PARABLES is the story of an interactive, hands-on, “special-needs friendly” weekly worship service at Wayzata Presbyterian Church in Wayzata, Minnesota. I produced this story for CUE Seminaries. PARABLES is led by Pastor Leslie Neugent, the parent of a special needs child. According to Neugent, “The inspiration for this came after attending a [worship] service. A young church member with special needs began to sing “Jesus Loves Me” during a sermon. Because it was disturbing to those around him, the child’s father quickly wheeled him out into the hallway. This had been such a holy moment— the child was moved by the Spirit to praise God in song, with no inhibitions, but was discouraged by our society’s protocol. At that moment, I knew that this community needed a worship service of total inclusion to celebrate the unique gifts of those with special needs and to have the spiritual support of other parents who also walk this “road less traveled.”

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This is a story for the Augsburg Fortress Leading Worship Matters series. I recorded this story at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The good folks at Our Saviour’s get together on a regular basis to bake communion bread. You can watch the entire Leading Worship Matters series at http://store.augsburgfortress.org/store/productfamily/266/Worship-Matters My niece, Cindy Siech Rodriguez, helped with the production.

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