Category: religion
Everyone’s welcome, pee before you come
I’m like a broken record, discovering the same thing over and over again.
Tonight we rehearsed at Boulder Seventh Day Adventist Church. Inadequate parking, overly steep ramp, no flat area in front of the door, four steps up to to the chancel, no accessible restroom. Pee before you come.
I dug back into old email from when [...]
Rolling the Labyrinth
This is cool:
Nuns open wheelchair accessible labyrinth
I burn with shame
Despite her use of the unfortunate “confined to a wheelchair”, here is a minister who now gets it:
A few months later, the decision was made to move our regular weekly worship to a new location due to the space limits at the park rec center. A local AME Zion church in our neighborhood opened their [...]
(Full Post)The Cathedral Church of St. John, Albuquerque
Website: http://www.stjohnsabq.org/home/Welcome.html
Parking:
on the street (metered, Albuquerque allows handicapped parking permit holders to park at meters for free)
church lot on the northeast corner of property, no permit spaces
commercial parking lot across the street to the north, no charge on Sundays
Building access:
The building is accessible via the northeast entrance; all other entrances have steps. There is no [...]
Pigs May Have Flown - News at 11
I have just been invited to sing at the re-dedication of Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church, re-opening after many months of construction.
Longtime readers may recall my frustration with this church - I am not a member, but my choir rehearses there, and will again once they are open for business. I have not had the opportunity [...]
The Archbishop of York, at least trilingual
Via the Ouch! Weblog:
Dr Sentamu turns his enthronement into a party
When it came to the Peace - which the Archbishop signed for the deaf, as he did all his key pronouncements - that, too, was made joyful by the Luo Dancers and Singers, Mothers’ Union members from Stratford. Dressed in white silk with blue sashes, [...]
Up-front and Gracious Ramp
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Church extends welcome mat.
“A lot of people go at the question of access and ramps as a necessary evil,” said Beyreis, who runs a one-person firm called Architectural Environments Studio. “But the church’s mission was to be open to everyone. So the ramp needed to be as up-front and as [...]
Wanted: Pianist
Santiago Episcopal Church in Lafayette, Colorado, is looking for pianist. They would be looking for an organist, but Santiago is a mission church currently meeting in a school, so no organ. They already have a choir director. They seem like very nice people.
(Full Post)Nebraska church makes worship and fellowship more accessible
Nebraska church makes worship and fellowship more accessible
“Our members need to do more for our church to reach out to the disabled,” Peterson said. “We learn so much from them about our own faith walks, and learn to look at life from a different perspective.”
(Full Post)Making Churches Accessible
Via Scott, Making Churches Accessible: Activist Asks Houses of Worship to Open Their Doors.
I have to give NPR an Obfuscated Website award, though - their search feature seems to be hopeless. Even if you use the exact title and date of a story from their website, their search function won’t find it. Even if [...]
Trinity Lutheran
The new choir (well, half of it, anyway) provided the anthem at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boulder this morning. Trinity seems to be a very disability-friendly church - I counted 3 wheelchairs (including me), many elderly worshippers using various mobility devices, and several people using the audio enhancement system.
(Full Post)The Communion of Saints, Part V
Our story so far:
The Communion of Saints
The Communion of Saints, Part II
The Communion of Saints, Part III
The Communion of Saints, Part IV
A lot of email has flown around on this issue the last few days.
The church has decided to defer restroom renovations. They are launching (again!) a Capital Campaign for renovations.
I asked them to re-configure [...]
The Communion of Saints, Part IV
Lord, give me patience, and give it to me now!
Our story so far:
The Communion of Saints
The Communion of Saints, Part II
The Communion of Saints, Part III
With its $50,000, the church has managed to cut back two pews and put in one curbcut. No sign of any bathroom construction, and I’m trying to find out why.
In [...]
The Communion of Saints, Part III
Congregational meeting this morning - the estimate for refitting two bathrooms and putting in two curb cuts came to $14,400 and was approved unanimously.
After the service the minister thanked me for pushing them. The good guys won - now I want to see some contruction!
For the rest of the story:
The Communion of Saints
The Communion of [...]
The Communion of Saints, Part II
Yesterday I attended a meeting at the Inaccessible Church, and came away with real mixed feelings.
The purpose of the meeting was to get an estimate for accessibility changes to present to the congregation. There was an accessibility consultant who was referred to me by the local Center for People with Disabilities, and a contractor, recommended [...]
The Communion of Saints
Churches in the US are not subject to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, because we believe that it is important in our society not to subject religious institutions to (some of) the government’s whims.
Which is why, 13 years after the ADA, the church in which my choir rehearses does not have a [...]
Albany
Weekend trip to Albany! We went to see an exhibit at the New York State Museum called The Great New York Motorcycle Show, and really enjoyed it. We were very lucky with US Airways - four flights, and the gate agent preboarded me every time, and the flight crew were relaxed and happy to stow [...]
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