A Place for All. Faith and Community for Persons with Disabilities
Description
A Place for All: Faith and Community for Persons with Disabilities explores the courageous stories of persons with disabilities as they succeed in making their faith communities truly inclusive. It features people such as Rabbi Darby Jared Leigh, one of the handful of deaf rabbis in the world; members of ELCA's DAYLE program, where definitely abled youth unite at the 40,000 strong triennial Evangelical Lutheran youth gathering; 5 year-old Max Rubin, who has cerebral palsy; Rev. Beth Lockard, pastor of Christ the King Deaf Church; and Brandon Kaplan, a severely disabled boy with limited sight and speech who recently had the privilege of becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Interviews with leaders of faith groups include: Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President, New York Board of Rabbis; Bishop Peggy Johnson, United Methodist Church; Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, forrmer General Secretary, National Council of Churches; Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Past President, ISNA; Rev. Bill Gaven
Runtime
58 min
Subjects
- Developmentally disabled children (15)
- People with disabilities (126)
- Church work with people with disabilities (1)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c2009
Database
Films on Demand
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