I will be joining 20+ other faith leaders and social justice advocates in leading the 2024 Pride Interfaith Service in Washington DC on June 10th.
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 “𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒” 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑡ℎ, 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖-𝑔𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑊𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ.
I also participated as a speaker in 2021 and 2023. I had to skip 2022 because I was neck deep in my seminary studies! I am so glad to be a part of this special interfaith worship service where we will hold space for all that is LGBTQ+ justice, from a spiritually nurturing perspective. Shout out to Eric Eldritch who invited me to get involved.
Unlike my sermons which can be 15-25 minutes and spiritual development classes which can go past an hour, this event is different. With so many voices, each of us gets an average of 2-3 minutes to offer something meaningful that those attending can hold in their hearts. The exercise of grounding myself in discerning what is best to share and how best to create a meaningful space in such a short period of time always stretches and challenges me.
I keep doing this because it feels good to be stretched and it feels good to do my small part to heal, hold, and encourage souls that continue to preserver against all odds AND a flood of unprecedented anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
It continues to be an honor to be a part of this service. I’m not just showing up either – I’ve been attending the planning meetings for the last few months. It’s a joy though!
I just turned in my script today. My contribution is titled: “𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡: 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒”
I hope you will join me and like-minded others on June 10th in person or virtually. The event will be live streamed - http://www.thedccenter.org/centerfaith
If you know a LGBTQ+ person and/or ally with access to internet who could use some spiritual nurturing and encouragement, please share this interfaith service with them.
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