26 20 2500 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/80843976378a966ad888491c2ffc2147.jpg 6f425cb18e223eb8627b964c11313c89 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/3a34a83914a748b0c8216812d97e5bed.jpg 8a7de5fa46b27bcd4749f242fd4ae8ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Charlie Bishop Stole Text Charlie Bishop Celebrating all God's gifts Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1995 Contribution Story This stole was one of the original 80 stoles that were on display on Sept. 16, 1995 when I set aside my ordination before Heartland Presbytery (see stole #1 for details). We have no other information about Charlie Bishop. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 28 Title A name given to the resource Charlie Bishop Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Charlie Bishop Bishop, Charlie Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Queer/non-conforming Theology United States Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Chelsea Goodwin Stole Text CHELSEA GOODWIN Former member, Park Slope UMC Brooklyn, New York Love is universal. Tolerance is not enough. We seek justice, we seek equality and we seek human dignity and that is not to be had from the United Methodist Church in general, nor in my experience from PSUMC in particular. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of thirty one stoles from Park Slope United Methodist Church included in a display of UM stoles at the 2000 General Conference of the UMC in Cleveland. All are made from identically sized pieces in turquoise, lavender and purple cotton batik. With only 200 members, Park Slope has donated the largest number of stoles to the collection from a single United Methodist congregation. A diverse community, Park Slope's creed is: Hand in hand, we the people of the Park Slope United Methodist Church -- black and white, straight and gay, old and young, rich and poor -- unite as a loving community, in covenant with God and the Creation. Summoned by our faith in Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to the humanization of urban life and to physical and spiritual growth. A scrappy congregation utterly committed to putting their faith into action, Park Slope has been unrelenting in its pursuit of justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the UMC. In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles”. In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 560 Title A name given to the resource Chelsea Goodwin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Brooklyn, New York (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Park Slope United Methodist Church Clergy Activist Goodwin, Chelsea Methodist New York New York City Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d2874d98753490ad3ff36a3988da72a8.jpg b9c257c5f1693e9b9b9e0102cbfb7eca https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/fe0bfc4cab8d34ff774db24ffa82f389.jpg 76989792cd621fb2636b3f0eca18fa77 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Cheryl Breiner Stole Text CHERYL BREINER CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) I was ordained in the Central Rocky Mountain Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in May 1982. My partner Doretta Philpot and I will have lived together 20 years in June 2002. She gave me this stole. I offer it to the Project because after I came out in the Central Rocky Mountain Region in 1996, I lost my standing as a minister that region. I offer it with hope for a new day in the church when love will reign. Denomination Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 884 Title A name given to the resource Cheryl Breiner Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cheryl Breiner Breiner, Cheryl Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Philpot, Doretta Theology United States Women and Religion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Cheryl Grau Stole Text CHERYL GRAU Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of thirty one stoles from Park Slope United Methodist Church included in a display of UM stoles at the 2000 General Conference of the UMC in Cleveland. All are made from identically sized pieces in turquoise, lavender and purple cotton batik, With only 200 members, Park Slope has donated the largest number of stoles to the collection from a single United Methodist congregation. A diverse community, Park Slope's creed is: Hand in hand, we the people of the Park Slope United Methodist Church -- black and white, straight and gay, old and young, rich and poor -- unite as a loving community, in covenant with God and the Creation. Summoned by our faith in Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to the humanization of urban life and to physical and spiritual growth. A scrappy congregation utterly committed to putting their faith into action, Park Slope has been unrelenting in its pursuit of justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the UMC. In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles”. In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 554 Title A name given to the resource Cheryl