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One Faith Ministries
One Faith Ministries is a home based fellowship of believers gathering together in the name of the true Messiah, Jesus Christ. Associated with the Communities of Care, the fellowship seeks to build community, intimacy and family within the gathering Body of Christ.
Special Friends
Special Friends is a ministry of One Faith Ministries to families with special needs providing encouragement, ministry, retreats, training, a free newsletter and much more. Special Friends ministers to churches, families, home educators, and other groups to help meet the emotional and spiritual needs of families with special children and families members. Training to church leaders and educators, home educators, and anyone seeking to meet the 'Least of these' where they are.
VAST Network
Varied Abilities School and Training Network, Inc. helps with the education and teaching of special needs children. As a ministry of One Faith Ministries, the staff at VAST Network, endeavor to help educators meet the special educational needs of the children they work with as well as encourage and support the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual life of the child as they grow and learn.
One Faith Publishing
One Faith Ministries will soon be offering publishing services to small home churches, home businesses, and home educators. This ministry will help to connect family owned businesses in the fields of editing, art and design, marketing, and other aspects of publishing with authors to create a network of opportunity to help the author reach a completed product. Publishing in E-Book, Print-on-Demand and Traditional Press printing services will be available! Stay tuned for more updates along the way!
What Special Families are Telling us About our Work!
Hi Christie, Thank you so much for for all your help! Our son is doing so well since you helped us with his schooling. Even his doctor has noticed the improvement! After only 2 months he is asking to learn! He hated school until we learned how to work with him! Even with his health and disability issues he is enjoying learning and is progressing wonderfully! We could have never done it without you! Thank you! Pat S., AL
Christie, We were so excited to find you! We have been home educating our special needs daughter for several years and had some success. With your help, we have really seen improvement. She is learning and enjoying it for the first time in a long time. Thank you for your help and encouragement! You have been a blessing to our family. L. S., California
Dear Christie, Thank you so much for all your help. If I can ask God for one thing, it would be to help someone else as much as you have helped my family. Thank you for your ministry. You will never know what you have meant to us. Harold Smith, Florance, AL
Wow! What a wonderful ministry you have and have been to our family! Thank you so much for all your help. You have encouraged me more than you know! M. S., IL
About Christie Berry
Christie Berry, a mom of special needs children, author, speaker, and educator, has over 20 years experience working with and learning from a variety of special needs children, their parents, and therapists in both public and home settings.
She is the founder and chair of a national home education organization and school developed and focused on training parents of special needs children. Working with professionals in multiple fields, Christie has brought her experience and training to the parents of special needs children since 1992.
Christie believes that God has equipped each parent with the tools to move forward in the mission to educate their children and that the parents are the experts. She and the organization host Special Mom's Retreats to encourage and minister to the special needs of mom's. She is a gifted writer and speaker, and, is currently consulting for the organization and privately throughout the US.
Christie teaches workshops on various topics to parents, churches, and professionals in the home education, public education, church education, and special education arenas. She has her Masters and Doctorates in Education with a concentration in Special Education, a certificate in Christian Counseling and is a licensed Ministerial Elder along with her husband, Richard "Satch" Berry , the American Evangelistic Association.
She has worked with local organizations such as Christian Home Educator's Fellowship of Alabama (CHEF), Enrichment Fellowship, Tennessee Valley Fellowship (TVF), Pro Oklahoma and the Special Education Action Committee (parent training and information organizations - PTI).
National organizations include National Challenged Homeschoolers Associated Network (Nathhan), Christian Homes and Special Kids (CHASK), and National Home Educator's Network (NHEN). Other connections include Illinois AD HOC Committee for Education, businesses such as the Therapy Works, Inc, an international Sensory Integration training company, and local psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and physical therapists.
Christie has had children through birth, adoption, and foster care with multiple special needs that she home educates.
Family Education and Special Needs
Christie's oldest child has Asperger's Syndrome. He has graduated from Home Education is is currently attending college.
Her youngest child has Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Learning Disabilities, and Seizure Disorder. She is learning and aspiring to become a useful adult in the family's home business.
Christie has worked with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Significant Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Developmental Delay, Physical Disabilities, Medical Disorders, Down's Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorders (with and without Hyperactivity), Deaf, Blind, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Bi-Polar and other behavior disorders, Processing Disorders, Multiple Disabilities, Prater Willy, Charge Syndrome, and many other Disabilities.