[Faith-talk] Complaints

[Linda Mentink]

Hi All,

I feel as if some of you are attacking the division for not 
stepping forward and getting your needs met.  Please stop.  
Please write to Tom Anderson, or call him, tell him what the 
trouble is, and give him contact information for the church or 
publisher you are unhappy with.  But don't do it until you have 
tried yourself to get what you need.  Up until now, we were not 
aware, so please don't attack the division leaders.  We're not in 
your churches, so we don't know your needs aren't being met.

Give us the contact information for your Pastor, head deacon, 
church secretary, and tell us what is happening with you.  Or 
contact Ken or Theresa Taylor.  I took a lot of time late last 
night to put helpful information on this list.  I've given you 
some tools; please use them, and don't holler at us because we 
haven't done anything.  Like I have said before, but I'll say it 
in a different way, we can't go to bat for you if we don't know 
where the ball is.

I'm very sorry to hear of the struggles many here are having with 
churches, and I understand that it is tiresome and discouraging 
to keep going from church to church, and still you can't find one 
that .  accepts you.  God knows all about it.  If you'd like to 
worship at, and eventually join a particular church because you 
agree with its teachings, and you've tried to no avail to be 
accepted by the leaders, let it be known to someone who can help 
you by advocating for you.  Know your Bible well enough to give 
some verses about worship and church membership, quote them, and 
ask the leaders to look them up as you quote them.

Another thing you can do is give them my church website, where 
they'll see me singing in the church choir and occasionally 
singing a solo, using my BrailleNote Apex.  If they can see the 
congregation, they'll see three blind ladies using our Braille 
note takers to sing along with the hymns and read our Bibles 
along with the rest.  There are probably other sites, too, where 
blind people can be seen involved in the ministry during worship 
services.  Our site is bbccolumbus.com.

Blessings,

Linda