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Previous Issues of Connections
  • Connections Fall 2022
  • Connections June 2022
    June 2022 includes: The Gifts of Spiritual Community and Prayer in Navigating Dementia; Faith and Dementia: God Never Forgets; What should churches do to be more inclusive of people with dementia?; Tips for communicating with people with dementia
  • Connections February 2022
    February 2022 includes: Supporting From Within: How the Church Can Establish Positive Employment Practices; Competitive Employment Works: Putting Faith to Work; How Congregations Can Support Employment for People with Disabilities
  • Connections Fall 2021
    Fall 2021 includes: A Place for Everybody to Play; Helping to Lessen the Load; Reponsiveness and Relationship; Resources for Including Children with Disabilities in Congregational Life; ADN Building the Future Partners
  • Connections Summer 2021
    Summer 2021 includes: An Introduction to Hearing Loss and Deafness; Brothers and Sisters, Listen; Seeing is Believing - How Frederick's deaf community finds faith, fellowship; Hearing Assistive Technology; ADN staff opening
  • Connections Winter 2021
    WInter 2021 includes: Weathering the Storm; Authentic Connections; Stepping Stones; Growing Pains; Resources for the Transition to Adulthood
  • Connections Fall 2020
    Fall 2020 includes: My Privilege and Disadvantages; My Daughter with Down Syndrome Helped Me Understand Racism; Practices for Resilience; Book Review - White Picket Fences; Webinar and Fall Fundraiser 202 - Mutual Care in Difficult Times
  • Connections June 2020
    February 2020 includes: For Someone of Your Age, Life is Good, Cultivating Resilience, Connecting with Older Adults during COVID, ADN Names New Executive Director
  • Connections February 2020
    February 2020 includes: Disability across Cultures, Disability: A Gift from God?, New Dawn Educare Center, Barrier-Free Grants, and We Are Able Workcamp 2020
  • Connections November 2019
    November 2019 includes: Considering the Intersections of Trauma and Disability, Trauma-Informed Care for Congregations, Dove's Nest, "Does My Child Have PTSD?", and Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Social Determinant of Health.
  • Connections September 2019
    2019 September Connections includes: Praying for Healing?; Slow Your Roll; We Are Able Workcamp Inspires; Welcome, Emily!; Barrier-Free Grants in Full Swing; ADN at 2019 Conferences; Fall Fundraising Banquet 2019
  • Connections Spring 2019
    Spring 2019 includes: An introduction to new ADN Executive Director Eldon Stoltzfus, "Can the Church Be Good News to People Who Use Drugs?", information on a New Barrier-Free Grant, and Living with Auto-Immune Disease.
  • Connections Fall 2018
    Fall 2018 includes: "The Oasis"; Welcome, Jeanne Davies, new program resources manager; reflecting on "An Angel" in the family; Does the Shoe Fit?: Seeking a new executive director; Book Review: Life on the Spectrum, parent reflections on autism
  • Connections Summer 2018
    ADN celebrates 15 years of nurturing inclusive congregations. We ask, are congregations continuing to 'catch the vision'?
  • Connections Winter 2018
    Peter and Mary Graber were uncertain how to approach baptism for their daughter who was born with an intellectual disability. Read about how this family worked with their congregation to design a very special 'Ceremony of Joining'.
  • Connections Fall 2017
    Jesus admonished those who hindered children from coming to him saying, “the Kingdom of Heaven be-longs to such as these!” This edition of Connections features stories of youth with disabilities being embraced by faith communities.
  • Connections Summer 2017
    This edition of Connections focuses on Universal Design for Congregations. Universal Design is an approach to creating an environment that can be accessed, understood, and used to the greatest extent possible by all people.
  • Connections Winter 2017
    This issue focuses on Mental Health. Read more to discover a personal account of mental illness within the church, how the church can support the well-being of its caregivers, and a book review of 'Bipolar Faith.' Take a read!
  • Connections: Fall 2016
    Grace Mishler is healing wounds of war, ADN staff transition, Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, Slate Hill Mennonite, Mark Pickens is new ADN Field Associate, youth ministry resources, reviews of Deaf Ministry, Madness, Sparks of Redemptive Grace
  • Connections: Summer 2016
    A daughter with Down syndrome inspires mom to advocate, welcoming those with visual disabilities, reviews of The Prince Who Was Just Himself and Chasing the Rabbit, Spanish edition of this issue.
  • Connections: Winter 2016
    We Are Able Workcamp, Faith in Action Transcends Disability, Safety for Vulnerable Groups, and reviews of Special Needs Parenting and Teachers of the Soul.
  • Connections: Fall 2015
    The Photographer of Beaver Creek, Wheelchair Walker United Church, creating a sensory room, Pinkie Pie and the Gift of Laughter, and a review of Barbara Newman's latest book, Accessible Gospel Inclusive Worship.
  • Connections: Summer 2015
    ADN welcomes new executive director; baptism and autism; ADN's new book Circles of Love; reviews of the play Laughter is Sacred Space, Pastor's Guide for the Shadow of Depression, and Blessed Are the Crazy.
  • Connections: Winter 2015
    Connections Newsletter Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship celebrates accessibility, Seeing with Our Fingers, living with disabilities of aging, ADN staff change, review of Reaching Out and Bringing In, We Are Able Workcamp

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