{"id":214,"date":"2019-07-16T13:22:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T18:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/?p=214"},"modified":"2019-08-23T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T15:58:57","slug":"eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/2019\/07\/16\/eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"m_2648627410551261611TextRun m_2648627410551261611SCXW72725862 m_2648627410551261611BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;line-height: 19.4px\"><span class=\"m_2648627410551261611NormalTextRun m_2648627410551261611SCXW72725862 m_2648627410551261611BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;background-color: inherit;font-size: 0.9166666865348816rem\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"14.666666984558105\">Ephesians 4:16 states \u201cFrom him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.\u201d This picture represents that scripture in a profound way.\u00a0 Barry and Paula Woodhouse started a Spring Carnival for children with special needs and their families in 2000 as a simple day of fun. They loved their daughter Melissa and knew a simple day of fun with no meltdowns or awkward glances, was something that she and others like her got to enjoy often. From that simple act of love, a spark was ignited in the hearts of others who knew and loved Melissa, and with the hands and feet of these countless individuals, and by the grace of God, Brooks Avenue Church of Christ\u00a0celebrated 19 years of this annual event in 2019 with over 750 guests and over 200 volunteers. The Special Needs Ministry of Brooks Avenue also now hosts a Special Summer Camp, an annual Conference, a weekly supportive class for parents and caregivers, and 2 classes specifically designed for those having special needs called the \u201cEagles\u201d classes, inspired by Isaiah 40:31. The family of believers and those who visit are constantly greeted by\u00a0and share in opportunities to love on and be loved by, those that the world has labeled \u201cspecial.\u201d These individuals truly are special in more ways than we can express, and they are making disciples of Jesus every single day.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_2648627410551261611LineBreakBlob m_2648627410551261611BlobObject m_2648627410551261611DragDrop m_2648627410551261611SCXW72725862 m_2648627410551261611BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size: 11pt;line-height: 19.4px;font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif\"><span class=\"m_2648627410551261611SCXW72725862 m_2648627410551261611BCX0\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ephesians 4:16 states \u201cFrom him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.\u201d This picture represents that scripture in a profound way.\u00a0 Barry and Paula Woodhouse started a Spring Carnival for children with special needs and their families in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18039,"featured_media":213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[197041,49696],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-center-column","category-building"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/files\/2019\/07\/img_0176.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/visiblechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}