If you participate in accommodation efforts, such as ASL interpretation, captioning, advocacy, or others, Vanderbilt University is conducting a national study of disability and ministry. They want to interview ministry leaders across the country to learn more about the diverse ways churches are working to widen their welcome and the impact it is having. Receive $100 for being part of a 90-minute interview through Zoom. Learn more and sign up.

We would like to see a wide response from our members, as captioning/ASL are often overlooked!

National Deaf History Month will be April 1-30:

On-line remote services have become widespread during the pandemic, and there is good reason to continue using them. Read Leo's take: https://umdisability.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-wave-of-future-video-remote.html

New in our congregational resources: ASL Videos created to support non-signers wishing to learn and practice in preparation for gatherings. https://www.umdeaf.org/resource/cong.html

We maintain a list of UMC congregations offering ASL or captioned services. See the Ministry Directory and add your church if it's not here.