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- Moving Beyond Values: Cultivating the Virtue of Compassion January 8, 2026
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Author Archives: Dean G. Blevins
Moral Integration Retreat Begins!
Posted in NorCal, Nurturing Care, PLNU, Virtue, West Coast
Tagged #Care, #NurturingCare, #PLNU, #Virtues, #WestCoast, Children, ministry, Moral Integration, NTS
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Moral Integration Discussion and Debrief
Posted in Moral Integration, NorCal, Nurturing Care, PLNU, West Coast
Tagged #NurturingCare, #PLNU, #WestCoast, Children, ministry, Moral Integration, NorCal, NTS, Nurturing Care
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Spelling 2 Communicate Update
An update from Stephanie Answer at New Community Church, one of Nurturing Care’s grant participants.
Posted in Autism, Children, disability, Intergenerational, KC Nurturing Care, Nurturing Care, Pedagogy
Tagged #NurturingCare, Autism, Children, disability, mental-health, ministry, NTS, Nurturing Care
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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 events (see below), and an intriguing conversation around our attentiveness to … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Children, disability, KC Nurturing Care, Nurturing Care
Tagged #NurturingCare, Autism, Children, disability, faith, ministry, NTS, Nurturing Care, parenting
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Ongoing Partnership with New Community Church continues on Jan. 18th
Posted in Autism, Family, KC Nurturing Care, Nurturing Care
Tagged #NurturingCare, Autism, Children, disability, ministry, NTS, Nurturing Care
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A New Year of Ministry to Autistic Children.
A recent release of a podcast interview with Stephanie Barton highlights one of the current themes active in our ministry prototypes in our Nuturing Care KC/Autism initiative: selective mutism, sometimes associated with minimally verbal autism, and the the role of … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Children, Clergy, Family, KC Nurturing Care, Nurturing Care, Uncategorized
Tagged #NurturingCare, #special needs, adhd, asd, Autism, autism-spectrum-disorder, autistic, care, Children, church, Discipleship, diversity, NTS, worship
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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 initiative, we do ask you to be mindful … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Children, Clergy, disability, KC Nurturing Care, Nurturing Care
Tagged #NurturingCare, Autism, Children, disability, education, mental-health, ministry, neurodiversity, NTS, Nurturing Care
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