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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, & Gender Help your faith community specifically welcome people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Building an Inclusive Church 1 COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITHA Welcoming JOURNEY CHURCHToolkit 3.0 GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEHelpP CHANGE your faith LIFE community VISIT ENGAGEspecifically FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITHwelcome JOURNEY people CHURCH of all GENDER sexual orientations, LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTIONgender identities, RELATIONSHIP and gender SHARE expressions. JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARING COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY© 2017 AFFIRM ReconcilingWorks TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER 1669 Arcade St Suite 2, Saint Paul, MN LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE (651) 665-0861 JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE www.ReconcilingWorks.org FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND2 GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCHBuilding GENDER an Inclusive LGBTQIA+ Church WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM This Toolkit would not have been possible without the years of work, experience and support of the leaders of the Welcoming Church Programs with whom we partner: The recommended journey has eleven steps and six tools. From the 2017 Edition: Rev. William Hamilton St. John’s Alex McNeil More Light Lutheran Church, Jacksonville, FL Presbyterian, Executive Director The steps are sequential (remembering this is more art than science). The tools are intended to be used through- Zac Baker ReconcilingWorks, out your entire journey and beyond. Communications and Graphic Rev. Dr. Cedric Harmon Many Marilyn Paarlberg Room for All, Design Coordinator Voices, Executive Director Executive Director Introduction 6 Joseph Casraneda Carrera Mark Johnston The Disciples Aubrey Thonvold ADORE, Hollywood, CA LGBTQ+ Alliance, Executive ReconcilingWorks, Executive Director Director Rev. Vicki Hamilton St. John’s Building the Foundation Lutheran Church, Jacksonville, FL Andy Lang The Open and Affirming Rev. Dr. Naomi Washington- Coalition of the UCC, Executive Leaphart, National LGBTQ Task TOOL: Graceful Engagement 12 Director Force Faith Director TOOL: One-to-One Visits 15 From the 2013 Edition: Meredith Bischoff Welcoming Andy Lang Open and Affirming STEP ONE: Leading the Journey 21 Revised and expanded in 2013 by Rev. Community Network in the Program of the United Church of Rebecca Voelkel (Task Force), David Community of Christ Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns STEP TWO: Gathering Information 22 Lohman (Task Force), and Rev. Tim David Cupps Integrity USA in the Justin Lee Gay Christian Network Feiertag (Reconcilingworks, Grassroots STEP THREE: Building Relationships 28 Organizer). Episcopal Church USA Rev. Robin Lunn Association of STEP FOUR: Mapping the Journey 29 The authors wish to particularly Dr. Patrick Evans More Light Welcoming and Affirming Baptists Presbyterians in the Presbyterian in the American Baptist Churches thank Rachel Harvey and Rev. TOOL: Public Storytelling
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