National Gathering 2012 Highlights
June’s National Gathering at Elmhurst College near Chicago was a celebration of 40 years of LGBT advocacy and ministry in the UCC, an opportunity to learn from the prophets and forerunners of our movement, a dramatic welcome to Open and Affirming congregation #1,000, and a time for inspiring worship and preaching. Highlights in this video include the keynote by the Rev. J. Bennett Guess, sermons by the Rev. Da Vita McCallister and Bishop Yvette Flunder, and panel discussions.
The Open and Affirming Coalition advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the United Church of Christ and beyond, and equips UCC congregations to become effective witnesses to Christ’s extravagant welcome. Read more