[Faith-Talk] Our Ministries.

[Judy Jones]

Hi, Shley and Christopher,

My husband, Chris, and I have always used braille as our preferred media.

Back when I started teaching, it was hard-copy all the way, and now, it's through our notetakers.

Chris used to have a file cabinet full of messages, alphabetized in their braille-labeled folders.

Chris would copy the passages he needed to use into his messages from his hard-copy braille Bible. We each had one, which definitely took up shelf space.

Now, everything is stored on notetakers, and he still copies and pastes passages into his messages. He preaches from it at the pulpit, as I did when teach Sunday school, while mine is in my lap or on my shoulder when in the congregation.

When we need to stand, I can also hold in one hand and read with the other, or if I am using the case with a shoulder strap, have it positioned in front of me.

I'm currently using a padded Bible case that fits it perfectly, with extra pockets for storage.

I also have my Bible study materials stored on it, plus several Bible versions.

The notetakers we use are the Selvas BS6 running Android. While it has it's own set of apps, we can also download from the play store.

We use them to access the internet when away from home by hooking them up to our phones and using them as hotspots.

Technology has certainly come a long way!

We still use our Perkins brailler, but not to the extent we used to.

I did have an embosser when self-employed as a transcriber, but no longer have it, and were already using notetakers back then: The Braille Lite.

  



Judy
sent from the HIMS Android braille tablet

----- Original Message -----
From: Ashley Bramlett via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:03 PM
To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion" <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
CC: bookwormahb at earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [Faith-Talk] Our Ministries.

Hi Chris,
Thanks for sharing! What type of church?
I grew up Protestant although for a while attended a large non
denominational church and have gone back to the small Methodist church.
How do you know what to say? Do you use braille notes to preach? If so, how
did that come about?
 
Braille embossing is expensive and my embosser which is very old does not
work well. I can write notes by hand on a Perkins brailler but can only
write so much since my hands are tired after a while.
So, how do you handle it?
 
I do not preach or do public speaking now for anything. But if I did
participate in ministry, I'd likely use some sort of braille notes as
reminders what to say and the action plan. For instance, if I led activities
in the youth group, I'd want an outline of what to do to remind myself what
to do.
 
 
Thanks.
Ashley
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