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Marshall Lawrence
Marshall Lawrence
is Founder and Executive Director of Silent Blessings. An ordained minister, Marshall is a nationally known speaker and singer/songwriter. But when the family discovered their youngest daughter, Rachel, was deaf, Marshall began to use his gifts in a new direction – to bring spiritual healing to Deaf and hard-of-hearing people and their families.

He and his wife, Terry, live in Indianapolis, Indiana. Terry is a freelance writer and editor and former communications professor at a small Christian college in northern Indiana. While she was there she was instrumental in convincing the administration to establish the first four-year ASL interpreter training program in the area. She is now working on finishing her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at Andrews University.


Judy Allison
Judy Allison
is our Executive Assistant, Office Manager, and also serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the corporation. As you can see, she is incredibly important to our ministry! She worked for many years as office manager of the United Way in Holland, MI, and also served as minister of music at Orchard View Church of God in Grand Rapids. She has a great deal of experience in book publishing and did a great job compiling and editing our book Shattering the Silence.

Ruth Price
Since coming to join Silent Blessings in 2003, Ruth Price has been invaluable to the ministry. There's hardly a document that is created or mailed out that her hands have not touched. Content to stay behind the scenes and work many more hours than Silent Blessings can pay for, Ruth faithfully serves her God, her fellow coworkers, and the Deaf day in and day out.

Karen Molby
Although she works out of her home in North Carolina, Karen Molby, the newest member of our team,contributes much in the areas of scheduling speaking engagements, grant researching, and fund-raising. We welcome her on board. .

Visioning Board
Our Visioning Board is a team of outstanding and experienced ministers who are either deaf or have family members who are deaf. They chart the course for our ministry.

Dr. Francis Casale
Dr. Francis Casale (Deaf) is the pastor of the Deaf congregation at Inter-Community Church of God in Covina, CA. He is an exceptional preacher and teacher, and we're honored to have him chair our Visioning Board. Other members of our Visioning Board are:

Kimie Casale (Deaf) Worship leader, Inter-Community Church of God, Covina, CA.

Elizabeth Beldon (Deaf) Church planter, Mishawaka, IN.

Mike and Carol Brabo (Deaf) Mangers of Vesterbrook Farm, Clarksville, MO.

Lester Belt (CODA) Founder and director, Deaf Family Ministries, Springfield, VA.

Chad Entinger (Deaf) Executive Director, Deaf Missions, Council Bluffs, IA.


Board of Directors
The members of our Board of Directors are wonderful and dedicated people who help us realize the mission and the ministry of Silent Blessings. We couldn't do this without their advice, help, and support.

Dr. John Aukerman, Chairman, Ed.D. professor of Christian education
at the Anderson University School of Theology, Anderson, IN.

Terry Lawrence , Ed.D., Freelance writer and educator, Indianapolis, IN.

Deanna Edwards Anderson University, Anderson, IN.

Charles Shumate, Ed.D. President of Church Builders Plus, Anderson, IN.

Ryan Hazen, Senior Associate minister
at Geist Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indianapolis, IN.

Jim Bittner, Realtor, Anderson, IN.

Rebecca Buchan, Interpreter, Anderson, IN.