Before and Beyond the Benediction
April 26-28
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PDC 2013 Disability Inclusion Small Resource Packet
PHEWA Wesbite (link to other resources)
Conference Registration Form to print and mail
Registration fees
Friday night only (including dinner) – $20
Saturday only – $30
Friday and Saturday (Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch) – $40
Sunday Lecture Free
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If you have questions, contact Cindy Merten at 248-644-2087 x145 or cindymerten {at} fpcbirmingham(.)org
We have a block of rooms reserved at the Drury Inn in Troy Michigan. Click the link below to make reservations.
Our rooms are under "Presbyterians For Disability Concerns" using code 2172777
This conference and community conversation is for congregations, community organizations and agencies, families, caregivers, faith based organizations, and service providers who believe we are better together and want to include people with disabilities. Discover how we can partner together in our communities to make inclusion a reality. Learn strategies for inclusion and make connections with others who share the same vision.
Erik Carter is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University and an Investigator at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. His scholarship and teaching focuses on strategies for supporting meaningful school inclusion and promoting valued roles in school, work, and community settings for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Over the last ten years, his research has explored the intersection of faith and disabilities and the ways in which congregations might be more inclusive of people with disabilities and their families. He has published more than 100 articles and chapters, as well as co-authored five books. One of the books is Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A guide for Service Providers, Families, and Congregations (Brookes Publishing). His most recent research addresses the hopes and needs of people with disabilities and their families and what matters most to them.
Presbyterians for Disability Concerns Leadership Team
Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC) celebrates the gifts of all people and is committed to affirmation, support and advocacy for the rights and responsibilities of persons with disabilities in the total life of the church. A panel of four PDC members will share their journeys of inclusion. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Ernest Krug, a professor of biomedical sciences and pediatrics at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and an ordained minister in the PC(USA).
Sue Montgomery Disability Consultant for the PC(USA) is the pastor of the Nickleville Presbyterian Church, Emlenton, Pennsylvania. She has also served as a chaplain at Polk Center, a residential facility for persons with intellectual disabilities since 1983. Sue has served on local and national boards addressing advocacy issues for persons with disabilities. Sue has conducted extensive study in the areas of theology, language and philosophical approaches to life with a disability in order to address more than just architectural barriers. Sue uses a wheelchair and is an avid hand cyclist who enjoys riding her 27 speed hand cycle on the many rails to trails systems along the rivers of Pennsylvania. She received the Women of Faith Award from the Women's Ministries Program Area of PC(USA) for her work with persons with disabilities and recently contributed to Mark Pinsky's book, Amazing Gifts: Stories of Faith, Disability, and Inclusion.
