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… attending were 1.36 times higher . Families may not attend church because one or more child(ren) do not feel at home in … from and work collaboratively with your congregation’s Safe Church Team to develop policy and practice with children …
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… Because he couldn’t get in the door, safely use the restroom, or access the pulpit, Kyle Crist … facility, other people with disabilities attend the church and all are welcomed as brothers and sisters in … to learn about the many ways advocates help make churches places where everybody belongs and everybody serves! …
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… One of the greatest tragedies in the modern church is how poorly they do at reaching out to and … their families. Most people with disabilities do not go to church even when they are believers. This is not as much of a … with the church leaders to develop an atmosphere that is safe, friendly, and comfortable for people with disabilities. …
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… Recently, I received the following question: "Our church has a dozen people who use wheeled walkers to get … seated. I agree that the back of the sanctuary is not a safe place. Most walkers, including the four wheeled type, …
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… of Thrive, a new agency of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Follow Thrive on social media to … justice, faith formation, worship, chaplaincy, diversity, safe church and pastor and church support. We are excited …
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… are at increased risk of abuse and sexual assaults. While churches develop safe church plans and policies, it is important to be aware … It is, therefore, important for program volunteers in our churches to know how to recognize the signs of abuse. …
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… a critical point. We need to ask ourselves, how can the church support the need for more access to care? Does this … remain for government bodies to solve, or can we, the church, be a part of the solution? One of the single most … the need for access to mental health care is creating a safe place where people feel comfortable talking about mental …
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… indirectly affected by mental illness. Too many people in churches, though, keep quiet about their own or their loved … do to talk about mental health and mental illness in our churches in a way that people feel safe and loved and accepted and cared for? …
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… - Primavera 2018 장애물 헐기 - 2018 봄 Welcoming worship : Churches can help people with disabilities feel welcome (or … that their sons Elijah and Joshua receive at Fellowship church. Odyssey Worship Is Judgment Free and Safe Steve Dambra delights in the judgment-free safety of …
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… article in Slate by Larry Lake got me wondering about what churches can do to become more helpful to people affected by … well: “chicken breasts encrusted with parmesan, covered safely in tin foil; pots of thick soup with hearty bread; … pans of lasagna and macaroni and cheese.” Friends from church, work, and the neighborhood sent notes and cards, …
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… people. And that distance makes us nondisabled people feel safe, as if a disability is contagious. What gets me is that these models for disability are as rampant within the church as they are within society at large. It seems that we …
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… housing for people with intellectual disabilities. A few churches and CRC classes rose to the challenge and now … many adults with intellectual disabilities still need safe, comfortable, and appropriate housing and supports … disabilities is another facet of being prolife. If we as a church are serious about being prolife, some of us will hear …