Three resources on web accessibility:
Church website design tips: things to DO
Here are three guidelines for legibility from
Effective Color Contrast
1. Exaggerate lightness differences between foreground and background
colors, and avoid using colors of similar lightness adjacent to one another,
even if they differ in saturation or hue.
2. Choose dark colors with hues from the bottom half of […]
The following publications are available at Partners for Sacred Places :
Accessible Faith: A Technical Guide for Accessibility in Houses of Worship
(2003) By Elizabeth A. Patterson and Neal A. Vogel, published by the Retirement Research Foundation. The core of this 52-page guide deals with practical solutions to eliminating physical, auditory, and visual barriers, and to […]
Suggested Use:
1. Multiple readings throughout the service.
2. Select several Leader/People/ALL segments to use once in the service.
3. Read the entire litany as a prayer with a pause between segments for silent reflection followed by an Amen before reading the next segment.
From Genesis 1, 12 and 21; Psalms 8 and 139
ALL: […]
L: We welcome you, “(Dog’s Name).”
P: We give thanks to God for your gentle yet determined personality.
L: We trust you to assist “(Name of Dog’s Partner).”
P: We are grateful for this gift to her/him from a caring, sustaining Creator. We
appreciate your training and your passion already […]
A Reading the Signs column . . . A Can-do Forum about accessibility for the whole church family.
By guest writer, the Rev. Ross Tyler, Vine Congregational Church, UCC, Lincoln, NE
To have an elevator from the lower church school classrooms level, to the south entry atrium level, and up to the sanctuary/narthex/church office level was […]
A Reading the Signs column
I no longer recall which came first, the fall on an icy sidewalk that necessitated a lesson for Treasure in how to dog guide a walker-using partner or the timely Christmas letter from Rachel Scott. My friend of years is a retired nurse/instructor in gerontology who has mastered the graceful […]
A Reading the Signs column written by Jo Ackerman, Pastor at Clay Center, NE
When I have complained to others about my failing eye sight and how frustrated I am with cooking directions that are printed in the smallest of type on the “side” of the box or the struggle to read information that is printed […]
By Jo Ackerman, Pastor of Clay Center, Nebraska
The Nebraska Conference is proud of its churches that are making an effort to be accessible to all of God’s people. The term “accessible,” as used in many of our churches, means being able to gain entrance to the building. Some churches have constructed ramps and installed elevators; […]
The second Sunday of October 8, Access Sunday, launches Disabilities Awareness Week. Consider incorporating into worship this blessing of tools that bring fullness of life to individuals and your church.
Hint: Mention the blessing in newsletter and church so folk can determine what objects, architectural changes, and other devices bring them […]
What inspires a flock of geese to shape a V or a church to focus its energy?
“The greatest thing is a matter of dignity,” said Wayne Heathers, member of First Congregational Church UCC of Curtis, NE. “You might not understand that, if you have never been shut out from something.”
He chaired the five-member committee after […]