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Family Equality Council WikiAn online database maintained collaboratively by people around the country, containing info about LGBTQ-family-friendly places of worship, schools, adoption agencies, towns / vacation spots, family laws by state, and doctors, therapists, etc. For the Bible Tells Me So: A Study Guide and Advocacy Training CurriculumCreated to accompany the film For the Bible Tells Me So, this user-friendly guide will enable anyone to facilitate a moving conversation about the Bibl...

Affirm UnitedAffirm United/S'Affirmer Ensemble (AU/AE) is an organization of persons working through education and social integration for the welcoming of diverse peoples, especially the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in the life and work of the United Church. AU/AE is composed of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and so it is open to all people within the United Church of Canada who support these goals. AffirmationUnited Methodists for lesbian,...

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TransLutherans is an affinity group of ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation. The primary goals of TransLutherans are several-fold: • to lift up and provide support for transgender and gender non-conforming people;• to call out to the people of God to welcome us as part of God’s sacred creation;• to educate others about transgender and gender non-conforming people and the issues we face;• to advocate for welcome and full inclusion of transgender and gender nonconforming people in th...

Sharon Bost, Canton, GeorgiaI continue to contribute to ReconcilingWorks because . . . I have seen how hard the organization has worked over the past decade to promote full inclusion in the church and how supportive they have been to parents, friends and allies of LGBT persons. I have personally benefited from the educational opportunities offered in a variety of ways from conferences attended, to materials to study, to networking and making new friendships. Thus, I have become more vocal in my ...

Workshops at Reconciling Works 2012 are scheduled for Sunday, July 8, 4:30 – 5:30 pm and Monday, July 9, 9:00 – 10:00 am.  All are one-hour long.  The catalogue of workshops being offered is listed below.  The schedule of their presentation, including day/time and room assignments, will be available at Luther Place Memorial Lutheran Church when checking in at registration.  Only the International Workshop, “Addressing Reconciliation and the Intersection of Oppression on a Global Basis,” will be ...

  Click here for a downloadable Reconciling Lutherans sign-up sheet that can be used as a bulletin insert. Each name added to this public roster of Reconciling Lutherans will strengthen the call to the church to become truly welcoming and inclusive. By revealing the true depth and breadth of support for change, the Reconciling Lutherans roster will give courage to all members and leaders, bringing closer the day when all are truly welcome. Reconciling Lutherans is to individuals ...

Where All Can Safely Live - Revised and Expanded! A guide to understanding bullying in our communities, how to talk about it, and how to prevent it. This anti-bullying curriculum is an introduction to what bullying is, how it functions, and why we as Christians are called to prevent it from happening in our communities. It was developed with the help of the staff at the Pacific Violence Prevention Institute, from the pioneering research on bullying by Dan Olweus, and materials created by the Un...