Open Hands Vol 4 No 1 - Living and Loving with AIDS

Open Hands Vol 3 No 4 - Building Reconciling Ministries

Open Hands Vol 3 No 3 - Sexuality and Spirituality

Open Hands Vol 3 No 2 - Sexual Violence: Unlocking the Secret

Open Hands Vol 3 No 1 - A Community Emerging

Open Hands Vol 2 No 4 - Minorites Within a Minority

Open Hands Vol 2 No 3 - Standing Up to Fear: Homophobia and the Church

Open Hands Vol 2 No 2 - Images of Healing
source: II'JII qour"earl frue -fo mq " earf al mI-ne II-f 0 q OUTJI____ _ ';Jf if ii, give ~1Il{}SO me qour"and:' Z';}(ingl 10:15 1Jo1. 2, ""0_ 2 'iJou,..,. I 0/ t"e~econcilingCongregation","ogram ~ The Reconciling Congregation Program i a network of United M thodist local churches who publicly affirm their ministry with the whole family of God and who welcome lesbians and gay men into their community. In this network, Reconciling Congregations find strength and support as they strive to overcome the divisions caused by prejudice and homophobia in our church and in our society. These congregations strive to offer the hope that the church can be a reconciled community. To enable local churches to engage in these ministries, the program provides resource materials, including Open Hands. Enablers are available locally to assist a congregation which is seeking to become a Reconciling Congregation. Information about the program can be obtained by writing: Reconciling Congregation Program P.O. Box 24213 Nashville, TN 37202 Open Hands (formerly Manna for the Journey) is published by Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian/Gay Concerns, Inc., as a resource for the Reconciling Congregation Program. It seeks to address concerns of lesbians and gay men as they relate to the ministry of the church. Contributing to This Issue: Susan R Beehler Marshall Jones Kathy Black Julie Morrissey Ralph Blair Beth Richardson Mark Bowman Bradley Rymph Rita Nakashima Wendy Tate Brock James S. Tinney Guy Charles Quentin L. Hand Graphic artist Hoyt L. Hickman Brenda Roth Open Hands (formerly Manna tor the Journey) is published four times a year. Subscription IS $10 for four Issues. Single copies are available for $3 each. PermiSSion to repnnt is granted upon request. Reprints of certam articles are available as Indicated in the issue. Subscnptlons and correspondence should be sent to: Open Hands P.O. Box 23636 Washington, D.C. 20026 Copyright 1986 by Affirmation United Methodists for Lesbian/Gay Conc…

Open Hands Vol 2 No 1 - Our Churches' Policies

Manna for the Journey Vol 1 No 4 - Our Families

Manna for the Journey Vol 1 No 3

Manna for the Journey Vol 1 No 2 - Living and Dying With AIDS

Manna for the Journey Vol 1 No 1 - Be Ye Reconciled

Letters to The Friend 1963
description: A large volume of letters--supporting and decrying TQVOS--were received by The Friend. Several letters were published in each biweekly issue over two months.
source: Reproduced by permission of The Friend: February 22; March 1; March 8; March 15; March 22; March 29; April 5; and April 19, 1963.

Mitchell Gould in FJ 2013
description: On the 50th anniversary of TQVOS, Mitchell Gould wrote a probing analysis on its legacy and how we can build on it today.
source: Reproduced by permission of the Friends Journal, March 2013, pp. 17-18.

Stephen Cox in The Friend Sept 2012
description: As the 50th anniversary of TQVOS approaches, The Friend invited Stephen Cox to write some reflections on Quakers and sex today.
source: Reproduced by permission of The Friend, September 20, 2012; published online.

Pushing at the Frontiers of Change
description: The first chapter of Blamire's 2012 historical account of "British Friends' involvement in various processes leading to homosexual equality" was devoted to TQVOS. This is most comprehensive narrative available on the TQVOS process.
source: Pushing at the Frontiers of Change: A Memoir of Quaker Involvement With Homosexuality by David Blamires; published by Quaker Books, March 2012, pp. 1-19. Reproduced by permission of David Blamires.

View from the Wider Church 1988
description: Also on the 25 anniversary, Blamires invites Douglas Galbraith to write about the significance and role of TQVOS in the development of the larger church and society's understanding of human sexuality and homosexuality.
source: Reproduced by permission of The Friends Quarterly, October 1988, pp. 150-57.

Writing TQVOS 1988
description: On the 25th anniversary of TQVOS, David Blamires, now editor of The Friends Quarterly, invited Anna Bidder to write her account of the process of writing TQVOS.
source: Reproduced by permission of The Friends Quarterly, October 1988, pp. 146-50.

Homosexuality From the Inside
description: Within a decade after TQVOS, another ground-breaking publication, Homosexuality from the Inside, was released by British Quakers. Author David Blamires honored the tremendous importance of TQVOS, yet goes beyond it to present a first-person account.
source: Homosexuality from the Inside by David Blamires; published by the Social Responsibility Council of the Society of Friends; Foreword & Introduction. Reproduced by permission of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.