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The Coalition of Welcoming Congregations (CWC) of the Bay Area is pleased to host a retreat for clergy and lay leaders to gather for networking, education and strategizing on best practices on LGBTQI inclusion into their places of worship.
Lunch is provided.
Participants can earn continuing education credit (CEU’s) and will receive a Tool Kit that includes resources for welcoming congregations.
Presenters include:
§ Luncheon Key Note presenter Bishop Yvette Flunder of City of Refuge UCC and The Fellowship addressing Radical Inclusion
§ Life Span Education with Caitlin Ryan of the Family Acceptance Project at SF State presenting her research on the impact congregations have on LGBTQI Youth and Amber Hollibaugh of Queers for Economic Justice giving a preview of her work with LGBTQI Seniors which will be presented at Faith and Aging: A Conference for LGBTQI Spiritual Justice
§ Local clergy share their lessons on creating welcoming congregations and dealing with resistance from others
§ Meet and strategize with other leaders in your region of the Bay Area during our cluster session led by CWC Board Members
§ Music for worship and meditation provided by Stephanie Smith
Whether you have been a welcoming congregation for years
or are interested in beginning the process,
you do not want to miss this engaging retreat.
If you are in need of scholarship help to attend the conference, please click on the "contact" tab at the top of the page with your request.
Schedule for CWC Clergy and Lay Leaders Retreat:
Bringing Spirituality Out of the Closet (subject to change)
11:00 -11:45 am: Registration and Networking
11:45 – 12:00 pm: Gathering Music and Centering
12:00 -1:00 pm: Lunch featuring Bishop Yvette Flunder, Radical Hospitality
1:00 -1:10 pm: Break
1:15 -1:35 pm: Presentation of the Coalition of Welcoming Congregations
1:45 - 2:30 pm: Tragedies and Triumphs of leading a Welcoming Congregation - Panel
2:30 – 2:45 pm: Centering Music
2:45 - 3:30 pm: How congregations can support LGBTQI Youth
Caitlin Ryan
3:30 – 3:45 pm: Centering Music
3:45 - 4:00 pm: How congregations can support LGBTQI Elders
Amber Hollibaugh
4:00 - 4:15 pm: Inclusive Liturgy from Siddur Sha’ar Zahav prayer book
4:15 - 5:15 pm: Regional clusters meeting of Welcoming Congregations
5:15 - 5:30 pm: Closing worship
When & Where
South San Francisco Conference Center
255 S. Airport Blvd
San Francisco,
CA 94080
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM (PT)
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Hosted By
Coalition of Welcoming Congregations of the Bay Area
Coalition of Welcoming Congregations (CWC) brings together religious leaders, LGBT people of faith and their allies from a wide range of religious traditions in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area to form a progressive, effective and media-savvy voice on matters relating to sexuality and religion, homophobia, and the enfranchisement of LGBT people within society as a whole.
By creating a strong network of congregations and local faith communities of various religious traditions and denominations throughout the Bay Area, the CWC connects local religious leaders, religious congregations/communities, and individuals of faith who are highly motivated to act as agents of positive social change. In addition, the CWC provides a powerful tool for like-minded individuals to ally themselves with other LGBT people of faith and their allies and to make known their views in the current public debates concerning religion, sexuality, and LGBT people.
