United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries http://www.uccdm.org Wed, 01 May 2013 08:01:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 UCC Goes to the White House http://www.uccdm.org/2601/ucc-goes-to-the-white-house/ http://www.uccdm.org/2601/ucc-goes-to-the-white-house/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 08:01:24 +0000 Alan Johnson http://www.uccdm.org/?p=2601 Submitted by Rev. Alan Johnson, UCCDM Board Member, UCC Mental Illness Network Chair, and UCC Mental Health Network Member Sometime in late May there will be a White House Mental Health Summit and three UCC members have been invited to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.uccdm.org/2147/under-renovation/feed/ 2 A Tribute to Ryan Mathews by Rev. Jeanne Tyler http://www.uccdm.org/2138/a-tribute-to-ryan-mathews-by-rev-jeanne-tyler/ http://www.uccdm.org/2138/a-tribute-to-ryan-mathews-by-rev-jeanne-tyler/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:57:28 +0000 PEGGY http://www.uccdm.org/?p=2138 Ryan Mathews Trumpet guy Blew his horn Transformed his mind His heart set on Jesus And all the rest of us: The blind, lame , the depressed the out of mind Trumpet Guy in a power chair dissected Hebrew and … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.uccdm.org/452/october-9-2008-united-church-of-christ-position-openings/feed/ 0 Sermon from Access Sunday 10-10-10 http://www.uccdm.org/2063/sermon-from-access-sunday-10-10-10/ http://www.uccdm.org/2063/sermon-from-access-sunday-10-10-10/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:01:38 +0000 PEGGY http://www.uccdm.org/?p=2063 Sermon for 10-10-10: SPACIOUS PLACES Spacious Places: I love how those words go together. I think it’s the A’s. SpAcious PlAces. And the words rhyme. For whatever reason, as soon as I saw these words together in our psalm for … Continue reading →

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