Access & Inclusive Mission
The focus
of AIM is to increase disability awareness and inclusion for those with physical,
mental, emotional, and spiritual challenges; encouraging our religious and
civic communities to be welcoming places for all!
“Central to our well-being is our
need to belong, to have a place where we are accepted, embraced and valued for
who we are. Within the Body of Christ there are no exclusionary clauses for
disability or any form of judgment that says you aren’t needed or wanted here. The
gift of belonging to the Body of Christ, the communion of faith, is not ours to
give, it is Christ’s and Christ’s alone. Belonging is made complete when gifts
are shared, accepted, and cherished. Belonging is a shared experience at the
table and in the community of faith where we, as the family of God, live and
work as the Body of Christ. Within that body God enables us to value and
cherish one another just as we are. May we do so to the glory of God. May we
seek to enable every child, teen, or adult, disabled or not, to experience and
know how vital each is to the body of Christ for together–we–are the heart
of faith. To God be the Glory.” *
*Written
by the Rev. Sue S. Montgomery, Disability Consultant, Presbyterians for
Disability Concerns [PDC]; Presbyterian Health, Education, and Welfare
Association [PHEWA]; Presbyterian Church (USA)