News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 1 September 2023

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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• New England Conference: A message from Bishop Peggy
• Aktion T4 and eugenics of assisted suicide
  

AMD

• Missiology: call for papers, Disabling Spaces, Worship, and Imaginations
  

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DHM/UMCD

• ECD: Alice Cornelia Jennings prayer in signs
• Martin Bless Sichone: The spirit of the Lord is upon us
• Deaf Link: in NewraEliya
• Faithward: My adult gap year
• Deaf Link: Canadian Deaf team visit
  

DMC

• The Arc: Navigating Medicaid
• ADN: Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals
• DREDF: Being "polite" does not ensure access
• SAWS: surveyor help request
• MFSA/Young Clergy Women: Ministering to persons who have depression or anxiety
  

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Events

• September 8: AMD check-in
  
• September 23: Delaware Deaf Fest
• September 23: Church Interpreting Academy
• begins September 30, Be A Disciple: IFD357, The Suicide Bridge
• October 3: Crisis Care Ministries, Trauma 101
• October 10: Crisis Care Ministries, Suicide Prevention
  
• October 11: CRC Nurturing Belonging: Exploring Hospitality, Disability, and Theology
• October 17: Crisis Care Ministries, Communications
• October 24: Crisis Care Ministries, Legal Services for Disaster Survivors
• October 31: Crisis Care Ministries, Conflict Resolution
  
• November 3-5: UMCD Leadership Conference
• November 7: Crisis Care Ministries, Provider Resilience
• November 14: Crisis Care Ministries, Assisting Migrants and Refugees
• November 21: Crisis Care Ministries, Trauma in Indigenous Populations
• November 28: Crisis Care Ministries, Historic Trauma in the African-American Community
  

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