Resources from the Lutheran Deaf Mission Society

The Lutheran Deaf Mission Society has many resources to share with you:

Live Signed Worship Streamed worship and archived worship services.
Online Classes for Deaf Leaders Deaf Pah! Classes for lay leaders
Online Religious Sign Dictionary and Liturgy The video is in QuickTime format
Live Streamed Bible Study Live and archived Bible Studies and Deaf Pah! classes.
Hymns - Glossed for Signing These hymns were glossed for deaf choirs, but can also be used by interpreters.
Bible Stories in ASL Several Old and New Testament Bible Stories
Deaf Pastor Vlog Vlog (Video Blog) by the Executive Director of the LDMS, Rev. Dennis Konkel.
Signed Devotions Devotions on the word FLAME in ASL.
Deaf Catechism Printable version of the LCMS Deaf Catechism
Printed Bible Studies for Deaf Churches

Models of Deaf Ministry
This document identifies ten different methods of ministry among Deaf people, with advantages, disadvantages, and necessary precautions for each. There is aslo a brief history of changing educational, vocational, and social trends which have impacted the way the church conducts its Deaf ministry.

Hearing Churches Working With Deaf People
This document offers time-tested guidelines and helpful suggestions to hearing congregations which provide (or want to provide) ministry to Deaf people. An important part of the document deals with the appropriate expectations in the relationship of the pastoral staff with the church's Deaf members and with their Sign Language interpreters.

International Deaf Lutheran Association
Deaf Institute of Theology Seminary level online classes leading to ordination as pastors and comissioning as deaconesses.