[Faith-Talk] NFB in Communities of Faith committee in Florida

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Bill,

It's great that there is such a committee in Florida.  You have 
some great goals, and I know that God will be honored in all done 
there!

Blessings,

Linda

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Outman via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
To: "'Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and 
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Date sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:00:37 -0400
Subject: [Faith-Talk] NFB in Communities of Faith committee in 
Florida

Good morning.



I would like to report we have a Communities of Faith committee 
in Florida
now.  In the future it could achieve division status but for now 
this allows
us to communicate with each other and work on issues related to 
the faith
journey of members here.



We are holding monthly conference calls, usually on the third 
Monday evening
of the month.  The first one was in September and this month's 
was just this
past Monday due to scheduling issues with the moderators, but we 
hope to get
back on track in November.  The calls are being moderated by 
Marilyn
Baldwin, who is also a national member of the division like 
myself, and
Kathy Davis, a former president of the Florida affiliate who is 
currently
serving as vice president of my chapter in Daytona Beach where I 
am
secretary.



Our goals are to support each other in our faith journey while 
respecting
diverse theological traditions, both Christian and non-Christian, 
to assist
members in obtaining accessible worship and study materials, and 
improving
interactions between ourselves and sighted members of our 
congregations.  We
would like also to assist the blind of our state in entering the 
ministry on
a volunteer or professional basis if they so desire.



On the last phone call, we discussed how everyone had reacted to 
the recent
news of the mail bomb attempts and synagogue massacre and how 
their faith is
helping  them process what is happening now.  We also discussed 
our vision
for what the committee could achieve.



Bill Outman



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