UCC Disabilities Ministries

Access Sunday Worship Resource

Inclusion Sunday is October 12, 2008. The day marks the beginningof Disabilities Awareness Week.

The following Poem/Psalm appeared in Wings, Winter 2008 edition. Wings is a Disability Ministry publication within the United Methodist tradition.

DOXOLOGY

Praise the Lord

Praise God in the mighty firmament

Praise God for mighty deeds

Praise God with withered hands

And wooden legs

Praise God with expressive bodies

Used as instruments

For those who cannot hear

Praise the Lord with voices that struggle to speak

With toes that work as hands

With hands that reach out among the doubters

To touch and hold and heal

Praise the Lord for powerful gifts

Bestowed on each of us

Praise God for the audio-loop and wheelchair

Braille and large print

Praise God for ramps and lifts

Tape recorders and computers

Praise God for dogs that hear

And see for others

Praise God for doors that begin to open

To the light of ability

Amid the shadows

Of prejudice

And preconceived notions

About perfection and service

Let all of us who live and breathe

Use everything we have and everything we are

In praising God

To the glory of our Lord

[Adapted from the original produced by the Task Force Ministry on Persons with Handicapping Conditions of the California-Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church]