Community for All Weekend and Conference-FIN

05/31/2022

Hello all. We will be transferring the contents of this page and combining with our Faith Inclusion Network-FIN page on June 1. If you are not already connected on the FIN page, we invite you to join. Moving forward, the annual conference information will be on Faith Inclusion Network-FIN page. Thank you! We look forward to connecting with you and sharing information that supports the inclusion of people affected by disability in our faith communities.
You can also check out our Youtube page as well. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Jlr2aCdkRqt0M_3wzL6hQ?&ab_channel=FaithInclusionNetworkofHamptonRoads

03/23/2022

We are so grateful to generous community friends like Sharon Puryear (pictured here with her husband Gray). Sharon has been creating a necklace to benefit FIN every other year since our first gala in 2016. Gray is a founding Faith Inclusion Network-FIN board member.
If you would like the chance to win this beautiful necklace and support FIN, you can get more info and purchase raffle tickets at: https://faithinclusionnetwork.org/c4a-necklace-raffle/

03/19/2022

03/11/2022

03/05/2022

This beautiful necklace made by FIN friend, Sharon Puryear, a talented jeweler and former owner of McCormick & Puryear Jewelers, will be raffled off at next Thursday's (March 10) Community for ALL dinner at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church - Norfolk See full description of necklace below.
Dinner tickets still on sale until Sunday at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fin-community-for-all-c4a-in-person-conference-tickets-187981446567

A 17” necklace with large cloisonne beads, 14K yellow gold beads, round and faceted carnelian beads, green malachite beads and 14K yellow gold safety clasp.
Retail Value: $250
100 Tickets being sold
$10/ticket or 3 for $25

03/04/2022

We are coming up on the last few days to purchase a ticket for our in-person C4A Conference dinner at Blessed Sacrament (in Norfolk, VA) on Thursday, March 10, 2022. We hope you will consider attending for great food, fellowship and the chance to support FIN and our efforts to ensure all people affected by disability are fully included in our faith communities.
Individual tickets for the dinner are $30. Bring 7 friends and a table is $200. We will also have some fun raffles and a small silent auction.

Faith Inclusion Network presents this year's Community for ALL (C4A) Conference: Reimagining Faith & Disability Inclusion Post-Pandemic

02/28/2022

We are excited about this coming Tuesday's panel discussion, live on Zoom on Tuesday, March 1, 6:30-7:30 pm EST as part of the virtual conference. Anne Masters, Shelly Christensen, Mark Stephenson and Sehrish Shikarpuriya will discuss "Reimaging Faith and Disability within Community" in the context of Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities. If you haven't registered yet, you can still join us. Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fin-community-for-all-c4a-virtual-conference-tickets-206131734567

02/28/2022

Mark Stephenson (with daughter Nicole), Presenting on March 1, Zoom Presentation
Mark and Bev Stephenson have six children and one grandchild. Their oldest child, Nicole, was born extremely prematurely and lives joyfully with severe, multiple disabilities. God used Nicole to lead Mark and Bev to the callings they have today. Bev was a German teacher and now teaches special education. Mark was ordained in the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) and served as pastor of two churches for 17 years; in 2006 he began serving the CRC as Director of Disability Concerns ministry, which works closely with the Disability Concerns ministry of the Reformed Church in America.

02/28/2022

Sehrish Shikarpurya-panel presenter Live Zoom Tuesday, March 1
Sehrish Shikarpurya is a doctoral student at Texas A&M University. Her research interests include (a) supporting transition processes, services, and post-secondary outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) from minoritized backgrounds and (b) understanding intersectionality of faith and disability among young adults with IDD and their families. Prior to this position, she served as a special educator in a faith-based setting in both Texas and Atlanta