This Quicksheet is focused on the fundamental principle that words matter. Guidance is provided on how to shape the language used in speaking about ability; how to look for unintended messages about ability in scripture, curriculum, music, and liturgy; and how to enhance communication, particularly with visual cues.
This Resource Roadmap is a list of resources with descriptions for faith communities and inclusion of people of all abilities. It is a companion to a series of Quicksheets around Physical Access, Social Access, Language, and Policies.
This Quicksheet introduces ways to improve physical access in and to your facilities, with targeted suggestions for worship and Christian formation. Guidance is also offered on visual and auditory supports, sensory strategies, and food accommodations, with targeted suggestions for Christian formation, worship, and fellowship and service.
This Quicksheet describes how to offer social supports, with targeted suggestions for Christian formation and fellowship and service for disability inclusion. Social access is also addressed in a discussion of leadership development, with targeted suggestions for Christian formation and worship.
This two sided PDF has a coloring page and information about Mr. Rogers Resources.
Opening Doors to Discipleship is a training and learning website for church leaders in the Reformed tradition and this Quicksheet answers basic questions about the site and training modules.
This is a companion resource to the Bending the Moral Arc Manual and contains Courageous Conversations about race sample sessions and a January 2022 updated resources list.
Painfully aware that the conflicts in the Middle East have exacted a terrible toll in human suffering and exacerbated international and interreligious tensions for more than half a century, and taking account of both the accomplishments so far and the challenges ahead, the 209th General Assembly (1997) believes that the peace process started in Madrid and cosponsored by the United States still holds the promise of achieving a comprehensive and lasting peace, and that the United States needs to continue to play an active role of mediating peace and, in some instances, to take initiatives for reconciliation and restoration of …
Opposition to the military action against Iraq based on just war principles and other principles of conscience, while not unanimous among Presbyterians, has been sufficiently widespread to indicate much concern. From the beginning, it has been the judgment of many church leaders, both in the United States and elsewhere, that?an invasion of Iraq has been unwise, immoral, and illegal.
Nineteenth-century images of Africa continue to replay in our minds, even in this twenty- first century. We tend to be ignorant of the history of Africa and of its great diversity of life. We hold stereotypes of a backward continent. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has invited its members and friends to embark on a journey with Africans. If we no longer wish to look at Africa through a dim glass, but rather through high-intensity lenses, then we will have to be intentional in seeking new perspectives on a contemporary continent. This guide for study and reflection is intended for adults …