Grau Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Brooklyn, New York (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Park Slope United Methodist Church Clergy Activist Methodist New York New York City Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/7aaa975c2bccabaf1d961dbcaa7d55c2.jpg 7dc0b0c1072dc891a6f5a9525fde7ab6 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e6ac678e43f66da032e79c711e88d333.jpg 7f8b2fa997049c90a8cfacc275694394 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e343d7adbb1edcef3c96c78c2a5dba83.jpg 6c6372aa2f0f3288f075f49f94eb1c20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Cheryl Harrell Stole Text CHERYL HARRELL Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of 52 stoles donated to the Shower of Stoles collection by members and staff of Church of the Covenant. Although each of the stoles is unique, all of them are tied together by the inclusion of a piece cloth from a common bolt of blue and ivory material somewhere in the stole. (Cheryl also has included a number of bird feathers and stars on her stole.) Covenant is both a More Light and Open and Affirming Congregation. Their strong and public advocacy on behalf of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the church has drawn many LBGT persons to become a part of the Covenant church family. Their 52 stoles represent the largest subset of stoles given to the collection by any one congregation. Church of the Covenant, a federated United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church, is steeped in history. Located just off the Boston Commons, the Gothic revival building erected in the mid-1800's was one of the first churches built in the Back Bay area. In the 1890's the sanctuary was completely redecorated by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., including the creation of an extraordinary set of Tiffany stained-glass windows and a chandelier that is said to be the first electrified light installed in a public building by Thomas Edison. Covenant's history of social justice and human rights work is equally rich. When I visited Covenant, I was intrigued to learn that the church was a designated stop along the "Boston Women's Heritage Trail." One of Covenant's members, Abbie Child, was the head of the Women's Board of Missions of the Congregational Church in the late 1800's. Another member, Dr. Elsa Meder, was one of the first women ordained as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth Rice and Alice Hageman, ordained in 1974 and 1975 respectively, were the first women to serve as pastors at a Back Bay church. When they were joined by Donna Day Lower, the church became the only one in the United States with three women clergy. Since opening the "Women's Lunch Place" in 1982, the church has served as a haven for poor women and their children. It is fitting, then, that one of the Tiffany windows is "Four Women of the Bible," including Miriam, Deborah, Mary of Bethany, and Dorcas. Covenant remains on the forefront of work for equality and justice, and is active in the LGBT Welcoming movement in the Boston area and beyond. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 767 Title A name given to the resource Cheryl Harrell Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Boston, Massachusetts (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Church of the Covenant Boston Clergy Activist Feminism Harrell, Cheryl Massachusetts Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology United Church of Christ Women and Religion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Cheryl L. Burke Stole Text THE REV. CHERYL L. BURKE I was ordained in the PC(USA) on September 30, 1988. I served as Associate Pastor at Gurnee Community Church in Gurnee, IL, for two years and then moved to West Virginia to do interim ministry work. Withholding information about being lesbian became more damaging than I was willing to tolerate and difficult for the churches I served as well. On January 28, 1995, I was given Ordained Ministerial Standing in the United Church of Christ. I now serve as pastor at the First Congregational Church in Huntington, West Virginia. My partner and I live in the church parsonage and ministry flourishes where I can be open about all aspects of my life. This is a stole that I am no longer able to use. I offer it to you with sorrow for my loss and hope for the future of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story Cheryl Burke is one of many ordained ministers represented in this collection who left the Presbyterian Church for the United Church of Christ, a denomination that supports the ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. A skilled and compassionate pastor, Cheryl and her partner have been welcomed by their new church home. (Note: In early 1996, Cheryl gave us a white Guatemalan stole with the Presbyterian Church's symbol woven into it. This stole was one of 350 that were worn in a week-long public witness at the 1996 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque. It was badly damaged in a mishap with an automobile there, which greatly upset the person who had been given the honor of wearing it all week. This individual graciously replaced the stole with the closest match that could be found. It is identical to the original stole in all ways except that it lacks the Presbyterian Church symbols.) Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 226 Title A name given to the resource Cheryl L. Burke Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Huntington, West Virginia (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cheryl L. Burke Burke, Cheryl L. Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ United States Women and Religion https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/58b21d75d8d954905c91423e2179b6fe.jpg b5a6e8476d6941939af2e80577445370 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0e9be565c7a17853d5ca0188a3da3cf8.jpg 593639a8d9d00bbbc279612302646c6c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Children of Glen and Alesa Glazier Stole Text Glen and Alesa Glazier would be Presbyterians today were it not for the denomination's non-acceptance of Gays. They have four children, two of whom are gay. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This stole was given to us in advance of the 1996 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). At one time Glen and Alesa Glazier were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Like so many other parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender children, however, they eventually left the denomination after deciding they could no longer reconcile their love for their two gay children with their membership in a church that actively discriminates against LBGT persons. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 329 Title A name given to the resource Children of Glen and Alesa Glazier Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Glen and Alesa Glazier Ally Glazier, Alesa Glazier, Glen Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) United States https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/19de2524812944b6c14549ed9200436e.pdf e29377f75f653825775831656ce07ecd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chinamen and the Missionary Subject The topic of the resource Hundreds of Christian missionaries and families killed in China during the Boxer Rebellion. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chico Weekly Enterprise https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CWE19000921.2.21&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-chinese%2c+religion------- https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/4e8f9847f960cddce387298c3a0c8d6b.jpg 511c66a8e7084284a4944a881e20eaa5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Chinese laborers working on the Transcontinental Railroad Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived When a Ban on the Chinese Was Proposed and Frederick Douglass Spoke Out, By Patrick Young, Esq., Long Island Wins, February 8, 2017. https://longislandwins.com/columns/immigrants-civil-war/ban-chinese-proposed-frederick-douglass-spoke-3/ https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e93662cdf65ac3c729f6b40e1d26d9b6.png 67104c084e7fedf8cda0b8f464247526 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Podcasts from WMPG.org and 90.9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chris Davis Subject The topic of the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Chris Davis grew up in Bangor and is a relatively recent arrival in Portland. She attends college as an adult learner and works part-time while also parenting two young adults from a distance, one of whom identifies as transgender. In recent years Chris has been engaged in her own coming out: coming out as lesbian, coming out from a heterosexual marriage, and coming out from membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormons. And if that wasn’t enough, Chris is also soon to be out as a published author. She’s contributing an essay to a collection by ex-Mormon LBGTQ folks entitled 'I Spoke to You with Silence,' to be published by the University of Utah Press. The title of Chris’ chapter is “Five Reasons Why I Didn’t Belong.” Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres-McGovern Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Chris Davis https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/bc97b42eb399ea44f0b62457cec604ef.jpg 12b656e7ff4f790b8d8c0c899a654665 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Chris Glaser received his M.Div. from Yale University Divinity School in 1977 and earlier, his B.A. in English Honors and Religious Studies from California State University, Northridge, in 1973. While in college he served as Director of Youth Ministry of the Congregational Church of Northridge (UCC) and was ordained an elder of his home congregation, First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys. In 1974 Glaser founded what became the Gay/Lesbian/Straight Coalition at Yale Divinity School, and, in 1976, he founded the Gay/Lesbian Peer Counseling Service at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia while a campus ministry intern for the Christian Association (1975-1976). From 1977 to 