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Marriage celebration in Vancouver |
| Witherspooners, justice-seekers Tammy Lindahl and Martha
Juillerat celebrate marriage in Vancouver A news
announcement from More Light Presbyterians
Dated July 31, 2005, posted here on 8-1-05
Yesterday, July 30, 2005, Tammy Lindahl and Martha Juillerat were married at
Trinity United Church,
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| Martha Juillerat and Tammy Lindahl
exchange rings with Bear Ride officiating. |
Vancouver, British Columbia. More Light
Presbyterians celebrate the love, commitment and marriage of Tammy and
Martha. Both former Presbyterian clergywomen, graduates of McCormick
Theological Seminary who served God in parish ministry, Tammy also served on
the National MLP Board and Martha is the National Program Director of the
Shower of Stoles Project. Tammy and Martha live in Minneapolis, MN.
It was a wonderful experience to be part of the church community that came
together to witness the marriage commitment of our dear friends Martha and
Tammy. Martha and I were invited to participate in the national Affirm
United Conference of the United Church of Canada. With the possibility of
legal same-sex marriage offered in Canada by federal law, the Rev. Sally
Harris, pastor of Trinity United Church and Co-Chair of Affirm United, the
pro-LGBT program within the United Church of Canada, invited Martha and
Tammy to be married at her church.
The congregation of Trinity United Church joyfully embraced the opportunity
to host the marriage ceremony and celebration for Martha and Tammy.
Additionally, the Affirm United Council was delighted to make the wedding
ceremony an official part of their conference. Family, family of choice and
friends of Martha and Tammy traveled from Minnesota, Virginia, California
and New Mexico to Vancouver for their wedding.
Martha and Tammy said so many times this weekend that it was their fondest
hope and dream to be married in the church. And so on this day, because of
marriage equality in Canada and the gracious support for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender persons and relationships in the United Church of
Canada, Martha and Tammy's dreams came true.
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| L to r: Rev.Sally
Harris, Tammy Lindahl, Martha Juillerat, and Rev. Bear Ride |
Longtime friend of the brides, the Rev. Bear Ride, said
that it was truly an honor to serve as a co-officiant for Tammy and Martha's
marriage ceremony. It was a tremendous privilege for Bear and me to
participate in and support Martha and Tammy in their wedding here in
Vancouver.
While certainly grateful for marriage equality in Canada and the openness
within the United Church of Canada, those of us here from the United States
and the Presbyterian Church (USA) realize that this marriage could have
been, should have been in our own country, in our own Church.
With hope for change in our Church and country,
Michael
Michael J. Adee, M.Div., Ph.D., National Field Organizer
More Light Presbyterians, 369 Montezuma Avenue # 447, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 820-7082, michaeladee@aol.com,www.mlp.org
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GA actions
ratified (or not) by the presbyteries
A number of the most important actions of the 219th
General Assembly have now been acted upon by the presbyteries,
confirming most of them as amendments to the PC(USA) Book of Order.
We provided resources to help inform the
reflection and debate, along with updates on the voting.
Our three areas of primary interest have been:
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Amendment 10-A,
which removes the current ban on
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender persons being considered as
possible candidates for ordination as elder or ministers.
Approved! |
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Amendment 10-2,
which would add the Belhar Confession to our Book of
Confessions. Disapproved, because as an amendment
to the Book of Confessions it needed a 2/3 vote, and did not
receive that. |
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Amendment
10-1, which adopts the new Form of Government
that was approved by the Assembly. Approved. |
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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