[Faith-talk] special needs ministry

[Joshua Lester]

Sister Barbara:
I don't know about blind parents, with special needs children, but I
know a Southern Gospel singer, that has a special needs ministry.
He and his wife have adopted 3 special needs children.
They're all young adults now.
His name is Jerry Garcia, (don't confuse him with the late rock star,) (LOL.)
I'll find a link to his Website, and put it on here.
Blessings, Joshua

On 10/9/11, Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:
> Essentially, we're trying to reinvent the wheel, having to make up a
> curiculum tailored for the repetition part of autism.  What makes it so hard
> for people in general, I think, is the dual disability.  Folks would have an
> easier time interacting if the blindness wasn't there.  Most people actually
> seem scared of the twins.  It's so sad that so many folks are scared of
> contracting blindness.  Funny thing is, when I was a child, my family always
> used to joke that blindness is contagious.  When I tell people that, the
> silence is almost palpable and you can feel the fear mounting and their
> rational brain trying to tell them it's not true.
> 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: Debbie Brown
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:58 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] special needs ministry
>
> What you're describing doesn't sound as if a special class is needed.  When
> kids are four, teachers have to help them with crafts a lot anyhow.  I think
> I had a sort of personal assistant in Sunday School till I was about eight.
> His job was to draw things for me and write things down when that was
> necessary, and probably talk to me when I got bored.  Putting braille on
> anything never occurred to any of us.  It sounds as if you should be pushing
> to be in the regular class with your children encouraging them and talking
> to the teacher.  Later on, someone else should be doing that for a few
> years.  If your children's disabilities are only blindness, they shouldn't
> need anyone as they get older, as long as you have a ccess to a Bible.  By
> the time they are in about fourth grade, they should be spending a lot of
> time in the actual Bible.  If that's not the case, you should be demanding a
> better curriculum--and not just for blind kids.
>
> Debbie Brown
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] special needs ministry
>
>
>> Until our kids were four, they were in with the regular kids but it was
>> apparent long before that that when the regular kids started having to do
>> seat work and sit during teaching and craft, our children wouldn't be able
>>
>> to do that.  You're right about it being very isolating but our only other
>>
>> choice is to stay at home.
>> 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: Linda Mentink
>> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 8:44 PM
>> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] special needs ministry
>>
>> Hi Barbara,
>>
>> A special needs ministry often isolates you from
>> the rest of the congregation. I'm guessing that's
>> not what you really want. it would depend on what
>> those special needs are, but most can just be put
>> in with everyone else. Often a special needs
>> ministry isn't what's needed, but someone to just
>> come alongside and help where needed, without
>> making a big deal of it. You don't want to be singled out.
>>
>> I guess I don't have any wisdom here.
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> At 09:27 PM 10/2/2011, you wrote:
>>>As a blind person, I’ve had a time of feeling like I fit in some place
>>>at church, when I was in the choir, when I wroked in nursery and in our
>>>sunday school class.  But most other members of the church treat us like
>>>we’ve got leprosy. Every since we adopted our children, our church has
>>>chosen to start up a special needs ministry but it mostly is just our two.
>>>
>>>A few of the special needs kiddos can function in a normal class setting
>>>because they’re higher functioning autists or physically disabled.  What
>>>
>>>do you suppose we could try to help our family of three blind people and
>>>one sighted person feel a bit more at home.  I’ve thought about
>>>switching churches to one with a more established program for special
>>>needs kids but I’m afraid we’d meet the same obstacles—and I have a
>>>hard time making friends.  Going to church is not supposed to make you
>>>angry, but it is what it is. 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
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