Sonshine Core Values

Prayer: 

• Prayer is an integral part of what we do. 

• Our team will have people praying for them while they serve.

• Our team will pray together before and after each session

Deaf Influence:  

• As often as possible we have a Deaf interpreter as part of our team for any worship or scripted content.

• When making a decision, we rely heavily on the Deaf members of our team and/or the Deaf leaders in attendance. 

• We encourage events/conferences to consider a Deaf leader as a future speaker for their event.

Diversity/Representation:  

• We try to reflect the diversity of the stage in our interpreting team.

• ALL social justice conversations involving race we aim to have a person of color interpreting.

• This often requires travel for interpreters who bring greater diversity to our team (If the event budget allows)

Feedback & Evaluation:  

• During all interpreted segments, unless you have a different assignment, we encourage you to be making observations in a notebook.

• We use the SWOT approach to evaluate all events that we serve.

Developing Interpreters:

• We want you here. 

• We want to see you thriving in this field. 

• We want to see you equipped to interpret in the Christian setting, growing in your personal faith and providing access for the Deaf/HH community to grow in their faith.