“LGBTQ Pride: How Radical Our Welcome?” with Rev. David Carl Olson

June 12, 2016

 

A welcoming congregation like ours hopes to become a diverse people by recognizing the gifts and interests of many people. Simply including more people, changes who we are. But including people requires either that new people assimilate into our congregational culture, or we begin to practice a culture that has the means to be transformed by the integration of new interests, varied gifts, and people whose cultures are in some ways unlike our own. This celebratory service celebrates the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning people among us, and the cis-gender, transgender, and gender nonconforming, queer people who are finding a home at First U. We especially celebrate the gift of song shared by the Baltimore Men’s Chorus. (Note: while Baltimore Pride will be marked in July this year, we have chosen to celebrate during June as well.)

 

 The First Unitarian Church of Baltimore is located at the corner of Charles and Franklin Streets in downtown Baltimore.  Services are held every Sunday at 11 a.m. During the summer, weekly worship services are held in the Enoch Pratt Parish Hall at 514 N. Charles St starting at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday. For more information, please visit our website or call the church office at 410-685-2330.