1987, he served as founding Director of the Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in Los Angeles, funded by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) nationally and regionally. Shortly thereafter he served a year as an interim campus chaplain at the United Campus Ministry of the University of Southern California. Glaser was the openly gay member of the Presbyterian Task Force to Study Homosexuality which met from 1976-1978. When the denomination rejected the favorable recommendations of that committee and established a policy forbidding the ordination of gays and lesbians in 1978, he was refused ordination while remaining employed by the church as Lazarus Director. He ghostwrote and edited much of the denomination’s 1985 book, Breaking the Silence, Overcoming the Fear - Resources in Homophobia Education. He served as the second national coordinator and treasurer of Presbyterians for Lesbian & Gay Concerns, overseeing its acquiring not-for-profit status with the IRS and writing the first annual report accepted by a Presbyterian General Assembly in 1979. As editor of its newsletter for three years, he gave the publication its name, More Light, now known as the More Light Update, from which More Light churches that are welcoming of LGBT people get their name. He continued to serve the More Light Update as columnist and guest editor and writer of semi-annual prayerbooks and collections of resource materials. He has also written two youth curricula for a consortium of churches, including the PC(USA), on worship and on racism, and edited two others on evangelism and 1 and 2 Samuel. Chris Glaser has published twelve books, including Uncommon Calling (1988), Come Home! (1990), and Coming Out as Sacrament (1998), and a series of devotional books: Coming Out to God (1991), The Word Is Out (1994), Communion of Life-Meditations for the New Millennium (1999), and Reformation of the Heart(2001). Collaborating with his golden Labrador retriever, Calvin, he "translated from the canine"Unleashed-The Wit and Wisdom of Calvin the Dog (1998). His book, Henri’s Mantle-100 Meditations on Nouwen’s Life and Writings (2002) reflects on the words and friendship of his spiritual mentor, prolific religious author Henri J. M. Nouwen. In 2005, Chris edited Troy Perry: Pastor and Prophet. His most recent books include As My Own Soul: The Blessing of Same-Gender Marriage (2009) and The Final Deadline: What Death Has Taught Me about Life (2010). The Word Is Out and Henri's Mantle are now available in Spanish language editions. He has also contributed to a score of other books, including, Prayers for the New Social Awakening (2008), Den Svenska Psalmboken [Hymnbook for the Church of Sweden] (2007), Remembering Henri: The Life and Legacy of Henri Nouwen (2006), Befriending Life—Encounters with Henri Nouwen (2001) and Body and Soul: Womanist, Feminist, Queer Theologians Rethink Sexuality, Spirituality, and Social Justice (Fall, 2002). His writings have appeared in many publications, including Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The New York Times, The Advocate, Frontiers, Christianity and Crisis (for which he was a columnist), The Christian Century, and a range of church periodicals, including Church and Society and Presbyterians Today. For HRC, the Human Rights Campaign, he has authored and edited two curricula, one on the film For the Bible Tells Me So and one on Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities. For five years (1998-2002), Glaser was editor of Open Hands, a U.S./Canadian ecumenical quarterly magazine for one thousand congregations that are welcoming of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, sponsored by welcoming programs in seven denominations in the U.S. and Canada. Earlier he was news reporter and then news editor of Frontiers, a gay newsmagazine out of Los Angeles. Chris has served in a variety of parish, campus, and youth ministries and as a member of countless church committees. As a volunteer, he has chaired the Spiritual Advisory Committee of AIDS Project Los Angeles, has been a board member of the Southern Association for Gender Education, Inc., as an ally of transgender people, and is presently on the advisory board of The Incarnation Institute for Sex & Faith. From 2001 to 2005, he served part-time as Spiritual Leader of the interfaith Midtown Spiritual Community. In 2005, MCC invited him to serve as an interim pastor of Christ Covenant MCC in Decatur, Georgia, ordaining him that October. He served as interim of MCC San Francisco and of Virginia Highland Church (UCC/Baptist) in Atlanta. Since 2011, Chris Glaser has written free weekly Progressive Christian Reflections under the auspices of the Office of Emerging Ministries of MCC. The blog may be found at <a href="http://www.chrisglaser.blogspot.com/">http://www.chrisglaser.blogspot.com</a>.  