Signature Stole ("Called Out" Conference, 2000)

Signature stole from the Ninth Annual "Called Out" Conference held this month at Chicago Theological Seminary.

At "Called Out" lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered seminarians and our allies gather annually in prayer, worship, study and fellowship.  We are a wilderness people who are traveling in the wilderness and valleys.  We are calling our churches out of the wilderness that comes when our sacred scriptures and traditions are used to undergird oppression and prejudice in any form.

"Called Out" was a gathering of LGBT seminarians that met for many years in Chicago either at McCormick Theological Seminary or CTS.  Although students from all over the U.S. and from many denominations came to the conference, it tended to attract large numbers of Presbyterian seminarians from the central third of the country.  This was due in part to strong Presbyterian leadership over the years, especially Marilyn Nash, who contributed countless hours of organizational work and creative worship design to the conference.  (Marilyn Nash's story can be found under her stole entry, #396.)

Martha Juillerat
Founder, Shower of Stoles Project
2006