{"id":23007,"date":"2023-11-03T21:58:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=23007"},"modified":"2023-11-03T21:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:59:09","slug":"part-2-of-webinar-believing-and-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/part-2-of-webinar-believing-and-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 2 of webinar continues focus on \u2018Believing and Belonging\u2019 for individuals with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Emily Hunsberger<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBelieving and Belonging: Exploring Membership and Baptism for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities\u201d <\/strong>is the title of the second part of a webinar from Anabaptist Disabilities Network, set for Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. (Eastern time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join ADN field associates Bonnie Miller and Denise Reesor, and executive director Jeanne Davies for a panel discussion on exploring membership with people who have intellectual disabilities. They\u2019ll discuss inclusive classrooms or personal study with a pastor, mentor, or parent; strategies for engaging and learning; and how to use ADN&#8217;s new curriculum <em>Believing and Belonging: An Accessible Anabaptist Membership Curriculum<\/em>. Bring your experience and questions for this practical conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About our panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bonnie Miller has 27 years of experience in elementary\/early childhood education: 15 years in special education. She has been involved in IEP conferences as both a parent and a teacher. At both school and church, she works to make classrooms barrier-free for children with a variety of disabilities. She has advocated for disabled members in her congregation and enjoys brainstorming ways to help every child experience full inclusion with their peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denise Reesor is a school psychologist at Elkhart County (Ind.) Special Education Cooperative. She has a master of Education Specialist degree from Valparaiso University. She is passionate about the inclusion and belonging of all peoples and families in the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeanne Davies serves as executive director for ADN. She has a master of divinity degree from Bethany Theological Seminary and a graduate certificate in Disability and Ministry from Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Mich. She is the author of the Believing and Belonging curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can register for the webinar here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/BelieveAndBelongWebinar\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/BelieveAndBelongWebinar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Emily Hunsberger is communications director for the Anabaptist Disabilities Network.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/cds-volunteers-support-kerrville\/\">CDS volunteers support \u2018Faith and Fellowship\u2019 memorial event in Kerrville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/pastors-ordained-in-south-sudan\/\">Pastors ordained for Church of the Brethren ministry in South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/speakers-for-nyc-2026\/\">The speakers for National Youth Conference 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-and-the-declaration\/\">Brethren and the Declaration of Independence: Denise Kettering-Lane presents an equipping session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-of-grace-and-god-of-glory\/\">\u2018God of grace and God of glory\u2019: A call to worship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBelieving and Belonging: Exploring Membership and Baptism for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities\u201d is the title of the second part of a webinar from Anabaptist Disabilities Network, set for Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. (Eastern time).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[2098,1673,2853,3,1994,1304,1866],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-23007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-adn","tag-anabaptist-disabilities-network","tag-baptism","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-online-event","tag-training","tag-webinar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23008,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23007\/revisions\/23008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23007"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=23007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}