MAKING CHURCH ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
Including disabled people in church life
By Tony Phelps-Jones et al. BRF. 143 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978 0 857 461 575
I once interviewed a 96-year-old who was dismayed that she could no longer go to church. Her old legs could no longer navigate the three feet of cobbles on the path in front of the entrance.
She had been an active member and was known to many, but only one person visited, once a month, to give communion and to collect her tithe. Amazed, I telephoned the pastor. About the sparse monthly visit he said, sadly, everyone was so busy these days. Yes, it was true the cobbles were a feature of the path, but they were only a few feet wide and no one had thought about it.
