I suggest getting someone who can do CART in your hearing church...that might serve you better than an sign language interpreter if you don't know much sign language yet. I tend to prefer CART when I go to places like plays and stand up comedies and stuff...they help me understand exactly what they are saying and nothing gets lost in translation. With ASL, yes I use ASL but when I had an ASL interpreter in my college classes so much got lost in translation that it affected my grades. When I have my health issues taken care of and I go back to university I am going to request BOTH an ASL interpreter AND CART...so I can use CART to understand everything the professors says, and then I can use the ASL interpreter so I can raise my hand and ask many questions, or to contribute to the class discussions or group discussions or whatnot.
CART goes up on large projection screen...someone has a laptop near the stage and types everything the person says and everything goes on that screen. You get exactly everything the person has said, no summarizations, no shortcuts...it is all in full details. They do this at my fiance's old elementary school when they have the Christmas plays...I like going there because their Christmas plays are so awesome, it is so diverse too!
Anyway, good luck.
