News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 15 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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DHM/UMCD

• Kabwe UMC Deaf Ministry: Blessed Sunday
• First UMC, Dar Es Salaam: Sunday worship
• Health Day: Deaf Children are equal and whole
• Welcome, Church of the Village
• UMCD Leadership Conference: updated information. Registration closes October 20.
• Yatosha Deaf Ministry: Deaf Awareness Month
• Gallaudet University: Dorothy Chiyoko Sueoka Casterline
  

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DMC

• Snowball Community: Social model graphic
• UMNS: 9-11 sparked life changes for eyewitness
• UMCom: Confronting trauma, building resilience
• Disability Arts: the models of disability
• Palsys with Palsies: Loving Our Own Bones podcast and transcript
• Prism: Disabled first responders
• Blog: See the van go!
• Sojourners: When kids need more than the church can give
  

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Events

• 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 5: Cooper-Hewitt, Centering disability in design
  
• October 10: Crisis Care Ministries, Suicide Prevention
  
• October 11: CRC Nurturing Belonging: Exploring Hospitality, Disability, and Theology
• October 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26: GBCS Holding Sacred Space: Mental Health and Faith
• October 14: St. Martin-in-the-Fields: Rolling Down Justice: Disability, Intersectionality & God
  
• October 17: Crisis Care Ministries, Communications
• October 20: Registration for UMCD Leadership Conference closes
  
• 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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