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!

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.

Workshops coming at this years conference:

• Follow Me, We are His disciples - Taught by Aric Randolph
• Evangelism in Jerusalem, Judea, the uttermost parts of the earth and Cyberspace – Taught by Lane Burris
• Music Workshop and Performance – Taught by Ronaldo Feliciano
• Got Workshop? “Construction in ASL” – Facilitated by Vernee Burris
• Open Forum - Facilitated by Laramie Burris

Follow Me, We are His disciples

Taught by Aric Randolph 

• We have no idea what it really means to “Follow Christ.”
• His calling is not idle…His calling is LIFE changing!
• Are you followers of Christ?
• Followers of Christ are called Disciples.
• What is a disciple of Christ?
• What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ?
• Does it cost to be a disciple of Christ?
• Does it cost not to be a disciple of Christ?

Come and find the answer to these questions.

Who is Aric Randolph?

Aric Randolph is deaf and serves as Pastor at New Life Deaf Fellowship in Fort Worth, Texas.  He has pastured there for 19 years.  .  He has been in many leadership roles during his 19 years, such as; Deaf Youth Camp, Texas Baptist Conference of the Deaf, Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf, SBCD/IMB Task Force, Deaf Mission Trips and many other organizations.

He attended Dallas Baptist University and got his B.S. in Biblical Studies then attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and received his Masters of Divinity with Biblical Languages.  When Aric began in the ministry, he adopted the statement that was said by William Carey, “Attempt Great Things For God, Expect Great Things From God.”  Aric will tell you how important it is to trust and depend on the Lord in all things.

His workshop begins on Saturday morning and continues on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.

Evangelism in Jerusalem, Judea, the uttermost parts of the earth and Cyberspace

Taught by Lane Burris 

Today’s society spends endless hours on Facebook, email, websites.  What a wonderful tool the church can tap into and reach others for Christ!  This is another avenue to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.   This workshop will help you learn ways to make a simple webpage, blog, Vlog, group email, or Facebook to reach out to the cyberspace community.  You do not need to know how to write a software program to setup a format to reach others through the internet.

This workshop will be offered during the morning and afternoon workshop hours.

Lane Burris is a graduate of Mercer University with a BS degree in Computer Science.  He is a certified Network Engineer.  He creates and maintains many websites for various organizations and ministries.

Taught by Ronaldo Feliciano

This workshop is for deaf and hearing. It will be offered Saturday morning and continue through the afternoon workshop hour.   Come and learn new ways for signing music.  Participants will learn to sign a couple of songs.  This group will perform as a deaf choir during the conference.

“Construction in ASL”

Facilitated by Vernee Burris

The purpose of this workshop is to show interpreters how to use the internet base workshops at “Signs of Development”. The participant will actually work through the workshop titled “Construction in ASL” participants will learn how to fill out the paperwork and send into Signs of Development to obtain RID CEUs.

This format is great for people:

• Who are busy and need to work at their own pace
• For geographic areas where there are not  many opportunities to attend workshops but there is a need to keep  certificate current
• Who desire training for interpreters seeking their certification.

Come and experience this new type of workshop with other interpreters and share your experiences. Those who complete the activities in this workshop can earn .3 CEUs.

This workshop plays with classifiers, setting them up in your signing space and identifying the relationships of items and locations.

This is a 3 hours workshop and will be offered Saturday morning and continue through Saturday afternoon workshop hour.

Open Forum

Facilitated by Laramie Burris 

This forum tends to have a panel of deaf ministry workers who share their experiences with ideas for ministering to their community.  If you are looking for fresh ideas or want someone to bounce your ideas off of this is the place for you.    The open forum encourages others to discuss and share their ideas for helping GBCD or other churches on ways to do a better job ministering to the deaf community.

This group gathers on Saturday afternoons after the workshop hours.

T-E-A-M

Train – Evangelism – Athletics – Mentor

WE NEED YOUR HELP

COUNSELOR

COUNSELOR IN TRAINING (C.I.T)

SUPPORTING STAFF

NURSE

For more information go to www.idyc.weebly.com

PLEASE CONTACT

Mason Fenner at (706) 996-2164 VP or Email: masonfennerdbf@deafbaptistfellowship.org

Bud Richardson at (678) 224-7721 VP or Email: seethelight2@comcast.net