{"id":4202,"date":"2026-03-16T11:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:45:17","slug":"2026-03-16-dlc-weekly-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"2026.03.16 DLC Weekly News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-opt-id=1447602441  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"302\" data-attachment-id=\"2652\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/?attachment_id=2652\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mlgl6izgoqq9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/weekly-news.png?fit=1020%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1020,482\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"weekly-news\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mlgl6izgoqq9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/weekly-news.png?fit=640%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/mlgl6izgoqq9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/weekly-news.png?resize=640%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2652\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.1161914243049136;width:336px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlgl6izgoqq9.i.optimole.com\/w:1020\/h:482\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/weekly-news.png 1020w, https:\/\/mlgl6izgoqq9.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/weekly-news.png 300w, https:\/\/mlgl6izgoqq9.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/weekly-news.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DLC Weekly News \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#057702\" class=\"has-inline-color\">No DLC Weekly News on Monday, March 23!\u00a0\u00a0Divelys will be in Washington, DC. \/ Happy St. Patricik\u2019s Day \/ First Day of Spring is on March 20<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As of March 16, here is the information:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>VERSE FOR THE WEEK<\/u>:\u00a0<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>Psalm 37:4. NIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>IN TOUCH MINISTRIES<\/u>:<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>Called for Service all who trust in God are invited to participate in His work.\u00a0\u00a03\/16\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>OUTSIDE of DLC SIGNS<\/u><\/strong><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>DLC MISSION STATEMENT<\/u>:\u00a0<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>DLC VISION STATEMENT<\/u>:<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>Reach Out\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Connect to Christ<\/strong><br><strong>Heal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Connect to Church<\/strong><br><strong>Grow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Connect to Community\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>KINGDOM BUILDERS<\/u>:<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>-Please do continue to support 17 Missionaries and 4 ministries monthly<\/strong><br><strong>-Please pray for our church\u2019s financial needs and to pay off the DLC St. Paul Operating debt for\u00a0$33,321.22.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>DIVELY\u2019S SCHEDULE<\/u>:\u00a0<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>March 18-20 \u2013 Emory will go to New Jersey for NF officers meeting<\/strong><br><strong>March 21-26 \u2013 Emory and Cindy will go to Washington DC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>HAPPY BIRTHDAY<\/u>:<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0MARCH<\/strong><br><strong>19 \u2013 Jessica Eggert (DB)<\/strong><br><strong>22 \u2013 Raul Gutierrez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY<\/u>:<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0MARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>ATTENDANCE<\/u>:<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>DBF:\u00a0\u00a06<\/strong><br><strong>St. Paul Sunday School class with Ben:\u00a0\u00a0Canceled<\/strong><br><strong>St. Paul Sunday School class with Robyn: Canceled<\/strong><br><strong>St. Paul Children Class:\u00a0\u00a0Canceled<\/strong><br><strong>St. Paul Service through Zoom:\u00a0\u00a036, 1 teen, and 4 visitors<\/strong><br><strong>RWDC:\u00a0\u00a018 and 6 kids<\/strong><br><strong>Rochester: Canceled<\/strong><br><strong>Faribault:\u00a0\u00a0Canceled<\/strong><br><strong>St. Cloud:\u00a0\u00a06<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, ASK EDWARD KENNEY<\/u>:<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>-Please use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/deaflifechurch.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deaflifechurch.us<\/a>\u00a0for information<\/strong><br><strong>-Any questions, use\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:deaftech@deaflifechurch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deaftech@deaflifechurch.org<\/a>\u00a0or VP:\u00a0\u00a0651.300.2854<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/u>:<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>-Every 1st Sunday Hot Breakfast at 8:30 am \/ $5.00 per person \/ No Adult Sunday School classes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-E<\/strong><strong>very 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;and 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Sunday \u2013 Adult Sunday School class taught by Robyn LD and Membership class taught by Campus Pastor Michael White at 9:00 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">-(NEW)<\/mark>\u00a0Sunday, March 29 \u2013 After service, there will be a time of questions and answers for St. Paul people \/ Bring your own lunch!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">-(NEW)<\/mark>\u00a0Sunday, April 12 \u2013 After service at 12 Noon, Rev. Jim Filbeck from AG MN District Office and AG MN Lawyer will take over the meeting.\u00a0\u00a0It is important for St. Paul members to be there. Interpreters will be provided.