Community Outreach11. Celebrate and affirm bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender issues and history during the church year (possibly including Gay Pride Week in June or National Coming Out Day in October).
Status: We plan to make our presence known at the Gay Pride parade.
12. Participate in and/or support efforts to create justice, freedom, and equality for bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people in the larger society.
Status: Ongoing. 3/10/04 - Support meeting/service held opposite a non-support service at a different institution. |
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13. Provide main worship space and ministerial services for bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender rites of passage, such as services of union and dedications of children. (This guideline is also listed as number 8 under Congregational Life.) Status: Ongoing.
14. Establish and maintain contact with local bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender groups to offer support and promote dialogue and interaction.
Status: Ongoing.
15. Advertise in the local press and/or other media that reaches the bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender communities.
Status: While we do not advertise, the Welcoming Congregation Ministry will keep tabs on this should we advertise in the future.
16. Provide use of building space on an equivalent basis with other Unitarian Universalist organizations when requested by members for programs and meetings of an Interweave (Unitarian Universalists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns) chapter.
Status: While we have not been asked, we would welcome the opportunity
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