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- Bend Nazarene Church releasing English, Spanish, bilingual kids’ worship albums January 30, 2026
- Children lead as ‘Maker’s Space’ prototypes spread from Arizona district gatherings to California outreach January 30, 2026
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Author Archives: Dean G. Blevins
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, advocates for belonging before belief, and calls the Church to recognize neurodiverse members as … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Children, Clergy, disability, KC Nurturing Care, Nurturing Care, Virtue
Tagged #NurturingCare, adhd, Autism, Children, disability, mental-health, ministry, neurodiversity, NTS, Nurturing Care
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Preacher’s Conference and Challenges to Inclusion
Stephanie Answer, one of the Preacher’s Conference workshop presenters, discusses challenges to inclusion at the local church level. Join us to meet and hear more from Stephanie and other great presenters at the Preacher’s Conference with the theme All God’s … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Clergy, disability, Intergenerational, Nurturing Care
Tagged #NurturingCare, Autism, Children, disability, ministry, neurodivergent, neurodiversity, NTS, Nurturing Care
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Nurturing Care at NNU PALCON
Nurturing Care will be at the Northwest Nazarene University Pastors and Leaders Conference (PALCON) July 29-31. As a conference sponsor, we hope you will drop by our booth. In addition, our Nurturing Care Director, Dr. Dean G. Blevins, will be … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Children, Clergy, disability, Nurturing Care, West Coast
Tagged #NurturingCare, Autism, Children, disability, ministry, neurodivergent, NTS, Nurturing Care
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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 initiative. A collection of Nurturing Care grant proposals for 2025–2026 … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Clergy, Nurturing Care, Pedagogy, PLNU, Virtue, West Coast
Tagged #NurturingCare, Children, faith, Family, Moral Integration, NTS, Nurturing Care, parenting
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Neurodivergent and Disability Resources
The majority of these resources exist outside the United States. Overall they provide better sense of the shared efforts to resource and support disability ministries as well as neurodivergent persons. CBM resources: CBM Australia is part of a Christian international … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, disability, Nurturing Care
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