 Members of the Welcoming
Congregation wear the distinctive square rainbow pin shown on the left on their name tags so that
visitors and others will know who we are. Straight and gay, we are “out”. We post a variety of GLBT-themed posters and bulletin board information in the public areas and make available GLBT pamphlets including our own Welcoming Congregation tri-fold. We advertise GLBT celebrations such as Coming Out Day and Gay History Month, write articles in the church newsletter, and “meet/greet/cater” at occasional Sunday services. Twice yearly we facilitate Lay Services, including
occasional Second Hours; we teach Religious Education classes. More recently, we have sponsored open-to-the-public
film-discussion events. As the occasion presents
itself we network with other church organizations such as Interfaith Alliance,
working as needed in GOTV (“get out the vote”) activities on state referendums
and political campaigns. Working with EQME, we have organized
letter-to-the-editor and other media events, helped organize canvassing of
central Maine neighborhoods and volunteered at phone banking cites at Colby
College and in our church basement. Click any of the following dates to view an Order of Worship from previous services: October 11, 2009. "Being an Ally" May 2, 2010. Silence is Never an Option October 23, 2011. "It Takes a Village" For more information about the Welcoming Congregation, click here.
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