[Faith-Talk] serving and connection

Sat Aug 10 07:18:14 UTC 2024

Andrew,
You can serve in any of those ministries you mentioned!
You could even perhaps combine the music with another ministry. 
Consider helping repair a home with an organization equivalent to Habitat for Humanity.
You will get to meet the family who will live in the home. As you meet them, you could provide some live music to welcome them.
Another idea is at a library, if you can read braille well or can tell good oral stories, you can combine story time and music with kids.
What sort of music do you play or maybe you sing? Did you serve in a music ministry before?

I'm still going to provide some links to articles. This will be in a different thread so it will not get buried. 

I hope my ideas help and that the articles I found about successful blind people serving also help.

The articles are not all about ministry volunteer service, but some of them mention God, so I know they did it to serve God.

So stay tuned to see that sometime this weekend. 

Ashley

-----Original Message-----
From: Faith-Talk <faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of andrew edgcumbe via Faith-Talk
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2024 1:13 AM
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Cc: andrew edgcumbe <rollercoasterman86 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Faith-Talk] serving and connection

Hi
I guess for me I don't know what to really do.
Sometimes i find nomatter how much I advokate for myself that i don't know how to really do that.
I have a hard time really expressing to others about serving other then i just want to do something.
I have emailed pastor about rides to bible study and nobody from the church gave me ride i reached out while ago and nov nobody offered it after i reached out to him.
nobody lifted a finger to help that kind of thing.

I get so discouraged so easily that i really often feel that it is not worth trying nomore then i feel other days like i just want to be able to do something.

I have trouble thinking about exact areaps area area to serve in.
I think of more then just music though. I think of adult ministries or youth ministries or prayer ministries but i also ti think about more hands on type of stuff like tables and chairs stuff like that.
The problem with some places is rather then me finding my way around some keep ansisting i need to get around with their help in quote un quote church and stuff like that.

On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 11:45 PM Brian Hatgelakas via Faith-Talk < faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> you said it 100 percent correctly!
>
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 11:15 PM Ashley Bramlett via Faith-Talk < 
> faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > It sounds like you are lonely.
> > It sounds like you want someone to assist you with walking and 
> > getting
> out
> > in the community for fitness participation and social activities.
> > I'm going to a church with my dad which is also small and most 
> > members
> are
> > older or maybe adults middle age with families.
> >
> > I have not exactly asked to serve but I suspect they would be fine 
> > with most activities. I have considered helping out with the youth 
> > group.
> >
> > I am also seeking a fitness buddy to have nature walks with or 
> > simple
> trail
> > walking or tandem biking.
> > But, so far I did not find anyone. I asked our nearest chapter of
> Achilles
> > international, dc chapter,
> > But did not find anyone; no response yet.
> > So, I know what you mean about needing a guide to do activities with 
> > and finding no one. I can and do exercise alone at a gym such as by 
> > using the seated bikes or treadmills but I do so much desire to do 
> > some outside
> walks
> > or biking and go with someone so I can focus on the walk and 
> > exercise,
> not
> > my mobility skills.
> > I also want more social connections either from the church or elsewhere.
> >
> > It sounds like you have other disabilities given how this is written 
> > and how you write here. I do not know your full situation. I'm just 
> > speculating.
> > It would be helpful to know what you really mean. So far your emails 
> > are vague saying that You simply are not accepted and you are not 
> > finding connections.
> > What do you want to do? Some examples? What were some things you 
> > tried
> and
> > were rejected from?
> > Saying you have lack of opportunity does not tell us much.
> >
> > I do not mean to be critical but you have written things like this 
> > before and it comes up year after year.
> > Only by getting specific can we help some.
> >
> > Writing things like this
> > " It is like people have been so hazatant to do anything or to 
> > support me or help me find those opportunities either as part of a 
> > church or even ministry and stuff like that."
> > Does not say much.
> >
> > Have you tried finding connections through a community website? Here 
> > we have www.meetup.com, but I'm not sure you have that.
> > I've not used this myself, but I know it's a way to find groups to 
> > meet
> up
> > with.
> >
> > I do hope you find something. If there is a Christian ministry for 
> > the blind in Canada where you are, maybe you can help them, even if 
> > its remotely.
> > Here in the USA we have Christian Record Services and Lutheran 
> > Braille Workers; both are far from my home of VA but I've considered 
> > trying to do something with them  remotely. Maybe writing something 
> > or conducting something over a video platform like zoom.
> >
> > You have to educate people about your abilities too. You may not be 
> > asked to help as they do not know what you can do or how you can do 
> > it, so do educate them.
> >
> > Anyways, with more specifics, maybe we can give more suggestions.
> >
> > Ashley
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Faith-Talk <faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of andrew 
> > edgcumbe via Faith-Talk
> > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2024 10:27 PM
> > To: Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion 
> > <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: andrew edgcumbe <rollercoasterman86 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Faith-Talk] serving and connection
> >
> > Hi
> > My name is Andrew for those who don't know me.
> >
> > I have just had struggle after struggle with  just being able to 
> > serve as part of a church body and stuff like that other then maybe 
> > music and
> stuff
> > like that.
> > To me the experience is they don't know what to do with me because 
> > of my blindness and stuff like that.
> > It is like people have been so hazatant to do anything or to support 
> > me
> or
> > help me find those opportunities either as part of a church or even 
> > ministry and stuff like that.
> > The answer I always get is just pray about it while we should do 
> > that
> and i
> > been doing that all along but faith should be followed up by action 
> > to
> and
> > stuff like that.
> >
> >
> > While I don't know other area's speciffically my church is a very 
> > small church so it is limited but I want to find christian 
> > ministries who actually let blind people serve even if it is from 
> > home or some other way.
> >
> > The other area is that i have trouble making connections that really
> foster
> > into more then just sunday morning fellowship.
> > I have tried to find hiking partners and finding other things.
> > i reached out to couple of the other churches for walking buddies 
> > and
> stuff
> > like that and just other people whom perhaps i can really make 
> > connection with from a church to do coffee with or do other things 
> > with and I don't know they are afraid of the fact i am blind I don't know what it is.
> > I just been really looking for answers as to what to do with myself 
> > like
> i
> > have few people in building i connect with but they have 
> > disabilities
> that
> > keep them from doing walks with me or  other adventures I would like 
> > to
> be
> > able to go on and stuff like that.
> >
> > I struggle making connection through or  church or community  like I 
> > said even a buddy of mine has tried to talk to t others about  
> > others about walking with me or what not but there is great 
> > hazatation and never had
> any
> > luck weather it is walking or ki hiking and stuff like that.  or 
> > even people to really connect with.
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