WELS Mission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

06/14/2026

Sunday Worship, Signed, 8:00 AM, June 14, 2026

06/07/2026

Sunday Worship, Signed, 8:00 AM, June 7, 2026

05/24/2026

Week after week we gather as God's people to be refreshed by his grace and to worship him.

04/08/2026

We are excited to be offering another virtual deaf Bible study! Hope to see you there.

07/30/2025

07/18/2025

Yesterday, we recorded 125+ more words to add to www.gospelhands.net.

Thanks to everyone who has participated in bringing this website together. Countless hours practicing, discussing, filming, editing, proofing, etc have gone into this wonderful resource!

Looking forward to seeing many of you at our Hands of God conference starting tonight!

06/06/2024

If you are an interpreter or have one at your church, this may be an opportunity to develop skills and work with other church interpreters!

05/07/2024

Did you know there are over 3,000 teachers in WELS schools guiding students in the study of God's word, building Christian character, helping each child work to the best of their God-given abilities, developing partnerships between home, school, and church, and encouraging students to share their faith at home and in their communities? Praise God and thank you teachers!

Share how you are celebrating your teachers this week!

04/28/2024

Check out this article in the May edition of Forward in Christ, which is about our new online dictionary, Gospel Hands!

Verna Weigand never envisioned working as a sign language interpreter. But then she married her husband, Dean, whose younger brother was deaf from birth. “I wanted to be able to communicate with him,” remembers Weigand. That desire led Weigand to take sign language classes. She quickly realized ...