News & resources on the open & affirming process
Events & conversations
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(ongoing)- If you haven't yet participated in the ONA Core Team's survey, you can pick up (or return) a survey in the vestry, or take the survey online at this link. And see the memo below for the initial results!
July 21 - Rev. Ben Perry and Pastor Andi will lead a Bible study that brings new scholarship and interpretive lenses to the biblical passages that have historically been read as anti-LGBTQ. August 4 - Rev. Ben Perry will preach in Sunday worship, and lead a discussion afterwards about queer theology. |
Resources
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For an overview on what Open & Affirming means, and how the process works, click here.
The Outreach Guide to the Bible and Homosexuality - Biblical scholars like Walter Brueggemann and Amy-Jill Levine provide new perspectives on reading biblical passages that have historically been used to justify an anti-LGBTQ stance.
"10 Bible Passages That Teach a Christian Perspective on Homosexuality," a recent article in Sojourner's Magazine, points to the biblical basis for an open & affirming stance.
Copies of Walter Wink's publication Homosexuality and the Bible are available outside Pastor Andi's office.
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selected SERMONS
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"We are family" - a sermon on belonging, preached 6/9/2024
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"Where All May Be One" - a sermon for Pride Sunday, 6/28/2023
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"Across the Lines" - a sermon on reaching across the lines with which we divide ourselves, preached 3/12/2023
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Communications and documents
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ONA team update on survey results from June 26 News & Notes
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Draft covenant shared at May 19 open meeting
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ONA team communication from March 13 News & Notes
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ONA team report on congregational conversations from February 7 News & Notes. (File is password-protected - call or email the church for the password!)
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Communication from Church Council, announcing the formation of the ONA Core Team, October 2023.
Communication from Church Council announcing the start of the ONA process, July 2023
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