A Reflection On The Extravaganza
Today’s post comes from ELCA Disability Ministries advisory team member, Anita Smallin. I have had the honor of attending the Extravaganza as a participant and as a workshop leader over the course of my career. The E (as it gets...
2025 Disability Ministries Grantees
Hello and a blessed Advent to everyone! On behalf of ELCA Disability Ministries’ advisory and our groups of grant reviewers I would like to say a huge “thank you!” to the nearly sixty congregations and ministries that applied for grants...
Creating Accessible Spaces On A Budget: webinar
Hi everyone! Lisa Heffernan, coordinator, here on the blog today. I wanted to share a short note with all of you on last month’s webinar, and offer a link to the recording. On November 17, members of the ELCA Disability...
Churchwide Assembly Recap: Disability Ministries
For five days, hundreds of ELCA Lutherans descended on Phoenix, AZ, for the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. This gathering is set to do the business of the church: to receive reports from the churchwide officers, leaders, and units, to consider...
Reflection: Disability and Mental Health Advocacy
John Christensen is a life-long ELCA Lutheran, currently working with the World Council of Churches as a Project Officer in the Churches’ Commission for Health & Healing, and the WCC’S Ecumenical Disability Advocates’ Network (EDAN) I am the son of...
Disability Ministry Report
In our churchwide organization’s recently released God’s Love Made Real strategic recommendations report, research from the Barna Group and Fuller Seminary suggests a path forward for the church to connect with new, young and diverse people in our communities. As the...