The Maker's Child
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well. Psalm 139: 13-14
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TMC explained
The Maker's Child is a 501(c)(3) non-profit special needs ministry located in Marshall County, Alabama. It provides support and activities for families of children with physical, developmental, mental, emotional, or medically fragile conditions. The ministry includes Sunday and Wednesday services during worship, a monthly respite programs hosted by local churches, an inclusive playground, and is working towards building a pediatric palliative care center. This center will provide overnight respite stays for medically fragile children and will include space to continue monthly respite nights. We will also work to employee adults with special needs to assist with daily operations at the center.
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Programs and Services
The Maker's Child Sunday/Wednesday Services:
Held during Sunday morning or Wednesday evening worship services at various churches, offering care for children with special needs and their siblings.
First Baptist Church of Albertville
Respite Programs:
Our monthly respite offerings provide a safe and fun environment for participants with special needs and their siblings, offering a break for parents each month. There is no age limit. To register a new participant, please use this link to our Google registration form. We have one respite on a Friday evening at alternating locations, and another for our friends with sensory difficulties, hosted by the same location each month for continuity and familiarity. The sensory respite will be offered on Saturday or Sunday afternoon and is by invitation according to participant needs.
Once we receive your registration form, a team member will reach out to you via email and offer one of our respite times if we can accommodate your family.
Inclusive Playground:
An all-inclusive playground on the grounds of First Baptist Church of Albertville, designed to accommodate children with various abilities. To book a private Birthday Party, follow this link to our Google request form.
Held during Sunday morning or Wednesday evening worship services at various churches, offering care for children with special needs and their siblings.
First Baptist Church of Albertville
- The Maker's Child at 9:30 a.m. during Sunday School
- The Maker's Child at 10:30 a.m. during Sunday worship
- The Maker's Child on Wednesday at 6 p.m.-7:00 pm
- Inclusion buddies at 9 a.m. and 11 am during Sunday worship
- Special needs room at 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. during Sunday worship.
- 10:30 a.m. during Sunday worship
- The Maker's Child at 10:30 a.m. during Sunday worship
- Wednesday evening during AWANA 5:30-7:30 p.m.
- Thrive Special Needs Ministry offers buddies during the 10:30 a.m. service
- Sensory room available if needed.
- Sunday School at 9:30
- Worship at 10:30 with childcare beginning after "Children's Moment"
Respite Programs:
Our monthly respite offerings provide a safe and fun environment for participants with special needs and their siblings, offering a break for parents each month. There is no age limit. To register a new participant, please use this link to our Google registration form. We have one respite on a Friday evening at alternating locations, and another for our friends with sensory difficulties, hosted by the same location each month for continuity and familiarity. The sensory respite will be offered on Saturday or Sunday afternoon and is by invitation according to participant needs.
Once we receive your registration form, a team member will reach out to you via email and offer one of our respite times if we can accommodate your family.
Inclusive Playground:
An all-inclusive playground on the grounds of First Baptist Church of Albertville, designed to accommodate children with various abilities. To book a private Birthday Party, follow this link to our Google request form.
Respite Events
Join us for our 123rd respite night at Solitude Baptist Church!
Join us for our 124th respite night at Beulah Baptist Church.
Join us for our 126th respite night at Albertville FBC on the PLAYGROUND!
Join us for our 127th Respite Night hosted for the first time by Calvary Baptist Church.
Join us for our 128th respite night at CCC.
Join us for our 129th respite night at Solitude.
Join us for our 130th respite night at Lifepoint Church
Join us for our 131st respite night at Albertville FBC and our very special Christmas Edition.
Volunteer Training
As a volunteer for The Maker's Chlid Respite, we provide training is multiple ways to help you be comfortable, well informed and prepared to enjoy a blessed night of serving. You may prefer to learn by reading or listening, either way we have you covered. Click the links to listen or read volunteer role training and then choose a role by visiting "Respite Events" tab.
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Documents:
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Videos:
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Documents:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mqGu4rL7geAgRbKKCxFwFy0fZTncIIjjohVX-UGwJrw/edit?usp=sharing
Our Goals
The Maker's Child has partnered with National Center for Pediatric Palliative Care Homes and Children's Respite Homes of America to begin thoughtful conversations with Alabama lawmakers to create a pathway which will allow overnight respite care in a home-like setting for children with complex medical conditions. Our goal to open the first Pediatric Palliative Care Home in the State of Alabama which will provide skilled nursing care open to families with medically fragile children, so that families may have a trusted respite provider and receive a much-needed time of rest. Our home will provide a multi-diciplinary approach to holistic care and a wonderful home-away-from-home experience in a setting that fits a child's needs.
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