Help ReconcilingWorks welcome a recent Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community:
Christ Lutheran Church in Aptos, California.
Their welcome statement reads:
“Yes – all are not just welcome but honored and essential here!
Alongside our identity as a Reconciling in Christ congregation, Christ Lutheran Church is a community of people who welcomes, includes, celebrates, and advocates for women, people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions in all aspects of church life and ministry.
CLC has long worked for racial equity. And also, we realize that we are imperfect in this all-important striving for equity and unity. As complex humans, we miss the mark a lot and constantly need grace, forgiveness, and the Work of the Holy Spirit to continually see our flaws and limitations and make us whole again. It is a joyful work in progress, like life itself. We are constantly learning.
We trust in God, who works with the messes we so often create and who is much bigger than our failure to love. And we lean on each other for support, honesty, mercy, and love. In short, we do our best not to categorize people by gender, sexuality, race, class or any other measure.
People here delight most in being known as “child of God.”“
Learn more about Christ Lutheran Church at: www.ChristLutheranAptos.org