Episodes

Many churches are moving away from the traditional Sunday school model and using home groups. But this way of “doing life together” can leave caregiving families isolated and alone. If your church has a home group or community group model, Sandra will share four suggestions for how to make sure caregiving families are included! Visit keyministry.org/podcast for show notes for this episode.

In this week’s episode, Garett looks at one of the unexpected ways God has used his church to provide hope and comfort for the disability community. He also examines some of the ways God can use our churches to shepherd others through the deepest and most difficult valleys in life. Visit keyministry.org/podcast for show notes for this episode.

In this week’s podcast episode, Catherine interviewed Kristin and Todd Evans about their experiences with mental health and marriage challenges, while parenting a child with disabilities. Kristin and Todd share how they were able to move from an incredibly challenging time to a deep, rich relationship with Christ and renewed connection with each other—with application for any couple parenting a child with disabilities. Visit https://www.keyministry.org/podcast for the show notes.

In this week’s episode, Beth Golik sits down with Joan Borton, author of MarriageAbility, a new book that engages the reality disability puts on the marriage relationship, through the real-life, and often humorous, stories of couples living with disability. For show notes please visit https://www.keyministry.org/podcast.

Fall is a great time to read a good book! In this episode, Sandra shares 10 books for disability ministry leaders in the areas of family care, theology of disability, and ways to strengthen your inclusion practices! For show notes for this episode, please visit keyministry.org/podcast

Knowing and understanding what the Bible says about disability is pivotal as we strive to be better equipped for the lifelong journey with our friends and families in the disability community. In this week’s episode, Garett discusses the topic of disability theology while focusing on a few verses from Scripture that have been helpful for him and his family. For show notes visit keyministry.org/podcast.

Is God stirring something in you, perhaps drawing you into ministry work? In today’s podcast, Catherine shares four aspects of God’s protection that can help you discern and fulfill this calling, while living a life impacted by disabilities. For shownotes, visit keyministry.org/podcast

In today’s episode, Beth poses the question: do your volunteers know the plan if there’s an emergency situation in the church building such as a fire or an armed intruder? Does your church have a plan? Now is the time to create a plan that we hope and pray you’ll never need to implement.

As ministry leaders, we are responsible for a team of volunteers. There are four steps we can take to help them feel successful in their role. In this episode, Sandra will share those four steps so we can support our volunteers and help them feel equipped and empowered in their ministry callings.

In this week’s episode, all four of our regular hosts are recording together to answer some rapid fire questions, round robin style. Do you want to hear about our favorite books, podcast and ministry stories? Then this episode is for you.

David reminds us in Psalm 139 that we are all fearfully and wonderfully made and that the works of God in us are truly wonderful. David helps us to understand the value of life because he reminds us that God knew us and formed us and designed us for his glory. In this week’s episode, we reflect on that Biblical truth and how the church is called to celebrate God’s wonderful works in all things, including disability.

Scripture says we are to be thankful in all circumstances, that this is Jesus’ will for us. At times when thankfulness and gratitude feel completely impossible, God makes a way through what scripture calls a ‘sacrifice of praise.’ Here’s why sacrifices of praise matter, and how such sacrifices can benefit you.

In this episode, Beth Golik explains why ministry leaders need to know the basic information about service dogs vs. therapy dogs vs. emotional support dogs so that we are providing our churches with accurate information and creating a welcoming and safe environment for all.

August is the perfect time to start thinking about events you want to add to your calendar in the fall and winter. In this episode, Sandra will share 5 purposes of outreach events, 9 questions to ask as you plan, and 8 outreach ideas to consider!

Each summer, our Shine Disabilities Ministry team hosts Camp Freedom, which is an action-packed weekend where campers with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities experience summer camp in a way they most enjoy. The blessings and the memories and the logistics from the event always leave me asking “How did we do that?” But as we see through the ministry of Peter and John in Acts 3-4, we didn’t do any of it. The Holy Spirit did it!

Blockbuster movies and summertime are as American as baseball, fireworks, and apple pie. However, one recently released movie addressing human trafficking is generating significant cultural conversation. Here are three ways churches be equipped to support individuals who have experienced human trafficking.

In today’s episode of Key Ministry: The Podcast, Beth pulls up a chair to chat with Katie Mitchell, Skeeter Powell, and Keith Finch of David’s Table.

You’ve recruited (and maybe even begged) and still can’t get enough buddies to meet the needs of kids and teens at your church. What can you do next? Sandra Peoples has four ideas that work for churches of any size!

In this episode, Dr. Lamar Hardwick shares six reasons why church leaders, especially those in disability and mental health ministry, may be struggling and how your church family can help them.

As Jesus was teaching a large group of people, including church leaders, four men made it a priority to find a way to take their paralyzed friend to the Son of Man. And through their faith, Jesus healed the man both spiritually and physically. In this week’s episode, Garett Wall explores what our churches can learn from the urgency and faithfulness of the man’s friends and how God is glorified in all of it.

If your life includes disabilities, you probably already know that perseverance is needed in different ways. If you sense God stirring you towards ministry in some capacity, here are four aspects of perseverance that can help sharpen your understanding of what perseverance looks like in the midst of disabilities.

In this week’s episode, Beth Golik helps ministry leaders tackle another summer project: creating or updating Student Intake Forms.

In this episode, Sandra Peoples will walk you through the process her church uses for creating Individualized Spiritual Plans for their students! It helps keep everyone focused on the main goal for the students when they are with us at church—the gospel!

Strength in Numbers is a slogan that not only helped create a winning culture for an NBA team, but it also echoes the message from Scripture in Ecclesiastes 4 where a “cord of three strands is not easily broken.” In this week’s episode, Garett Wall examines how strength in numbers and the cord of three can serve as the foundation for helping your church build a pathway to belonging for adults with disabilities.