Autism Ministry

"Come as you are." Maybe that sounds like a nice phrase to hang on the wall, but it feels like an impossible one to live by, especially if your family is made up of neurotypical and neurodiverse children. Maybe your thoughts sound something like this: "You don’t know our family. We don’t look like everyone else. If we come as we are, we might create a scene."

If this sounds like your story, we want you to know we see you. We invite you to come as you are, and we cannot wait to meet you.

Our mission is for families with a child (or children) on the autism spectrum to come as they are, so that together they can all know, experience, and follow Jesus.

Our goal is to provide a loving and welcoming environment for your whole family — a place where you all feel safe to come as you are. Every week, we seek to provide an engaging, inclusive place for your children to grow in a relationship with Jesus and with their same-aged peers. Your children, both neurotypical and neurodiverse, will be well taken care of as they experience the love of Jesus. At the same time, you will be able to participate in our worship gathering and experience much needed worship, teaching, prayer, and community.

We believe we are to reflect God’s Kingdom, as described in Revelation 7:9, here on Earth. “After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.” There are no barriers in heaven, so we believe there should not be barriers here on earth.

We invite you to come and experience the hope of the Gospel: the good news that invites each one of us to come as we are and encounter the love of Jesus.