Author Archives: Dean G. Blevins

About Dean G. Blevins

Dr. Dean G. Blevins currently serves as Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Discipleship at Nazarene Theological Seminary as well as Director of Nurturing Care with Children through Worship and Prayer. An ordained elder, Dean has ministered in diverse settings and currently also serves at the USA Regional Education Coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene. A prolific author, Dr. Blevins recently co-wrote the textbook Discovering Discipleship and edits Didache: Faithful Teaching, a journal for Wesleyan Education.

Day 2 of West Coast Maker’s Space

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West Coast Maker’s Space off to a great start

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Sensory Backpacks unveiled at Living Hope Church

The following report comes from Tiffany Solum at Living Hope Church. On May 25th, we launched our completed worship backpacks! Although we expect there to be fine tuning in the upcoming months, we are so excited for how far we … Continue reading

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Building Bridges coming to Living Hope Church

One of our grant partners, New Hope Church of the Nazarene, will be offering a special overview to disability ministry to prepare for the distribution of sensory backpacks. https://subspla.sh/cbp3xg2

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New Community Update

An exciting update from New Community church on the role of Spelling to Communicate in Kansas City

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Flatland Story: Ministering to Children With Disabilities

A major thanks to Bill Tammeus for a great story that includes Nurturing Care/KC and Nazarene Theological Seminary

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A Perpetual Palm Sunday

As the church moves past Palm Sunday into Passion Week, Nurturing Care discovered a church finding a way to bridge anticipation in Palm Sunday to celebration on Easter Sunday… or any Sunday. In the last month Tiffany Solum with Living … Continue reading

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