Welcome to the newly designed Faith Inclusion Network website. It is our hope and prayer that this new site will provide you with valuable faith and disability resources and will keep you updated on current FIN events. Most importantly, we hope it will help you connect with a welcoming, inclusive faith community in your area of Hampton Roads, VA should you be searching for a place to worship, socialize and share your faith.

Included in this new design is also a section for blogging; an opportunity to share and comment on the stories that help us to encourage and build each other up in faith. I hope you will take a few moments to read some of the stories already posted and share with us your thoughts. There are some wonderful things happening out there in our Hampton Roads faith communities and this is one more way to share both the joys and challenges we encounter as we strive to build communities that truly welcome all.

As FIN continues to expand, learning how to serve our Hampton Roads community and continuing to live out our mission: …”to promote awareness of and provide support for the inclusion of people with disabilities and their families into faith communities”, I hope you will check in with us often, email us with any comments and questions and participate in all the exciting FIN events help throughout the year. Thank you for taking the time to stop in and visit us. We hope to see you at our “That All May Worship-2013” Conference in March.

The World Health Organization estimates that 2 of every 10 children in the developing world are disabled either physically, intellectually or both. Most of the children who have special needs world-wide are not registered at birth, and have no official or legal status– they may not be counted, but they still count. Special Hope Network is a faith-based organization working in Zambia, Africa that was created to encourage, support, and train existing programs. We also provide economic solutions to address the needs of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Zambian community. We are looking for partners in this mission:

Are you ready to help? www.specialhopenetwork.com