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Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Immanuel Lutheran Church (Vancouver, WA). Their welcome statement reads: "Our conviction that God made us all unique and valuable means we welcome you to bring your whole self with your own perspectives, abilities, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and cultural background to this community where all belong and have a purpose." Learn more about Immanuel Lutheran Church at: http://www.immanuelvan...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Jubilee Collective (Vancouver, WA). Their welcome statement reads: "Jubilee Collective believes the church needs to move beyond welcome and start to practice radical affirmation. We not only affirm the sacredness of LGBTQIA+, two-spirited, and other oppressed peoples who have historically been hurt by the church, we center their voice and lived experiences whenever possible and welcome their leadership. This ...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Faith Lutheran Church (Fairlawn, OH). Their welcome statement reads: "In response to God’s unconditional love and grace, the people of Faith Lutheran Church seek to follow Jesus’ commandment to love God, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. We express that love in our welcome of people of all ages, races, economic status, intellectual and physical abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Treehouse Ministries (College Station, TX). Their welcome statement reads: "Greetings from Treehouse, the Lutheran Campus Ministry (ELCA) at Texas A&M and the Blinn Colleges! We are a grace-filled, Christ-centered community, welcoming to all students and young adults. That includes you! Whether Aggie/Buc, silly/serious, quiet/crazyoutgoing, conservative/liberal, country kid/city kid, LGBTQIA+/straight, ...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: First Lutheran Church (Cincinnati, OH). Their welcome statement reads: "Through Jesus Christ, God chooses everyone to be part of God’s own family. Through the Spirit, the First Lutheran Cincinnati faith community chooses to embrace you in peace, whatever your age, ability, socioeconomic background, race, culture, faith, language, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, relationship status, or ...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Lutheran Church of the Resurrection (Cincinnati, OH). Their welcome statement reads: "We welcome all people created in the image of God, Creator of the universe inclusive of: race, culture, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression; relationship or social status; abilities or disabilities; outcast or stranger; typical or atypical skills; how the world describes you or you describe yourself. We in...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Christ the King Lutheran Church (Colorado Springs, CO). Their welcome statement reads: "At Christ the King, we celebrate diversity and how it enriches, nurtures, and expands our lives. We affirm the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as those of any nation, age, ability, race, ethnicity, belief, socio-economic status, sex, and others who have been hurt, estranged, or made to feel separated from the family of God. We...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: St. John's Lutheran Church (Melrose Park, PA). Their welcome statement reads: "St. John's Lutheran Church is a Reconciling in Christ Congregation. At St. John's Lutheran Church, we welcome all because God welcomes all. We welcome all without regard to race, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or relationship status. We welcome all without regard to economic circumstances, physical ...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Faith Lutheran Church (Roseburg, OR). Their welcome statement reads: "We are a church that shares a living, daring confidence in God's grace. Liberated by our faith, we embrace everyone as a whole person, with questions, doubts, complexities and all. We are moved by God's grace to welcome all who have ever felt marginalized, no matter your gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, ...