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Deaf Outreach in Pittsburg Area
Deaf Outreach in Pittsburg Area
Oct 29 - Nov 12 Pittsburg PA Training and Outreach
Pastor Reinke and Dacia traveled across Kentucky and then up into the Pittsburg area. Pastor Reinke and Dacia worshiped with Rev Vincent Mroz at Peace Lutheran Church on All Saints Sunday. Rev Mroz was ordained/installed in August and serves in Deaf Outreach East.
From Sunday 2 November to Sunday 9 November Pastor Reinke and Rev Vincent Mroz traveled around the greater area of Pittsburg meeting with local Lutheran Pastors and their congregations. It was amazing how many Deaf outreach opportunities God placed in their path. (See Deaf Outreach East report for more details). They also continued the daily ABC Deaf Zoom classes for all of our Deaf Outreach leaders.
Sunday 2 November: Worship, Deaf Bible study and Deaf Mission Festival at Peace Lutheran Church, McMurry Pa. Pastor Justin Schmidt and his wife Marian have previously served in an area with a large Deaf group. They really enjoyed seeing the service Signed in ASL again.
Monday 3 November: Continued to meet with Pastor Schmidt to talk about needs and opportunities in the McMurry area. Peace Lutheran Church will be a Deaf Outreach East center. Mrs. Schmidt serves on the board of Deaf Outreach East and teaches in the local area.
Wednesday 5 November: Pastors Reinke and Mroz visited Mt Calvary Lutheran Church in Murrysville which is about 20-25 min East of Pittsburg near where the Reinke’s were staying. They met with Pastor Josh Oberman and learned of several opportunities to serve that congregation. Then they led the Wednesday night ABC Deaf Zoom classes from the church’s community center.
Thursday 6 November: On Thursday morning Pastors Rinke and Mroz were searching for a suitable TV stand to use while teaching/traveling. A store manager that they met works with a Deaf Blind student with cochlear implants. He is also a school board member and identified that one of the students at that school has deaf parents. In addition, the man’s sister is head principal of Virginia Deaf School. God provided 5 different outreach contacts from this one man.
Then they went to Concordia Monroeville which is an LCMS nursing home. Although they do not currently have any Deaf residents, the two chaplains agreed to have Pastor Mroz sign at an upcoming service. Chaplain Adam Silinas is also a vacancy pastor at Good Shepherd South Hills and agreed to host a Deaf Mission Festival in the future.
Then they did the Thursday night ABC Deaf Zoom classes from that location.
Friday 7 November: Signed a chapel service at Redeemer Lutheran School in Verona. Pastors Reinke and Mroz joined Mrs. Schmidt (Pastor Schmidt’s wife) for several classes. Discovered that one of the first grader’s parents are Deaf – another great outreach opportunity. The principal invited Pastor Mroz back for future chapel services.
Saturday 9 November: Pastors Reinke and Mroz met with Rev Ben Jansen at First Trinity Lutheran Church in central Pittsburg. Identified opportunities for interpreting for their Sunday service.
Sunday 10 November: Pastors Reinke and Mroz went to the Deaf Bible Study and then Signed the 11AM service at Trinity Lutheran. During fellowship, they saw a number of people that they had met earlier in the week.
Pastors Reinke and Mroz then went to Concordia Lutheran Ministries annual meeting where Pastor Reinke signed for Pastor Mroz. Afterwards, several ladies came up and talked with them and later signed up for our on-line ASL courses.
God blessed all of the activities in the Pittsburg area last week and the Reinke's are expected to complete their travel back to St Louis on or about 12 November.
Outreach in Arizona
Outreach in Arizona
October 2025
Deaconess Becky Catchpole has been doing extended (6 weeks) of Outreach in multiple places in Arizona.
Visited a deaf friend and our friend, Amy who interpreted for me in past LWML conferences in Prescott, AZ.
Visited and share about deaf ministry with the deaf people at Apache ASL Trails apt.
Visited and share about deaf ministry with the deaf people at Apache ASL Trails apt.
Visited a deaf elderly lady at a rehab in Chandler, AZ. Shared Bible verse and prayed together. She’s isolated and was so happy to have a conversation with me. There’s no other deaf people at the rehab.
Visited a deaf elderly lady at a rehab in Chandler, AZ. Shared Bible verse and prayed together. She’s isolated and was so happy to have a conversation with me. There’s no other deaf people at the rehab.
These are some of the pictures of what I’ve been doing in AZ. God is good!
7/25/2025
Pastor Reinke and Dacia are currently on an Outreach trip throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. They are meeting with Pastor Palmer and other individuals and Deaf leaders. Pray for safe travels until they return to the St Louis area around 3 August.
Pastor Reinke has a new H.A.T
Pastor Reinke has a new H.A.T
Pastor Reinke and Dacia are traveling and conducting Deaf training. They headed to Texas on 4 February and will also be in the Phoenix area for 3 weeks before returning to St Charles. Pray for success and safe travels.
Pastor Reinke texted that they spent most of the day today at the hospital helping to get things done for Rev. Amos before leaving tomorrow for home. We compared the 100 degree temperature there with the 7 degree temperature in St Charles/St Peters.
Pastor texted that they were waiting for "one more thing" and then they could leave the Seminary and head to Accra overnight so that they could catch an early morning flight to start the journey home.
Two hours later the ASL-2 class at Lutheran High School was able to video call with Pastor as the entire group was leaving for Accra. Pastor narrated as the van with ?? 22 people weaved in and out of local traffic. It was quite a phone call and the LHS kids LOVED it.
Pastor told the kids that he would see them in class on Monday. We sure hope so.
Thank God for this very wonderful and fruitful outreach trip!!
Please also pray for Rev Amos and for safe travel home for everyone who participated in the training this year
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