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Slightly less than half (45%) of people with disabilities say they never go to a place of worship compared to 35% of people without disabilities. 52% of people with severe disabilities have never attended a religious service. 2001 NOD/Harris Survey on community participation by people with disabilities.

July 2006:
96% of Illness is Invisible - Awareness Week Validates Those Who "look so good!" but Feel Awful

January 2006:
HopeKeepers Magazine interviews Women of Faith Speaker Jennifer Rothschild

December 2005:
Rest Ministries joins Joni Eareckson Tada's ministry as an affiliate

August 2005:
The Chronically Ill are Tired of Casseroles: New Book Shares 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend

September 2005:
Invisible Illness Week is a Time to Thrive!

September 2004:
Lisa Copen is guest on Joni Eareckson Tada's Radio Program

August 2004:
Rest Ministries Sponsors National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week

Jan 2004:
HopeKeepers Magazine Debuts

August 2003:
Rest Ministries Sponsors National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week

August 2002:
Rest Ministries Sponsors National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week

April 2002:
Chronic Illness Ministry Participates in Disability Conference

February 2002:
Online Homeschool Group Unites Chronically Ill Moms

August 20, 2001:
Rest Ministries selected as first Share the the Success" Award Recipient of "God Allows U-Turns"

April 5, 2001:
Give Mom a Gift of Health

April 3, 2001:
Chronic Illness Represented at Religion & Disability Conference "That All May Worship"   Conference Brochure

April 1, 2001:
CCPD Conference: Disability Ministry Includes Those with Invisible Chronic Illness

Here’s what else the study revealed about journalists:

• 92% use the web for article research
  
• 81% are using search engines
  
• 76% use the web to find news sources and experts for stories
  
• 73% of journalists use the web to find press releases
  
• 81% of print journalists find ideas on the web

* The Seventh Annual Middleberg / Ross Survey of Media in the Wired World: Journalists Use of Internet at All-Time High

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Lisa is a monthly
guest columnist at
How to Cope
with Pain Blog

Lisa is featured writer
for American
Chronicle,
& Ezine Articles

Disabilities Project Newsletter of
State Bar of Michigan
Volume 3, Issue 4, November 2007

We're excited to win
"The Hope Award"

We gave away free static clings for cars & invisible illness week bracelets!
Pain Expo '07, October 5-6, 2007
Orlando, Florida

Featured Lisa's article, Can People with Invisible Illness Park in the Blue Spots without Others Seeing Red."

Review of Mosaic Moments
Review of Why Can't I Make People Understand
Review of Beyond Casseroles

Holds a contest to give
away Beyond Casseroles

Featured articles by Lisa Copen
6 Reasons Not to Worry When You Have a Chronic Illness
Six Ways to Let Those with
Chronic Illness in Your Church
Know You Care

Book Review
Beyond Casseroles
About - News & Issues- New York, NY

Finding Light in
Cancer's Shadow,
by Lynn Eib, RM is
isted as a resource.

Book: Myositis: Facts, Feelings and Future Hopes, Lisa Copen writes a chapter

Hearts at Home, a magazine for moms.
March-April 2006
& Jan-Feb 2007
"Friendship in Action"
by Lisa Copen

Fibromyalgia Frontiers
Volume 14, Number 1
Quotes by Lisa Copen &
reference to books.

AAMR Religion & Spirituality Winter 2006
Recommendation for Beyond Casseroles

ADVANCE for Audiologists
Lisa Copen interviewed
for article

Sisters in the Lord
Magazine Oct. 2005
Finding God’s Comfort with help from Lisa Copen
by Wendy Lynn Decker

Good News, Etc.
Ministry Reaches out to Those with Chronic Illness
San Diego Christian Newspaper, 2005
With Judy Erickson

California Newswire
HopeKeepers - a New Magazine for Americans Who Live with Chronic Illness Oct 2005
Edited by Valerie Gotten

Outreach Magazine
Wounded Healers article about Rest Ministries