Masterpiece Alliance Presents…

The Church and Disability:
Equipping God’s Masterpieces

Handouts from our 2025 Workshop

This workshop is for YOU if…

Your church desires to:

  • Equip itself to love and support individuals with disabilities and their families

  • Become a place of belonging for the disabilities community

  • Disciple individuals with disabilities to live into their own Kingdom role

You believe:

  • It is important to grow in your ability to love and include individuals with disabilities

  • All people are masterpieces created by God

  • We are made fully alive through Jesus

  • Each person has a unique purpose and role in God’s Kingdom

Workshop Details

  • ​Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025

  • Location: Church of the Holy Spirit, 6011 Merriman Road, Roanoke, VA 24018

  • Times: Registration and light breakfast at 8:15 am, General Session starts at 9:00 am, Workshop ends at 4:00 pm

  • Food: Includes light breakfast options and lunch

  • Cost:

    • $50/person

    • For every 4 tickets purchased in a group, a 5th ticket can be claimed for free.

Masterpiece Alliance wants to help churches grow in their ability to love and support individuals with disabilities and their families.  Workshop attendees will gain both philosophical and practical ideas for making their churches more welcoming spaces of belonging where those with disabilities are discipled to live into the beautiful kingdom roles God has uniquely prepared for each of them.

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Keynote Session

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Treasured By God

Ryan Wolfe,
Ability Ministry

Breakout Sessions

Click to Read Session Descriptions

The Do’s and The Don’ts of Starting a Disability Ministry

The Scriptural Basis for the Church and Disabilities

10 Best Ways to Communicate with Someone Who is Nonspeaking

Building Structured Supports for an Inclusive Learning Environment

What About the Parents?
The Church’s Role in Supporting the Parents of Children with Disabilities

Living with Disability:
30 Years and Counting - The Amy Meekins Story

The Principles of Behavior

Simple & Practical Behavior Supports for a Church Setting

Unlimited: Lessons from One Church’s Journey to Love ALL

Next Steps in Faith: Learning from the Disability Community

Capernaum: Connecting Your Youth to a Life of Mission

The Beauty and the Mess: Lessons learned leading incarnational ministry for and with adults with disabilities

A Day in the Life: An interactive glimpse into the world of living with disabilities

Neurodiversity and the Peace of God

Walk by Faith: Making Your Church Accessible for the Blind

Breakout Session Presenters

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Tom, Julie, & Amy Meekins
Champions4Parents

A young woman with long, wavy hair smiling while standing outdoors near a brick wall and blooming trees.

Sarah McLucas
Inclusion Advocate

A smiling man with brown hair wearing a blue shirt outdoors with green trees in the background.

Alan McLucas
Virginia Tech

A woman with blonde hair smiling outdoors, wearing a blue floral dress with beige and purple flowers.

Patrice Smelser
Unlimited Ministry

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Erin Jennings
YL Capernaum

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Terry Ishee
Forge America

Close-up of a woman with light brown hair, smiling, with a blurred background of a restaurant or cafe.

KJ Boland
Masterpiece Alliance

Man with bald head, round glasses, and a beard smiling outdoors, wearing a blue checkered shirt and a brown blazer.

Michael Gembola
BRCC

A woman with glasses smiling outside near a house, wearing a striped sweater. Part of her face and hair is visible, with a blue sky and tree in the background.

Candy Tharpe
Masterpiece Alliance

A person with dark hair pulled back, wearing a patterned shirt, is standing outside against a beige wall. Their eyes appear rolled upward or closed, and they are smiling, showing teeth.

Emmie Lo
Blue Ridge Fellows

A smiling man wearing a red cap, black shirt, and backpack standing outdoors in front of the U.S. Capitol building.

Scott Habeeb
Masterpiece Alliance