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Help ReconcilingWorks welcome and celebrate the 750th Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church (Indianapolis, IN). Their welcome statement reads: "Our Redeemer Lutheran Church has committed to being a Reconciling in Christ congregation. We all are one in the body of Christ. None of us is greater or lesser in the eyes of God. You are welcome, whoever you are: queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and straight; rich and poor; transgender and cisgender; young and old; th...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (Woburn, MA). Their welcome statement reads: "Living out the unconditional love of God, in Christ, we the people of Redeemer welcome you. We honor you, and all that makes you who you are: your sexual orientation, your gender identity, your race, your ethnicity, your age, your physical or mental challenges, your financial resources, your family circumstances." Learn more about ...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Our Third Space (Gresham, OR). Their welcome statement reads: “All Are Welcome! If you are Asian, Hispanic, Black or White… If you are male or female or transgender.... If you are three days old, 30 years old, or 103 years old… If you’ve never stepped foot in a church; or if you are Buddhist, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, agnostic, or are a lifelong Lutheran… If you are single, partnered, marri...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill (Saint Paul, MN). Their welcome statement reads: “Our mission statement describes our congregational identity as a 'diverse people brought together by the grace of God.' That identity is inclusive of all people – of every race, national origin, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental ability, socio-economic status, famil...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Christ the King Lutheran Church (Nashua, NH). Their welcome statement reads: “We are a diverse, caring, open, and affirming community composed of people of all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and gender identities united in Christ. We ask questions, grow, pray, laugh, cry, make music, and break bread together. Wherever you are on your journey, we invite you to join us in the mission we s...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church (Seattle, WA). Their welcome statement reads: “As people made one in the waters of baptism, we believe our lives and faith are strengthened by diversity. We strive to be a community that welcomes people of every ability, age, citizenship status, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, language, life circumstance, marital status, political perspective, race, and sexual orientat...

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Emanuel Lutheran Church (Dallas, TX). Their welcome statement reads: “We, as members of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Dallas, Texas welcome all who are seeking God’s love and grace. We welcome all because God welcomes all, regardless of race or culture, country of origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or relationship status. We welcome all without regard to addictions, physical or menta...

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. Just as Jesus welcomed all people, especially those looked down upon and judged by o...

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 bodied. Specially abled. Disabled. Young....

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 God and a Christian community, GROW together in faith, and SERVE God and God’s creation, and by the Gospel to seek reconci...