Registration Update: Here is the logistical information about the BIC event to take place April 12-14 at the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, NJ. This information, along with an online or mail-in registration form, is also available at the Welcoming Resources Website website. Registrations are already coming in, so don’t delay!
It’s here! Another “Building an Inclusive Church” training event – Thursday, April 12, 1 pm- Saturday, April 14, 12 pm. at First Reformed Church of New Brunswick (NJ) Co-sponsored by Room for All (RCA), More Light Presbyterians (PCUSA) and Lutherans Concerned (ELCA) in cooperation with The Institute for Welcoming Resources. For information and to register:…
DetailsWe rejoice over the addition of Hope Church, Holland, Michigan to our roster of “Room for All Churches,” those RCA member-congregations who are committed to being publicly welcoming and affirming of LGBT persons, their families and allies!
Here’s the Winter 2012 Newsletter. Thanks to all our contributors, this issue contains a wealth of information about our ministry of inclusion in the RCA. We draw particular attention to the article on page 6, “Implications of the RfA Roster.” As always, we need your help in circulating our newsletter; there are still lots of…
DetailsThe Board has committed to offering at least 4 “Building an Inclusive Church” regional training events in 2012. Plans are in the works for a mini-event that targets seminary students in the New Brunswick, NJ area (cooperating with our ecumenical partners), as well as 2-day trainings in Central NJ, the New York City/Northern NJ area,…
DetailsTHANK YOU TO THE REV. ANDY LANG, our colleague at the UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns, for initiating a prayer calendar for ecumenical partners in the Welcoming Church Programs during this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, January 18 – 25. Andy has suggested that each day this week, we pray for our sisters and…
DetailsWe post new resources frequently! Check out a new resources page, Room for All Songs which contains songsheets and MP3’s for two songs written for (and donated to!) our ministry. Under “Preaching Helps and Sermons” there’s a new document with notes on six biblical texts often cited against inclusion.
RfA supporters in the Northern NJ area gathered at the home of Bob and Carol Mutch on Saturday, January 7th for a time of fellowship and celebration for the progress that has been made toward LGBT inclusion in the RCA in 2011. Included in the festivities was an elaborate, originally-designed electronic game of “Room for…
DetailsDear Friends of Room for All: From his first incarnate breath drawn in the stable out back to his last on a cross outside the city walls, Jesus experienced “no room.” God-with-us knew what it was to be an outsider, and it was especially to those rejected by society that he showed God’s heart of…
DetailsWe’re compiling the evaluations from the 2011 national conference, and will be posting more soon. However, we think you’ll be moved by a response written by Hope College student Mallory Timmer Response to 2011 conference by M. Timmer
Check out more on the National Conferences page, including the story of the stole!
Here’s the link to read all about our recent national conference, a perspective from Board member Mary Kansfield, and an interview with Dr. Ray Werking: Newsletter Fall 2011 Go to our RfA newsletter page for back issues.
Check out our “Welcoming and Affirming” pages! The “Room for All Churches” roster is up to 12, thanks to the addition of the Allwood Community Church, Clifton, NJ. We celebrate this news with their pastor, Rev. Carolyn Keith, their consistory and congregation! We’ve also received word that the Oct. 30 gathering of supporters in No.…
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