by Mark Arnold | Aug 17, 2021 | Different Dream, How-Tos, Special Needs Ministry
Meeting Sensory Needs with Fidgets and Fiddles Meeting sensory needs with fidgets and fiddles is one way to make church events accessible and welcoming for children. Guest blogger Mark Arnold is here to help you better understand sensory needs and to provide ideas...
by Mark Arnold | Apr 7, 2021 | Different Dream, Special Needs Ministry
Working Together Wins at Church Working together wins because it makes us stronger, better, successful, and more focused than when we work apart. This is true when families, children’s and youth workers, and those who work with children and young people with special...
by Jolene | Sep 16, 2020 | Different Dream, Special Needs Ministry
We’ve Decided to Stop Dialysis We’ve decided to stop dialysis. Cathy delivered the news about her husband Brian with same steadiness she always displays We met Brian and Cathy we visited their church after we moved from South Dakota to Iowa. A few days later...
by Jolene | Jun 17, 2020 | Different Dream, Special Needs Ministry
In the Little Town Where I Once Lived In the little town where I once lived, people with disabilities contributed to the community in significant ways. The woman who ran the switchboard, one of the two remaining in the United States in 1977, had been the first baby to...
by Jolene | Mar 31, 2020 | Different Dream, Special Needs Ministry
Caregivers Fear the Future: 3 Ways to Walk Alongside Them Caregivers fear the future. I was 6 or 7 when I encountered this fear in the house where I grew up. If either my older sister or younger brother was sick, Mom would fold a white hankie into the shape of an...
by Shelly Christensen | Feb 27, 2020 | Different Dream, Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Support
Belonging is the heartbeat of inclusion. Those words from today’s guest blogger Shelly Christensen resonate with me, and I believe they may resonate with you, too. In this post she provides a biblical framework for inclusion and reminds us that inclusion is the...
