August 2006 Ensign - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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56 Hearing with theHeart Despite communication challenges, Church members who are deaf make many contributions and enrich the lives of those around them. BY MARLENE BATEMAN SULLIVAN It is time to sing the opening hymn during a ward sacrament meeting. Recorded music begins to play, and the congregation watches the chorister as well as the words to the hymn, which are projected onto a large screen at the front of the chapel. A black cursor moves underneath each introductory note, keeping time with the music. As the song begins, only a few voices sing out. Instead, a rippling sea of gracefully moving hands uses sign language to “sing” the hymn. Similar scenes occur in varied locations as members of deaf wards and branches gather together to worship. Currently there are 25 deaf wards and branches in the Church. When there are not enough deaf members to form a branch, the deaf attend a hearing ward. Despite communication challenges, Church members who are deaf make many contributions and enrich the lives of those around them through their service in the kingdom. Reaching Out As sign language is usually deaf members’ native language, communication difficulties can cause them to feel alone at times. Gohar Nisar, the only deaf member of the Halifax Ward, Huddersfield England Stake, says: “The main challenge is, of course, communication and feeling involved in a hearing ward. It’s not easy being in a ward of a hundred people where only about three or four are able to talk with you.” Deaf members do not have to feel alone if members reach out with Christlike love. Elder John K. Carmack, formerly of the Seventy, has said: “May we look for every opportunity . . . to decrease isolation [and] increase inclusion of all. . . . Let us find linkage through love and through Christ and His gospel.” 1 PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT CASEY, EXCEPT AS NOTED
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