Reaching Out A newsletter of Mephibosheth Ministries March 2015 MMI becomes Medicaid waiver provider From the beginning of Mephibosheth Ministries, we’ve had the dream to provide housing and Christ-centered support services for individuals who have developmental disabilities. On Nov. 1, MMI Residential successfully opened its first 24 hour residential site as a Medicaid Waiver provider. In addition to the onsite residence, MMI is providing respite care to other individuals who reside at home with their parents. Gordon Mote concert supports MMI “Our driving motto is we will Believe, DOVE award winner, Gordon Mote, performed for supporters Embrace and of MMI Residential for the third year in 2014. His music was as Empower each inspiring and uplifiting as always and helped bring awareness individual served,” says MMI Program to our new endeavor as a Medicaid Waiver provider. Plans Manager Megan Moore-Stevens. are underway for a Christmas concert this year, so stay tuned for details. Finally, a special thank you to our 2014 Believe, “In June, 2014 we submitted our Embrace, Empower event sponsors: application to the State of Indiana to become an approved Medicaid Waiver provider. With God’s help we were approved in less than 30 days on our first submission which is amazing!” Thanks to our direct care staff, Mephibosheth board members, volunteers and donors who made this launch possible! David Sponsor ($1,000+) Jonathon Sponsor ($500) Micah Sponsors ($250) In-Kind contributions Piano Solutions Senator Luke Kenley Randall & Roberts Funeral Home Lambert’s Music Center Watson Agency Westbrook Village Jim Dandy Restaurants Mr. & Mrs. Jon Bomberger River’s Edge Natural Health Adkins Drapery BC Construction Chick-Fil-A Discount Copies Union Street Florist Outside Source Design Noblesville Golf and Batting Mark your calendars for Camp 2015 Each summer, our campers, volunteers and staff members head to Rainbow Christian Camp in Converse, IN to get away from our normal routines, reconnect with old friends and make new ones, have fun with camp activities and grow closer to God. Overnight Camp We will have three sessions of overnight camp this year: Nona’s smile lights Camp Mephibosheth • 1st session: July 18-20 • 2nd session: July 22-24 As one of our 200 campers last summer, “Even with a difficult past and her • 3rd session: Aug. 1 & 2 (ages 9-16) Nona was a first-timer, but that didn’t physical disabilities, she is one of the hold her back! Her smile, positive most positive people you will ever attitude and excitement about trying meet!” Day Camp There will be four sessions of day camp: new things made an impression on her Aug. 3, 4, 5 & 6. companion Pam Conder and everyone “Nona had fun doing the climbing wall, else she met. the flying squirrel and swimming. She had never been on a horse before but Watch for your camp application to “Nona shared that she had been left on she especially loved horseback riding. arrive soon. If you are new to camp a doorstep when she was 4,” Pam says. Our instructor said she is a natural. As a and you’d like to receive an application “She still remembers saying good-bye perfect ending to her camp experience, to attend or to volunteer, email your to her mom. Sadly, she never saw her Nona was baptized.” request to Mephibosheth Ministries at again. She was raised by her father and [email protected]. despite the circumstances, Nona says “Nona was a joy to have at camp and she still loves her mom.” we all hope she will return,” Pam adds. More than a summer vacation One of the things that makes Camp Mephibosheth unique is the one-on-one volunteers who spend a part of their summer with a special camper. “This will be my 7th year at Camp Mephibosheth and there is no where I would rather be than at Rainbow Christian Camp. Every year, God speaks to me in a different way and being with our campers is pure joy. I would encourage you to take a step of faith - maybe out of your comfort zone - and come spend 3 days with us in the country. See what God says to you.” ~ Roberta Dash for disAbilities raises operating funds for The Way Community 2014 Sponsors Dash for disAbilities Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2014 Dash for disAbilities a success! With the support of our sponsors, volunteers and participants, we raised over $13,000 for The Way Community Day program. Title Sponsor Rita O’Rear of Keller William Realty Gold Sponsors Outside Source Design Conder Sawmill The Dash for disAbilities is an annual Spectrum Technology event that raises money specifically to Beck’s Hybrids support the costs of operation for The James Allen Insurance Brokers Way Community - our day program. Schoettmer Prime Pork Farm, Inc. Silver Sponsors The event consists of a 5K walk, fun run and timed run and takes place at Red Bridge Park in Cicero. The 2015 Dash for disAbilities will be Satuday, May 9th, B&D Manufacturing so mark your calendars! Knights of Columbus 10 West Team captains are an important part of the Dash and we are successful because Ray Skillman Auto Group of all of their hard work. Our 2014 team captains were: Westfield Lighting Bronze Sponsors Trudy Brown Roberta Gardner Leilani Reef Jackie Brumley Rich Hammond Joe Rudy Hare Chevrolet Pam Cating Jessica Hendricks Keith Schoettmer Comprehensive Financial Consultants Jane Catlin Teresa House Deb Small HMC Screen Printing Pam Conder Karen McDole Mary Stone Community Bank Leon Daugherty Becky Moore Jan Unger Kiwanis Sally Esbaum Cheryl Yoder Denise Wisley Dan Shields Insurance Hartley Funeral Home Stephen Shields DDS Tri Kappa Pizza King of Muncie, Indiana Key Bank B&C Engine Cicero McDonald’s 22015 Dash for disAbilities Saturday, May 9th Red Bridge Park, Cicero, IN In memory of our friends Jonathon Brumley Patti Fletcher Our friends Jonathon Brumley and Patti Fletcher have gone to be with their Lord. They both were loyal participants Our summer intern served with trust I experienced both joy and brokenness like I never had before and was reminded that God is so much bigger than brokenness, so much bigger than disability, so much bigger than communication, and so much bigger than my own plans. ~Shiloh at The Way Community and attended Friends Unlimited on Whether it was holding hands on Tuesday nights. We miss them a journey to the park, pushing a and will always remember their wheelchair around the church, doing unique characteristics and gifts that a countless number of puzzles or “I was so thankful to spend my summer made them so wonderful to know. answering an endless number of loving some of the most beautiful questions Shiloh was always ready to children of God.” help. How would you like to help? Our ministry would not be possible without our volunteers, donors and prayer warriors. There is a place for you in this ministry -- just give us a call! We operate on charitable contributions. If you’d like to make a financial contribution, use the address on this page or visit our website to make a secure donation. We appreciate your support! Let’s get connected Mephibosheth Ministries, Inc. 1715 Stringtown Pike Cicero, IN 46034 317-984-4653, ext. 30 www.mm-abilities.org www.facebook.com/MephiboshethMinistries For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Becky Moore, Executive Director Cheryl Yoder, Coordinator, The Way Community Megan Moore-Stevens, Program Manager, MMI Residential Susan Egan, Administrative Assistant
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