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SW Iowa News - Deaf Missions dedicates addition, doubling HQ size
Deaf Missions dedicated a new addition Thursday that almost doubles the size of the international organization's Council Bluffs headquarters.
The group, which is dedicated to communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to deaf people, will hold an open house today from 1 to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.
"We called this project our Greatest Step Forward," said Duane King, executive director and founder. "It has been exciting to see all of the ways that God has worked to allow this building to come together."
The project was kick-started by an "extremely unusual" gift of $225,000, King said. The organization raised $60,000 in smaller donations, then received a generous gift of $150,000. Pottawattamie County redefined the facility as facing west to allow the organization to get around county setback rules.
The new addition includes a full-production video studio, guest rooms, a green room, a bookstore/library, graphics offices, and an international resource center and archives area. The new studio and equipment will help the organization in its specialty of creating videotapes of the scriptures being signed, King said. The group also hopes to add a full-time employee to work on the productions.
"This is going to help us make it better and faster," he said. "We'll be able to run two or three sets in the studio."
The expansion, equipment upgrade and additional employee should prepare Deaf Missions to move full speed ahead by the time Associate Director Chad Entinger succeeds King as executive director in November. That makes King feel good.
"Not only do I feel good about where we are, but I feel good about where we're going to go with him leading," he said.
Entinger is excited about the prospect.
"I thank God for Duane King and the board of directors for their faithfulness in taking this big step," he said. "This is a wonderful foundation that has been built here. I am just so excited to be able to build on this foundation."
This summer, Deaf Missions will send short-term mission teams to Romania and Mexico, Entinger said. In Romania, the team will help translate the Bible to Romanian sign language and set up camps for the future. In Mexico, the team will work with another ministry to help deaf people. More mission teams will be trained and sent out in the future.
Parking will be available during the open house at the First Christian Church Orchard Campus at Highway 92 and State Orchard Road with shuttle buses running continually. For more information, call (712) 322-5493 or go online to Deaf Missions: Home.
Deaf Missions dedicated a new addition Thursday that almost doubles the size of the international organization's Council Bluffs headquarters.
The group, which is dedicated to communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to deaf people, will hold an open house today from 1 to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.
"We called this project our Greatest Step Forward," said Duane King, executive director and founder. "It has been exciting to see all of the ways that God has worked to allow this building to come together."
The project was kick-started by an "extremely unusual" gift of $225,000, King said. The organization raised $60,000 in smaller donations, then received a generous gift of $150,000. Pottawattamie County redefined the facility as facing west to allow the organization to get around county setback rules.
The new addition includes a full-production video studio, guest rooms, a green room, a bookstore/library, graphics offices, and an international resource center and archives area. The new studio and equipment will help the organization in its specialty of creating videotapes of the scriptures being signed, King said. The group also hopes to add a full-time employee to work on the productions.
"This is going to help us make it better and faster," he said. "We'll be able to run two or three sets in the studio."
The expansion, equipment upgrade and additional employee should prepare Deaf Missions to move full speed ahead by the time Associate Director Chad Entinger succeeds King as executive director in November. That makes King feel good.
"Not only do I feel good about where we are, but I feel good about where we're going to go with him leading," he said.
Entinger is excited about the prospect.
"I thank God for Duane King and the board of directors for their faithfulness in taking this big step," he said. "This is a wonderful foundation that has been built here. I am just so excited to be able to build on this foundation."
This summer, Deaf Missions will send short-term mission teams to Romania and Mexico, Entinger said. In Romania, the team will help translate the Bible to Romanian sign language and set up camps for the future. In Mexico, the team will work with another ministry to help deaf people. More mission teams will be trained and sent out in the future.
Parking will be available during the open house at the First Christian Church Orchard Campus at Highway 92 and State Orchard Road with shuttle buses running continually. For more information, call (712) 322-5493 or go online to Deaf Missions: Home.