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Church Training Videos
Boys and girls growing up with a sibling with special needs often feel as if they are living in the shadow of their sibling. This video helps families and churches think through the potential challenges this can present and ways to come alongside to help!
We all mean well, but we all know how easy it is to say the wrong thing. This video will help give ministry leaders the confidence to speak in an encouraging way to those raising individuals with special needs.
Special-needs dads tend to get overlooked by the church, but there are so many dads who could use the church’s investment in their lives. We hope this video will help churches think through ways to minister to and connect with dads raising individuals with disabilities.
Do we make assumptions about families raising individuals with special needs? This video will help your church think through how to best minister to families, while considering their unique needs.
One of the deepest desires we have at Rising Above is to help churches learn how to engage, appreciate, and accommodate the special needs community. The reality is, if a family feels unwelcome at a church because they have a child with special needs, it is likely the church will lose that entire family. The number of families we have encountered who have felt rejected by the church is alarming and we want to help change that.
To that end, Rising Above offers a workshop for churches called For Jonathan’s Sake. In this workshop we train your staff how to develop a disability ministry, recruit and train volunteers, and implement inclusion practices so that individuals with special needs feel safe and accepted. We call the the fully-inclusive church the “Luke 14 Church.” These churches engage special-need families with a variety of ministries and programing. The programing helps revolutionize a church’s ability to minister to those with special needs, including family members.
To schedule a For Jonathan’s Sake Workshop for your church or organization please contact use using the form below. We will be happy to assist you.
