Accessible Gospel, Inclusive Worship
Accessible Gospel, Inclusive Worship, by Barbara Newman offers a plan, or process, for including people with disabilities in the church setting.
Accessible Gospel, Inclusive Worship, by Barbara Newman offers a plan, or process, for including people with disabilities in the church setting.
We were sitting in the teacher’s lounge eating our lunch. I, and the two young adults with me, were taking a break from our on-the-job training. I was learning that Alex had a real love and knowledge of the online game, My Little Pony.
Growing up can be hard, but when you have a developmental disability it can be even harder. This summer, I got to make one small part of life easier for a few children with developmental disabilities.
After I moved to a retirement home, a friend asked where I attended church services. “Sometimes I go to local churches where my former grade school students lead in worship,” I replied. “Other times,” I added with a wink, “I go to the wheelchair walker united church.”
If you find yourself on the website of Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren, you will see the work of Doug Wood, photographer, a church member in his early thirties. When Doug, who is on the autism spectrum, took his camera to church in 2007, he was simply doing something that he had come to love—taking pictures.