‘Encourage the fainthearted, help the weak … pray without ceasing’ (1 Thess. 5:14 & 17)
Free Online Courses: Dementia Support and Hope Explored
Is your church a great place to grow old? Explore how to support people with dementia in church with free online talks in Sept/Oct by charities Through the Roof and Embracing Age. Register free at: https://throughtheroof.org/2025/09/02/online-events-coming-alongside-people-with-dementia/
Do you need to find hope right now, or does someone you know? Join charity Through the Roof for a three-part series of relaxed, online Hope Explored events in Sept/Oct 2025 to look for hope, peace and purpose. Find out more and register for a free place on the course at: https://throughtheroof.org/2025/09/04/online-hope-explored-events/

Join the world Church in prayer on 27–28 September
Charity Through the Roof is inviting Christians to create a chain of continuous 24-hour prayer for Disability Awareness Sunday, 27–28 Sept. A prayer focus is for God to encourage churches to fully include and celebrate disabled people as ‘made in God’s image’. Find out more and register to pray at: https://throughtheroof.org/2025/09/09/pray-for-disability-awareness-sunday/
Encourage your church to mark Disability Awareness Sunday on 28 Sept, using the free service resource, and commit to journey towards including disabled people fully in church.
Note: any Sunday can be Disability Awareness Sunday! So it’s never too late to join in.
Contact: For more information annette@throughtheroof.org or katie@throughtheroof.org
Visit: www.throughtheroof.org for more on Through the Roof. Tel (office): 01372 749955
A fuller Disability Awareness Week news release is online here.