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Books and Media Resources
The 2011 edition of Breaking the Sound Barrier in Your Church: Ministry & Mission With People who are Hard of Hearing or Late-Deafened includes the CART system, and is now available as an Adobe PDF file.
 Click here to download Breaking the Sound Barrier. |
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| Deaf Ministry: An Introduction to Ministry Models (Leo Yates).
Goodreads information. Available for Kindle Reader or paperback from Amazon. |
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| Deaf Ministry: A Comprehensive Overview of Ministry Models, third edition, by Leo Yates Jr.
Goodreads information UM Disability Blog review of 2nd edition Stories by Hand review of 2nd edition Available for Kindle Reader or paperback from Amazon. |
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| Interpreting at Church: A Paradigm for Sign Language Interpreters, fourth edition, by Leo Yates Jr.
Goodreads information Available for Kindle Reader or in paperback from Amazon or paperback from B&N. |
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| Deaf Ministry: Make a Joyful Silence, Peggy A. Johnson and Robert L. Walker, 2007.
Goodreads information Available in paperback from Amazon |
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| Pocket Reference of Religious Signs, revised (Leo Yates jr).
Available in paperback from Amazon and others. |
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| Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide for All Faiths revised (Elaine Costello).
Goodreads information publisher's site Available for Kindle Reader or paperback from Amazon and others. |
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| Hymns for Signing, Abingdon Press.
Goodreads information. Available from Cokesbury. |
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| So you want to be an interpreter? (Janice Humphrey)
Paperback or CD from Amazon and others. |
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| Signs of Love: A Guide for Deaf Ministry by Lori Buck, an introduction to Deaf culture and ministry.
Bishop Peggy Johnson says that the book "gives numerous creative suggestions for ministry, not only in the context of the worship service but in the life of the church at large." ISBN: 978-0-8170-1753-8, 160 pages Goodreads information Available for Kindle Reader or paperback from Amazon and other sources |
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| Speaking Out: Gifts of Ministering Undeterred by Disabilities, Robert L. Walker, ed., 2012.
Read about this book at the United Methodist Association of Ministers with Disabilities website. |
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| Deaf Culture Our Way, Samuel K. Holcomb and Thomas K. Holcomb, 2011.
Goodreads information Available for Kindle Reader Available in paperback from Amazon or B&N |
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| Deaf in America: Voices From a Culture, Carol Padden and Tom Humphries, 1990.
Goodreads information Available for Kindle Reader Available in paperback or hardcover from Amazon or B&N |
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| A Guide to Deaf Ministry: Let's Sign Worthy of the Lord, DeAnn Sampley, 1990.
Goodreads information Available in paperback from Amazon |
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| Including People with Disabilties in Faith Communities: A guide for Service Providers, Families, and Congregations, Erik Carter, 2007.
Goodreads information Available in paperback from Amazon and others |
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| Hear and Now, HBO, 2007.
IMDb information Available on DVD from Amazon |
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| See What I'm Saying, 2009.
IMDb information Website |
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| Sound and Fury, 2000.
IMDb information |
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| Switched at Birth, 2011-2017.
IMDb information Freeform viewing |
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| Through Deaf Eyes, PBS, 2007.
IMDb information PBS website available on DVD from Amazon |
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- Disability Concerns video from Baltimore-Washington Conference, a captioned video that explores accessibility and hearing accommodations in several churches.
- Signing with Val—Religious Vocabulary
- Resources for religious interpreting website.
- Serving Deaf Students in Higher Education: a toolkit from National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Education
- Also see UMCD's History and Culture page
By listing organizations, companies, or other sources of interest to our constituents, the United Methodist Committee on Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Ministries does not recommend, endorse, or otherwise offer preference for any such entity. All listings are reports only, and are open equally to any entity offering suitable services.