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2010 Women in the Church Love Gift for MNA Special Needs Ministries

We are thrilled to have the opportunity to share with you how God is at work in and through the lives of individuals and families in the PCA who are touched by disability! The theme of the 2010 WIC Love Gift is “Hear the Call of the Kingdom.” We invite you to hear that call with us—and to respond. In the video, you will be introduced to PCA families who have seen “the work of God displayed in their lives” through disability and see how their local congregations have ministered to and alongside of them.

Please join us and share in the excitement! You can watch the video here, and you can order a DVD and bulletin inserts here.  Please check back on a regular basis, as we will be featuring “The Rest of the Story.” Each month during 2010, you’ll be able to follow the PCA families and churches which are featured in the video and learn more about their stories of God’s grace at work in their lives. Finally, click here for ideas and a checklist to help you prepare to participate in the program. Our prayer is that you will be truly blessed by your involvement in this year’s 2010 Love Gift project for MNA Special Needs Ministries. We deeply appreciate your genuine interest, your generous gifts, and your heartfelt prayers. Please help us spread the word!

In His Name,

Stephanie Hubach, MNA Special Needs Ministries Director

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Hear the Call of the Kingdom:

“Making the Gospel—the good news of the coming
of the Kingdom—accessible to all, in word and deed.”

Jesus Christ beautifully models for us how to relate to people with special needs: with dignity, grace, truth, genuine hospitality, mercy, justice and faithfulness. When we learn to see people with disabilities through Jesus’ eyes, we end up seeing all people—including ourselves—more accurately as a result. Focusing on both our shared value as God’s image bearers and our common need for grace motivates us to make the Gospel more accessible to people with special needs. Whether this happens through community outreach, church inclusion, mercy ministry, or adapted discipleship—in God’s kindness—the Gospel ends up becoming more deeply meaningful and accessible to those of us with less-noticeable-disabilities as well. All of us need the good news of the coming of the Kingdom. All of us need to experience the Gospel every day in word and deed. And that is, at the core, what MNA Special Needs Ministries is all about: Equipping and encouraging PCA churches to make the Gospel accessible to all, in word and deed.

How will the 2010 Women in the Church (WIC) Love Gift help?

Your generous gifts will enable us to provide the following:

The Gospel and Disability Educational Gift Packs: Practical resources for developing special needs ministries that are built on sound biblical principles rooted in Reformed theology. They will be distributed to 500 PCA churches.

Trainer Development: Equipping trainers who will work one-on-one with local PCA congregations and help them to develop self-sustaining local disability ministries and network with similar ministries in their geographic regions.

Luke 14 Matching Grants: Made available to PCA churches that are starting new initiatives to serve individuals and families touched by disability in their local congregations or their communities. “Go out... and compel people to come in,that my house may be filled” (Luke 14:23).

Please make your check payable to " 2010 WIC Love Gift"
Mail to:

Women in the Church

Christian Education & Publications,
1700 N. Brown Road, Suite 102

Lawrenceville, GA 30043
www.pcacep.org