News and notes from AMD, 27 April 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
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UMAMD Meeting and Academy, August 1-3
https://www.umdisabledministers.org/meeting/2018.html
tentative schedule now available for download at this location
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Northeastern Jurisdiction Deaf Ministry Conference, November 9-10
https://www.umcd.org/newsnej/1811info.pdf
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Deaf Couple complete CLS training
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2018/04/deaf-couple-complete-advanced-certified.html
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Compassion vs. corruption
https://mattcurcio.org/2018/04/13/compassion-vs-corruption/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-5
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Why welcoming people with disabilities helps everyone in the church
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900016329/why-welcoming-people-with-disabilities-helps-everyone-in-the-church.html
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Stairway becomes lift
https://www.facebook.com/quakerdisabilityequality/videos/438458183243681/?fref=mentions
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Healing services in the UMC
https://blog.umcdiscipleship.org/liturgy-man-what-should-united-methodists-expect-of-services-of-healing/
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Survey about ADA about architectural barriers. This is a joint project of DREDF and other organizations. Please help by taking and sharing!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ADA_Barrier-to-Access
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