News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC -28 April 2023

Here are the highlights of postings this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf. Please note that many posts have additional comments and discussion which will not be reflected in these links.

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• Disability Ministries Advent Devotional Resource
• GBCS: Social Principles resolution renewals
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Tanzania Conference: Agriculture
• ELDA D&DE:  Emmaus
• Philadelphia Sun: Roz McKelvey and Germantown Deaf Ministries
• Tanzania Conference: Deaf gathering at First UMC, Dar Es Salaam
• Technical.ly: Gallaudet students using holograms
• Tanzania Conference: Deaf worship
  

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DMC

• GBCS: Understanding Disabilities in Native communities
• Angela Muir: Therapeutic Gardening and Accessibility
• Upper Room: Safer Sanctuaries
• Lewis Center: 7 Ways Your Church Can Respond to the Reality of Sexual Assault
• NPR: Mattel unveils a Barbie with Down syndrome
• Faith & Leadership: Hybrid services
• AAIDD: Charity and social justice
  

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Events

• May 1 (start): BeADisciple IFD 437: Before and after the I Do's
  
• May 2-4: Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry
• May 5: Baltimore-Washington Conference, Accessibility Conversations--Autism
  
• May 17: AAIDD,  Community Connectedness and Technology
• May 25: Stone Belt Arc, Disability and Vocation
  
• June 16: Arizona Center for Disability Law, African American Conference on Disabilities
  
• June 26-29: Institute on Theology & Disability, Waco TX
• July 10 (start): BeADisciple IFD431, Caring with Compassion: First Responders and their families
  
• September 23: Delaware Deaf Fest

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