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Ministry for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Gospel Hands is an online religious sign language video dictionary for the deaf and interpreters to share effectively share His gospel. This process has been a 3 year project developed by the Mission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MDHH) committee of the Wisconsin Lutheran Evangelical Synod. We have updated our formerly printed dictionary, “Sign to the Lord a new song” to an online dictionary with videos that are more effectively understood and shared. Gospel Hands will grow to include many of the Creed and common prayers used in Christian services.
The site is being launched with links to other services MDHH is supporting – Signing Sermons and a monthly deaf-only Bible study.
Something new and exciting!
You have likely noticed that things which once were in books or in print are now moving to a digital or web-based platform.
Members from the Mission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MDHH) group were able to bring to reality a project that has been several years in the making – an online Christian Sign Language Dictionary.
The project is entitled “Gospel Hands”. The MDHH team members spent significant time over two days signing and recording to video more than 900 religious sign language signs. It was intriguing to hear the discussion about what was the best sign and possible alternatives for a certain words or concepts. While the videos are still being edited and uploaded, it is exciting to see this effort finally coming to fruition.
This initial group of videos is only the beginning. There are plans to record more signs in the future and to keep growing this online resource.
Watch for more news in the coming weeks as the videos of these hundreds of signs are uploaded and we make this resource available publicly.
Pastor Joel Gaertner, director, WELS Special Ministries
