2012 GBCD Mission Trip to Cancun Mexico

Please download the PDF to read the information regarding the 2012 GBCD Mission trip to Cancun Mexico that happened this past January.

Download the PDF here.

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2012 Impact Deaf Youth Camp

Impact Deaf Youth Camp will be held at Camp Gideon this year between July 7-12.  Be sure to register early!  You can get more information at Impact Deaf Youth Camp!

 

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2012 Interpreter Training Program


March 9-10, 2012 – CAMP KALEO

 

Hetty Otto, RID Certified – Instructor

“Interpreters on Ice”

Hetty Otto has ministered to and interpreted for deaf people in Southern Baptist Churches for over 47 years.  She is a founding member of the Interpreter Training Program Advisory Board sponsored by the North American Mission Board and has conducted interpreter training classes in many states. Hetty holds the Master of Religious Education degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and the Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.

The Georgia Baptist Conference of the Deaf ITP will offer one course for all interested interpreters and Deaf leaders at Camp Kaleo near Forsyth, Georgia, on Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10, 2012. The course will begin on Friday afternoon. All those taking the ITP course are asked to arrive on Friday afternoon between 2:00-3:00 p.m. You will receive one (1) CEU for the full ten hours. The CEU will appear on your transcript through RID. Participants may obtain a certificate of completion of the course, for $7.00 per certificate. Please indicate your request on the registration Form.

The North American Mission Board is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional program is offered for 1 CEU at the Intermediate Content Knowledge Level

Standard Registration is $75, which includes the Conference with Lodging at Camp Kaleo and all Meals (Please be sure to bring your own linens, since Camp Kaleo does NOT provide them.)

Commuter Registration is $65, which includes the Conference and Meals only. This does NOT include lodging.

Please note: If you are planning to stay at a hotel off Camp Kaleo property, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING YOUR OWN RESERVATIONS

Sorry…children cannot attend the classes. There is no childcare provided.

Refund/Cancellation Policy: 

1. A full refund will be issued for cancellations made 60 days before the ITP date.

2. A 50% refund will be issued for 59-30 days before the ITP date.

3. No refund will be issued for cancellations made less than 30 days before the ITP date.

Register before March 1, 2012

For registration contact: 770-936-5217, Video Phone 678-999-2766 or email ccooper@gabaptist.org.

Download the complete PDF w/ Registration Form here.

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Johnny Hunts 2012 Men’s Conference

Greetings, men!
One of the two Men’s Conferences at First Baptist Church Woodstock will be interpreted on the weekend of February 3 &4.
Schedule:
Friday, 2/3  6:30-10:00 pm
Saturday, 2/4  7:30 am-12:30 pm
Ticket Prices:
After 11/1/11- $50 no meal, $55 with meal
After 1/1/12- $55 no meal, $60 with meal
At door- $60 no meal, ticket with meal will not be available at door
For full information and brochure, please go to www.johnnyhuntmensconference.com.
If you are interested to go, please email Noel Berzas at nberzas@juno.com. He needs to have the headcount so that he can arrange the interpreters accordingly and that all deaf men (and their companions and family members) can sit together to see the interpreters better.

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Georgia Baptist Convention Annual Meeting Nov 13-15, 2011

You are invited to attend the GBC Annual Meeting is being held November 13-15, 2011 at the North Metro Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia (directions attached).  The schedule for the meeting is attached along with a map and the layout of the Worship Center showing the section that has been reserved for the deaf.  There will be interpreters during the whole meeting, so please come!

Directions to the church

 Church Map / Layout 

GBC Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DVC Deaf Christian TV Network

http://www.deafvideo.com/home.asp

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Let’s Sign – Fall 2011 Catalog

Let’s Sign has released their Fall 2011 Catalog

 

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JR GBCD 2012

 

 

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Amazing Accomplishment!

Amazing Accomplishment!

The pictures brought tears of joy and thanksgiving to my eyes.

What is this “amazing accomplishment?”

Next month, Deaf in 5 African countries will receive a portion of Scripture in their heart language, sign language, for the very FIRST time!

  • Burundi Sign Language
  • Ethiopia Sign Language
  • Ghana Sign Language
  • Uganda Sign Language
  • Tanzania Sign Language

1,000 ‘Know God How?’ DVD story sets will be distributed in each country.

Yes, that is a total of 5,000!

32 carefully selected Bible stories from creation to the establishment of the church.

IMPACT?

1,000s of Deaf will soon SEE God’s Word and understand.

Click on the link below and watch with wonder and amazement what our God HAS done and IS doing! You, too, might experience tears of joy and thanksgiving.

http://albums.phanfare.com/slideshow.aspx?i=1&db=1&pw=nXX0rKPT&a_id=5318794

Want to know what is even MORE amazing?

  • The DOOR ‘Follow God How?’ series is also ready for distribution in both KENYAN Sign Language and KERALA -INDIAN Sign Language (77 Bible story sets)!
  • Also available in KENYAN and KERALA-INDIAN Sign Language, are 45 “Deeps” (sign language Bible commentary) that assist the translation teams in biblical explanations, historical information, and other helpful insights related to the ‘Follow God How?’ Bible passages.

Thank God, as we know He will complete the GOOD WORK he has begun through DOOR

PRAY with us as the DOOR team starts a new fiscal year with new goals … bringing God’s Word and Christian fellowship to the Deaf of the world.

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New QR Code

This is our new QR Code – Scan this on your mobile device – it will automatically load the GBCD Webpage!   You need to download a QR reader app from your mobile store.

 

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