inclusive activism

Jackie Bruchi posted this at Stand Firm. It's from the Integrity website. ed.

Learn how the Episcopal Church works, and how to work the Episcopal Church!

September 12-13 at St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis, MN


Advancing Equality for LGBT Episcopalians at the Diocesan Level
A free workshop sponsored by Claiming the Blessing and Integrity

The Lambeth Conference has left us with the good news that the Anglican Communion did not split into pieces—and with many pressures on the Episcopal Church that threaten the progress we have been making toward full inclusion of all the baptized in the life of the Church. General Convention 2009 could well prove to be the "tipping point" for the Episcopal Church's full acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT] persons. We must work to move beyond the travesty of B033 and to advance marriage equality.

To build momentum toward those goals, Claiming the Blessing [CTB] and Integrity are co-sponsoring a series of workshops designed to provide local Episcopalians [clergy and laity, gay and straight] with the information and tools to be more effective advocates for LGBT issues at the diocesan level.

Participants will learn about the status of LGBT issues in the Episcopal Church, the polity of the Episcopal Church at all levels, how to elect and lobby bishops and General Convention deputies, how to submit and pass diocesan convention resolutions, and how to communicate effectively with a variety of target audiences and the media.

The trainers are the Rev. Cynthia Black of Kalamazoo and Katie Sherrod for Fort Worth, just returned from the Inclusive Church communications team at Lambeth. Katie edited The Lambeth Witness, while Cynthia shot video for the Lambeth Gene Pool. The two also are the producers of the film Voices of Witness: Africa successfully previewed at Lambeth.

WHERE AND WHEN: Our last workshop of this series will take place beginning at noon on Friday, Sept. 12 and ending at noon on Saturday at St. Mark's Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove St., Minneapolis, MN. Registration is now open.

Editor's Note: It is clear that liberals know how to work the pecusa system, and with their control of power and the continuing exodus of conservatives we can expect the liberals to work hard to advance their unbiblical agenda at GC09. I was told by a bishop a few months ago that it is likely that the full lgbt agenda will be passed at GC09. Then it's on to uvwxyz, whatever those issues may be.