Friendship Bible Study

Meeting every Tuesday evening, Friendship Bible Study will help you build a one-on-one Christian relationship with a student who has a mental impairment. This relationship will provide a conduit to integrate your new friend into your Christian community, giving them a chance to share their gifts with the Body of Christ. The lives of both students and church volunteers are profoundly changed through the sharing of these gifts.

In central Indiana, more than 150 students are served through Friendship classes started by 11 congregations and supported by many more. The friendships developed in these classes extend beyond the classroom and give the student necessary support groups and role models with benefits that impact behavior and quality of life.

Friendship Saturday

Meeting the first Saturday of every month, Friendship Saturday is a combination between Friendship Bible Study and Handycamp. Congregations provide a full day of worship, prayer, singing, and day camp type activities. This program is focused to offer a day of respite for the families who care for their adult sons and daughters in their homes that are mentally impaired.

Handycamp

Handycamp is a 5-day summer Bible camp experience for adults who have a mental impairment. This camp is unique because it matches each camper in a one on one Christian relationship with a volunteer companion. These companions range in age from 14 through retirement age. Many of them return to Handycamp every summer. Through recreation and Bible study, the lives of all that attend are changed. LDM sponsors five camp sessions that provide a camping experience for up to 115 campers.