Reconciling Works

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: First Lutheran Church (Malden, MA). Their welcome statement reads: First Lutheran Church is called to the ministry of reconciliation. We embrace as a gift the diversity of our neighbor¬hood and the world. We celebrate our human family’s diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, age, […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: St. James Lutheran Church (Western Springs, IL). Their welcome statement reads: As followers of Christ who has made us one, we at St. James Lutheran Church are led by the gospel to seek reconciliation and wholeness in a world that is far too often an unloving […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Community Lutheran Church (Summerfield, NC). Their welcome statement reads: “No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, You are welcome here! If you are young or old, You are welcome! If you have brown skin, black skin, white skin, yellow skin or […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Valatie, NY. Their welcome statement reads: “As followers of Jesus Christ, who calls us to reconciliation, wholeness and to love one another as God has loved us, we, the members of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Valatie, commit to being a Reconciling […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Trinity Lutheran Church in Evanston, IL. Their welcome statement reads: “Our congregation, Trinity Lutheran Church, understands that our mission, as disciples of Jesus is to embody the scriptural call to foster wholeness of community by drawing all people together in love. We are, as St. Paul […]

ReconcilingWorks is proud of Reconciling in Christ (RIC) congregation, Edmonds Lutheran Church (Edmonds, WA), for responding with grace when a sign was posted in an attempt to take away from their rainbow flag flown for 2017 RIC Sunday. Edmonds Lutheran Church released this press release Tuesday: Edmonds Lutheran Church honors and welcomes everyone from the LGBT community into […]

ReconcilingWorks is grieved to share the news of the sudden passing of longtime supporter and Board Member Everett Freeman. The light and love of Everett will be deeply missed in this holy work of LGBTQ welcome, inclusion, and celebration that he worked so passionately for in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Please join me […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in North Easton, MA. Their welcome statement reads: “ In service to the gospel of Jesus Christ for a world created for communion with God and in need of personal and social healing, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church offers hospitality and welcome to all. […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Epiphany Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, PA. Their welcome statement reads: “We believe that Christ calls us to reconciliation and wholeness in a world of alienation and brokenness. We recognize that each person is a unique creation of God and, through grace, is called a child of […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: St. John Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, FL. Their welcome statement reads: “We Are: SEEKING to know Christ, STRIVING to make Christ known and SERVING with a new freshness. We are a safe place to explore your faith and to heal. We’re welcoming of all people regardless of […]