Cindy Bohrer (United student and admissions counselor) is passionate about creating safe, inclusive spaces, particularly when it comes to gender, identity, and pronoun usage. As part of her Social Transformation capstone, she has just released "Becoming in the New Year," a fun downloadable resource to help churches become more generous, kind, and affirming — because y'all means all!
Click here for more information. Click here to download the free resources from Dropbox.
Coming In: Gays and lesbians reclaiming the spiritual journey
Urs Mattmann
The author explores a mystic spirituality and describes numerous practical steps that gay men and women can take in order to connect with their innate spiritual nature and express it in their daily lives and relationships. He provides prayers, meditations, rituals, exercises and other suggestions to foster spiritual discovery.
Supporting Parents of LGBTQIA+ Youth
By Leah Dail
Includes a list of additional online resources for developing your own small group or support network.
This four-session guide is for middle- and high school youth (confirmation classes or youth groups); for exploring safe and healthy relationships and imparting lifelong skills to make safe and healthy choices.
Sessions include:
Hope Church (UMC) offers a great list of resources for parents, faith formation leaders, clergy, and allies to create justice, hospitality, and study.
Austen Hartke shares The Blessings of a Complex Story
Jennalynn Fung explores What It Means to Be Nonbinary in TeenVogue.
In RevGalBlogPals, The Pastoral Is Political blog, Rev. Emily Heitzman clarifies the importance of creating Affirming Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Youth.
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Ceremony to honor and commemorate persons coming into the fullness of their identity with the support of their worshipping community.
