Fw: [TSSF-studies] Dealing with the inundation of e.mails

[Robin Minney]

Yes, Rev. David Boddy is chaplain to the Northumbria Deaf Mission and is
well up in sign language.  He lives in NE area, address: Thje Vicarage,
Shotton Colliery, Durham DH4 2JW; tel 0191-5261156.  Both he and wife Alice
are tertiaries.

Must rush now, sorry, off to Ethiopia!!

Peace and Joy, Robin Minney


----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Pullen" <diane at catscottage.wanadoo.co.uk>
To: <tssf-studies at justus.anglican.org>
Sent: den 31 januari 2006 15:28
Subject: Re: Fw: [TSSF-studies] Dealing with the inundation of e.mails


> I agree with Val. Think this is a really good idea as it does keep you in
> touch with one another and with theological thinking.  Let me introduce
> myself.
> My name is Diane Pullen,and recently moved to live in Horsham West Sussex
> June 2005. Professed in Burley Hampshire 2004 at the age of 55yrs. I was
> born partially deaf, had two miraculous operations, giving me hearing at
> 13yrs of age. Then at 21yrs  my hearing returned to its former status. I
now
> wear two post-aural hearing aids and hear relatively well. I too have a
> theological degree from Southampton University. I am also a qualified
social
> worker working with D/deaf children. Which means I use BSL (British Sign
> Language) to communicate with profoundly deaf children. I have worked for
> many years with culturally Deaf people  and with the Deaf church. It is a
> salutary fact that there is a paucity of Deaf people (I.E. Sign language
> users) in our churches.  Mainly because the primary ways of proclaiming
the
> gospel is via television, radio, newspapers and word of mouth and of
course
> speech, which if not signed is inaccessible to this linguistic minority.
As
> for reaching D/deaf children, well your very blessed indeed if there is
any
> provision for them apart from their  residential specialist schools. I
have
> had it reported that these schools primarily concentrate on Bible stories
> but do not explain about 'faith'.
>     Question:- does anyone know if there are any Deaf (sign language
users)
> in the Franciscan orders anywhere?
> Sadly due to my work, I  have not actually done any theology since
> qualifying. So am looking forward to chatting with others to explore what
> others are doing  and maybe find the encouragement I need to start doing
> 'something'.
> Peace be with you,
> Diane.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Valerie Povey" <valerie.povey at ntlworld.com>
> To: <tssf-studies at justus.anglican.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: [TSSF-studies] Dealing with the inundation of e.mails
>
>
> > What a good idea. My name is Val Povey and I was professed in 1985. I
> > teach musical instruments and have a degree in thology. I am really
sorry
> > that so many theologians have unsubscribed. Their input would have been
> > very valuable indeed. I have been waiting to see how things settled down
> > before I made any contribution at all. I know it takes time for these
> > things to happen. The emails do not take long to read and then they can
be
> > deleted if they are of no further interest. At the moment I am not
> > studying anything particularly Franciscan. I am just refreshing my
> > knowledge about the sacraments of the catholic church but I hope that
this
> > will lead me to more Franciscan study. I have a feeling that I will gain
> > from this list far more than I can contribute. We all need to be
patient.
> >
> >
> > Regards Val
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Walker" <chapeter at surefish.co.uk>
> > To: <tssf-studies at justus.anglican.org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:05 PM
> > Subject: RE: Fw: [TSSF-studies] Dealing with the inundation of e.mails
> >
> >
> >> Like several others I was rather shocked at the number of emails but
want
> >> to
> >> give this a chance to settle down as I think it is  good idea. I use
> >> Outlook
> >> to access my mail and have set up a rule to automatically divert all
> >> messages with "TSSF-Studies" into a special folder. This takes them out
> >> of
> >> my inbox and I can study them at leisure. Another way might be to set
up
> >> a
> >> separate email address if your ISP allows it
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Peter
> >>
> >>
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