[Faith-Talk] getting involved in church

[Theresa Taylor]

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Be a blessing to someone today
Rev. Dr. Theresa C Taylor
Blog: www.seektheson.org/blog
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> On Sep 4, 2018, at 8:58 PM, Rob Kaiser via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Before I moved to Victorville, I lived in Orange, CA. That Methodist church
> welcomed me with open arms. I sung in the choir there & was treated like a
> human being. The same was the way @ the Methodist Church in Costa Mesa, CA
> where I was on the music committee, &, my churches in Chicago where I grew
> up & spent my life until I was 30 years old & moved out to California. 
> 
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> Rob Kaiser Email;
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-Talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David
> Moore via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 4:26 PM
> To: Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: David Moore <jesusloves1966 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-Talk] getting involved in church
> 
> Hi all!
> My worst experiences with my blindness has been in churches that lean toward
> or flat out charismatic churches.
> Right away, after the service, they drug me to the front, laid hands on me,
> some of them even spit on their fingers.
> The types of congregations who see me as a person, and not a blind person,
> seem to be Methodist Lutheran, Churches of Christ, and others.
> Non-denominational churches, or other churches where people get into
> emotions to experience God seem to be the ones who feel so sorry about my
> blindness.
> At a Church of Christ, I teach Sunday School, read the Bible passage before
> the sermon, and do many tasks.
> I am really involved there! The type of church it is, has a lot to do with
> how you are treated as a blind person.
> A Methodist church, for example, would never believe that a sin caused your
> blindness.
> Just keep looking.
> I have walked out of churches many times over the past 30 years LOL!
> David Moore
> 
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> 
> From: Theresa Taylor via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 3:15 PM
> To: Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion
> Cc: Theresa Taylor; Ana Martinez
> Subject: Re: [Faith-Talk] getting involved in church
> 
> Oh yes! I think it is safe to say that most of us have experienced this at
> one time or another...smile.
> 
> Pray for God to show you ways to educate people about blindness...It might
> also work to talk to the senior pastor or someone else in leadership to find
> out why this belief about blindness persists. 
> 
> My hubby and I founded a nonprofit Seek the Son Ministries, our mission isto
> bring the saving power of Jesus to the disabled. We facilitate
> reconciliation between the church and whoever they are excluding. One of the
> main reasons we hear from churches on why they exclude blind people is due
> to the misconception that our blindness is caused by a sin in our lives.
> Thankfully, churches want all people to worship so with some prayer and
> discussion these misconceptions are cleared up.
> HOpe this helps...prayingfor you.
> 
> 
> Be a blessing to someone today
> Rev. Dr. Theresa C Taylor
> Blog: www.seektheson.org/blog
> Website: www.seektheson.org
> 
>> On Sep 4, 2018, at 8:39 AM, Ana Martinez via Faith-Talk
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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