[Faith-talk] special needs ministry

[Debbie Brown]

It really should be only a small number of people who may need to be 
separated from everyone else.  I am talking about the kind of people who 
make so much noise that they distract everyone--and I'm talking about older 
children, not babies.

There are two separate issues--your children, who I assume are severely 
disabled, and your blindness issues.  You can make a decision based on your 
children's needs, but as far as blindness issues, they'll never go away. 
Someone will always get it wrong.  It's never a good idea to leave a church 
too easily, but if the number of teachers who can help your children are 
rare, that may be an issue for you.

Unforntunately, the blindness issues are something we all have to toughen up 
and deal with.

Debbie Brown

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] special needs ministry


> Fortunately we have a very few who get it.  It's just frustrating when you 
> can't go to any group things because no one really talks to your kids. 
> Their behavior is so maladaptive and they don't seem to care that they 
> don't fit in but it's near to impossible for us to be able to take them 
> anywhere and enjoy it.
>
> Off this subject, we have two houses around us that are up for sale and 
> we're praying that God will bring us neighbors who get autism and aren't 
> terrified of the blindness issue either.
> Barbara
>
>
>
>
> Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay 
> any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose 
> any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.--John 
> F. Kennedy
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tom Vos
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 6:51 PM
> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] special needs ministry
>
> Perhaps most of us don't care to be in the category of "special needs" 
> just
> because we are blind.
> I'll acknowledge that intellectual disabilities require a special 
> approach,
> but somehow we want the church to be a place where everyone belongs, and
> everyone serves.
> A few people get it, but not many.
> I think it will always be up to us to teach our brothers and sisters what 
> it
> takes for us to belong, and how we wish to serve others.
> Maybe, Barbara, if you can find someone who gets it in your church, that
> person can be an advocate for your family.
> If even a few people begin to understand how to practice hospitality, our
> churches will become more welcoming places.
> Blessings,
> Tom
>
>
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