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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 …
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… difficult time. We recognize the need for families to have safe, fun, and entertaining resources. Please check out our … kids at home or want to provide free resources to your church community, we think that you’ll find something useful …
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… but to a lesser degree). One leaves friends and family and church community, and finding new community is hard. … Potentially negative experiences with trying to find a new church can lead to cynicism and dissatisfaction with church … way. In the midst of this, campus ministries ought to be safe places to talk about faith, especially those struggling …
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… Nancy grew up in the Christian Reformed Church. She married a man from her church and thought she was … meets the pastor for coffee several times a week. Safe Church team members need to keep staying the course, keep helping churches become more proactive, keep encouraging pastors to …
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… respond to what we see, and specifically, how should the church respond? I think there are three postures the church … the list goes on. In order to confess well, we must create safe space for vulnerability and honesty. Confession is not … Racial Reconciliation: A Letter to my Church (Part 2) …
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… never met: a regional pastor in Classis Yellowstone, a Safe Church representative in Classis Rocky Mountain, a Resonate … the Lord when you are able to share his blessings with churches. I will love you as my neighbor by serving as your …
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… Lab. Today I am a bi-vocational pastor working on a church plant called Good News Gatherings , while also working for the CRCNA’s Safe Church Ministry . Our church plant is made up of a …
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… to look deeper into creation stewardship issues, safe church practices, and disability ministry. And …
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… conversation about abuse, one that rarely happens in church settings where issues of abuse, if they are talked … from the outside will be one of the forces that compel churches to start talking about abuse openly and pave the way towards an environment that is safe for those hurting from all kinds of abuse. What do you …
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… Several colleagues from Congregational Services and Safe Church Ministries threw a "surprise" Zoom retirement party … is loved by and had the opportunity to love on her Pastor Church Resources neighbors (Lis Van Harten, Dave Den Haan, …
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… CRCNA’s Great Lakes Region, was invited to consult with a church that had fallen on hard times. Though the church still … the ministry success these members observed in neighboring churches. So Schenkel invited a Ministry Consultant with …