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Here you'll find resources posted by individuals, churches, and ministries. Add comments, give a 'thumbs up', or post your own. Can't find something? Use the chat box to let us know.
Join Disability Concerns each Thursday in October (8 pm EST) for our series Everybody Belongs, Serving Together, based on our newest resource!
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!
성령께서는 몇몇 사람들에게 상상력과 예술성을 선물로 주셔서 무엇인가를 표현했을 때의 기쁨을 우리 모두에게 주십니다. 이번 호에서는 장애여부와 상관없이 시와 이야기, 노래, 그리고 이미지로 만든 창의적인 작품을 나눕니다.
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!
En esta edición, las personas con y sin discapacidades comparten sus expresiones artísticas a través de la poesía, historias, cánticos e imágenes.
Disability Concerns is excited to announce the release of our newest resource: Everybody Belongs, Serving Together!
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.
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.
Join Disability Concerns Canada every week in October for our 2021 annual training event. Residents of Canada and the U.S. are welcome to attend.
흑인, 원주민 또는 유색인종으로 태어나거나 장애를 가지고 산다는 것은 개인에게 큰 도전을 안겨주고 사회적 기회 또한 줄어듭니다. 이번 호 저자들은 인종과 장애가 만나는 지점에서 그들의 이야기를 들려줍니다.
Ser Negro, Indígena, o una persona de color y vivir con una discapacidad, los desafíos para la persona se multiplican y las oportunidades que la sociedad pueda ofrecer se disminuyen. Los autores de esta edición nos cuentan sus historias de racismo y discapacidad.
Individuals share their stories about the unique social challenges and limited opportunities that come with being Black, Indigenous, or a person of color living with a disability.
Disability Concerns has developed a book club resource based on John Swinton's book Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Live of Christians with Mental Health Challenges.
Durante el largo periodo de aislamiento impuesto durante la pandemia del virus corona, las personas con discapacidades vieron que algunos impedimentos para la participación fueron en realidad eliminadas. Los artículos en esta edición nos narran algunas historias de accesos inesperados.
During the pandemic, people with disabilities found that some barriers to participation actually were removed. The articles in this issue tell a few of those stories of unexpected access.
We encourage all churches to recognize Disability Awareness Sunday this October to demonstrate that all members of their congregation are valued. Find resources here!
장기간 고립되고 격리된 코비드-19 감염증 사태는, 한편으로는 일부 장애인의 참여를 막는 장벽을 제거해 주었습니다. 이번호에서는 예기치 않은 접속에 대한 몇 가지 이야기를 나눕니다.
This article outlines the role of the church advocate and provides the steps from considering being a church advocate to working within the role.
Regional Advocates are invaluable to our work in Disability Concerns. Interested in learning more about the role? This roadmap should provide you with the answers!