Disaster Redeemed
This is the ninth entry in the UCCDM Lenten Devotional 2016 series. This devotional reflection comes from Rev. Dr. Tracey Dawson, Senior Pastor of UCC Parker Hilltop in Parker, Colorado. This...
View ArticleThe Power of Paradox
For Good Friday, we post the tenth entry in the UCCDM Lenten Devotional 2016 series written by Kelly Tobin. Ms. Tobin is a mother and a disability advocate who lives in Denver. She occasionally takes...
View ArticleCaught In The Middle
This is the Holy Saturday entry, the eleventh, in the UCCDM Lenten Devotional 2016 series. This devotional reflection comes from Rev. Nancy Erickson. Her bio can be found on the Board of Directors...
View ArticleCalled by Name
For Easter Sunday, the final day that we’ll be posting the 2016 UCCDM Lenten Devotional series, our devotional reflection was written by Rev. Jeanne Tyler who is a former UCCDM Board Member. Her bio...
View Article“Come and see for He is risen!”
This is a second Easter entry, the thirteenth, in the UCCDM Lenten Devotional 2016 series. This devotional reflection comes from Rev. Kelli Parrish Lucas. Her bio can be found on the Board of Directors...
View ArticleIs Your Congregation Ready to Explore Accessible to All (A2A)?
The UCCDM encourages all setting of the United Church of Christ to be Accessible to All (A2A)! New tools are NOW ready to help local congregations determine how accessible their programs and buildings...
View ArticleReaction and Action
Upon learning of the Tuesday morning attack at a residential center for people with disabilities in Sagamihara, Japan, I wept. I wept for the sleeping souls who will never again awaken, for their...
View ArticleAnnual Meeting of the UCCDM Board of Directors
The United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries Board of Director’s Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday September 29 and Friday September 30, 2016. The meeting will take place at the Hilton...
View ArticleUCCDM Spring & Summer Update 2016
Grace and peace to those who may be interested in the work of the UCC Disability Ministries Board–Friends, UCC Members, UCC Clergy, UCC persons with disability and our ecumenical partners. This is to...
View ArticleUCC Disabilities Ministries Seeks Nominations for Board of Directors
The UCC Disabilities Ministries Board’s Nominations Committee is seeking people who are passionate about disability ministry who would like to serve on our Board. Our Board is made up of people with...
View ArticleUCCDM Updates Publication to Help Congregations, Associations, and...
The UCC Disabilities Ministries (UCCDM) has recently released an updated publication entitled “Any Body, Every Body, Christ’s Body: A Guide for Congregations, Associations, and Conferences for Becoming...
View ArticleCall for Nominations for UCCDM Awards 2017
The United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries has a tradition of making awards at the UCC Synod. The UCCDM Awards recognize the contributions of congregations, other church settings, and...
View ArticleUCC Disabilities Ministries Seeks Nominations for Board of Directors
The UCC Disabilities Ministries Board’s Nominations Committee is seeking people who are passionate about disability ministry who would like to serve on our Board. Our Board is made up of people with...
View ArticleFaith Leaders Oppose Senate Healthcare Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the unveiling of the Senate GOP healthcare plan, faith leaders from the Interfaith Healthcare Coalition released the following statements: Sister Simone Campbell, SSS,...
View ArticleUCCDM Annual Meeting 2017
The UCCDM Board of Directors Annual Meeting will be held October 1-October 3, 2017 at Church House/ Gateway Raddison in Cleveland, OH. It is not yet known if video conferencing will be available. Non...
View ArticleA Rose is a Rose
A Rose is a Rose “As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.” – Psalm 103:15-16...
View ArticleDismay, Diagnosis, and Delight
Dismay, Diagnosis, and Delight “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9 You...
View ArticlePeople Say the Darndest Things
People Say the Darndest Things “May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you.” – Psalm19:14 It always amazes me the things people say when they see me on my scooter,...
View ArticleSidewalk Angels
Sidewalk Angels “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” – Psalm 46:1 Even when a wheelchair-bound friend pointed it out, I didn’t pay much attention to just how uneven...
View ArticleAm I so wonderfully made?
Am I so wonderfully made? “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” – Psalm 139:14 Dear God, I have been reflecting on Psalm 139, a song concerning your inescapability, pervasive...
View ArticleWhat does “Disabled Enough” Mean?
What does “Disabled Enough” Mean? “The number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are...
View ArticleHealing
“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.” – Matthew 7:7 Flying to San Francisco was an experiment to see if it is feasible to travel with...
View ArticleThe 11th Commandment
The 11th Commandment “The One whose throne is in heaven, sits laughing.” Psalm 2:4 Much of the time life with a visual disability can be a real pain. Bumping into doorjambs. Hitting your thumb...
View ArticleMayflower Congregational United Church of Christ now A2A certified
The National Disabilities Ministries (DM) Board of the United Church ofChrist and the Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ inOklahoma City, OK would like to announce that on March 9, 2023...
View ArticleLectionary Commentary: Psalm 139 1-12, 23-24
In these verses, The reader or listener is invited to experience God and God’s personal connection to us.It is shared that God has searched, and knows God’s creation. We also are brought into the...
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