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Friday, May 16 &#8211; Sunday, May 17 \u2013 32<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;Mid-West Deaf Men Retreat \/ Speaker Rev. Seth Sobral (D) from Rhode Island \/ $180 with no bed back or $190 with bed back \/ Deadline by May 2 \/ Flyers at church&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Saturday, May 30 \u2013 36<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Deaf Women Fellowship of Minnesota at Pleasant View Deaf Assembly \/ Speaker Linda Offutt \/ Early Bird before April 30 is $35 per adult \/ $30 per Senior Citizen and HS\/College student \/ After May 1 &#8211; $40 for everyone \/ Flyers at church \/ Any questions, please contact CD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">-(NEW)\u00a0<\/mark>Need a new job?\u00a0\u00a0A group home needs a program manager. It\u2019s a full-time job with probably has benefits. There are only three clients. My former student is one of them. They really want to hire a deaf person or a person fluent in American Sign Language. Do you know anybody that might be interested?\u00a0\u00a0Please contact CD and she will send it to the right person for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SATURDAY SERVICE<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES AND SERVICES:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>(R) WHO WILL PREACH ON SUNDAY, MARCH 22<\/u>?<\/strong><br><strong>Campus Pastor Michael White \/ Out to eat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(P) SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES ON SUNDAY, MARCH 22:<\/strong><br><strong>Adult class taught by Robyn LD and No Membership Class\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>(P) WHO WILL PREACH ON SUNDAY,\u00a0<a>MARCH 22<\/a><\/u>? \u2013 Men Ministries Day<\/strong><br><strong>Brother John Grossman preaches the Word \/ Out to eat at Habaneros Tacos and Bar, 20 Snelling Avenue N, St. Paul @ 12:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>PRAISE REPORTS<\/u>:<\/mark>\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>-Emory and Cindy Dively &#8211; We got approved from AG World Missions as a Missionary and Appointed Emory as its new ministry director of newly Global Deaf Peoples Initiative one of 13 ministries (Global University, 211 Network etc of AGWM International Ministries last March 12 officially.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>We will probably move to Springfield, MO sometime July or August<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now Emory and I will begin traveling to immediately raise support for our mission, as well as personal &amp; work support. We are looking for 150 Units (Relatives, Friends, and Churches) to commit to $100.00 per month, or any amount per month, too as well as prayer partners, too. Can we count you?&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Just text CD, then we can send you a mission commitment form or the link to fill out.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Carol Brown (Australia-DB) Let you know I enrolled with Global University as the Lord leads me.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>PRAYER REQUESTS<\/u>:\u00a0<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>OTHERS<\/u>:<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>-Emory and Cindy Dively will preach the Word at Revs. Scott and Lene Hobbs\u2019 Deaf Church in Arlington, Virginia on Sunday, March 22. We will also go to Washington, D.C., from March 23-25, for the top 700 Mission-giving churches. Emory will give a presentation for five minutes.\u00a0\u00a0Please pray for our safe travel and mission supporters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Carol Brown (Australia\u2013DB) God answered my prayers. Finally, I will go back to see my same surgeon at Murdoch on Tuesday 24th March 2.40 pm talk &#8211; gall bladder abs umbilical hernia. Plan to have surgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Benita Perrell had a knee surgery and she is in pain.&nbsp;&nbsp;She needs His healing touch.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Students are traveling for spring break this week and next week.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pray for their protection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">YOU MAY SEND CD YOUR PRAISE REPORTS AND PRAYER REQUESTS AT ANY TIME AT\u00a0<\/mark><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:prayer@deaflifechurch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>prayer@deaflifechurch.org<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><u>2025 DEAF LIFE CHURCH PRAYER REQUESTS<\/u>:<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>&#8211;<u>Sunday\u00a0<\/u>\u2013 14 Deaf Life Church \u2013 Deafblind, Eau Claire, Faribault,\u00a0Long Island, NY, Rochester, MN, St. Cloud, St. Paul, FL (3), VA, and On-Line (YouTube, and Facebook Live Stream)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211;<u>Monday<\/u>&nbsp;\u2013 Pastors, Campus Pastors, Lay Leaders, and their families&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211;<u>Tuesday<\/u>&nbsp;\u2013 Board Members, Leaders, Teachers, and Workers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211;<u>Wednesday<\/u>&nbsp;\u2013 Financial Needs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>-Thursday<\/u><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;\u2013 People\u2019s Souls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211;<u>Friday<\/u>&nbsp;\u2013 17 Missionaries and 4 ministries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>-Saturday<\/u><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Protections:&nbsp;&nbsp;St. Paul\u2019s Garage, Parsonage, Church Buildings, and Rooms at Hearing Churches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EOM (End of message)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DLC Weekly News \u2013\u00a0No DLC Weekly News on Monday, March 23!\u00a0\u00a0Divelys will be in Washington, DC. \/ Happy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","reviewnews-large":"","reviewnews-medium":""},"author_info":{"info":["Admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/?cat=55\" rel=\"category\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pftbrg-15M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4203,"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions\/4203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}