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Equipped to Glorify God with their Entire Being!

Dec 08, 2009

In my role as President of Elim Christian Services I am called to guard and promote Elim’s mission of equipping individuals with special needs to achieve their highest God-given potential. In my efforts to be faithful to that call I have more and more discovered the profound, powerful implications of the potential that God has given to each of us – in spite of our disabilities.

Jesus final commissioning of his disciples in Matthew 28 is a very direct command to go and make disciples of all nations. The command is all-encompassing; it sets no conditions and makes no qualifications. It is not dependent on race, gender, education or disability. As such the call to discipleship is as applicable to the children and adults at Elim as it is to anyone. In fact, and quite ironically, what Elim is teaching me is that those who have what appear to be the greatest inhibitors to discipleship are often the most effective at it.

From the standpoint of our human limitations, potential is largely defined as how we can grow in our capacity to produce or be self-sufficient. God-given potential on the other hand includes that, but then points beyond that to things of eternal significance – the things that disciples do. What you will see in this annual report are God-sightings; places where Elim is helping people reach beyond their potential and honor God with their whole being.

You will read stories of Gods faithfulness in the midst of some very challenging economic realities. You will read about updates to Elim’s Christian School programming that will help us better serve our entire student body. You’ll read about Elizabeth whose life has been forever changed through Elim’s Discovery program. Additionally, you’ll hear about the HOPE Packs program and the partnerships with churches that are beginning to emerge. You’ll even read about Bob, Gayle, Steve, and Bob, Elim’s first missionaries overseas.

As always it is our prayer that the stories we share will bring honor to God and build us up as we seek to be faithful to his call to make disciples of all nations.