Written by Jose Malayang, Executive Minister of Local Church Ministries. Our vision as a United Church of Christ is broad and has so many components-to…
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“(Make) supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone… so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all goodness and dignity” (1 Tim. 2:1-2).
Comments closedEditors Note: Although the following article by Henry Reiff focuses particularly on persons with learning disabilities, it is a helpful contribution to our understanding of all persons who have disabilities.)
Comments closedEdith Guffey, Associate General Minister
I think my first real, up-dose experience and exposure to the reality of life for persons with disabilities was in my friendship with Valerie Russell. During the years that Valerie served as the Executive Director of the Office for Church and Society, we became good friends. Following her stroke, when she allowed me, I took her shopping, to dinner, or to other events and places. I began for the first time to really understand how much the world is designed for those who don’t regularly face the additional challenges of walking, opening doors, getting out of cars … and the list goes on and on.
Comments closedPastor and 13-year-old acolyte, both wheelchair users, have ramp to access the chancel.
Comments closedArticle written by Norma S. Mengel, June 2000
Comments closedEditor’s note: The following article by Rev. Donna Schaper, Association Minister, Massachusetts Conference, originally appeared in Colleague, September, 1999.
I took an unexpected class trip last month when I pulled a tendon playing tennis. I found myself at a national convention of my church for a full week rooming with and in a wheelchair. When the tendon insisted that I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t imagine not going to the Synod, and I couldn’t imagine going. Thus the compromise of the wheelchair and the non-stop joke from old, good friends about how “long they had wanted to push me around.”
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