Congregations across the country have undertaken various measures to be more accessible and welcoming to everyone. Wouldn’t it be great to share the learnings with the whole church?
Please help by taking a short survey about what your congregation is doing to be a more accessible and welcoming space. The project may be large or small, may or may not have involved physical changes, may have been investment in technology or a change in practices – we want to hear them all.
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has appointed me to preach Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the downtrodden will be freed from their oppressors, 19 and that the time of the Lord's favour has come.
In the Abilities Church we like to quote the last line of this text, “when I am weak then I am strong”. After all, the core message of the Abilities church is that those with disabilities have something vital to contribute to the Church. This is an important message and something I affirm, but we need to understand the context and where our strength comes from.
Fpr those with Presbyterian Roots. This Sunday is Presbyterian HIV AIDS Awareness Sunday. The have excellant resources on informing people about the glocal epedemic. AS well as on dealing with HIV and AIDS in their neighbourhoods.
My Webside Accessiblechurch.ca had a page linking you to this resource as well as others the Methodist Church USA, and the UNited Church of Canada, and some seculare Canadian Information.
I was infected at 19 and became one of the first persons in the world to receive the new combination therapies (at 34) that proved to be so successful. My viral load has been undetectable for 10...I was infected at 19 and became one of the first persons in the world to receive the new combination therapies (at 34) that proved to be so successful. My viral load has been undetectable for 10 years now, and my health is better than it's been for 20 years. Why do I live while others die? The answer is simply because I get the care I need and needed to survive.
