Category: Outposts

Hey there boys and girls of all ages and abilities in CFL. I just wanted to share that we finished our last 2025 Access-Life activity.

That’s right. This past Saturday, our East Tennessee Ministry lead, Hannah Spradling lead a small group of volunteers in hosting our annual Christmas Jingle and Mingle in Jefferson City, Tennessee.

We had candy cane and wreath ornament crafts along with winter games and festive food. Hannah even made some of it herself! We were blessed with some of our most committed volunteers and everyone got to sing Christmas carols and hear the nativity story. I’d call that a God bless success!

Great job to our team and thank you Lord Jesus for all the good work you do through the ministry. :-) 

Hope you guys enjoy the collage that shows the smiles of joy that are so appropriate for this time of year.

Hey there Access-Life family and friends. Just wanted to share with you that we had our annual East Tennessee Easter Spring Fling at Mt Vale Church in Jefferson City, Tennessee this past Saturday March 29th.

Hannah did a great job of managing things in East Tennessee and Amanda and the volunteers from Mt Vale church were excellent hosts serving nachos, popcorn, cupcakes and drinks. Yum! I was in town doing some Expo research and actually got to attend this year so enjoyed sharing the Easter story with all of the attendees myself. :-) 

We also held our second Easter Spring Fling at Grace community Church in Brentwood, Tennessee on the same day. I obviously was not able to make that event, but we had a great team of volunteers that served with excellence and met the needs of those who attended with the light of Christ. 

Attached is a collage of pictures from both events that I hope you enjoy and encourages you as we celebrate this wonderful season of Easter and all that Jesus did for us! 

With our Belize trip and to Spring Flings in the books We only have the Leanne life Legacy Easter baskets to distribute, and we will have finished the first part of our year, so we gear up for Expo season. 

Please join us in prayer for God to continue to bless our efforts to share His love and gospel with individuals living with disabilities as well as provide for all of our needs to bless people in Jesus’ name. :-)

What a God blessed day we had in East Tennessee! Our annual Jingle and Mingle was so much fun! Thank you to all who participated! Special thanks to Wendy O’Neal and Hannah Grace Spradling for all of their hard work, Linda West Schumann for getting the nativity book slides ready and Robbyn Cassell for helping decorate last night! So, appreciate all our ministry volunteer that served. Merry Christmas everyone! We at Access-Life hope you all have a blessed one!

#Jesusisthereasonfortheseason, #merrychristmas, #DisabilityMinistry, #Jesusforeveryone

What a fun God-filled day in East Tennessee! We loved seeing all of the smiling faces on this rainy day. Thank you to Helen and Shady Grove Church for putting on an amazing Access-Life Fall Fun Day!

Hey there boys and girls of all ages and abilities! In case you missed our 2nd Annual Access-Life “Spring Fling” in Central Florida for individuals and families living with disabilities, here are some pics of the Easter smiles we were blessed to see last Saturday.

Special shout out to Mandy Klee and Grace Evangelical church in Leesburg for hosting things to the most. We’ve got some “fired-up” volunteers in the area so be on the lookout for more Central Florida Outpost activities soon. :)

So what is one of the best things to do during the Christmas season? Party! That’s right. I mean the whole reason we celebrate Christmas is because of the birth of Jesus. It’s Jesus’ birthday. And what do you do on birthdays? Throw parties. :)

That’s what we do at our Access-Life Christmas Jingle and Mingles each year. We invite individuals and families living with disabilities to come and do crafts, games, share food, fellowship, sing carols and tell the nativity story for starters. We have a birthday party for Jesus!

For some attendees it is the first time the make the connection between Christmas and Jesus’ birth for others it is a time where they can express their joy for God’s great gift. We even give out gifts at our Jingle and Mingles. After all God started the tradition with Jesus and the wise men followed suit with gifts for the Christ child.

All in all, our East Tennessee Jingle and Mingle held up this birthday party tradition well and everyone was blessed by the knowledge that Jesus was born for them.