Reconciling Works

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Holy Angels Evangelical Lutheran Church (Wilmerding, PA). Their welcome statement reads: “Holy Angels Evangelical Lutheran Parish is an evangelical catholic congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are a community of Christian believers gathered around the precious gifts, from God, of Word and Sacrament. […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Trinity Lutheran Church (West Bend, WI). Their welcome statement reads: “Skeptic. Cynic. Certain. Believer. Confident. Fearful. Doubter. Seeker. Questioner. Latino. Black. Asian. White. Indigenous. Immigrant. Any combination of ethnic or racial identities. Female. Male. Straight. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Questioning. Rich. Poor. Middle-class. Barely making it. Able […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Spirit Alive Church (Pleasant Prairie, WI). Their welcome statement reads: “Spirit Alive Church, Pleasant Prairie, WI is a Reconciling in Christ congregation. What does this mean? As followers of Christ, all members of Spirit Alive are compelled To REACH out to all people, CONNECT them to […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Faith Lutheran Church (Cambridge, MA). Their welcome statement reads: “You are welcome at Faith Lutheran Church, you and your sexual orientation, gender identity, race, culture, and economic circumstances. If you are addicted, sick, or disabled, you may find that some of us are too. If you struggle […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Fort Hays University Lutheran Student Group “Us 4 You” (Hays, KS). Their welcome statement reads: “Come as you are. Serve as you can. “Come as you are” = Come devout. Come skeptical. Come LGBTQQIA. Come straight. Come Lutheran. Come Catholic. Come any faith. Come no defined faith. […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Grace Lutheran Church (Needham, MA). Their welcome statement reads: “We, the congregation of Grace Lutheran Church in Needham, Massachusetts, are called to be a reflection of the light of Christ in the world. We believe that all are welcome at God’s table, and we invite all […]

49 Synod assemblies, 75+ volunteers, about 12,000 Lutherans and hundreds of important, life-giving, and life-saving conversations about hospitality, inclusion, and celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the Lutheran church.  Those are just a few ways ReconcilingWorks can describe the 2017 Synod Assembly season.ReconcilingWorks extends a warm “Thank You!” to the 75+ volunteers […]

As students leave colleges, universities, and seminaries for the summer, ReconcilingWorks wants to take a moment and celebrate the witness higher education institutions have in our church. One of the ways these schools do this is by extending a specific welcome to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities with their status as a […]