JJ has figured out the joy of using our nonverbal prayer corner, and I am so, so happy. Early next week, I’m going live on the @ancient_faith_ministries Ancient Faith Radio Facebook page to explain how this works and how you can set up this simple accommodation in your home. It’s wonderful for anyone who is pre-verbal, temporarily nonverbal, or functionally nonverbal, and it works for people with fine or gross motor challenges as well. It is a visual board, but I will show you in the live video how it can work for people with visual and speech impairments. #childrenofjoy #orthodoxkids #ofsuchisthekingdom #autism #speechdelay #accessiblechurch #accessibleprayer #prayercorner
A big part of my seminary training (M.Div. and Th.M.) was geared towards adult catechesis. I’m so happy to be able to assist in this project at my church. I’ve led and developed catechism programs for adults in my pre-conversion past, and I love the process of smoothing the way and gathering resources so that learning is easier and our priest is supported in his teaching. Scaffolding learning is one of my gifts, and while I love exercising that gift with the little children, it’s also nice to be able to talk with adults. #preparetheway #gratitude #orthodoxwriter I’m probably going to wind up adapting the resources for the lessons for autistic converts, too, since I can’t not.
