News and notes from AMD, 4 May 2018

Here are the highlights of postings this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Mental Health Ministries, Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf:
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UMCD, DHM, ELDA, ECD joint meeting in Las Vegas, July 22-29
https://www.umcd.org/
http://www.umcd.org/download/2018registration.docx
Nominations for Hasenstab and Moylan Awards are being accepted now at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOVU6p5aw3qg4z8Qh1SqUYKtdPBA4ZMT-N3bUMzKvxEtmOHg/viewform?usp=pp_url
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UMAMD Meeting and Academy, August 1-3
https://www.umdisabledministers.org/meeting/2018.html
tentative schedule and online registration now available
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Northeastern Jurisdiction Deaf Ministry Conference, November 9-10
https://www.umcd.org/newsnej/1811info.pdf
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May is Mental Health Month:
Families of Faith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJ_B5DUJZw
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DMC: revised Communication and Etiquette with Persons with Disabilities
https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/welcoming/etiquette.html
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DHM: revised "Online Sign Language Classes and Dictionary"
https://www.umdeaf.org/resource/cong.html
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The Ministry of the Disabled
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/may/ministry-of-disabled.html
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Love, Henri: a review
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2018/05/love-henri-review.html
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Autism and the church
https://themighty.com/2018/04/autism-in-the-church/
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Parenting as a disabled person
http://autismpastor.com/?p=1369
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MHM: The importance of faith
https://www.bphope.com/have-a-little-faith/
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