House, in which 18 seminary students and 6 adults with intellectual disabilities live together in community.
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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."
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