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You do not know the seeds you plant?
Leyland Brass Band were amazing last night. A world class brass band who happen to come from our town and doing a concert in our church....
Lynn McCann
Jan 23, 20154 min read


5 things to learn from the Parables
Singing and Signing “Come and join the celebration”. The Good News Group’s Christmas service was amazing! We had lots of visitors and the...
Lynn McCann
Jan 13, 20153 min read


Consider the history of people with learning disabilities in discipling them
Did you watch “Call the Midwife” over the Christmas break? For those of you who didn’t, it’s a drama set in the 1950s and 60s about...
Lynn McCann
Dec 30, 20144 min read


News and Dreams!
“Nothing about me without me…” It’s something we really believe in our ministry with adults with learning disabilities. As we get asked...
Lynn McCann
Oct 30, 20143 min read


Assumptions (trying not to get cross)
I’ve been wondering whether to write about Lord Freud this week. Earlier in the week a tape emerged that exposed the Conservative...
Lynn McCann
Oct 18, 20144 min read


Passionate about Autism
Don’t ask me why…I can’t really answer that. I don’t have a child or family member with autism, and so much of the excellent research and...
Lynn McCann
Sep 6, 20144 min read


A Book, Summer and Welly Throwing!
The Good News Group takes a break in the summer, while leaders go on holiday or have children to look after (the members are more...
Lynn McCann
Aug 21, 20143 min read


We’re in Christianity Magazine!
We are very excited. The buzz of anticipation has been growing for weeks as we knew it was going to happen! And today it did! Back in...
Lynn McCann
Jul 17, 20143 min read


All about Peter.
I’ve been eager to tell you about our teaching programme this term as we are having fun learning about different characteristics of being...
Lynn McCann
Jun 25, 20141 min read


Panning for Gold and being honest with God.
Nothing, especially God, is simple. Ummm…hard and uncomfortable question… These past few days I have been encouraged and challenged to...
Lynn McCann
Jun 3, 20143 min read


From Noah to Jesus
This is our puppet stage for our Noah series – thanks to Bob and Amanda for their creative work! At the Good News Group we want to help...
Lynn McCann
May 14, 20142 min read


Writing Social Stories™ Part 4 (final part)
Part 1 here: http://wp.me/p2MVJu-ng Part 2 here: http://wp.me/p2MVJu-nj Part 3 here: http://wp.me/p2MVJu-nv Part 4 : How to present...
Lynn McCann
Apr 9, 20144 min read


Writing Social Stories™ Part 3
There are four stages to writing a Social Story™ 1. Identify the goal 2. Gather the information 3. Structure the sentences 4....
Lynn McCann
Apr 4, 20144 min read


Writing Social Stories™ Part 2
So what did you think of that social story example in part 1 http://wp.me/p2MVJu-ng …Don’t hurt others at playtimes. Rosy, you have been...
Lynn McCann
Mar 27, 20142 min read


Writing Social Stories™ Part 1
In my day job as an Autism Specialist teacher, I write a lot of Social Stories™. Many people I come across have heard of them and have...
Lynn McCann
Mar 24, 20142 min read


Just do something…
Hello Faithful blog readers and new-to-this-blog visitors. I have been thinking about who you might be, apart from comments, me reading...
Lynn McCann
Mar 8, 20143 min read


High Expectations
What do you really think of people with disabilities? Are they people we care for or minister to? Are they numbered amongst your friends...
Lynn McCann
Feb 15, 20144 min read


Angel Messages
This term everyone is gearing up for Christmas. We have decided to look at John the Baptist and how God gave the message loud and...
Lynn McCann
Nov 15, 20131 min read


Growing in Grace
Our Welcome Booklet It could get messy, out of control. Things might take longer….but it could also be wonderful, fun and full of joy. ...
Lynn McCann
Sep 21, 20132 min read


A new way of doing Christmas.
What does Christmas mean to you? Do you go through the motions, the story so familiar that it washes over you? Do you get annoyed with...
Lynn McCann
Sep 1, 20135 min read
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