What am I doing now?
I am now serving our Lord as an Evangelist / Sign Music Artist for the Deaf. I do not limit myself to Deaf people only, I can serve for Hearing people as well. I travel often to guest preach, teach workshops, lead summer camps, conferences, retreats, and also lead music concerts in ASL. if you have a need for a Deaf minister in upcoming events, please do not hesitate to ask me. My email is sdye212@gmail.com. If you have videophone access, email me and I will give you my videophone number.
Me and my Hobbies:
My name is Steve Dye and I live in Louisville, Kentucky. I am happily married to my wife, Mandi (17 years this December 2011) and have 3 beautiful kids. TJ , Faith, Kamayla.
I love to play golf with my buddies occasionally. I play basketball, softball, and love to bowl as well. I am also an avid collector of Star Wars figures which I am proud to say I have 158 different figures from 1995 to present.
Christian life facts:
I accepted Jesus Christ when I was 8 years old going to church with my aunt and cousin to Ninth & O Baptist Church (when it was on Taylor Blvd back then). I was baptized at 12 years old. After marrying in 1994, me and my wife hopped different churches because she is deaf and depended on sign language mostly. I was hard of hearing and depended on lip-reading mostly. After hopping churches, picking up sign language here and there, the Lord led us to Valley View Church where He helped me establish a deaf ministry in February 1999. All of my years of ministry at Valley View were a blessing as a volunteer leader. In 2006, the Lord answered a prayer for me and led me to Southeast Christian Church to serve as a minister to Deaf on their church staff. For five years, I led this ministry. As of now, I am currently free-lancing and just following the Lord to other open doors.
I have been a Deaf minister since 1997. I submitted my life to serve Jesus in February of 2003 and have been preaching, teaching, interpreting music, and leading deaf to Jesus since then.
My wife is my biggest supporter and she helps me in my ministry in all areas as much as possible. Without her, I do not know where I would be. She is a leader and supporter for many of the women that we meet on our travels often. My kids love what we do. My son is an avid church-goer. He gets involved with his youth ministry as much as possible. The girls love to sing and just be cute as much as possible.
Our Family!
Steve,
Awesome to see another Christian blog for the Deaf! Praise the Lord!
Dear Mr. Steve Dye, Greetings from Malaysia. I read with interested about your work and would like to know if you can help me start a religious group of Deaf people here. Could you send me notes, literature etc on how to start one here. Also some SL lessons that you have to teach volunteers the ASL to enable them to communicate with the Deaf youths. Looking forward to hearing from you. God bless. Tan Yap
Hello Steven,
Thank you for your insight and information on visuals being used to better help the Deaf have a better church experience. I am hearing and I too look for better ways to help the Deaf to enjoy church services better and to enjoy what God has for them.
Right now I am teaching sign language classes to member of the church and volunteers for the Deaf ministry. The next step is to start Bible study group when I can get some visuals to complement the lesson. I am open to any suggestions you may have. I appreciate you sharing your work on this Blog.
Thank you
Valarie
Hi, nice to meet you !
Hi Steve, my name is Valerie and I think I spoke to you before. I am an interpreter here in Michigan and also over a non-profit organization that works with and for the Deaf Community. A couple of things. One, are you available for tutoring with songs? If so, what is your fee? I want to put more songs on youtube, but need to work more on my ASL concepts.
Second, I have a friend in Cleveland, Tenn, that wants to continue to learn ASL, learn about the Deaf Culture, meet Deaf people, etc. She is over the Sign Language ministry at her church. Unfortunately, she is currently unable to drive due to some physical challenges. Is Louisville close to Cleveland, Tenn? Would it be possible to at least drop her a line via email to see if the two of you could work out something via SKYPE or you could visit her? Her email address is bannindesu@bellsouth.net and her name is Terry Graves. Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon.
Hello Steven!
I was very interested to read about some of your experiences with worship in the deaf church. I am a volunteer at a deaf church in Bakersfield California and I am looking for deaf worship resources sich as dvd music with subtitles. If you know of any resources out there for this type of thing, please let me know!
Thank you!
Nice post. Thanks for sharing.