Access-Life 2026 Newsletters – Triple Header for Jesus!

Hey there Access–Life family and friends. It has been a phenomenally busy summer for us and things are continuing to move down the tracks at a fast pace as we are now in November with just 2 months left in the year! So hard to believe that another year is almost gone and God has blessed the ministry for a 16th year with the many gifts of Life In Christ that we hope to share with others living with disabilities.

In any case, with all of the business of Expos and our Fall Fun day plus getting ready for our Leanne Life Legacy Thanksgiving baskets, I neglected to post ANY of our 2026 newsletters. So, today you get three for one. I have attached our spring, summer and fall newsletters for those who did not receive them by mail.

I hope you thoroughly enjoy the pictures, stories and good things that God is doing in expanding His Kingdom daily through the ministry and so many other ways.

If you feel led to contribute to God’s work that we are diligently seeking to do you can follow the link below and even designate what area you would like your gift to be placed.

https://forms.ministryforms.net/viewForm.aspx?formId=6a91faee-c486-446c-9963-83e797ae0ae9

Thank you guys again so much for all your faithful prayers, networking, service and giving to the ministry in which God has entrusted us. :-)

Happy fall y’all and get ready for the double whammy of blessings and Thanksgiving and Christmas soon!

Access-Life “East Tennessee Fall Fun Day”: September 19, 2026 – God’s colors come out early this Autum!

Hey there Access-Life family and friends. 

I finally got the north Texas Expo wrapped up except for the finances. So, I wanted to share with you that the following weekend on September 19th, spearheaded by our local board member Helen McLaren, Shady Grove Church hosted yet another great Fall Fun Day for the ministry. 

As always, it was a God blessed success with God’s presence permeating the atmosphere and putting smiles on lots of faces with the joy of life in Christ! 

Attached is the photo collage so you can see some of these happy faces and blessings that were exchanged among participants and volunteers alike. :-) 

Thank you so much to everyone who prayed, networked and served to make this annual event a great entrance into the wonderful season of autumn!

Access-Life “North Texas Expo”: September 12, 2026 – The SON is still shining after 14 years!

Well, our 14th annual North Texas Expo on Lake Grapevine was a record setter. That’s right, it was 102° that day but God still did miracles and touched many lives in ways that only he can do. So, as usual it was another God bless success! 

We gave out Bibles with goodie bags, caught lots of fish, took hundreds of people on boat rides, had some of the best smoked turkey and hamburgers in Texas, saw hundreds of people enjoying arts, crafts and games as well as the joy of the Lord on so many faces. 

There were challenges as always but God worked through the hearts and minds of his people to come together as the body of Christ and do great things to see his kingdom expand right before our eyes. 

I hope you are as amazed as we are seeing God’s hands at work in the photo collage at the top of the page. It was a great day and I know God blessed everyone who served and participated as we were all there blessed to be a blessing to each other. :-)

Access-Life “East Tennessee Expo”: July 18, 2026 – 16 Years of Moving Forward in Christ!

Well, Expo number 66 is in the books. God did a great work in East Tennessee pulling everything together, doing miracles and making ways so that our 16th annual outreach in the area could bless many individuals and families living with disabilities with the love and gospel of Jesus. 

With the water levels so low at the local lakes we had to move inland which was a first and East Tennessee. However, we have had to do that in Texas twice because of park flooding and both events were success so we knew God would bless people in Jesus’ name and East Tennessee, too. 

We had a great mix of new and usual activities so there were smiles to be seen all around. As always it was good to see some new faces as well as meet some new friends. :-) 

Our core team is getting a bit older but still has a great Philippians 4:13 attitude and got the job done with excellence. This is always a core part of our ministry culture as well as keeping everything free for both participants and volunteers. 

I hope you enjoy the collage above and if you’d like to see more pictures you can go to our website at www.access-life.org/etnexpo to see the joy of the Lord on many faces. :-)

Also, if you check out our previous post about the East Tennessee Expo in 2 minutes you can see a great video that our East Tennessee Ministry lead, Hannah Spradling put together!