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Creating Access and Inclusion in Worship
Countdown to
Inclusion Awareness Day |
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Begin planning now for Inclusion Awareness Day!
Use the checklist below to get started. |
- Mark your congregation's calendar for Inclusion Awareness Day. Use the
weekend designated by Pathways Awareness or choose an alternate date for your
congregation's celebration.
- Start an inclusion committee to raise awareness to the need for access and
inclusion. Introduce committee members to the congregation on Inclusion
Awareness Day. Use tips on starting an inclusion committee to get started.
- Download the song "Open Doors" and ask your choir to learn it for Inclusion
Awareness Day and throughout the year.
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Plan a series of bulletin articles to raise awareness to the need to accommodate members needs so that all may worship and minister.
Use the Inclusion Awareness Workbooks for articles
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Plan a special worship service for Inclusion Awareness Day.
Use the Inclusion Awareness Day Workbooks for ideas, prayers and homily hints.
- Survey your congregation on Inclusion Awareness Day to find out the needs
of your members. Use our access survey to get started.
- Invite members of your congregation who happen to have disabilities to begin
a ministry on Inclusion Awareness Day. Provide any accommodations
needed and make sure their participation continues throughout the year.
- Invite members of your congregation who happen to have disabilities
to speak at a worship
service about what inclusion in your congregation means to them.
- Commit your congregation to intentionally including members with disabilities every day of the year.
Draw up an action plan to create a caring, accessible and inclusive faith community and begin implementing your plan right away.
Pathways Awareness Foundation will announce Open Hearts Award winning congregations on Inclusion Awareness Day to recognize outstanding inclusive congregations where worshipers of all abilities participate every day of the year.
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