Resources for Disability Awareness Week 2022
Take a short quiz to consider ways in which ableism shows up in churches and everyday life for people with disabilities.
Everybody belongs. Everybody serves.
Take a short quiz to consider ways in which ableism shows up in churches and everyday life for people with disabilities.
Learn more about the work of Disability Concerns, including information on connecting, advocating, and serving together.
Are you part of the Disability Concerns community? If so, we would like to pay for you to attend the Faith Inclusion Network Conference with us. Sign up today!
What is your church doing about ableist practices? Explore this important topic at Inspire 2022.
The focus of this issue is connections, and how we can be intentional at making connections with others.
Our recent series focused on our newest resources, Everybody Belongs, Everybody Serves. Find resources, videos, and more!
Nuestras historias en este número presentan a personas que viven con diferencias en el habla y los retos a los que se enfrentan, las adaptaciones que han hecho y el poder de escuchar y ser escuchados.
Our October series focused on our newest resource, Everybody Belongs, Serving Together, is now available to view!
This issue features articles on people living with speech differences and the challenges they face, adaptations they've made, and the power of listening and being heard.
This article explores the many benefits of making sure your Zoom meetings are enabled with Closed Captioning.
On August 11 and 12, Disability Concerns hosted its annual leadership event. Here you'll find slide presentations, recommended books, meditations, and more!
Ready to create a more accessible worship structure for your church? Check out this great resource!
Our annual Disability Concerns Leadership Training Event is just around the corner - have you signed up yet?
In this issue of Breaking Barriers, people with and without disabilities share their creative expression in poetry, story, song, and image.
A lament for the loss of life of so many of our Indigenous brothers and sisters in Canada.
Several CRC ministries have come together to create a slide presentation for ministry leaders to begin the conversation on mental health. Check out this valuable tool!
Join Disability Concerns for our annual Leadership Training Event - August 11th and 12th!
Disability Concerns is excited to announce the release of our newest resource: Everybody Belongs, Serving Together!
Thanks to Mark Stephenson for his leadership! Feel free to drop a comment sharing a memory or note of encouragement.
Are you between the ages of 18 and 30? Do you have a passion for justice and advocacy work? Apply now to be a part of the Disability Advocacy Journey!
Michèle Gyselinck is a regional advocate for Disability Concerns. She lives with schizophrenia and expresses herself creatively through painting. Her art is featured in our Summer 2021 Breaking Barriers Newsletter.
Be encouraged by these creative expressions shared by residents of the Brothers and Sisters Homes in Holland, MI.
After almost 15 years serving as Director of Disability Concerns Ministry for the CRCNA, Mark Stephenson has announced his retirement.
Meet Cara Milne, our Disability Concerns Regional Advocate for Classis Alberta South and Saskatchewan.
Meet the Disability Concerns regional advocates for each classis in Canada in our re-imagined Canadian content newsletter.