Joni and Friends is happy to continue Global Access Community in 2023 to connect a worldwide community passionate about ensuring that all people are able to serve God through their spiritual gifting.

Loving People With Disabilities: Creating the Kingdom of Belonging God Intended

We use words like inclusion and integration a lot, but is that really what God asks us to do? We seek to go beyond inclusion to belonging to model God's kingdom as He intended. Join us for a special keynote speaker who can help us all understand how we can build that kingdom and how we can help guide others to do so as well.

Keynote Speaker with Q&A

Erik Carter, PhD

Luther Sweet Endowed Chair in Disabilities and

Executive Director of the Baylor Center on Developmental Disabilities

We will also have an international panel for Q&A who speak from first-hand experience about belonging and what practical ways we can make it happen in our own lives both within and outside the church walls.

Schedule:

9:00 –   9:15 (15min)    Kick-Off

9:15 –   9:40 (25min)    Keynote

9:40 – 10:00 (20min)    Keynote Q&A

10:00 – 10:10 (10min)    Break

10:10 – 10:40 (30min)    Panel Intro/Discussion

10:40 – 11:10 (30min)     Panel Q&A

11:40 – 11:45 (5mins)     Conclusion

For a short video as an introduction to Erik Carter and belonging, click HERE.

Join us for this live global event on February 23rd, 2023, 9:00am to 12:00pm Pacific Standard Time. Registration includes access to the live event and resources through 2023. If you are unable to attend live, the event will be recorded.

For details or questions specifically about the event, visit the Global Access Website.

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