News and notes from AMD, 20 July 2018

News

Here are the highlights of postings this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Mental Health Ministries, Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf:
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Be heard on social principles revisions:
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2018/07/social-principles-revisions-about.html
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MHM: Theological comfort and the suicide crisis
https://pres-outlook.org/2018/07/my-mom-and-me-theological-comfort-and-the-suicide-crisis/
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A sad good-bye, a teachable moment
https://mhn-ucc.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-sad-good-bye-becomes-teachable-moment.html
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Language and mental illness
http://amysimpson.com/2018/07/when-it-comes-to-mental-illness-watch-your-language/
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Chair can lift people who have fallen
https://www.facebook.com/Insiderinventions/videos/1365033010298906/
https://www.facebook.com/DisAbilityMinistriesUM/posts/1664395376992641
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Sexual assault and disability
https://nomore.org/two-advocates-talk-about-the-sexual-assault-epidemic-affecting-people-with-disabilities-how-we-can-all-help/
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Princeton seminary ASL welcoming video, passing the peace
https://www.facebook.com/princetonseminary/videos/1739605086074674/?fref=mentions
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Disabled and healthy
https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/disabled-and-healthy/
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Being Befriended: Formation in L'Arche's Theological Imagination
http://www.disabilityandfaith.org/being-befriended-formation-in-larches-theological-imagination/
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Events

Click here for a list of events of interest to people in disability ministry.
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UMCD, DHM, ELDA, ECD joint meeting in Las Vegas, July 22-29
https://www.umcd.org/
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UMAMD Meeting and Academy, August 1-3
Registration is at capacity. E-mail to be placed on waiting list.
https://www.umdisabledministers.org/meeting/2018.html
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Northeastern Jurisdiction Deaf Ministry Conference, November 9-10
https://www.umcd.org/newsnej/1811info.pdf
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