NEXT WELCOMING EVENT:

Sunday, May 7nd 14 7-9 PM Session #6
"What Now?" Join us at the Parish House for Pizza and Conversation.

Sunday, May 17th - FIRST CHURCH ANNUAL MEETING
Vote for Welcoming Congregation status

Sunday, June 12th - BOSTON PRIDE
Trip into Boston for Interfaith Service & Parade

Downloads

"Twenty Questions about Homosexuality"

 Download the First Church Welcoming Commitee Pamphlet

 The Welcoming Congregation Program is a completely volunteer program for congregations that see a need to become more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people. It consists of a series of workshops developed by the UUA. The goal of the workshops is to reduce prejudice by increasing understanding and acceptance among people of different sexual orientations. Some of the workshop titles include: How Homophobia Hurts Heterosexuals; Connections to Other Forms of Oppression; Gender Socialization and Homophobia; and Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality. Many congregations offer the workshop series several consecutive times as an adult religious education curriculum open to all members and friends. In some congregations the workshop series (and later the entire program) is sponsored by a Welcoming Congregation Task Force/Committee created for just this purpose, while other congregations sponsor the workshop series through their Interweave chapters. In either case, the workshops are best facilitated by those that have experienced the curriculum.

The Welcoming Congregation Workshop Series

is an introspective and interactive educational journey into the issues surrounding the lives of bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgendered people.

FIRST CHURCH WELCOMING COMMITTEE: Dale Meyer-Curley (Chair), Carol Ewing,

Jane Kelly, Sam King, Eileen Sullivan,  Seth Carrier

Questions/Comments/Suggestions: fcwelcomingcommittee@gmail.com