[Magdalen] Religion Without God?

[Marion Thompson]

At my longtime church we had a second station at the front of the nave 
for those who were less-able, or not able, to negotiate the stairs up to 
the chancel.  What a place for stairs that church was! About 9 different 
levels hither and yon.  An elevator was built to service the three basic 
levels and a serious ramp.  It was all very complicated.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 12/29/2014 5:59 PM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> From: Jon Egger
>
>> What Russ+ does is bring communion to the pew for the regulars who have
>> step problems.  Any new people, in a chair or with a cane...I ask 
>> them if
>> we may bring communion to them.  It's always comforting to such 
>> visitors to
>> know they don't have to deal with our steps.
>
> First, sometime during the administration, or last as in the 
> differently abled are an afterthought?
>
> If there's an assistant or Deacon, it might be appropriate to bring 
> the communion down while others are doing the steps.
>
> An even better idea is to remove the first 2-3 rows of pews and set up 
> a table altar with no steps and no ramp necessary. Rare is the TEC 
> parish where every seat is needed and filled every Sunday.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
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