After writing your COMING OUT story for HRC (see below), print it, save it, attach it or send it to your local reconciling group in NE -- so we can start writing our SACRED STORIES again by spring in our local groups - let's start reclaiming our faith and sharing our journey stories!
Create a Coming Out stories or Sacred Stories booklet in your local group / send stories on to HRC for Coming out day -
We all come out about various things in our lives - so let's get writing this fall and winter again -
See the book by Chris Glaser for a study "Coming out as Sacrament."
See Jimmy Creech's new book: coming out with his story : Adam's gift : a memoir by Duke U press - also Bishop Gene Robinson's book THE EYE OF THE STORM and Mel White's book STRANGER AT THE GATE - all are coming out stories!
We are having : Another Great Spiritual Awakening through the stories we share, write and tell - talk about sharing stories / writing stories in your faith local groups and find a way to post them on a blog, a website - post them on the NE statewide Reconciling network blog - post stories on our FB page -
Print them out as one page stories for a local SACRED STORIES booklet to share with others in your congregation and families, friends - or create a Coming Out Stories booklet or Awakenings booklet -
Sharing our stories promotes awareness and starts healing the deep spiritual wounds -
thanks everyone for sharing stories to promote healing, dialogue and truthtelling!
Write us if you have a stories project going in your area of NE - thanks!
maureen and wendy mvetter@charter.net and wsmith28@gmail.com NE contacts for RMN
FB : Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network
----- Original Message -----
From: Joanna Blotner
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 2:30 PM
Subject: National Coming Out Day Oct 11, will you lend your voice?
Dear Faith Leader,
National Coming Out Day is less than a week away – Tuesday, October 11. As a faith leader, would you consider devoting your message, this weekend, to LGBT equality? If not your weekly message, why not organize a service, small group, or Bible study to focus on National Coming Out Day and LGBT equality? It is important, whether you are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or a straight ally to be proud of who you are and to claim your faith in support of equality this Coming Out Day.
The Religion and Faith Program, here at HRC, is gathering coming out stories from people of faith. If you or someone you know has a story you would be willing to share, please pass these along to our email address at religion@hrc.org and we will feature them on the HRC Backstory Blog. Don’t forget to check out our NCOD Facebook app at hrc.org/ncod.
Thank you for your continued commitment,
Your Religion and Faith Team – Sharon Groves, MacArthur Flournoy and Joanna Blotner
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