Hearing the Story of LGBTQIA+ Rostered Leaders
ReconcilingWorks prays your PRIDE season is one filled love, celebration, and advocacy! As ReconcilingWorks strives to live out our mission of “advocating for the acceptance, full participation, and liberation of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions within the Lutheran Church” one important piece is to learn more about the stories and experiences of LGBTQIA+ Rostered...Continue reading→
A New RIC Community: Calvary Lutheran Church (Hauppauge, NY)
Help ReconcilingWorks welcome a new Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Calvary Lutheran Church in Hauppauge, New York. Their welcome statement reads: “Calvary is committed to fostering a diverse community— one where all can receive and share God’s love, and this means everyone, including you! Calvary welcomes… people of varying sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender...Continue reading→
Remembering the Emanuel Nine
We remember, Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lee Lance, the Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Tywanza Kibwe Diop Sanders, the Rev. Daniel Lee Simmons, the Rev. Myra Singleton Quarles Thompson, and the honorable state senator and pastor of the church, the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney. Confessing Racism: A Lament for the...Continue reading→