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Welcome!
United Methodist Church Committee For Ministries With Deaf, Late-Deafened, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind People
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Beginnings
A mission initiative of General Conference 1992 began a journey that is now the United Methodist Committee on Ministries with Deaf, Late-deafened, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind People (UMCom)
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Beginnings
“Beginning with John Wesley, Methodism has a long history of commitment to its connection with the forgotten communities of our world.
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Beginnings
The United Methodist Church’s connection with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, deaf-blind people is a history of forgotten stories and forgotten people.
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Beginnings
Never has there been a more important time to act as God’s people and strengthen our connection with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, and deaf blind people for the next century.” Taken from “A Time for Action”, General
Conference 2000.
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Structure
A steering committee was established with an assigned staff member of the
General Board of Global Ministries: Noemi Fuentes was our organizing
staff member, followed by Dr. Cherian Thomas, and Niels French.
Patricia Magyar now serves as our liaison.
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Structure
Ten Members make up the Committee as follows:
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Structure
two Deaf
two late-deafened
two hard of hearing
one deaf-blind
….as well as………
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Structure
one deaf institutional ministry professional
two clergy with experience in ministry with people who are Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, deaf-blind
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Structure
The Committee strives to be inclusive with regard to gender ethnicity jurisdiction different sign language and hearing abilities
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Committee Makeup
Committee members are from : North Central Jurisdiction North Eastern Jurisdiction South Central Jurisdiction Southeastern Jurisdiction Western Jurisdiction
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President: Tom Hudspeth
Vice President: Candis Shannon
Secretary: TBS
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In our first quadrennium we focused on:
Presentation & advocacy skills awareness workshops multimedia presentations involvement on general boards and
agencies
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In our first quadrennium we focused on:
Becoming resources for the General Church, Annual Conferences, faith communities, and local churches
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In our first quadrennium we focused on:
• Working with general boards and agencies for education and leadership
Creating action plans and legislation for
Annual Conferences
General Conferences
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Accountability
The Committee is accountable to The Health and Welfare section of
Global Ministries sharing yearly progress reports and evaluation.
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The Committee is also accountable to United Methodist Congress of the Deaf for discussion, sharing information, and plans for implementation.
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In our first quadrennium we focused on:
Awareness Workshops: interpreter workshops workshop on Deaf music technology how to start deaf ministries strategies in the UMC global deaf ministries
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Awareness Teams...
addressed concerns of Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing and deaf-blind people
provided information about assistive listening devices, interpreters & captioning
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Awareness Teams …
involved people we know locally to lead workshops
were able to use presentation equipment owned by Committee Laptop VHS projector Video Camera Assistive Listening System
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Awareness Teams ...
Took resources At first, Signs of Solidarity Then, the Second Edition “Breaking the Sound Barrier” Advance brochure videos catalogues & magazines other resources
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Awareness Teams...
were sensitive to needs expressed by the group that invited the team
reported to Committee on details & follow-up needed
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Grants Subcommittee
Decides criteria for grant giving based on models from the Board of Global Ministries
Receives grant applications for projects and scholarships
Reports findings to whole Committee for voting Disburses approved grants Keeps a record of grant recipients
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Signs of Solidarity Subcommittee
Revised Signs of Solidarity (SOS) Received permission from the original editor to
use portions of the first edition Deleted obsolete information and added new
resource information Continues to promote use of this resource book
Through Service Center Web information Cokesbury Book Sales
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General Conference 2004
Voted to continue the work of the Committee into the current quadrennium
Supported its work with financial backing and assigned staff from Global Ministries, Health and Welfare section.
Continues to expect great things from this Committee in years to come.
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Moving On In 2005-2008
Our Name changed to: The United Methodist Church Committee on
Ministries with Deaf, Late-deafened, Hard of Hearing and Deaf Blind People.
Five Objectives were established for the new quadrennium
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Moving On In 2005-2008
New Ministries Launch ministries with Deaf, late-deafened,
hard of hearing and/or deaf-blind people
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Moving On In 2005-2008
Material, Equipping and Resourcing Purchase of equipment and development of
other resources to make activities accessible to Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing and/or deaf-blind people
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Moving On In 2005-2008
Mission and Outreach Support outreach missions in the US and
beyond that focus on ministry with Deaf, late-deafened hard of hearing and/or deaf-blind people
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Moving On In 2005-2008
Training for Lay and Ordained Leadership Support leadership development for lay and
ordained people through seminary or professional training events for upgrading skills or preparing for ministries with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing and/or deaf-blind people.
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Moving On In 2005-2008
Funding Identify and develop funding sources for
ministries with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, and/or deaf-blind people
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Priorities
A: expand and deepen relationships with seminaries, local licensing schools, and future pastors
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Priorities
B: Identify churches willing to give funding for ministries and linking them with ministry needs in the US and globally
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Priorities
C: Learning and clarifying needs of hard of hearing, late-deafened, and older adults with hearing loss, and researching solutions for their full participation in the life of the church
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Priorities
D: Promoting the Advance Special and develop a new brochure
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Priorities
E: Create a website that includes video information in ASL and a summary of Signs of Solidarity Second Edition
UMCSignsofsolidarity.org is up and running Visit there for updates on the Committee’s
work
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Priorities
F: Promotion of Signs of Solidarity Second Edition through Cokesbury Stores, seminaries, bookstores, Gallaudet, etc
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Priorities
G: Identify laity groups and lay leadership (reflecting the laity driven aspect of our ministries)
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Priorities
H: Promote ministry with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing and/or deaf-blind people as a topic with UMW reading list and School of Christian Mission
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Priorities
I: Provide awareness workshops when requested
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Priorities
J: Develop and identify models for ministries that are not worship-focused but event-focused
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Priorities
K: Produce videos to explain and promote our various models of ministry (captioned and audio described)
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Advance Special
“Ministry with Deaf People” Advance # 982562-7 provides opportunities for empowering
Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind people
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Advance Special
Projects include seed money for new ministries global outreach curriculum development internships Deaf and deaf-blind camps communication access scholarships
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Advance Special
How to Give: send a check to your local church with
Advance ID # 982562-7 on the memo line local church will send it to your Annual
Conference treasurer to use credit card call 888 252-6174
That’s 888 252-6174
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Advance Special
See Advance brochure to find out about how to give to the Advance how to apply for funding your project or
scholarship needs qualifying persons, programs
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Advance Special
Application forms are distributed through general mailings for the Advance available from any committee member or the
Health and Welfare office of Global Ministries Forms may be submitted by letter, fax, or
email.
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Meeting Schedule March 8-10, 2005 at SIFAT in Lineville AL
March 21-23, 2006, in Houston TX
February 22-25, 2007, in Phoenix AZ 2008 Meeting To Be Arranged
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Contact Us
Consultant to the Committee Wineva Hankamer
Global Ministries Health & Welfare Staff
Patricia Magyar [email protected]
Website: UMCSignsofsolidarity.org