Couples split up for all kinds of reasons, but let it not be because they didn’t get any support from their church when they were feeling overwhelmed.
Once you start to journal your blessings it becomes not only easier to spot them, but easier to get into the practice of thanking God for them.
Let us follow Jesus’ example and notice people for who they are, and then ask God to help us to be Jesus to them in the ways they need it most.
They received the Ukraine's White Cross for evacuating over a thousand people with disabilities since the outbreak of war, and bring them in Germany and Austria.
Loud or echoey noise, bright or flickering lights, strong smells, too much clutter, all of these and more can affect children and young people with a hyper-sensitivity
Malchus’ story is a small footnote in the Gospels, but it is rich with impact as it contains so much that is easily overlooked in the history changing narrative.
We should do all we can to bring children and young people with additional needs into God’s presence and to rejoice with them when they make little steps of faith.
Let’s work together to ensure that every child and young person is able to learn and develop in the way that works best for them.
Creating a place of true belonging for every child and young person with additional needs, church become better for us all.
Inclusion is about the church taking positive action, not expecting a child, young person, or adult, to ‘fit in’.
Perhaps if we dig a little deeper, we might realise that we are only acting on a part of the story; we’ve missed some vital information, and our response needs to be very different.
Let’s do all we can to be the difference for every child and young person who chooses to journey with us.
Pray that God will give you the faith, persistence and determination to keep on praying, even when we seem to be getting no response.
Due to his various additional needs, James doesn’t really ‘get’ birthdays, but that didn’t mean that we would let the day slip by unnoticed…
The event takes place every year to celebrate Pentecost. “We long for people to become familiar with who Jesus is”, say the organisers.
While many of us love these films, we need to acknowledge the messages they can give to our children and how these messages can strongly influence them.
Items that can be helpful in supporting children and young people with a range of additional needs.
An accessible bible study series journeying with Jesus through the three times he was tempted by the devil.
With better understanding about our many sensory processing difficulties, and the right strategies, every leader can learn to make all that they do inclusive.
James could visit a small number of familiar safe places but couldn’t go into anywhere new that we have started to visit since epilepsy arrived. Last week, for the first time in five years, that changed.
How about thinking about whether our church, meets the needs of children and young people with additional needs and their families?
Jesus didn’t exclude any of the children. He wants to get to know them, to love them, to rescue them, to journey through life with them.
Looking anew into our disabilities deepens our relationship with God and exposes us to His might. An article by Abed Zien El Dien.
The more we practice at supporting children and young people with additional needs, the better we will get too.
The health minister proposes a draft law that allows euthanasia for children under 12. Christians denounce that it “could lead to euthanasia for disabled people too”.
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