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Welcome! Whether you or a loved one has a disability, you are a leader of a church or Christian organisation, a ministry worker, or you are simply interested in disability issues, the articles and stories below have been written to equip, encourage, inspire and even challenge you.

Thank you and Farewell to Our lovely Intern – Anosha Dissanayake

May 26, 2025
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This week we bid farewell to Anosha Dissanayake, an amazing intern from Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus, who has truly left a lasting mark on our workplace and in our hearts. On behalf of all of us here at Elevate CDT, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks for the time, effort, and heart you’ve […]

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Love in Action: Equippers College Students at Elevate

May 12, 2025
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Equippers College Students Visit Elevate – A Beautiful Week of Serving and Connection This past week, we had the absolute joy of welcoming a group of students from Equippers College into our Elevate community—and we’re so thankful for the time we shared together. The day began with something special. Before stepping onto our premises, the students […]

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When Praying Isn’t Enough 

May 12, 2025
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When Praying Isn’t Enough Written By Siobhan Jansen, Elevate Christian Disability Trust Staff We all want to be healed, whether it’s emotionally, spiritually, mentally or physically. It might not be visible to others. It might be a deep hurt or a spiritual scar that’s never properly healed. It might come from a relationship breakdown or […]

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Compassion without Agenda

March 27, 2025
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Two women are seated at a table having coffee, one is smiling and the other is expression-less, purple and green block letters in the centre of the image read Compassion without agenda by Jacqui Sua

Compassion Without an Agenda: Loving People as They Are Written By Jacqui Sua, Elevate Christian Disability Trust Staff How we should focus on relationship over “fixing”—meeting people where they are rather than seeing disability as something that always needs to be healed.   March 2025  We often associate compassion with helping or fixing someone’s problems, but […]

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Excel in Prayer

March 13, 2023
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Jabez prayer: “Oh that Thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldst keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me…God granted him that which he requested” – 1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV) Jabez’ most important characteristic was that he was known as […]

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Margie Willers – From Pain to Pearls

March 13, 2023
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Please note that since this article was written Margie has passed away. We are deeply grateful for all she gave to this ministry and to the Kingdom of God. Sitting with Margie in a Care Home in Mt Maunganui I am deeply moved. The co-founder of CFFD (now Elevate Christian Disability Trust) is completely bedbound, […]

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Technology opens up new world for Marci

March 13, 2023
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Musician and busker Marci Rota loves looking up song lyrics online and using YouTube to make her own playlists. But rewind a year, and Marci didn’t even have a mobile phone. A friend asked her how they could keep in touch, which started the ball rolling on her technology journey. She began working with Blind […]

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