Dealing with sensitive topics when ministering with adults with developmental disabilities may be a special challenge. Click this link, Connections_May_2008.pdf, to read the latest issue of our Connections newsletter for information on a new resource that deals with this complex subject.

In other articles, read how you can help us meet the need for resource materials and let us direct you to some uplifting ministry information from the In His Image Ministry at Highlands Church, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Read the March edition of CCFH Connections to learn how one ministry reaches out with their inclusion model for Sunday school. 

Thank you for letting us know if there are topics of interest you would like see discussed in future issues or if you would like to tell others about your ministry.  Please click this link, Connections_March_2008.pdf, to access and view Connections.                                                              

At CCFH Ministries, we see the year 2008 as one of renewed dedication. Our focus will be on moving disability ministry to a new level. Look for exciting new articles and news in the coming months.

First, in order to move upward, we must examine our base.

Click to read this issue:  Connections_January_2008.pdf

This issue addresses a variety of informative topics. Among them are: BuildingChurchLeaders.com offers a video preview of “Exceptional Teaching Online” to encourage church leaders to take advantage of available resources for disability ministry training; and information on The Healthy Aging^® Campaign. 

Click to read the entire issue: Connections September 2007.pdf

This issue features introductory excerpts from two articles, Helping Adults with Cognitive Disabilities Deal with Tragedy and Joe’s Debut: Easy, Natural Inclusion, which address some very prevalent issues. The full articles were generated as separate files to make copying and distribution to others in your ministry easier. A link to each is located directly below this posting.

Additionally, we highlight the recent awards two of our residents received as part of Goodwill Industries’ local recognition program.

We hope your ministry efforts are strengthened by our resources.

Click to read the entire issue: Connections_July__2007.pdf

Feature articles:

Helping_Students_with_Cognitive_Disabilities_Deal_with_Tragedy1.pdf

Joes_Debut_Easy_Natural_Inclusion.pdf

In the May 2007 issue of Connections, Jim Pierson discusses both autism and the recent Accessibility Summit at McLean Bible Church.  We also show you what others are doing by highlighting a Special Needs Ministry Celebration Sunday event at Pentecostal House of God, Detroit, Michigan.

Click the link below to read Connections.

Connections_May_2007.pdf

The Accessibility Summit 2007 at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Virginia, was a blessing to all who attended. Each year we come back refreshed and renewed, invigorated by what we have seen, heard and experienced.

Thank you to everyone who took time to come by our display or attend a session that Jim Pierson was a part of. If you did not get a chance to attend the Summit this year, plan to be there next year. Watch the McLean Access Ministry website at http://www.mcleanbible.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=1327 for developing Accessibility Summit 2008 information.

The opportunity to enter a drawing for one of three copies of the book Exceptional Teaching was offered at the summit. A drawing was held copies of the book were mailed to:

Ø            Brent Claiborne

Ø            Kimberly Elliott

Ø            Yvonne Sanchez

The book Exceptional Teaching  is still a potent tool for disability ministry. It is made even more powerful when partnered with Exceptional Teaching Online. If you have not already done so, we invite you to subscribe to Exceptional Teaching Online. Visit us today at www.ccfh.org to take advantage of all the site has to offer. The Exceptional Teaching book and other resource materials may be purchased in the Online Bookstore.

Please let us know if you would like to have a copy of a PowerPoint presentation using slides from the “Disability Ministry is Just a Click Away” session, presented at the Summit, to give an in-depth view of Exceptional Teaching Online. This may be useful if you need to review the website with others prior to subscription and will be provided by email at no charge.

We value your opinion. Please let us know what we can do for you. Contact us with your questions, concerns and comments. Our goal is to have constantly evolving website, programs and materials to meet the service needs of the disability community.

Sylvia Hemphill

CCFH Ministries

Director of Resource Materials

The March 2007 issue of Connections highlights two new Publications, By Faith/Beginning a Disability Ministry and Abide in HIM/Evangelizing With Adults with Disabilities.

Click on the link below to view Connections.

Connections March 2007

This month’s featured article - Including Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder in the Sunday School. Click the link below!  

Connections January 2007 (Revised)