Deaf_And_The_Church

Deaf And The Church Attending Sunday Service – Proclaiming God’s Word to Those Who Cannot Hear I had the opportunity to attend Mass this past Sunday (something I have not done in years) at the Valley Forge Baptist Temple in Pennsylvania. As a “hearing” person, never exposed to this forum, I found it to be extremely interesting and equally distracting. I noticed that I was captivated by the movements of the interrupters (there were 4 present) and not paying attention to the words being spoken. After the service, I spoke with a gentleman who explained to me that this congregation has many Deaf parishners who attend their services regularly. That is the reason there were 4 interrupters both signing the gospel and singing with the choir. I had asked why the Minister did not sign and he explained to me that Sunday Masses have been interpreted in sign-language for thirty years. However, interpreted Sunday Masses are infrequent and even non-existent in many areas, though they are much hearing, asl, sunday, sign, users, signing, masses, interpreter, years, speaking, small, simultaneously, service, priest, person, percent, ninety, minister, language, interrupters, interpreted, however, explained, communication, both, attend, words, word, virtually, view, valley, user, unlike, understandable, trying