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Rising Above Ministries is lifting up the special needs community through support, encouragement, inspiration, and community.
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Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
About Kay
Kay Morgan-our is the Co-founder of the Additional Needs Alliance. She is a consultant, trainer, writer and speaker on disability and additional needs, covering all areas and every age group.
Related Links
www.ponderingplatypusresources.com
Twitter: @KayMorgan_Gurr
*Theme music and editing by Open Mic Studios.
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
About Patti:
Patti and her husband have been married for 32 years. They have three young adults, and their youngest has been diagnosed with autism. Patti worked as a part-time minister of music and part-time paraprofessional when her children were young. Now that they are all out of school, she works as a full-time special education paraprofessional in their local school district. She also helped to start a special-needs ministry at the church they attend. Before Covid, they had buddies who helped elementary children with special needs. Since the spring of last year, she has been leading a young adult small group for individuals with special needs, and she has also been leading special-needs mom group for 10 years.
Related Links:
Facebook.com/parhoadarmer/
Patriciarhoadarmer.com
*Theme music and editing by Open Mic Studios.
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
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Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
About Sevrin
Sevrin is a Christian who is seeking to faithfully follow Jesus Christ. He has been married to Megan for almost 17 years and has three wonderful children. His youngest son has Down syndrome, and he serves as the Program Manager at Guidelight. Guidelight's mission is the pursuit of Christ-centered transformation in the lives of those experiencing disability.
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
About Meredith
Meredith is originally a farm girl, being raised on a sheep and dairy farm in Victoria, Australia, but she now resides in the city of Townsville in beautiful, tropical Far North Queensland. Writing has always been a big part of her life – through her journals and each of her four books (She has also contributed a devotional piece to a fifth book).
Each of her books comes from a foundation of her faith and covers an aspect of her life – struggles with drugs, alcohol, depression, domestic violence, and the challenges of raising a child with special needs. All are available on Amazon and she has been humbled and grateful to have received many great reviews and hear of lives that have been touched by her work.
Accepting Jesus into her heart and being born again has transformed her life, which had a lot of pain and sadness in it. But God has given her beauty for ashes, and He has transformed the pain and sadness through her writing. Her hope is that her books give encouragement and healing, and help people know they are not alone in their pain.
Related Links
Instagram: @merryfree2015
*Theme music and editing by Open Mic Studios.
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
The Rising Above staff gives an update on what we have been up to, and all that we have to look forward to with this year's By the Brook! Moms- We hope you'll join us on June 24-25. The cost is only $10 to participate. Find out more and sign up here. National Park Access Pass : https://www.nps.gov/subjects/accessibility/access-pass.htm *Theme music and editing by Open Mic Studios. https://openmicrecordingstudio.com/
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Today, we'll be sharing a sermon from the late Jeff Davidson on LOVE. Five years ago yesterday, Jeff went to heaven, but we are thankful God is still using Jeff's words to uplift and encourage the special-needs community. Listen and be encouraged!
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
About Mallory
Mallory Brown is wife to her college sweetheart, Tom, and mother of 2 blessings (Julie 7, Adam 4). She is an accidental stay-at-home mom, occupational therapist, and lover of outdoors and hiking. She is also the creator of Open Door Encouragement and Bible-grams.
Related Links
Instagram: @opendoorencouragement (for daily bible grams, notifications for blog posts, and sharing Favorite Soul Shaping Things)
Website: www.opendoorencouragement.com (for all of the Bible-grams created, in a digital format. All housed by topic. )
*Theme music and editing by Open Mic Studios.
https://openmicrecordingstudio.com/
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
About Jessica
Jessica is a mother to three beautiful babies; Alley (age 9), Beckham (age 6), and Scout (age 4). She is also a special-needs mama. Finley (Scout- as we call her) has an undiagnosed rare genetic disorder- for which there are no treatments or cure. Jessica says it's "been the greatest blessing and challenge of [her] life."
Related Links
Find out more about By the Brook!
*Theme music and editing by Open Mic Studios.
https://openmicrecordingstudio.com/
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
About Mikayla
Mikayla McKenzie has been married to her husband, Brandon, for almost 8 years. They have three children; Bear, Daisy, and a baby girl due in October. Their son, Bear, was diagnosed with congenital CMV at only a few months old. Mikayla has always had a heart and calling for anything surrounding people with special needs, so now that she is a mom to a special-needs child, her passion has become even stronger!
Related Links
Find out more about By the Brook!
Favorite Quotes
"He's prepared you for this, and what you can't handle, you hand it over to Him."
*Theme music and editing by Open Mic Studios.
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