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ENS - Episcopal Church’s advocacy for LGBTQ people pre-dates Stonewall uprising

6/19/2019

 
 > CLICK HERE TO READ THE EPISCOPAL NEWS SERVICE (ENS)
NEWS RELEASE ABOUT ADVOCACY FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE
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The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan June 23rd, 4 pm, Evensong and Pride Celebration

6/14/2019

 
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Join the choir, cathedral congregation members and guests for a special evensong. 

This Evensong will joyfully commemorate 50 years since the iconic Stonewall rebellion with music by LGBTQ composers and prayer in the tradition of the great Cathedrals of the Anglican Communion.

As the evensong service ends, "Names Project" quilts will be unfolded, followed by a festive party with food, dancing and entertainment. 

The quilts will remain on display in the nave through the Pride march which takes place the following Sunday, and then displayed in the cathedral bays until the end of the year. 

For information on events in the Diocese of New York: https://www.dioceseny.org/ednyevent/2019-nyc-worldpride-stonewall-50-march/  
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's Pride Month statement honors LGBTQ Episcopalians

6/12/2019

 
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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
  > Click here for the complete Presiding Bishop's Pride Month Statement,
​as reported by Episcopal News Service
"Especially this month, I offer special thanks to God for the strength of the LGBTQ community and for all that you share with your spouses, partners and children, with your faith communities, and indeed with our entire nation."

Mass for Pride, St. John's Lutheran Church, Manhattan, Sunday, June 23 at 5:00 pm

6/9/2019

 
As part of June PRIDE celebrations, the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will host a Mass for Pride to start Pride Week at St. John's Lutheran Church on Christopher Street in Manhattan on Sunday, June 23 at 5 pm.

The Rev. Amanda Nelson, Executive Director of "Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries," will preside.  And the Rev. Kevin Strickland, former and recent Assistant to the Presiding Bishop of the ELCA and now Bishop-Elect of the ELCA Southeastern Synod, will preach.

A reception following the mass will provide a time for fellowship.

St. John's Church, 81 Christopher St, Manhattan. (212) 242-5737
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Meet Amanda Nelson

I grew up in southeastern Massachusetts, in between Boston and Providence, RI and am a true New England girl at heart. I attended the Lutheran church my great-grandparents helped to form and received much of my faith formation there. I attended Wheaton College in Norton, MA and majored in International Relations and German Studies.

After college, I worked at a Domestic and Sexual Violence agency before following my call to the ministry of word and sacrament and attending Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. In April 2015, I was called to be the pastor of Faith Lutheran Church and the community of East Hartford, Connecticut.

In 2017 I was called to serve as the Executive Director of Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries.

 The work of ELM began when two San Francisco congregations – St. Francis Lutheran Church and First United Lutheran Church – extended calls to openly gay and lesbian pastors, in violation of ELCA policy.  These actions led in 1990 to the formation of Lutheran Lesbian & Gay Ministries which provided financial support for calls to LGBTQIA+ pastors. 

In 1993, the Extraordinary Candidacy Project was created to provide a credentialing process for publicly-identified LGBTQIA+ people called to Lutheran ministry.

These groups worked together until 2007, when the two groups merged to form Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries.  The newly formed ELM defined its mission as expanding ministry opportunities for LGBTQIA+ people called to ordained Lutheran ministry.

Meet Kevin Stickland

The Rev. Kevin Strickland was elected bishop Sunday, June 2, of the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). 

He is the second openly gay man elected bishop of one of the ELCA's 65 synods. Bishop-Elect Stickland also is married.

ELCA churches in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee are part of the Southeastern Synod.

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June 19, 7 pm, New Rochelle Interfath Pride Prayer Service with LOFT Pride Chorus

6/7/2019

 
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Nearby Pride Month Events in the Diocese of New York

6/4/2019

 
>  CLICK HERE FOR THE LISTING OF MORE THAN 25 PRIDE MONTH EVENTS, MANY IN CHURCHES, IN THE NEARBY EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW YORK
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The St. Jude Mission Center in Seaford Honors Diversity in Pride Month (June)

6/2/2019

 
For Immediate Release
June 2, 2019
Sunday, June 2, the St. Jude Mission Center at St. Michael and All Angels, Seaford, recognized the diversity of Southeast Nassau while remembering the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots by raising the rainbow flag and trans flag along with the American flag.

The St. Jude Mission Center is home of Epicene, a peer-led transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary support group, funded through Episcopal Ministries of Long Island and The Church of St. Jude, Wantagh. It is affiliated with The Transgender Resource Center of Long Island, Inc.

The Mission Center also houses The Mother and Child Ministry (serving babies, toddlers, children, and their parents), Heaven's Harvest Food Pantry, the Peanut Butter and Jelly Brigade, and several support groups.

The St. Jude Mission Center at St. Michael and All Angels in Seaford is the outreach center of the Church of St. Jude (Episcopal) in Wantagh, a welcoming community of faith that embraces and serves all of God’s children, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or socio-economic condition.

​The center was dedicated February 26, 2017 by the Bishop of Long Island, the Rt. Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano. And, it was recognized by The Bethpage Best of Long Island Competition as the best not-for-profit in 2018.

According to The Very Rev. Christopher D. Hofer, "We are committed to serving those in society who are considered outcasts." He added, "As followers of Jesus, we seek to love everyone as he did. Raising the Pride and Trans flag is one way to outwardly demonstrate our full acceptance and embrace of the LGBTQ community and the Island's diversity."
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In the photo: The American Flag, Pride Rainbow Flag, and Trans Flag at St. Michael and All Angels (Episcopal), Seaford, NY

Photo Credit: Fr. Christopher Hofer

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