[Faith-Talk] Our Ministries.

[andrew edgcumbe]

well i have found braille is hard to get.
I started and did most of my schooling through regular school with the
sighted students but  I only got to read grade one braille or could have
been called level 1 braille.
The school for the blind called w ross macDonald for the blind here in
Ontario the resource teacher told me there was no need for me to learn
grade 2 braille.



On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 6:03 AM Judy Jones via Faith-Talk <
faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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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