Disability Concerns helps guide and support our church to:
• think and act in keeping with the biblical call regarding people with disabilities
• break barriers of communication, architecture, and attitude
• establish ministries with, for, and by people with disabilities and their families
More information can be found on their website: https://www.crcna.org/disability/about-us
Church Disability Advocates work within the church community, identifies the needs of the church members living with a disability (and their loved ones) and explores with church leaders appropriate ways for the church to respond.
If you have identified such a need, have a creative solution, or would like to become involved in disability advocacy at out church, please email the office.
Worth reading
Sara Pot reflects on her life as part of a family where two of her daughters have disabilities. Sara is a regular contributor with Christian Courier. She lives in St. Catharines, Ont. with her husband, four daughters and their golden doodle!
Terry DeYoung, coordinator for disability concerns for the Reformed Church in North America, was born with a rare bone condition called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, reflects on the path his life took as he examined – and reexamined – his complex experience of identity and disability. Visit the Reformed Journal newsletter for his, and other insightful retrospectives.