New Website for RMN or Reconciling Ministry Network.. check it out and the news on Flashnet this week : www.RMNetwork.org Remember COMING OUT DAY is in early october too! Plan an event or tell your story to a friend.
We are taking Reconciling on the Road in NE this year to lend support when we can with movie events, Telling Our Stories, to larger events, celebrations, World AIDS Day services around the state, heading to trainings, conferences!
We also hope to continue Believe Out Loud (signing up RUM's, giving to RMN and Telling our stories to gain understanding and HOPE) We also are in the midst of Another Great Spiritual Awakening to be a more fully inclusive UMC as we remember other Great spiritual Awakenings in our lives and in history!
Some folks have been doing Reconciling on the Road for years amd we say THANKS to them -- driving to Omaha
for Horizons of Faith, various events, speakers, workshops, Indigo Girl concerts, Anne Lamott, Pride events, Healing Hope and Hospitality services, DOMA events, hands around the capital, walking across the Bridge, Council Bluffs after Same Sex Marriages were approved, Rainbow Witnesses, Safe Sanctuary workshop, Light for the Journey services, fundraisers, Jimmy Creech Scholarship projects, Annual Conference, events in Central NE, PFLAG events, AIDS walks, NAP support, HIV AIDS task force, plays, fundraisers, support out west and out East, events in CO, MN, KC and SD nearby and others many miles from NE, Shower of Stoles, projects at General Conferences all over,planning meetings all over NE, Rainbow Giveaway meetings, sending rainbows or taking them in person, getting stoles to events, meeting folks to create rainbows, & writing Sacred stories to share!
Now we are hoping we can mobilize lots of folks to go ON THE ROAD for a fun year of seeking out other Reconciling folks, working together, connecting with reconciling folks in KS with our conferences sharing the same Bishop by 2012, doing AIDS walks, going to Convos, doing missions and justice actions AND heading to LINCOLN to hear speakers, going to World AIDS day services!
We hope you will go to the movie at Saint Paul UMC, Nov 14 at 2:30 PM -- INCOMPATIBLE WITH CHRISTIAN TEACHING! Contact Rev Steve Griffith for more info on this movie Nov 14 in Lincoln! Steve & others are headed to Reconciling trainings and others are heading to LIGHTEN THE BURDEN III Conference in Dallas, TX in October!
RUMOLA has already started to go on the road by attending the last Plymouth Pride event and movie Sept 19 - FISH OUT OF WATER! Try to find this movie & others online or the Resource Center for churches: www.umcneb.org
We hope you will go on the road to lend support to each other, have coffee, share struggles, lamentations, joys and start new reconciling support groups~! We hope you will find spiritual partners even if if means driving to another town!
We encourage you and others to carpool and attend support groups, visit worship services, attend events together, maybe even create social events as we we think of ways to get on the road with others across this vast state who value RMN --inclusive church, creating safe places as we as we collaborate with other groups, tell stories and grow the circle of RECONCILING friends!
We hope you will keep doing BELIEVE OUT LOUD and becoming aware of spiritual awakenings in your life!
Hopefully you can go on the road this year by making a pledge to yourself to get folks together in your area or town for conversations, support, coming out, reading a book, reflecting or study of the Bible. sharing together.
Join "Reconciling on the Road" and come to Central NE for the Inspiring Communities Conference at Hastings College Oct 22 and 23 (starts at 7:30 PM friday night and runs all day Saturday for $45!) Start getting together a carload of friends or find new people you don't know! REGISTER TODAY.. let's see how many RUM's we can get to this event!
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Inspiring Community
Building a Better Nebraska for LGBTQ People
Friday, October 22, 2010
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, October 23
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Hastings College
Hazelrigg Student Union
9th & Elm St.
Hastings, NE 68901
REGISTER TODAY!
http://inspiringcommunity.
An opportunity for 100 people from around Nebraska to:
* Advance LGBTQ friendly communities, schools and workplaces
* Meet with other passionate individuals from urban and rural communities.
* Build Relationships so we can work together
ROOMS
Nearby hotel rooms will be less than $100/room. Details will be
provided soon.
* Homestays will be available from local PFLAG members and Hastings College faculty.
Conference Program
Friday Dinner, networking and panel discussion by leaders from around Nebraska.
Saturday Continental breakfast; skill-building workshops; networking
sessions; lunch; discussion groups; film screenings; dinner with closing
plenary and discussion.
Sessions will include:
* Midlands LGBT Community Needs Assessment: A Conversation on Preliminary Findings, Dr. Christopher Fischer
* Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight in Mid-Life, Dr. Loren Olson
* Taking Control of Your Health, Ryan Sallans
* Reflections on HRC's DADT Repeal Campaign, Nic Swiercek
* Bullied to Death: Safeguarding LGBT Students in Schools, JohnCarl Denkovich
* Performances by the Omaha Theatre Company for Young People's Pride Players.
Facebook page and the following website : http://inspiringcommunity.
Conference Team: Hastings College Alliance | PFLAG-Hastings |
49Voices | OutLinc | GLSEN Omaha
Sponsors: Adams County Convention and Visitors Bureau | Hastings Museum
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Remember UM global AIDS fund offerings Dec 5. If you want to be an AIDS Ambassador and promote this offering, contact Mvetter@charter.net today! Free Offering Envelopes online at cokesbury or by phone.. or make your own! All offerings go to NE conf Treas with 25 % of all offerings staying in NE for local AIDS projects (see grants on www.umcneb.org under Risk taking mission and Justice Team).
Thanks to all who have given gifts to help support Bill Black and Maureen Vetter in attending LIGHTEN THE BURDEN III Conference in Dallas, TX mid octwww.umglobalaidsfund.org They are going as REPS from NE on behalf of all HIV AIDS ministries and projects in local churches / communities / support groups to encourage more support for those battling this disease and families, friends, neighbors, allies.
Thanks for the summer email offerings and in house contributions of copying, table registrations etc. We sent in more than our $250 yearly RMN commitment!
Check out the new RMN website today! www.RMNetwork.org Get involved and become an RUM by going to JOIN US on the new website!
Also find info at the group Facebook for Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network today and the new blog: www.nebraskarum.blogspot.com
Maureen and Wendy, statewide email contacts mvetter@charter.net and wsmith28@gmail.com
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KS East Wide is God's Welcome Conference:
Linda Bales Todd from the General Board of Church and Society will be the keynote speaker for a seminar entitled Heterosexism and Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price to be held at Valley View United Methodist Church (8412 W. 95th St.) in Overland Park, KS on Sunday, October 24 from 2:45-5:00 PM.
Andrew Mitchell, pastor of Stull United Methodist Church and the author of the Kansas East Conference petition on Heterosexism and Homophobia, which was approved by the 2008 General Conference, will explain why and how the petition was developed. Linda will facilitate a discussion of societal factors that contribute to these attitudes, how homophobia and heterosexism are manifest in today's world, and why the United Methodist Church should be addressing these issues. Worship through music will be lead by Reverends Mitch and Jan Todd.
$5 donation at the door requested.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Wide Is God's Welcome - KC is to strengthen the Body of Christ through the full inclusion in the United Methodist Church of persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
VISION STATEMENT
This mission will be fulfilled as we unite Kansas City area United Methodists for education, advocacy, and empowerment.
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Write a vision and mission statement for your local church, for your support group or your reconciling community!
Remember you are loved by God ---- thanks to everyone for all the many acts of love happening through the Holy Spirit in our lives and communities, among friends & folks that we are welcoming into our lives and faith groups!
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