What is Rejoicing Spirits?

  “People with special needs kids don’t go to church because they don’t want to be disruptive to others, and a nursery doesn’t work for a five-year-old. Don’t let anybody tell you that families like us aren’t out there.  We are; you just don’t see us in church.” -Parent of a child with autism

Is it the Place You Are Looking For?

You Gotta Be You

  • do you need to turn it all down?

  • do you need to get up and move around?

  • do you need to let your voice be heard?

  • do you need to wear what suits you?

Sensory Challenges

Is This Your Place?

 

  • are you searching for your tribe?

  • are you looking for your purpose?

  • are you seeking something different?

  • are you longing to be accepted  just as you are?

  • are you hungering to hang out with others on a similar life journey?

If you are, you need to continue reading!!!

Meet Pastor Jon

What makes us different is just down the page

Everyone Needs a Place to Fit In

 

you can be loved and supported in a community for people of God with intellectual disabilities and all that love them

  • you can benefit from caregiver respite and renewal

  • you can enjoy fun, meaningful, inclusive worship

  • you can connect with others on a similar journey

What Is Rejoicing Spirits

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The Church, as a whole, has to do better at loving, accepting and welcoming all of God's children

“Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.  For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.  We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.” Romans 12:3b-6a.

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Our goal is to provide an environment that is adaptable to the needs of the people that make up our community.  We are all called to understanding and service.  We are all called to consider our neighbor, affirm them, support and advocate for them.  The 8th commandment says that, “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”  Martin Luther explained this in a very positive way, not only saying what we shouldn’t be doing, but also what we should be doing.  He wrote, “What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.”  Our neighbor may have needs or behaviors that we don’t always understand, but we must always keep in mind that they are “fellow children of God and inheritors with us in the Kingdom of God” and maintain an attitude of love, acceptance and welcome to all people.

Our Goal