Inclusion of Clergy with Disabilities
Comments closedCategory: Clergy With Disabilities
Queries, Solutions, Shared Stories
The Reverend Doctor Hugh V. Nash has served Zion UCC in Perry Hall, Maryland, for the past 17 years. Prior to coming to Zion UCC, he served in other denominations as a pastor for a grand total of 25 years of service.
Comments closed“We don’t think our way into new ways of acting; we act our way into new ways of thinking.” – Harold Wilke (1914-2003)
Comments closedAfter serving twenty-five years in parish ministry, Dave was called as minister for the Eastern Association, Minnesota Conference UCC, in 1995. I have lived with…
Comments closedMitzi Eilts is national coordinator for the UCC Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns. I’m almost fifty years old and have been female…
Comments closedJeanne Tyler co-chairs the UCCDM board and is co-pastor of Saint Paul UCC, Lincoln,
Nebraska
He told them another parable: “The [realm of God] is like yeast which a woman took and . . . .” – Matthew 13:33
Slowly bubbling along with warm water and sugar, yeast grows as it rises into dough and bakes into bread. This image from Jesus’ rich parable is especially apt for persons with disability and our call to serve.
We have been around forever and have been bubbling slowly ever so slowly into the wholeness of life, bringing the church into the fullness of transformation along with all who have been marginalized, made invisible. With many and diverse gifts, some serve and others are served.
Comments closedThis questionnaire was completed several years ago. Please contact its producer for follow-up information.
Comments closed