News and notes from AMD, 8 November 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

• Beckie Writes: Five ways to make worship more accessible
• Planet of the Blind: Self approval in the age of airlines 
  
• Rooted in Rights: Support people with disabilities who work
• Random Acts of Expression: Psalms for equality 
  
• Tampa Bay Times: Church accommodates with special service (pastors take note: always offer communion at special services like this!)
• Flying Kitty Monster: The Bible: a book of wisdom and disability
• Beckie Writes: Whispers in the pews 
  

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DHM/UMCD

• DHM: November newsletter
• Lovers Lane: Deaf fellowship 
  
• Sri Lanka: trauma training
• DHM: Grant information 
  
• UMNS: After being turned away...
  
• KXXV: Deaf leader in football
• Living with Hearing Loss: Strategies for workplace  (works in church, too)
• HLAA Newsletter
  

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DMC

• Faith UMC, Tulsa OK: Dementia-friendly community
• Omaha UMC hosts public transit forum 
  
• DMC website: camping ministry
• UMNS: Respite ministry in Georgia 
  
• The Arc: National Caregivers Month call to action
• International Disabled Day in Sri Lanka UMC 
  

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MHM

• BP Hope: Choosing hope in the face of hopelessness
• Begin With Yes: Underestimating 
  

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