You don't have to be an expert; just be willing to do something
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A couple weeks ago in Beijing, a two-year-old girl named Wang Yue and nicknamed Yueyue was "crushed by two vans...and then ignored by 18 passersby as lay bleeding on the street." She died on October 21 of organ failure as a result.
A similar case from New York City in 1964 is used as a case study in psychology courses. Kitty Genovese was murdered, and while neighbors either heard or saw her as she was stabbed, no one called the police.
Those 18 people who passed by Yueyue as she lay bleeding in the street and the neighbors of Kitty who heard her screams and saw her murder didn't have to fix it. They didn't have to perform surgery to save them. They didn't need any special expertise to help those who were bleeding.
They just needed to do something instead of walking away.
You don't have to know all of the answers either in order to welcome people with disabilities into your church. You just have to do something.
Resolve that you won't turn people with disabilities away if they come to your church and that your church won't be a stumbling block to those who need a place in God's community of believers.
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If you haven't joined us already, come visit me and 20+ other speakers at inclusionfusion.org, a free webconference on special needs ministry! And, due to the technical glitches due to high demand yesterday, it has been extended through MONDAY. (And, don't worry, the glitches are fixed now!)
A similar case from New York City in 1964 is used as a case study in psychology courses. Kitty Genovese was murdered, and while neighbors either heard or saw her as she was stabbed, no one called the police.
Those 18 people who passed by Yueyue as she lay bleeding in the street and the neighbors of Kitty who heard her screams and saw her murder didn't have to fix it. They didn't have to perform surgery to save them. They didn't need any special expertise to help those who were bleeding.
They just needed to do something instead of walking away.
You don't have to know all of the answers either in order to welcome people with disabilities into your church. You just have to do something.
Resolve that you won't turn people with disabilities away if they come to your church and that your church won't be a stumbling block to those who need a place in God's community of believers.
~+~
If you haven't joined us already, come visit me and 20+ other speakers at inclusionfusion.org, a free webconference on special needs ministry! And, due to the technical glitches due to high demand yesterday, it has been extended through MONDAY. (And, don't worry, the glitches are fixed now!)