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A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith
I Am Sombody Because God Loves Me
By
Linda G. Howard
What do 200 people with special needs, their pastor, area directors and volunteers do after a four-day weekend at a rustic retreat? There is only one option–collapse. Thanks to Ladybug Photography, here are few of the pictorial highlights of our week at Life for Youth Camp in Vero Beach, Florida. This year our participants ranged…
Remembering
By
Linda G. Howard
Memorial Day is the last day of The Special Gathering’s annual camping experience called Camp Agape. Each year we take more than 200 people to a camp ground for four-days of fun and fellowship. We return Memorial Day and those of us who have served as staff are totally and completely exhausted. Our members are…
That’s the Wrong Answer
By
Linda G. Howard
One day while training a new Special Gathering staff member, I asked him if he would clean up a mess left by our members in one of the Bible study classroomes. Special Gathering is a ministry within the mentally challenged (intellectually disabled) community. Our mission is evangelism and discipleship. This new staff told me, “I…
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