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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 Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
About Melanie
Married for 28 years, Melanie is the mother of two young men, one of whom was born with a rare genetic disorder. Passionately sharing God’s message of joy, hope and purpose with every special needs mom she meets is an integral part of her calling. She lives it out through speaking engagements, blogging, missions work in Haiti, and her recently published devotional titled “Bundle of Joy”. Melanie lives in Sunny South Florida and enjoys traveling the world with her whole family.
Related Links
Rising Above podcast- Episode 58
Rising Above podcast- Episode 87
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Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
About Mark
Mark Arnold is the Additional Needs Ministry Director at leading national Christian children’s and youth organisation Urban Saints and is Co-Founder of the Additional Needs Alliance, a vibrant and fast-growing online community. He is an enthusiastic national and international advocate and ally for children and young people with additional needs.
Mark blogs as the national award winning ‘The Additional Needs Blogfather’, and is father to James who is Autistic and also has Learning Difficulties and Epilepsy.
Related Links
www.theadditionalneedsblogfather.com
http://www.urbansaints.org/additionalneedstraining
Instagram: @markjarnold
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Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
About Kelly
Kelly is a wife, mother of 3, part-time accountant and actively involved in her community. She considers herself a recovering type-A planner ever since the birth of their oldest son nearly fifteen years ago. Her mantra is "Life is not always easy, but life is always beautiful."
Related Links
Instagram: @speckhome
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Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
About Amy J. Brown
Amy J. Brown is a wife, mom, writer, mentor, and podcast host of Take Heart podcast. She writes to encourage special needs moms. She shares honestly about her adoption story and parenting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Related Links
IG @takeheartspecialmoms
IG @amyjbrown_writer
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Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
By the Brook event for special-needs moms and female caregivers
Check out a few resources available on our website!
Think your church would be a great host site for By the Brook 2022? Our host site application can be found here!
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Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
About Stephanie
Stephanie gives glory to Christ, her Savior, today. She gets to be a wife and mom with kids of all different abilities, including one who is married, one who had special needs who lives in Heaven with Jesus, and our third who came to us through adoption.
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Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
About Todd
Todd Marthaler has been married to his wife Hope for 30 years in December, and they have three kids; two girls, Tessa and Emma, and a son Sam (with autism) who just turned 21.
Related Links
www.LinkedIn.com/in/Todd-Marthaler
Respite for Your Mind on the Rising Above app
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Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
About Madison
Madison lives in South Carolina with her husband, Kevin, and their 4 year old son, Valor. Valor is smart, kind, loving, and also has autism. Madison has been engaging with Rising Above Ministries for the past two years after her son was diagnosed with autism. She serves in her local church leading worship alongside her husband and by helping establish her church’s first special-needs children’s ministry.
Related Links
Instagram: @mrs_madison_keane
Respite for Your Mind on the Rising Above app
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Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
About Carrie
Carrie M. Holt is a wife, homeschooling mom of four, writer, speaker, and podcast host. She is passionate about encouraging special needs parents to identify, accept, and thrive in the grieving cycle that is an on-going part of the journey. She co-hosts the podcast Take Heart, alongside Sara Clime and Amy J. Brown.
Related Links
Take Heart Special Moms podcast
Respite for Your Mind - check it out on the Rising Above app!
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Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
About Leisa
Leisa Williams is a mother and teacher with a passion for the wellbeing of special needs families and their caregivers. Her book "Hope Wins - overcoming feelings of hopelessness in special needs families" draws from her own life experiences, health care providers and Christian faith. Through her writing, Leisa offers hope and solutions to those who face adversity. She advocates for people to care ‘a whole awful lot’ for special-needs families and the importance of creating a powerful care community. She and her husband live in Canberra, Australia.
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