{"id":6896,"date":"2011-11-18T06:51:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T11:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=6896"},"modified":"2011-11-21T14:32:11","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T19:32:11","slug":"dont-know-where-to-start-your-ministry-with-the-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/dont-know-where-to-start-your-ministry-with-the-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Know Where to Start Your Ministry with the Disabled?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Corinthians 12:22 In fact, the parts of the (church) body that seem weakest and least important are the most indispensable.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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1 in 5 homes has a person with some kind of disability<\/strong> living in it. But they are not<\/em> a statistic. They are a family who needs you. Sometimes I hear people say,\u00a0“I’d really like to help, but I don’t know where to start.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With so many needs, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed<\/strong>. But, one’s time and resources to help the disabled needn’t be expensive or difficult. The most important thing is showing up and allowing yourself to be used by God.<\/p>\n

Many times those families in need want to know someone really cares, more than anything. They probably won’t be able to reach out and ask you for help, in the middle of struggling with their circumstances, but even small and simple efforts can bring them help, joy, and comfort.<\/p>\n

Don’t start with a disability. Start with a family.<\/p>\n

A Visual Guide to Ministry with the Disabled<\/strong>
\nI encourage you to use this Visual Guide to Ministry with the Disabled<\/a>\u00a0poster. I created it to help ministers and compassionate Christians aid the disabled in crucial ways. You can access it here<\/a>. Please contact me if you have questions about it. This guide works through a logical progression of needs, and leads up to \u00a0interdependence, mutual care and ministry, which is what the Kingdom of God is all about.<\/p>\n

This Visual Guide<\/a> may be printed and distributed as needed, and is under a free use Creative Commons license that you see below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Make your life be a blessing!<\/p>\n

\"Creative<\/a>
\n“Guide to Ministry with the Disabled”<\/span> by Lisa Col\u00f3n DeLay<\/a> is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License<\/a>.
\nAvailable at docs.google.com<\/a>.
\nPermissions beyond the scope of this license may be available by contacting the creator at http:\/\/lisadelay.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Use this Visual Guide to Ministry with the Disabled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4584,14,15,17,985,1222,1616,37,51,3418],"class_list":["post-6896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-care","tag-christians","tag-church","tag-community","tag-disability","tag-family","tag-help","tag-hope","tag-ministry","tag-theology-of-disability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6896"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6905,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6896\/revisions\/6905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}