{"id":25,"date":"2010-02-18T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/deaf-outreach\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:32:16","slug":"deaf-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/deaf-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Deaf Outreach<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">West Branch maintains the burden of reaching Deaf, the burden for which the Bill Rice Ranch ministries were founded.<strong><span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deaf Camp<br \/><\/strong>We continually look for the best possible way to help the deaf community, especially with the gospel. Since West Branch began, all deaf young people ages 9-19 have attended our camps for FREE. When Deaf campers share a week with hearing teens or juniors, they enjoy their own counselors and services and benefit from sharing activities and meal with the other campers. At times our camps or retreats accommodate Deaf only. We are currently planning an event like this August 20-22<strong>, 2026.<\/strong> This event will be for deaf teens as well as adults and families! Bill Rice Ranch deaf director, Tyler Thornton and his family as well as Bill and Mary Rice will be in attendance, Check back here later for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deaf Rallies<\/strong><br \/>Evangelistic one-day rallies bringing the Deaf of all ages together under the preaching of the Bible. We have held several of these over the years in Arizona and southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights: gospel service, fellowship, lunch provided, workshops for both the Deaf and interpreters, practical deaf ministry helps<\/p>\n<p>For information on scheduling a deaf rally, please contact us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign Language Schools<br \/><\/strong>In order to effectively reach the Deaf for Christ, workers need to be able to communicate with the Deaf. This is why the Bill Rice Ranch has trained thousands of people in sign language and deaf ministry. We even have a deaf ministries concentration through Bill Rice Bible College (Murfreesboro, TN). Many people have learned sign language through Dr. Cathy Rice\u2019s time-tested beginning sign language DVD\/textbook course,<a href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/store\/Deaf-Resource-c2122007\" style=\"color: white; text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Sign Language for Everyone<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us about the possibility of holding a regional sign language school in your area where we can help you learn sign language and deaf culture and help you locate the Deaf in your area so that you can share the gospel with them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213614,"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/213614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/westbranchaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}