Greg Lucas is too good a writer to remain a cop. He tells the diaper-fouling story of a strong teenaged son with the mental capacity of a 2-year-old who makes daily routines a violent battle. His story of love, disability, and lessons of grace published by Cruciform Press, in Wrestling With an Angel, is compact, like dynamite. Want a few sticks to explode in your heart? Here are a dozen brief excerpts:

Here are some gems from the disability conference at the north campus today.
 
“We don’t have incredibly bad luck [in losing children], but we are in the hands of God.” –Nancy Guthrie
 
“Next to salvation and my wife, my disability is the greatest blessing in my life.” –Mark Talbot
 
“Exhale the grieving and lament; inhale the promises.” –Mark Talbot
 

Please select from the following session titles to be taken to their respective files. 

Resources for all volunteers:

Vision and Philosophy of Children and Youth Ministry (Plenary Session) by David & Sally Michael

2012 training General session presentation-Families need hope and love.pdf

My name is Brenda Fischer. My role at Bethlehem is to coordinate the Disability Ministry. In this role I have the opportunity and great blessing of meeting some remarkable people.

This is the 2012 Fall Volunteer Training audio for volunteers serving at Bethlehem in the Family Discipleship Department. This training applies to volunteers serving as one-on-one disability Aides.

September 2012 Newsletter.pdf

Family Discipleship September 2012 Newsletter

Disability Is About God’s Glory
By John Knight, Director of Development for Desiring God & Bethlehem Member, Downtown Campus

Disability Is About God’s Glory.pdf

Disability Is About God’s Glory
By John Knight, Director of Development for Desiring God & Bethlehem Member, Downtown Campus

I still remember actually seeing Exodus 4:11 for the first time, after reading it many times in my life: “Then the LORD said to him, ‘Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?’” (Exodus 4:11 ESV)

The Sanctity of Life for Those With Disabilities from Bethlehem Baptist Church on Vimeo.

As part of the 2012 Sanctity of Life focus, John Knight addresses the topic of the sanctity of life for those with disabilities.

During our Sanctity of Life focus, join us as we demonstrate that we value the sanctity of life and that we want to protect the unborn. This weekend (January 21/21), Pastor John's sermon will be on the Sanctity of Life.

January 18, Sanctity of Life focus at Wednesday Connection

Following a time of worship, the Downtown and South campuses will have a Sanctity of Life presentation (North Campus presentation will be geared for high school-aged students):