News and notes from AMD, 20 March 2020

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.

A note: we intend to provide helpful information from reliable sources about what people who comprise the church can do to keep themselves safe and show their Christian love for others. We ask that you take the charge to love your neighbor seriously, without engaging in panic.

The AMD will continue to share pastoral care aids, prayers and liturgy from our members, tuned to the needs of our times.

Please check the UM Committee on Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Ministries for a list of ASL or captioned streams. Also, if you are streaming services, keep Deaf/HOH in mind. We have a recent blog entry that offers guidance: Online and Virtual Gatherings: Inclusion for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Members.

You may also find it helpful to follow the hashtag #‎HighRiskCovid19‬
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AMD

• Random Acts of Expression: Prayer for today
• Catholic News Agency: Heart of hospitality best way to serve disabled people
• Faith & Leadership: Lead calmly in a global outbreak
• Faith & Leadership: Resources for Christian leaders during pandemic
• Faith in Healthcare: Coronavirus shows it's time to remove for-profit infection
• Princeton Seminary: A theology of distance
• Random Acts of Expression: Without horizon
• Baptist News: Advice for ministers, pastoral visiting
• Random Acts of Expression: Prayer for these days
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Online AA ASL meetings
• Our web site includes a section with information about health and safety. We have added a CDC video about Covid-19 to this section, along with information about including Deaf/HOH in emergency activities. https://www.umdeaf.org/resource/general.html#5
  
• along with an article about emergency alerts, which can be extended to church notices:
  
• Christ UMC of the Deaf worship
• Living with hearing loss: How to explain hearing loss
• Magothy UMC worship
• Washington Post: Segregated sign language
• UMCOR Sunday: One Great Hour of Sharing
• UMCD-SEJ: Learning ASL "I love you"
• Daily Moth: Covid-19 ASL video
  

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DMC

• Rocky Mountain ADA: People with disabilities and C-19
• Self-Advocacy Info: Plain Language information on C-19
• Self-Advocacy Info: Plain Language Spanish information on C-19
• Arkansas Conference: St. James Opens Doors to Children of all needs
• Beckie Writes: Church support for people with disabilities during pandemic
• Faith & Leadership: The 20-second gift
• Beckie Writes: Lent, the serpent
• Christian Citizen: How the disability community can respond
• Blindy Blog: Coronavirus resources for blind
  

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MHM

• UCC-MHN: Words of encouragement
• The sun will rise
• Also contagious!
• What really matters
• Spotlight Spring 2020
  

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