“If I let disabilities stop me, they can, but I don’t want them to. I change the way I do some things, and others I simply can’t do but try first,” Nancy Phipps, 2005 UCC DM Awardee,
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Accessibility and Inclusion Ideas in Churches
“All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the prosperity of your children.” — Isaiah 54:13 (NRSV) Where Do Children…
Comments closed1. Apply brightly colored, textured strips at tops of stairs to indicate their presence to visually-impaired persons and anyone carrying something that blocks vision.
Comments closedIn our new church this year, I was approached by a member before Easter: Do Easter lilies bother you? No more than my beloved daffodils on Daffodil Sunday. Don’t worry about it. The headache and nausea would only last a day.
Comments closedRita Fiero, RN, is immediate past co chair of the UCCDM board. For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord,…
Comments closedPersons experienced with disability, first responders and emergency workers need to be in conversation, says Rita Fiero. Read the article: Are persons with disabilities prepared…
Comments closedJeanne Tyler co-chairs the UCCDM board and is co-pastor of Saint Paul UCC, Lincoln,
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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.
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