Making everyone count

I was talking to someone the other day and they made a really valued point about making everyone feel as though they are included in a service or a meeting.

It’s so easy to assume everyone can do everything to the level that you can but what we so easily forget that in this modern day.
We were talking about not everyone is illiterate these days when I say that I mean not everyone can read and write necessarily.

With churches now using screens to produce the words on the screen for songs and for their PowerPoint when they give a sermon. It’s strange to think years ago we did not have the technology to put the words on the screen and we used song sheets and hymn books.

So when it comes to someone who can’t read the words on the screen it just looks like loads of letters. It also needs someone to sit next to them and tell them what is written on the screen. Being included in the service is more important than ever.


This is what it is like for someone who has special needs feels like when they are not included or not involved in the service. It makes them feel like they do not know what is going on.

When the child or adults are involved in the service and they put their own twist to it, it is seen as their own interpretation of it. This can be sometimes be confusing to others but to that adult or child it makes complete sense because that is what they have learnt.


This why we should include everyone in everything that we do no matter whether they can read or write! To feel included in something is priceless to some children as they may never been included in anything in their lives. Seeing a child’s face at what they have spoken about or created is amazing.