Nurturing Care 2025 Retrospective Each year Nurturing Care submits a report to the Lilly Endowment, Inc. documenting the initiative’s efforts, impact, and most importantly, what our leadership learns through the many prototyp…

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Common Hymnal on Instagram: ""PRAISE & PROTEST: EMBRACING NEURO-DIVERSITY" | Consumer-focused churches and the popularity hustle surrounding the modern worship ecosystem have led many into a faith cul... Explore the transformative power of inclusive worship and discover how to create a welcoming environment for everyone. Join the conversation on what it means to truly worship together.

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Nurturing Care Day of Learning An Introduction to the virtue of Compassion

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Preaching on the Spectrum In designing the ministry, part of the Nurturing Care initiative included a commitment by Nazarene Theological Seminary and its professional development team, NTS Praxis, to commit the seminary&#82…

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Making Space for the Saints Among Us: Ministry and Worship with Neurodiverse People This Nurturing Care article explores how churches can minister to and worship with neurodiverse individuals. Drawing on recent presentations, the writing challenges assumptions of normative worship…

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All God's Children: 2025 Preachers' Conference The 2025 Hugh C. Benner Preachers' Conference will feature Dr. Lamar Hardwick and focus on disability ministry in the church.

Early Bird registrations end July 31

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Nurturing Care and Growing Hearts: Churches Empower Children into Deeper Trust & Gratitude through Worship and Prayer As a result of a larger west coast initiative, innovation appears to be reshaping how churches nurture an experience of God in their youngest congregants through a Nazarene Theological Seminary ini…

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Autism Awareness Month | Sacred Support Systems for Children with Autism Jason and Jackson Edwards write about the crucial and endangered support systems for children with autism.

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Kansas City-Area Churches Creating Special-Needs Ministries Grace Church, which has three locations in Johnson County, Kansas, and the Church of the Resurrection, based in Leawood, Kansas, have special-needs ministries.

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Nurturing Care at M25 Conference M25, a national gathering for the Church of the Nazarene provided a platform for the Nurturing Care Initiative. Our engagement with attendees at our information booth provided an opportunity to dis…

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Don't forget our Feb. 26 event with Amy Jacober! www.eventbrite.com/e/nts-nurtur...

A Christmas Story Worth Re-Telling The New Year rang in another gathering of Nurturing Care grant participants from our Kansas City initiative. The zoom gathering, masterfully led by Dr. Dana Preusch, included several upcoming event…

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Merry Christmas and a New Year of Ministry Initiatives Merry Christmas from Nurturing Care! We pray your final Advent service, Christmas Eve and celebration of the birth of Jesus provides a time of blessing and celebration. In keeping with our KC initi…

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KC Autism Ministries Underway and a New Partnership November marked the beginning of a new set of prototypes underway in Kansas City alongside continued efforts by congregations making a difference in autistic children lives through worship and pray…

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