Welcome to CCDM We hope you have visited our new website by now. If not, why not do it right now? Due to some technical issues, we were not able to update this website in the manner that our readers deserve. For that reason, we now have a new website to go along with our new name.

We are now the Christian Churches Disability Ministry.

Our new website is www.ccdmonline.org.  Come on over and visit. After you look at it, leave your comments and let us know what you think. If you have any suggestions, let us know. We are in the process of moving all of our online store over to the new site. If you look under Educational Resources, you will see that you can now download some of our brochures for free!

We look forward to working with you as we work together to serve the disability community.

servant_july Click here to read the July edition of The Servant, where you will not only be able to read the latest edition of our newsletter, but you will also be able to read Jim Pierson’s new article on “Inclusion Ministry” and see pictures from Jim’s Retirement Gala.

herald_july Click here and you will be able to read the latest edition of “The Herald” and read about the residents and their day at the Special Olympics. There are several great pictures.

our-newsletters - Follow this link to our new website to see this quarter’s issues of The Servant and The Herald.

Click The-Servant_Fall-2010_volume-2-issue-1 to see all of the exciting things that are happening (including our “new look”):

• Read about our new name change that is happening soon;
• Find out who has been here this year to work at Riverwood;
• Learn which of our board members is retiring after many years of devoted service; 
• This and much more is in this edition of The Servant.

Shaun Best recently wrote to CCFH: “If my material at www.lapublishing.com/blog/2009/brain-injury-words-people/ can be used for encouragement, support, reinforcement of hope, etc., then this is the purpose I can serve for our God.”

Also read more about Shaun on his site at http://www.headtohead.org/?art=255.

Shaun, thank you for sharing. 

 Jim Pierson delights in the growth experiences of his friend Corey.

A May 2008 article by Jim introduced Corey. Read this update and be inspired.

Corey Update

Laura West has a story to share. She is the mother of a little girl, Maleka, adopted at 15 months old. Her daughter was born blind and then scalded by her birth mother. Let Laura West tell you about her journey. Visit the website at www.mymaleka.com and be inspired by how God continues to bless them to be a blessing to others.

D. J. Svoboda sent us an email telling about his website www.myimagiville.com. D. J. is an artist with autism who has created characters based on his own personal experiences. Please visit the site today and be encouraged by how this young man is using his abilities.

Click the following link to read Jim Pierson’s inspirational account of Corey’s spiritual journey. Corey3.pdf

Click the link below to read Jim Pierson’s article about a family living with this diagnosis and his suggestions for a congregation. 

Childhood Schizophrenia: How A Congregation Can Help