The opportunity to participate in a religious worship service has not always been readily available for members of the deaf community. Now, they have two choices with different approaches: Emanuel ...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the array of worship services offered by Lovers Lane United Methodist Church included one in American Sign Lan­guage. About two dozen people came on a typical Sunday. On ...
The occasional boom of a bass drum punctuates the Mass at St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center on the Northwest Side, signaling particularly important moments during the liturgical service, which is ...
NEW YORK — The Lord’s Prayer ended with the bang of dozens of fists that landed on open palms after a circular motion and a thumbs up in a joint “Amen!” Not a voice could be heard inside the cavernous ...
(THE CONVERSATION) — For years, my husband would say after we returned from the church, “I thought the sermon was good.” To that, I would reply, “I didn’t hear the sermon, as usual.” As a person with ...
Anthony Williams doesn’t need to carry a note to sing hymns at Sunday afternoon services at CrossRoads Church in Daytona Beach. Williams, 52, who has been deaf since birth, joins about 30 others in ...
BAGAMOYO, Tanzania (RNS) — For hearing-impaired worshippers here, Sunday mornings are often filled with disappointment, as worship services that accommodate them with sign language are few. BAGAMOYO, ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The Lord’s Prayer ended with ...
For years, my husband would say after we returned from the church, “I thought the sermon was good.” To that, I would reply, “I didn’t hear the sermon, as usual.” As a person with a severe to profound ...