[MLPnews] MLP News February 8, 2005

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Volume 2
Issue 2
Feb. 8, 2005



 

 

 

In This Issue

    Take Action: Sign up to host More Light Sunday
    Kickoff Party for New More Light Chapter
    Call for Nominations Extended to Feb. 16, 2005
    MLP Co-moderator, Erin Swenson receives 2005 Lazarus Award
    National MLP Leadership Conference; May 20-22 in Kansas City
    Shower of Stoles in the news
    Victory 2006 Update: New MLP Partner Groups Established

TAKE ACTION: Sign up today to host a More Light Sunday event at your 
church on June 5

 

More Light Sunday, our annual day of action to support LGBT equality, is 
coming on June 5. Can you commit to help your church plan an activity 
<http://www.mlp.org/morelightsunday/action.html> that will win hearts 
and minds for LGBT equality? We're looking for dozens of More Light 
supporters nationwide to talk to your adult education committees and to 
your church session leaders to plan an event for "Open House, Open 
Dialogue" <http://www.mlp.org/morelightsunday/action.html>, our national 
More Light Sunday theme for 2005. To make an event happen on June 5, you 
need to start talking to your church leaders today. Sign up today 
<http://www.mlp.org/morelightsunday/action.html> to organize a local 
event, and tell your friends throughout the Presbyterian Church, since 
all churches are welcome to participate in the Open House, Open Dialogue 
events.

 

New More Light chapter: MLP Pacific Presbytery chapter throws a kickoff 
party

Sunday afternoon, February 27, 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM, is the kick-off party 
for the new Pacific Presbytery MLP Chapter at the home of Bear Ride and 
Susan Craig, 1680 N. Holliston Ave., Pasadena, CA 91104. Everyone is 
welcome to join in the creation and celebration of this new MLP Chapter 
for Pacific Presbytery. A special feature of this kick-off party will be 
Erin and Susan offering "More Light on Bisexuality and Transgender 2," a 
condensed reprise of their remarkable, SRO educational program from 
General Assembly. For more information, directions, to RSVP, contact 
Bear at 626-398-9936 or bears at usc.edu <mailto:bears at usc.edu>.

Southern Californians, persons traveling there that weekend, do join us 
for the Lazarus Banquet 
<http://www.mlp.org/article.php?story=20050205133830732> on February 26, 
and the kick-off party for the new Pacific Presbytery MLP Chapter on 
February 27.

 

Call for Nominations Extended to February 16, 2005

MLP needs your help in finding energetic and qualified members to serve 
on our board.

Do you know....

someone with a passion for calling our denomination to welcome all God's 
children?

someone with leadership skills, energy, and imagination, who is 
dedicated to the mission <http://www.mlp.org/index.php?topic=aboutUs> of 
MLP?

someone who has skills in communications or fundraising, or other areas 
that will help MLP do its work better?

someone who has experience with a local MLP congregation or chapter, but 
has never served at the national level before?

someone who has time and energy to participate in monthly conference 
calls and three in-person board meetings each year?

Suggest someone (or yourself) as a nominee to serve on the MLP Board! 
Send names and contact info to Co-Moderator Donna Riley, 
donnamriley at yahoo.com <mailto:donnamriley at yahoo.com>, by February 16, 2005.

 


MLP Co-moderator Erin Swenson to receive 2005 Lazarus award/ /

/A special news update from our field organizer Michael Adee:/

I am delighted to announce that our beloved friend and Co-Moderator, 
National MLP Board, the Rev. Dr. Erin Swenson, will be honored by The 
Lazarus Project <http://www.wehopres.org/lazarusproject.html> with their 
2005 Lazarus Award at their banquet the evening of February 26, 2005 in 
Pasadena, CA. The Lazarus Award is given to an individual who has played 
a significant role in moving the Church toward the welcoming of lesbian, 
gay, bisexual and transgender persons.  * Read more... 
<http://www.mlp.org/article.php?story=20050205133830732> *

 

National MLP Leadership Conference: May 20-22 in Kansas City

We've just fixed the dates for a special activist and leadership 
training event, the National MLP Leadership Conference, which will be 
held from Friday May 20 through Sunday May 22 in Kansas City, Missouri. 
This 3-day event will be different from traditional MLP conferences, in 
that there will be a much heavier focus on nuts-and-bolts skill 
development and training for MLP grassroots leaders and activists. The 
conference program leads and facilitators are Eunice and Dick Poethig, 
long-time More Light supporters and skilled social justice workers.  
*Read more... <http://www.mlp.org/article.php?story=20050204095614980> *



Shower of Stoles in the news

The Shower of Stoles Project <http://www.showerofstoles.org/>, an 
ecumenical ministry run by MLP friends and allies Martha Juillerat and 
Tammy Lindahl, is covered in a feature article 
<http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=11808> in the 
Missourian, a local paper in Columbia, MO. From the article:

"The Shower of Stoles Project is a collection of more than 1,000 
liturgical stoles... The project started in 1995 with a collection of 80 
stoles sent in by friends and colleagues of Martha Juillerat and her 
partner, Tammy Lindahl. Juillerat had asked for the stoles at the annual 
meeting of the Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns. They were to 
be hung in a Kansas City church when Juillerat relinquished her position 
as an ordained minister after publicly acknowledging her sexual 
orientation... The stoles kept coming and grew into a collection that is 
displayed about 150 times a year."

Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC) is, of course, the 
pre-1999 name of More Light Presbyterians.
Read the full article 
<http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=11808> from the 
Missourian

 

Victory 2006 Update: New MLP Partner Groups Established 

Since MLP's formal announcement of the Victory 2006 campaign 
<http://www.mlp.org/article.php?story=20041004133741234> in September of 
last year, MLP board and staff have been hard at work building up the 
grassroots foundations of the campaign. This month we're kicking off the 
Victory 2006 Partnership Program, an initiative for select More Light 
local groups which brings More Light committees, chapters, and other 
local MLP groups into a stronger working relationship with the MLP board 
of directors and with each other. The Partnership Program provides a way 
for More Light supporters to organize and coordinate major education and 
advocacy events in many Presbyteries at the same time.  *Read more... 
<http://www.mlp.org/article.php?story=20050124145205922> *


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