A New RIC Community: All Saints Lutheran Church (Novato, CA)
Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: All Saints Lutheran Church in Novato, California. Their welcome statement reads: Welcome Statement: We invite all into the grace, love and acceptance we have from God. WE WELCOME YOU: who you are, as you are; where you’re coming from. We welcome: all sexual orientations and gender identities […]
A New RIC Community: Tyson House Lutheran and Episcopal Student Foundation
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Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Tyson House Lutheran and Episcopal Student Foundation. Their welcome statement reads: “Tyson House is a place of exploration and worship for all of God’s children. This is not a commitment that we take lightly. Communion is open, respecting it as a deeply personal decision. The experiences of […]
Coming OUT: A Congregation On Its Journey
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Today is Coming Out Day, and ReconcilingWorks wants to share this story from the pastor of a congregation on its Reconciling in Christ (RIC) journey. “I’m gay,” my friend said to me over the phone. I was the first person that he confided in, he told me, and he was anxious about my response, wondering […]
Happy Bi Visibility Day
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This week we received the below letter from a bisexual Lutheran pastor in the closet. It is a good reminder that bisexual identities are the most invisible in the LGBTQ community. After you read it, click the “Bi Visibility Day” image to the right and share on your facebook page to show support for this […]
Our Faith Affirms the Sanctity of Black Lives
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people come in all bodies. As a part of the ReconcilingWorks community, we ask you to be bold in your stance of caring for all of God’s Beloved and know that acts of violence, killings, and mass shootings targeting people of color and the LGBTQ community must come to […]
Wartburg Passes LGBTQ Welcome; Becomes 6th ELCA RIC Seminary
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Wartburg Theological Seminary, a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) located in Dubuque, Iowa, has been designated as Reconciling in Christ (RIC). In June, the institution’s board of directors acknowledged that “In service to the gospel of Jesus Christ for a world created for communion with God and in need of personal […]