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A New RIC Community: Spirit Alive Church (Pleasant Prairie, WI)

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 […]

A New RIC Community: Faith Lutheran Church (Cambridge, MA)

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Faith Lutheran Church (Cambridge, MA). Their welcome statement reads: “You are welcome at Faith Lutheran Church, you and your sexual orientation, gender identity, race, culture, and economic circumstances. If you are addicted, sick, or disabled, you may find that some of us are too. If you struggle […]

A New RIC Community: Fort Hays University Lutheran Student Group “Us 4 You” (Hays, KS)

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Fort Hays University Lutheran Student Group “Us 4 You” (Hays, KS). Their welcome statement reads: “Come as you are. Serve as you can. “Come as you are” = Come devout. Come skeptical. Come LGBTQQIA. Come straight. Come Lutheran. Come Catholic. Come any faith. Come no defined faith. […]

A New RIC Community: Grace Lutheran Church (Needham, MA)

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Grace Lutheran Church (Needham, MA). Their welcome statement reads: “We, the congregation of Grace Lutheran Church in Needham, Massachusetts, are called to be a reflection of the light of Christ in the world. We believe that all are welcome at God’s table, and we invite all […]

Synod Assembly Success

49 Synod assemblies, 75+ volunteers, about 12,000 Lutherans and hundreds of important, life-giving, and life-saving conversations about hospitality, inclusion, and celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the Lutheran church.  Those are just a few ways ReconcilingWorks can describe the 2017 Synod Assembly season.ReconcilingWorks extends a warm “Thank You!” to the 75+ volunteers […]

RIC Seminaries, Universities, Colleges, and Campus Ministries

As students leave colleges, universities, and seminaries for the summer, ReconcilingWorks wants to take a moment and celebrate the witness higher education institutions have in our church. One of the ways these schools do this is by extending a specific welcome to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities with their status as a […]

A New RIC Community: Faith Lutheran Church (Okemos, MI)

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community, Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, MI. Their welcome statement reads: “We, at Faith Lutheran Church, welcome you as a child of God. As Paul said in his letter to the Galatians, “for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.” (Galatians 3:26) […]

Rostered Ministers Gathering

850 leaders in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are expected to be in attendance at the first Rostered Ministers Gathering in Atlanta, GA between August 7-10, 2017. ReconcilingWorks will be there too presenting a workshop and information table. ReconcilingWorks’ workshop, titled “Reconciling in Christ-What Does That Mean?” will be presented by Executive Director […]