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New Church Website Focuses on Disabilities

The church has come out with a new website to help members with disabilities. The site is designed to help ward leaders and other members help the person with disabilities be an active part of the ward. This site addresses ward concerns as well as family concerns. This website can help you find the tools you need to successfully reach out and welcome members with disabilities. The site has an area specially designed for leaders and teachers of those with disabilities. This section gives guidance and suggestions on the best way to teach those with disabilities in a positive loving … Continue reading →

Relief Society: Forming Friendships

Relief Society is a wonderful organization that has many purposes. The most important purpose is to help the sisters to come to Christ. Another important purpose is to provide service and help to those that need it. Another reason is to help friendships to form between sisters and to provide opportunities to socialize with each other. When the sisters in Relief Society are friends with each other, needs are being met automatically. The sisters often feel more comfortable asking for help from a friend or letting friends know that they are struggling. If your ward is having a difficult time … Continue reading →

Primary Time: Seeing Past the Disability

When it comes to Primary children and dealing with those who have special needs it can be too easy to become so caught up in dealing with the difficulties that these situations may create, that you forget to love the child as a spirit sent from Heavenly Father. The needs that you deal with in Primary could be autism, deafness, food allergies or extreme shyness. It is important o look for the child who is underneath all these extenuating circumstances. Often people are intimidated or worried about how the child is going to react or about how to best communicate … Continue reading →

Padding the Resume

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Last week, our stake held a career workshop. One of our stay-at-home moms came back revitalized. She confessed that she had always been nervous about jobhunting because she felt her resume to be weak. After the workshop, she realized her many strengths, proven both at home and at church. Although many of us reading this are called to be stay-at-home moms, there are times that mothers enter the workplace. We may take jobs when our children are grown, or we may have the task of supporting our family thrust upon us by the divorce, death, or disablement of our spouse. … Continue reading →

Primary Time: Including Everyone

It is important that every child in Primary has a positive experience in Primary. They should be accepted and loved for who they are. It is important that as teachers and leaders that we treat the children fairly. It is also equally important to have the children treat each other with love and respect. We do not want any negative feelings to come as a result of experiences in Primary. Here are five tips to help children feel loved and accepted. 1) Take the time to learn every child’s name. This is really important. Children know if you do not … Continue reading →

LDS Family Week in Review: July 1-7

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This has been a great week for celebrating the Fourth of July! Whether you followed the week as it happened, or just want to review it, this is a great tool for catching up on everything you missed! Monday, July 2nd: In Pageant Time!, we reviewed the various pageants taking place across the United States. In General Conference: “Tabernacle Memories,” we reviewed President Monson’s talk on his memories of this wonderful, historic building. In Upholding Our Country, we talked about the relationship church members worldwide have with their countries. And in Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 24, we reviewed the various … Continue reading →

Helping Those With Special Needs

It is important to be considerate of those with special needs in your ward. There are a variety of reasons why the family or member has special needs. It is important to make accommodations as much as you are able. Here are a few examples of special needs that many may not consider. 1) Members with food allergies need special consideration when it comes to church involvement. I know people who cannot eat wheat due to allergies or Celiac disease. If this is the case, the ward may need to provide special bread for the Sacrament. Since this may be … Continue reading →

Primary Time: Helping the Seriously Ill Child and Family

There may come a time when you a Primary child becomes gravely ill. This could range from cancer to a serious surgery to a serious infection that ends up with the child in the hospital. It can be difficult for the family to cope. The child may be lonely and discouraged. You can rally the Primary to help support the child and his family. Here are five tips to help this go smoothly. 1) Contact the parents and see what you can do to help. You may need to find out who can visit and when. Some children are not … Continue reading →

LDS Family Week in Review: May 20th – 26th

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We had another great week in the LDS Families blog. We took a look at our Gospel Doctrine lesson and expanded our horizons a bit. Gospel Doctrine: This week’s Sunday School lesson is entitled “Thy Faith Hath Saved Thee.” It covered a variety of ways that people expressed their faith in the Lord and were spiritually saved because of it. In Cry Day and Night, we discussed how prayer affects us. In Men Ought Always to Pray, we talked about how to pray without fainting. In They…Rebuked Him, we talked about how other people might affect our relationship with God … Continue reading →

Primary Time: Helping Those with Special Needs

The Primary program is designed for all children in the church. If you have a child with special needs or if you are in the presidency or a teacher of children with special needs it can be difficult to know the best way to approach the situation. It is important to be very open in your communication. Here are five tips to help you best meet the needs of a special needs child. 1) It is important to have a meeting between the Primary president and the parents of the child. This can even be done over the phone. During … Continue reading →