[nagdu] Churches

[Lyn Gwizdak]

There's an Assemblies of God church up the street from me and they have 
several blind people and one of those used to have a guide dog - never a 
problem.  Matter of fact, their pastor helped my sister and me move to where 
we live now and i did go to their Bible study for awhile.  The blind people 
there are real active in their church community and treated with equality to 
the other people there.  Their pastor is a former drug addict and he knows 
what it is like to be treated badly and he changed his life in a positive 
way.

Are you saying that the Assemblies of God church near you isn't welcoming to 
you?  that is a real shame if they're like that.

To me, each church is made up of people and you have to find the group of 
people you want to spend time worshipping with.  Some are really good and 
some are really hypocritical.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bertha Avila Guerrero" <guerrero.avila at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Churches


> Cindy, I am Assemblies of God, but since I have not found a  home church I
> called a non-denominational and even a Catholic church, just so we could 
> go
> to an Easter Service.
>
> B A Guerrero and Seeing Eye Dog Godiva
> guerrero.avila at sbcglobal.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:11 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Churches
>
> If you don't mind my asking, what denomination were these churches? The 
> only
> place I've ever been denied admission with a dog is a mosque, and this 
> makes
> sense.
>
> Cindy
>
> On Apr 4, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Bertha Avila Guerrero wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>> I know churches are the only places that can deny us access. I don't
>> understand this since they have to follow ADA regulations for building
>> accessibility.
>> Anyway, I have been in Colorado a year and a half and have not yet
>> found a home church. This has been difficult for me because I am used
>> to be active in church. Well I decided Godiva and I needed to find an
>> Easter service and the two churches I called were friendly enough and
>> would not come out and say we would be denied access.
>> But one told me we would have to sit in the foyer and the security
>> guard would decide if we would be allowed in the sanctuary. Another
>> church told me we would have to sit in the back pew. Needless to say I
>> am very disappointed, and my heart hurts . I had no trouble attending
>> church in Texas when I go back.
>>
>> Well I guess we won't be attending an Easter service.
>>
>> B A Guerrero and Seeing Eye Dog Godiva guerrero.avila at sbcglobal.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
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