January 2019
Starting a Disability Ministry in Your Church: First Steps
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 11 am ET | 10 am CT | 9 am MT | 8 am PT Teacher: Ashley Belknap, Director of Engaging Disability With The Gospel Every church has or knows families touched by disability. How can your congregation intentionally take steps to better love, enfold, disciple, and meet the needs of individuals and families living with disability? This training focuses on starting where you are and growing in sustainable, gospel-centered ways. Disability ministry should make your existing…
Find out more »ESTABLISHED – Children’s Ministry Conference: Birmingham, AL
Engaging Disability Director, Ashley Belknap, and Associate Director, Joel Wallace, are looking forward to being part of this conference. For information on attending, visit the conference website or register now. Join Ashley as she presents the following workshop: All Together: Teaching the Bible to Children of All Abilities and Learning Styles. We want all our children to learn God’s Word and grow in their understanding of who God is and what He has done for us through the gospel. How can teachers…
Find out more »Planning Your Disability Ministry Year: Next Steps
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 11 am ET | 10 am CT | 9 am MT | 8 am PT Teacher: Ashley Belknap, Director of Engaging Disability With The Gospel January is a great time to strategically map out the direction of your church’s disability ministry in 2019. Your focus could be on your church’s website, volunteers, women’s ministry, young adults, communicants class, or more. How do you decide what steps to take next in 2019? We will build on the framework…
Find out more »February 2019
ESTABLISHED – Children’s Ministry Conference: Forth Worth, Texas
Engaging Disability Associate Director, Kristen Harnly, will be part of this conference. For information on attending, visit the conference website or register now. Join Kristen as she presents the following workshops: Special Needs: Ministering to the Whole Family. Families touched by disability experience unique challenges and opportunities. We will examine these as we explore ways to foster spiritual, emotional, and relational growth for the child. We will also focus on ways to help parents and siblings be able to worship and grow through…
Find out more »Recruiting and Training Volunteers: How to Equip Your Church Family for Disability Ministry
Thursday, February 7, 2019 1 pm ET | 12 pm CT | 11 am MT | 10 am PT Teacher: Ashley Belknap, Director of Engaging Disability With The Gospel One common denominator across all areas of the church is the need for volunteers to support the work of ministry. How you find and recruit volunteers for disability ministry is an integral part of making your ministry sustainable. How you train and care for those volunteers is crucial for growing your disability ministry.…
Find out more »Moving From Hello to the Heart of the Church: How to Navigate Church as a Family Touched by Disability
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8 pm ET | 7 pm CT | 6 pm MT | 5 pm PT Teacher: Ashley Belknap, Director of Engaging Disability With The Gospel Families who are impacted by disability often find navigating church to be a challenge. There are many strategies that families can initiate and employ as they navigate hallways, worship in the pews, enfold into small groups, and fellowship with others. We want your family growing in the Lord and enfolding well into…
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Engaging Disability With The Gospel is a missional partnership of Mission to North America (MNA). We serve people touched by disability and the congregations of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) which minister with them.