News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 17 September 2021

Here are the highlights of postings the last two weeks from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf. Please note that many posts have additional comments and discussion which will not be reflected in these links.-

• Rev. Rebecca Writes: A Prayer for those who mourn
  

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AMD

• Sara Martin: On healing and missing the mark
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Ask Meryl: Captioning Videos and DHM Assistive Technology page
• K. Bouton: Be Prepared
• Eastern Pennsylvania Conference: Seeking Justice and Mercy for Marginalized Communities Experiencing Domestic Violence
• Leo Yates jr: Deaf Awareness Month video
• Magothy UMC: ASL class
• Deaf Link: Zoom services
• DHM September newsletter
  

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DMC

• Roberts Park UMC: Ask me their name
• Refinery 29: Death by a Thousand Words: COVID-19 and the Pandemic of Ableist Media
• Rev. Rebecca Writes: Resources and Ideas to Celebrate Disability Awareness Sunday at Your Church!
• CRCNA: Embodying Equity: Disability Justice Within the Church
• David Finnegan-Hosey: The farthest you've ever seen
• Radical Wholeness: Reflections on Diversity: A different kind of perfect
• Katie Comments: A Day in the life of a blind retired person
• SAWS Virginia: Newsletter
• Baptist Union of Great Britian: Disability and God: a place to begin
  

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Events

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• September 18 (first session): Emmanuel UMC study of D. Abbs, Belonging
• September 23: Delaware History Book Festival, The Invention of Miracles
  
• September 23: CRC, A conversation on disabilities and policing
  
• September 24: GADRA, Deaf Leadership in International Disaster Policy
  
• October 2, Marriage & Mental Health Conference
• October 2, Theologies of Disability and Aging: Becoming a Vulnerable Communion
• October 5 (first meeting): Magothy UMC ASL class email magothydeaf@gmail.com
  
• October 15, Eastern PA Conference, Domestic Violence for Deaf people workshop
  
• October 16, (Still) calling from the edge
• November 6, Accessible to All? A Faithful Response to Disabilities
  
• November 5-7, Deaf Lay Servant training, Lovers Lane UMC
• June 6-9, 2022: Institute on Theology and Disability, MTSO and hybrid
  

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