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2012 Through the Roof Quarterly Newsletter

Through the Roof Quarterly Newsletter, First Quarter 2012 Edition

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Teaching Children With Special Needs

Speaker: Jody Mlynek. Recorded at Joni and Friends “Through the Roof” Summit, this workshop will give you an overview of some of the disabilities you might see in a special needs classroom and give you practical tools to minister to the wide variety of children who may attend your class.

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Creating Safety in Disability Ministry

Speaker: Julie Keith. This audio workshop, recorded at Joni and Friends “Through the Roof” Summit, will give you ideas on how to have a safe, yet fun environment for those involved in disability ministry. Learn risk management, potential issues and concerns and areas in which volunteers and staff need to be further trained.

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Disability Ministry Goes Beyond Sunday Mornings

Speaker: Connie Hutchinson. Want to grow your disability ministry? Hear practical ways your disability ministry can grow by reaching out to families living with disabilities within your church and community. This audio workshop was recorded at Joni and Friends “Though the Roof” Summit.

 

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Give Them Jesus

Speaker: Pam Baldwin. All children are capable of experiencing God’s love in amazing ways, and that includes children with disabilities. In this workshop, you’ll hear how to present the gospel to children with special needs and how to help them grow in their faith. Plant the seed of the Hope of Jesus and watch the Holy Spirit grow and provide for the needs of our special needs children. Some of the topics covered include: evangelizing children with various disabilities; visual and hands-on ways to present the Gospel message; growth in faith through baptism, prayer, learning God’s Word, and serving others. The pdf handout for this workshop is available here: Give Them Jesus

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How God Heals Hurt

Speaker: Dr. Mark W. Baker. Suffering can make you bitter or better. God wants you to be a survivor or your suffering, not just a victim. Dr. Baker explains, in this lecture, how God can heal your hurts in ways that make you a stronger person. Learn the solution to suffering and how to trust again once you have been hurt. Whether or not you suffer in life is not a choice, how you respond to it is. The workshop will cover the difference between perseverance and patience; why suffering can make you feel abandoned by God; how to survive suffering when you feel alone; and the difference between being a victim and a survivor of suffering. A PDF of the handouts from this workshop follows: How God Heals Hurt

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Creating a Special Needs Classroom

There are many different Sunday school classroom models for disability ministry. This workshop, from Joni and Friends Through the Roof Summit, explains what to consider in planning and developing the classroom. Discover the benefits and challenges of a self-contained classroom; how to identify accommodations and modifications in the classroom; and tactics and strategies in which to teach all God's children. A copy of the PowerPoint can be printed from this file: Creative Curriculum Special Needs Ministry

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Summit: General Session 2

Speaker: Joni Eareckson Tada. In this General Session, recorded at a Joni and Friends' Through the Roof Summit, Joni speaks about resisting the power of the devil, especially during times of pain and suffering and how to use the power of the glorious, sanctifying power of Christ against him.

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Summit: General Session 1

Speaker: Doug Mazza - “When God Gives You Lemons”: From the opening session of a Joni and Friends' Through the Roof Summit, Doug Mazza speaks from personal experience about the necessity of turning everything over to the love and care of the Lord Jesus and holding on to the promises of God. A PDF showing a PowerPoint from this session is available here: When God Gives You Lemons

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Autism and the Church

This session from Joni and Friends Through the Roof Summit, led by experienced facilitators Will and Arlyn Kantz, provides you with valuable information and resources, plus insightful questions from others dealing with the same situations, and practical, helpful answers from the Kantzs. The following files contain the handouts from the session: Innovations in Autism Ministry; Autism and Church

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