Dreaming the dream.
Let me try and expand a little on my last post.
When Disability and Jesus began three years ago, it grew out of a feeling that there was no one out there doing what we do. Of course in the course of the last three years we have since met several individuals and small organisations doing if not the same thing then certainly work that compliments ours.
None of these organisations or individuals are well known throughout the church, nor are any of them well funded and resourced. All are run by dedicated volunteers who not only give their time but are also largely self funding.
It seems wrong to me that such an important ministry is so under resourced, that such dedicated, professional people should have their gifts taken for granted in such a way. The church spends fortunes on debating LGBT issues, it has spent a fortune in recent years on safeguarding of children but when it comes to the disabled it always feels the church wants something for nothing.
So my dream is to have a building where these people can work from, to see them well funded and resourced and to get the church to take this work seriously.
It would be a house of prayer, a place of learning and retreat, place for others to pilgrimage to and a place from where we can send out those who work in the mission field of disability.
Please join me in praying about this and if you feel God is giving you more insight in to what this might look like and how it could come about please, please get in touch.
Expect to hear more on this later.
Blessings
Dave & Jarvis.
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