News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 29 October 2021

Here are the highlights of postings this week 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.

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DHM/UMCD

• Blue Mountain (WA) Eagle: Deaf Choir leader teaches congregation
• Deaf Shalom Zone newsletter
• Deaf Link: tree planting
• Living With Hearing Loss: Where is universal live transcript?
• Deaf Link: activities
  

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DMC

• Words I Wheel By: Accessibility
• Do Justice: Mark 10.46-52
• The Methodist Church UK: Does everyone belong
• ADN: Helping to lessen the load
• Christian Today: When churches are ready to livestream for evangelistic purposes but not for the disabled
• Andrew Pulrang: Ways the disability community can grow stronger
• ADN: A place for everybody to play
  

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Events

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• October 30, St. John's School of Theology, Theologies of Disability and Aging
• November 3, Research & Knowledge Exchange, Deafness Cures in History
• November 4, Boston College Pyne Lecture, Living faithfully with mental health challenges
  
• November 4, US Access Board, Designing for Inclusion: Architectural Trends and Social Justice
  
• November 6, Accessible to All? A Faithful Response to Disabilities
• November 9, Harvard Law Disabilities, Pressing for Disability Rights
  
• November 17, Grace UMC DE Deaf Ministry lunch
• November 17, Research & Knowledge Exchange, Disability in Ancient Rome
• November 24, Research & Knowledge Exchange, Intellectual Disability in England, 1750-1900
  
• December 1, Grace UMC DE Deaf Ministry lunch
• December 2, Deaf Advent Bible Study
• December 4, Signing for the Holidays
  
• December 9, Deaf Advent Bible Study
• December 16, Deaf Advent Bible Study
  
• June 6-9, 2022: Institute on Theology and Disability, MTSO and hybrid

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