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The Rev. Beth Lockhard, project coordinator for deaf ministries for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America , will be the guest preacher at a chapel service at 11:15 a.m. March 14 in the Mauney Music Building on campus.
The public is invited to attend the service, which will be conducted in sign language and simultaneously voiced by one of the college’s interpreters. Lockhard, who is deaf, also is pastor of Christ the King Deaf Lutheran Church in Philadelphia . The college’s Sign Troupe will perform three songs during the worship service.
Lockhard was born and raised on the West Coast and received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Concordia (Lutheran) College, Portland, Ore., in 1981. She received her master’s of education in deaf education from Western Maryland College (now called McDaniel College ) in Westminster , Md. , in 1982.
She worked as a parish assistant at St. Philip’s Lutheran Church for the Deaf in Philadelphia from 1982 to 1987 and then began teaching full time at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
She married William Lockard in 1988. They have three sons, Jesse, 16; Aaron, 13; and Micah, 6; and live in West Chester , Penn. She and her husband started the Center for Hearing and Deafness Inc. (CHAD) and the Chester County Association of the Deaf (CCAD). They started an interpreted ministry at Calvary Lutheran in West Chester, which eventually became incorporated as Christ the King Deaf Church . The church now has 110 members. After working as a parish assistant there, Lockhard entered Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia and was ordained in February 1999.
She was the coordinator for deaf ministry with the National Council of Churches from 1995 to 2003. She has worked with ELCA part time since 1993 and is now project coordinator for ELCA Deaf Ministry.
She also teaches American Sign Language classes and Deaf Adult Literacy classes, one of which is for mentally challenged deaf people. She serves on the boards of CHAD , Mill Neck Foundation for Deaf Ministry, CCAD, and the Evangelical Lutheran Deaf Association.
Lenoir-Rhyne College has long been known for its welcoming atmosphere and strong support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The college also has a highly regarded deaf education major.
The Rev. Beth Lockhard, project coordinator for deaf ministries for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America , will be the guest preacher at a chapel service at 11:15 a.m. March 14 in the Mauney Music Building on campus.
The public is invited to attend the service, which will be conducted in sign language and simultaneously voiced by one of the college’s interpreters. Lockhard, who is deaf, also is pastor of Christ the King Deaf Lutheran Church in Philadelphia . The college’s Sign Troupe will perform three songs during the worship service.
Lockhard was born and raised on the West Coast and received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Concordia (Lutheran) College, Portland, Ore., in 1981. She received her master’s of education in deaf education from Western Maryland College (now called McDaniel College ) in Westminster , Md. , in 1982.
She worked as a parish assistant at St. Philip’s Lutheran Church for the Deaf in Philadelphia from 1982 to 1987 and then began teaching full time at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
She married William Lockard in 1988. They have three sons, Jesse, 16; Aaron, 13; and Micah, 6; and live in West Chester , Penn. She and her husband started the Center for Hearing and Deafness Inc. (CHAD) and the Chester County Association of the Deaf (CCAD). They started an interpreted ministry at Calvary Lutheran in West Chester, which eventually became incorporated as Christ the King Deaf Church . The church now has 110 members. After working as a parish assistant there, Lockhard entered Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia and was ordained in February 1999.
She was the coordinator for deaf ministry with the National Council of Churches from 1995 to 2003. She has worked with ELCA part time since 1993 and is now project coordinator for ELCA Deaf Ministry.
She also teaches American Sign Language classes and Deaf Adult Literacy classes, one of which is for mentally challenged deaf people. She serves on the boards of CHAD , Mill Neck Foundation for Deaf Ministry, CCAD, and the Evangelical Lutheran Deaf Association.
Lenoir-Rhyne College has long been known for its welcoming atmosphere and strong support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The college also has a highly regarded deaf education major.