Short answers to common questions about sight loss and the church, helping you to welcome and include blind and partially sighted people in your congregation.
A blind person keeps tripping over things and refuse all offers of help (Insights Episode 65)
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In this episode Matthew and Linn discuss what to do if you have a blind person in your congregation who won’t accept any practcal help, perhaps because they have yet to come to terms with their sight loss, or because they’re finding the subject difficult for any other reason.
In conversation with Rev Melissa Carter Part 2. (Insights Episode 64
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In the second part of the conversation with Ordained priest Melissa Carter, Melissa and Linn talks about the spiritual side to studying theology as well as Melissa’s passion for children’s spirituality.
In Conversation with Rev Melissa Carter Part 1 (Insights Episode 63)
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In this episode, Linn chats to Melissa Carter who is an ordained priest for The Church of England. and registered blind. Melissa talks about her calling to the priesthood at the age of 17, how working in conveyancing prepared her for the role and then the practical aspects and challenges of the training itself.
Thy Kingdom Come with Jean Kerr (Insights Episode 62)
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On this weeks episode, Linn is joined by Jean Kerr from Thy Kingdom Come. They talk about its history, what Thy Kingdom Come done to include blind and partially sighted people and how they’re hoping to further improve their accessibility. Please email [email protected] with your feedback and suggestions.“>
Coronation resources from Torch (Insights Episode 61)
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Saturday 6 May sees the coronation of King Charles III and for many, this is the first and in some cases the only coronation they will witness. in this episode, Linn talks to Keren Mallinson, head at client services at Torch about two coronation related resources Torch has produced to mark the occasion.
A blind person wants to take on a leadership role, but doesn't have the technical skills to cope (Insights Episode 60)
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One of your congregation members are blind and would like to take on a leadership role and they have all the skills required except technology skills. In this episode we discuss why that might be, ways they can get training and workarounds that can still insure their full inclusion and participation.
How do you deal with someone who wants to be helpful, but is unintentionally causing more of a hindrance? (Insights Episode 59)
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A new blind or partially sighted person has just started coming to your church. You have a very helpful congregation member who goes out of their way to welcome them and give them all the help they need. However, the help seems to be more of a hindrance to them. In this episode we discuss how to deal with this scenario.
A blind or partially sighted person is not happy that their accessibility needs weren't met on day 1 (Insights episode 58)
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You are an SLFC and a blind or partially sighted person came to visit, only to complain that their access needs weren’t properly met. In this episode we discuss how a church can be proactive so that this is less likely to happen as well as how visitors can prepare to get the best possible experience.
How to deal with a blind or partially sighted person who is taking over a prayer group with their personal issues? (Insights episode 57)
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Imagine if you’re running a prayer group and one of your members who happens to be visually impaired, is taking over the group with their personal issues and this having a negative effect on other group members as well as the leaders. In this episode we discuss what may lead a person to behave like that and how to deal with it effectively, yet tactfully so everybody in the group gets heard.
How to build an accessible church website (Insights episode 56)
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With several platforms offering easy tools and templates, building a website has never been easier. In this episode we offer up some tips and tricks to make sure your church website is as user friendly as possible.
