Christine Winmill
Christine is a wife, mum and nana who enjoys reading, baking and travel. Christine lives in West Berkshire where she is part of St Nic's church family where she runs a Meet Monday for adults with learning disabilities. Most of Christine’s working life has been in the charity sector, from Relate to Victim Support, then 20 years with and for adults with learning disabilities. She and her husband founded Count Everyone In, a charity to equip churches to welcome adults with learning disabilities so that they can know Jesus and grow in faith.
Everyone welcome
15 December 2021More people go to church at Christmas than at any other time of the year. Much-loved carols, familiar Bible passages, a children’s nativity scene, followed by a mince pie, shaking hands with the minister – or bumping elbows this year – these are part of a traditional Christmas. And everyone loves it, don’t they? “Everyone welcome!” we say, and we mean it. But how do we demonstrate it? Physical access, ramps, accessible toilets, hearing loops and more are important for disabled people and for…
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