Signature Stole ("Called Out" Conference, 1999)

Common Pain,
Common Hope
The 8th Annual National Conference hosted by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Allied Seminarians

March 19-21-1999
Chicago, Illinois

The Chicago Theological Seminary and Meadville/Lombard Theological School

"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