His posts may also be found on other blogs, such as The Huffington Post, ProgressiveChristianity.org, and Believe Out Loud. His awards include Yale Divinity School’s Alumni Award for Distinction in Lay Ministry (2004), the Inclusive Church Award from More Light Presbyterians (1998), and the Lazarus Award (1988). The Advocate named him one of the Advocate 500, leaders who have helped shape the LGBT movement. In honor of Hotlanta 2001 he was named one of 100 “hot” persons, places, and things in Atlanta (one of five “hot” writers), as chosen by readers and the editorial staff of Southern Voice, then the gay and lesbian newspaper of the South. He served as grand marshal of the Atlanta Pride parade in 2009. A native Californian, Chris has made his home in Atlanta since 1993. He is married to Wade Jones. (This biographical statement provided by Chris Glaser.) Biographical Text Chris Glaser received his M.Div. from Yale University Divinity School in 1977 and earlier, his B.A. in English Honors and Religious Studies from California State University, Northridge, in 1973. While in college he served as Director of Youth Ministry of the Congregational Church of Northridge (UCC) and was ordained an elder of his home congregation, First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys. In 1974 Glaser founded what became the Gay/Lesbian/Straight Coalition at Yale Divinity School, and, in 1976, he founded the Gay/Lesbian Peer Counseling Service at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia while a campus ministry intern for the Christian Association (1975-1976). From 1977 to 1987, he served as founding Director of the Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in Los Angeles, funded by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) nationally and regionally. Shortly thereafter he served a year as an interim campus chaplain at the United Campus Ministry of the University of Southern California. Glaser was the openly gay member of the Presbyterian Task Force to Study Homosexuality which met from 1976-1978. When the denomination rejected the favorable recommendations of that committee and established a policy forbidding the ordination of gays and lesbians in 1978, he was refused ordination while remaining employed by the church as Lazarus Director. He ghostwrote and edited much of the denomination’s 1985 book, Breaking the Silence, Overcoming the Fear - Resources in Homophobia Education. He served as the second national coordinator and treasurer of Presbyterians for Lesbian & Gay Concerns, overseeing its acquiring not-for-profit status with the IRS and writing the first annual report accepted by a Presbyterian General Assembly in 1979. As editor of its newsletter for three years, he gave the publication its name, More Light, now known as the More Light Update, from which More Light churches that are welcoming of LGBT people get their name. He continued to serve the More Light Update as columnist and guest editor and writer of semi-annual prayerbooks and collections of resource materials. He has also written two youth curricula for a consortium of churches, including the PC(USA), on worship and on racism, and edited two others on evangelism and 1 and 2 Samuel. Chris Glaser has published twelve books, including Uncommon Calling (1988), Come Home! (1990), and Coming Out as Sacrament (1998), and a series of devotional books: Coming Out to God (1991), The Word Is Out (1994), Communion of Life-Meditations for the New Millennium (1999), and Reformation of the Heart(2001). Collaborating with his golden Labrador retriever, Calvin, he "translated from the canine"Unleashed-The Wit and Wisdom of Calvin the Dog (1998). His book, Henri’s Mantle-100 Meditations on Nouwen’s Life and Writings (2002) reflects on the words and friendship of his spiritual mentor, prolific religious author Henri J. M. Nouwen. In 2005, Chris edited Troy Perry: Pastor and Prophet. His most recent books include As My Own Soul: The Blessing of Same-Gender Marriage (2009) and The Final Deadline: What Death Has Taught Me about Life (2010). The Word Is Out and Henri's Mantle are now available in Spanish language editions. He has also contributed to a score of other books, including, Prayers for the New Social Awakening (2008), Den Svenska Psalmboken [Hymnbook for the Church of Sweden] (2007), Remembering Henri: The Life and Legacy of Henri Nouwen (2006), Befriending Life—Encounters with Henri Nouwen (2001) and Body and Soul: Womanist, Feminist, Queer Theologians Rethink Sexuality, Spirituality, and Social Justice (Fall, 2002). His writings have appeared in many publications, including Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The New York Times, The Advocate, Frontiers, Christianity and Crisis (for which he was a columnist), The Christian Century, and a range of church periodicals, including Church and Society and Presbyterians Today. For HRC, the Human Rights Campaign, he has authored and edited two curricula, one on the film For the Bible Tells Me So and one on Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities. For five years (1998-2002), Glaser was editor of Open Hands, a U.S./Canadian ecumenical quarterly magazine for one thousand congregations that are welcoming of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, sponsored by welcoming programs in seven denominations in the U.S. and Canada. Earlier he was news reporter and then news editor of Frontiers, a gay newsmagazine