News and notes from AMD, 9 August 2019

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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AMD

• Prayers: https://randomactsofexpression.blogspot.com/2019/07/blessed-are-you-holy-god-you-alone-are.html
• Racism: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/racism-is-not-a-disability/
• Are we there yet? https://beckiewrites.com/2019/08/01/ohio-imageroad-trip-are-we-there-yet-even-when-we-complain-god-is-good-his-encouragement-29
• Horse crazy: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/08/03/horsecrazy
• Mapping omissions: https://flyingkittymonster.blogspot.com/2019/08/mapping-omissions.html
• Prayer from the shadow: https://randomactsofexpression.blogspot.com/2019/08/prayer-from-shadow.html
• Pain and rest: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/chronic-pain-and-restful-resistance

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DHM/UMCD

• Staten Island Deaf church meets at UMC: https://www.silive.com/news/2019/06/staten-islands-only-deaf-church-celebrates-at-new-location.html
• Baptism at LLUMC: https://www.facebook.com/thhudspeth/posts/10219024526702062
• 2019 DHM grants: https://umdisability.blogspot.com/2019/08/new-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-ministries.html
• Lovers Lane prays for El Paso: https://www.facebook.com/DeafMinistryofLoversLane/posts/10157713229755087
• News from Ghana: https://www.umcd.org/wfdm/ghana.htm
• Deafblind woman at Harvard: https://www.today.com/video/meet-haben-girma-the-deafblind-woman-who-made-harvard-history-65327173813
• Hearing aid care: https://www.hearinglikeme.com/hearing-aid-care-tips

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DMC

• Yet again: https://walkingwiththewesleys.wordpress.com/2019/08/04/yet-again-2/
• Brain injury webinar: https://acl.gov/news-and-events/announcements/webinar-812-why-being-brain-injury-informed-critical-component-person
• Inclusion-promoting video:  https://youtu.be/yklc_FZINcI
• Food truck, jobs -- mission? https://youtu.be/txdP6o9IcjU
• SAWS report: https://www.sawsramps.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SAWs-2018-Annual-Report_web.pdf
• Beyond inspiration: http://www.newmobility.com/2019/08/beyond-inspiration-a-new-narrative
• Jewish traditions, Healthcare: https://faithinhealthcare.org/fhc/rabbi-michael-knopf-jewish-tradition-healthcare-human-right

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MHM

• Avoid fueling hopelessness: https://www.bphope.com/blog/depressed-how-to-avoid-fueling-hopelessness
• This week: https://www.facebook.com/186943104662050/photos/a.212469705442723/2490106864345651/?type=3&theater
• September Spotlight: http://www.mentalhealthministries.net/spotlights/html_spotlights/2019/september2019.html

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