 | Practical Ministry Skills
Ministry to People with Disabilities
| Store Code: PS31
Format(s): Microsoft Word, PDF 
Price: $12.95
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| Topics: | Christian education, Community impact, Congregational care, Director of Christian education, Disabilities ministry, Fellowship, Outreach |
| Filters: | Disability ministry, Hospitality, Spiritual director, Sunday school, Volunteer |
| References: | 1 Corinthians 12:20 , Luke 14:21, Galatians 6:2 |
| Date Added: | September 04, 2007 |
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People with disabilities are all around us. And we must not, like the Levite and the priest in Jesus' parable, pass by on the other side of the road. There are an estimated 50 million people with disabilities of all kinds in the United States, and 600 million worldwide. Each one, to borrow a phrase from the late Mother Teresa, is Jesus in '"distressing disguise.”
Relatively few of us see past that distressing disguise to obey the Lord's command to do good unto '"the least of these my brethren.” Ensure that your team is doing this by using these articles to equip your church for ministry to people who have physical and mental disabilities.
This Training Pack contains all of the following:
Fear Not the DisabledWe all benefit when people with disabilities are valued in our churches. Christianity Today
Can God Reach the Mentally Disabled?Why one theologian is sure that God saves the mentally disabled. Lewis B. Smedes
How to Talk About a DisabilityPrinciples for what to say and what not to say. Jim Pierson
How We Started a Ministry for People with DisabilitiesThe four steps one pastor used to help meet the needs children with disabilities and their parents. William Gullick
Principles for Teaching People with Mental DisabilitiesEffective teaching is possible when you know how to overcome these complications. Robert Bittner
When You First Hear the NewsHow to minister to parents in the hours after a child with disabilities is born. Steve Harris`
Accepting FamiliesHow congregations and individuals can reach out. Kathleen Deyer Bolduc
How to Minister to a FamilyPractical ways you can encourage and bless families who have a child with a disability. Jim Pierson
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