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Utilizing Churches and Synagogues for Recovery
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Submitted by Gregg Jann on Wed, 2008-03-26 09:22
Spirituality gives a feeling of oneness among people and is a wholesome force for the more complete self. It can help people feel someone is guiding them with a greater strength to make the right choices which may be difficult socially and biologically. For others faith and churches can be divisive influences if they are not appreciated. A Presidential candidate recently made a clarification between himself and his minister and stated "it is known that the most segregated place is on Sundays." The candidate was genuinely inspirational about race, but separations of community between physical and mental disabilities also continue at worship services. Faith Based Organization services are gatherings of people and can naturally lead parishioners to a greater knowledge of people and how they "work." How can fellowship of like-minded people of similar faiths and ideology be encouraged to include the disabled into the social scene, when churches suited for sanctuary and rousing social justice are frequently unwelcoming places in general terms on an interpersonal level?