I was surprised as I searched the Internet for religious sign. Although the groups of people and organizations are not enormous, there is a larger quantity of these types of groups that I would have thought.

There is a church called Valley Bible Church located in Lancaster, California that has an informative website a

bout deaf ministry. They have at least one service every Sunday that is signed for the hearing impaired. On top of that they have a special ?Deaf Worship? in a separate room exclusively for those of the Deaf community. According to Deaf in America Deaf is different from deaf. There are people who cannot hear who are not part of the Deaf community. Hence this worship at Valley Bible Church is for the ?Deaf? community, not just anyone who is deaf or hard-of-hearing. This website impressed me most with its video ASL dictionary of religious words. It has more words that I can count. Any word you would want to know in ASL concerning religion is easily found here.

I also came across a website entitled ?Deaf Missions.? This page has daily ASL web devotions. These are videos of daily devotions

Some common words found in the essay are:
Deaf Community, Sign Theology, Church Deaf, Deaf Missions, Mark Seven, Lancaster California, America Deaf, Syracuse Diocese, Jesus' Church, Deaf Worship, deaf community, deaf people, catholic deaf community, deaf hard-of-hearing, bible church, church deaf, catholic deaf, religious sign, church called, valley bible, syracuse diocese, valley bible church,
Approximate Word count = 541
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)