[Faith-Talk] getting involved in church

[andrew edgcumbe]

On 9/4/18, wesley via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I will definitely keep you in prayer that you can get involved.  It's very
> sad that the church who is suppose to be a warm place to visit sometimes
> treats the blind as a cherity case.  Glad I don't have that issue anymore.
> I went to a church because of my blindness thought I couldn't do anything.
> Here is the line the church use to instead of telling me they were
> interested in letting me participate in church activities like serving on
> committees and the list goes on.  Every time I would ask to get involved
> with someone the church would say well we are still praying about it.  That
> was their nice way of saying to me not interested in having me serve
> anywhere.  So I brought it up one time and confronted the church and ask
> them the question is that I am blind is the reason why you don't want me
> participating in anything?  They said we are still praying about it.  So my
> answer is I am still praying if I am to find a new church as well and
> eventually I did leave that church that wouldn't allow me to participate in
> activities associated with the church and now I am back at my home church
> where I was born and raised. And love it.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-Talk <faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ana Martinez
> via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:40 AM
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> Cc: Ana Martinez <martinezana770 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Faith-Talk] getting involved in church
>
> hi all, I have a question about getting involved in church. so, because my
> church is far from my college and the bus doesn't run on Sundays in my
> city,
> I have to depend on rides and other people to go to church. the thing is,
> whenever I go with people the people I go with do not have a positive view
> on blindness. they are overly helpful, and they try to do everything for
> me.
> I feel that because of this, other members of the church also see me as the
> blind girl, and I feel that because of this is harder to get involed in the
> church. has anyone else had simillar experiences?
>
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well for me yes sometimes people can be almost to helpful.  that is
the thing about it. I feel that  a church should treat us like they do
everybody else have you tried to talk to the people about how you feel
as it is up to us to advocate for ourselves and tell them what we need
we can't let others decide what we need.