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The grief of a losing a child is something that no one should have to endure. Nancy Guthrie might be known to many as a great Bible teacher but she and her husband have experienced and incredible amount of of grief in their lives with the loss of not just 1 but two children. 



*** THIS EPISODE DOES CONTAIN ISSUES OF GRIEF AND LOSS, IF THIS RAISES ISSUES FOR YOU PLEASE ASK FOR HELP ***



Here are some of the things that she has had to process in all of this:


The suffering God gives us is purposeful
The way that God shows his love for us, in suffering
This life is not all there is
Men and women grieve differently
Helping others go through grief
How to say to people who are grieving "I don't know what to say"



TOOL BOX:

What Grieving People Wished You Knew

Other Books from Nancy356: Dealing With Grief and Loss in the Family (Nancy Guthrie)

303 – I’m overwhelmed with care needs in my church – what can I do? (Sally Sims)

304 – How Does Pastoral Care Make Disciples?

CREDITS:

The Leadership Development Program

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There has been a greater awareness of neurodiversity in our world today, Bec Baines explains how churches can be better equiped to minister to people with different forms of neurodiversity as we see the gospel include all sorts of people.


Neurodivergence can include the Autism spectrum, PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), dyslexia, dyspraxia, down syndrome; anything that involves the neurons in your brain.
We need to be addressing what is happening for each individual person.
Challenges can include social dynamics, the unknown (not how long things go for), sounds and loudness of music and things. Creating a structure is good for neurodiverse people.
For kids and youth, it's important to get to know the person, having visual schedules and being flexible.
For adults, again its important to get to know the person, to be gracious, communicate clearly with them and help them to understand the structure of churches.
There is a difference between inclusion (made it possible for people to be there) and belonging (you want them there, they are active members and will be missed if they are not there).
The gospel should shape this ministry, like every other ministry in church.



TOOL BOX:

Some of Bec's Blog Posts

Contact Bec:bec.baines@youthworks.net

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Adjusting churches for including people may not be as expensive as you might think, in fact it is not merely about the building. Disability comes with age, so we are all facing it at some point!



Louise Gosbell has spent a lot of time thinking about disability and ministry.


Making a building accessible - where it happens in the Bible
Why ministry to people with disabilities is so much more than just accessibility
What you need to know about recent overhauls to the discrimination act
What is a Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) and why do churches need one?
Community as an important part of the life of people with disabilities
Social stories explain what is going to happen to help people prepare for church
A Community Audit is where the church asks questions about how helpful the community is for including people
Why your church might need an access audit to work out how physically accessible the building is



TOOLBOX:

Everyone Welcome: Accessible church for All Louise's ebook.

Royal Commission Report into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability



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What do we need to think and do when it comes to term three? Often it's a good time to dive into longer term planning and recruitment for the next year.




Raising leaders for next year
Strategic plans for next year
Keeping people focused on vision
Digging into your small group ministries
Get into the important but not urgent things like budget for next year
Getting leaders away for thinking, reflecting and planning
Getting people to recruiting conferences (see below)
Planning for Christmas
The run-up to recruiting teams for next year



TOOL BOX:

Leadership Pipeline ebook

MTS Recruit

CV Adelaide

Challenge Conference Tasmania

Challenge PGP Perth

Let us know if we missed one!! 



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It's a simple online course to help you explain the gospel to people. Glen Scrivener talks about his course 3,2,1 which can be done online. You can do it with someone or pass on the link for someone to do it themselves.


Speak Life is a ministry to make Jesus known
The development of 3,2,1 has not been overnight but has been a project from 2011
This is course for anyone, but especially for visual learners
3: the trinity, 2: the 2 Adams of the world, 1: you are united with Adam or united with Jesus, the new Adam
While it is online the key is connecting people to churches and Christian relationships from the online community

TOOL BOX:

321 Website

Speak Life

Books that Glen has written

348: A Love Story to Give Away (Glen Scrivener)



CREDITS:Cross Beam Communications

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Imagine an experiential gospel presentation where the food matches the talks and discussion. Taste And See is a 4 week course that has been developed by Paul Young, Wendy Potts, Rory Shiner and others.


There are lot of presentations out there, but we need to keep making more, its part of the importance of re-creating in our ministry areas
Food is an important part of life, the story of the Bible and our experience
It is a course that involves all sorts of gifts that people have
It is scalable and it is effective for people becoming Christian

TOOL KIT:

The Taste and See Website

Reach Australia 2019 National Conference:


Theology of the Church and Mission
Mission Pathways Workshop Part 1
Mission Pathways Workshop Part 2
The Practicality of Church and Mission

CREDITS:

This Episode was brought to you by Safe Ministry Check

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