This week, Ryan Wolfe met with ministry leaders in Lebanon to discuss getting started with disability ministry. This training session was recorded and uploaded with permission in the hopes of others in the area also benefit from the information. Resources Mentioned:
After we launched our Wrestling With God series, we threw a little party. First, we always celebrate here whenever we launch a brand new resource. Second, the Wrestling With God series was the final series we needed before we could package up an entire year of our video-driven curriculum series! For those familiar with our […]
We are working on a brand new series and to say we have had fun putting this together would be the understatement of the year. Check back next week, because “Wrestling With God” will be coming off the top ropes soon!
This is a collection of some of the most requested and needed documents and forms for disability ministry. This is a free download that contains the following: All of these documents are provided without passwords, formatting, or logos. They are meant for you to make changes to as you see fit and utilize in your […]
You have heard the saying, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” This is unequivocally true in all sectors of life, including disability ministry. Do you know where most families affected by disability get their first impression of your church? Online! Does your disability ministry have an online presence? If not, […]
What is a disability ministry leader’s greatest resource? It is not a big budget, designated space, or even having the ear of the Lead Pastor. The greatest resource of a disability ministry leader is a bought-in volunteer. If volunteer teams do not grow at the same rate as disability ministry events and programming, there comes […]
Ministry is messy because it involves broken people. If you are in ministry for any amount of time you will encounter heartbreaking brokenness of abuse and neglect. Abuse and neglect are especially prevalent in the disability community and churches must be prepared when, not if, they encounter it. The United States Department of Justice reports […]
I stumbled across a graphic the other day on Facebook while looking at the OT Toolbox Facebook page that made me stop scrolling. The graphic centered around the idea of being more solution focused instead of problem-focused. This graphic spoke to me as these are all concepts that I have worked on during my time […]
This performance actually started about 15 years ago under a different ministry. It used to be performed at a local city’s community tree-lighting event. Then when the ministry disbanded the performance was moved to Mission Hills Church under the disability Ministry. It came to Mission Hills Church in part because Mary Thompson and her husband […]
What is a promise? It is a formal agreement between two people. A commitment to do, or not to do, something both now and in the future. The Bible is full of promises! Some have counted as many as 7,000 to 8,000 different promises in the pages of scripture. Some of the most important is […]
Because Jesus' table is accessible for everyone...
We desire to see the Church make room for all people affected by disability. To fully participate. To fully partner. To fully lead.
We exist to equip and empower the 25% of the population with a disability, their families, and their churches to become who God has created them to be.
