News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 19 April 2024

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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AMD

• Faith & Leadership: Understanding wellness and mental health among pastors
  

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DHM/UMCD

• First Deaf UMC, Dar es salaam: worship
  
• Tanzania Conference: Land survey for Deaf church
• DHM: Deaf Awareness Sunday guide updated
• NBC: sign the show
• In memoriam: David Alva Carpenter
• CCCD Spring newsletter
• Hearing Life, Spring 2024
  

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DMC

• Walter Brueggeman: "no people—my people—holy people"
  
• Shannon Dingle: include disabled people in forming accommodations
  
• U. Aberdeen Center for Autism and Theology: Disability and Justice
  
• Anabaptist World: Polio was painful. Exclusion was worse.
  
• Business Insider: Why seeing eye dogs are so expensive
  

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Events

• April 23: Crisis Care Ministries, Introduction to Mental Health First Aid
• April 23: RTI, Strategies to address social isolation and loneliness for people living with dementia
  
• April 23-May 3: General Conference of the UMC
• April 30: Crisis Care Ministries, Comprehensive Crisis Response System
• May 8: AAIDD, Spirituality and Healing Through Expressive Arts
• June 17-20: Institute on Theology and Disability
• July 13: Western Theological Seminary, Symposium on Disability and Ministry
  

 

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