out of Los Angeles. Chris has served in a variety of parish, campus, and youth ministries and as a member of countless church committees. As a volunteer, he has chaired the Spiritual Advisory Committee of AIDS Project Los Angeles, has been a board member of the Southern Association for Gender Education, Inc., as an ally of transgender people, and is presently on the advisory board of The Incarnation Institute for Sex & Faith. From 2001 to 2005, he served part-time as Spiritual Leader of the interfaith Midtown Spiritual Community. In 2005, MCC invited him to serve as an interim pastor of Christ Covenant MCC in Decatur, Georgia, ordaining him that October. He served as interim of MCC San Francisco and of Virginia Highland Church (UCC/Baptist) in Atlanta. Since 2011, Chris Glaser has written free weekly Progressive Christian Reflections under the auspices of the Office of Emerging Ministries of MCC. The blog may be found at <a href="http://www.chrisglaser.blogspot.com/">http://www.chrisglaser.blogspot.com</a>.  His posts may also be found on other blogs, such as The Huffington Post, ProgressiveChristianity.org, and Believe Out Loud. His awards include Yale Divinity School’s Alumni Award for Distinction in Lay Ministry (2004), the Inclusive Church Award from More Light Presbyterians (1998), and the Lazarus Award (1988). The Advocate named him one of the Advocate 500, leaders who have helped shape the LGBT movement. In honor of Hotlanta 2001 he was named one of 100 “hot” persons, places, and things in Atlanta (one of five “hot” writers), as chosen by readers and the editorial staff of Southern Voice, then the gay and lesbian newspaper of the South. He served as grand marshal of the Atlanta Pride parade in 2009. A native Californian, Chris has made his home in Atlanta since 1993. He is married to Wade Jones. (This biographical statement provided by Chris Glaser.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chris Glaser Chris Glaser Lazarus Project MCC Metropolitan Community Church Presbyterian Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Chris Gorman Stole Text Chris Gorman Elder Rutgers NYC Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This is one of about thirty stoles donated to the collection over the years by the members of Rutgers Presbyterian Church in New York in honor of their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members, many of whom hold leadership positions within the congregation and in the Presbytery of New York City. Chris Gorman is an ordained Elder at Rutgers. Established in 1798 in lower Manhattan, Rutgers has a long history of involvement in social justice and community development issues. Rutgers is a More Light congregation, working for the full inclusion of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the Presbyterian Church. Along with More Light Presbyterians, Rutgers is a sponsor of Presbyterian Welcome (an affiliate of That All May Freely Serve) and the Covenant Network in their common pursuit for the end of discrimination against LGBT persons in the Presbyterian Church. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 271 Title A name given to the resource Chris Gorman Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York, New York (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rutgers Presbyterian Church Clergy Activist Gorman, Chris Methodist New York New York City Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/863215cab1594dc5fe52ff30c0b55947.jpg 961ca337d8a0a850e76d30604e58f19d https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b030b7f87412fea2cf0b7b416ad1167a.jpg 8a574720f000b22b1d3fbcddafd01b41 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/33d0425b4cb89499cf92d86d5fbaaef5.jpg 6458ca89f6c65834fd793a02f6a04779 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b33ce004104f43c4ce8423470da1fc3e.jpg 91381aceb5f3af20f385414270cdae18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Chris Paige Stole Text Marvelous are your works!!!!!! Psalm 139:14 Elder Chris Paige I PRAISE YOU!!!!!! For I am wonderfully and fearfully made. For it was you who formed my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you! For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are your works! Oh, how well my soul knows that fact! My body was no mystery to you, when I was made in secret, and intricately woven in the depths of the earth… Psalm 139:13-15 Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This stole honoring Chris Paige, an ordained Elder, is one of twelve stoles given to the Shower of Stoles collection by Tabernacle United Church in Philadelphia. All twelve stoles are similar in size and style. The three signature stoles are white and the nine individual stoles are purple; most have matching pastel flannel binding on the ends of the panels. Tabernacle United Church, United Church of Christ and Presbyterian union church located adjacent to the University of Pennsylvania campus, has a long history of activism, from its community organizing and support of a school for Black children in the mid-1800's to its more recent history of sanctuary in support of Central American refugees, peace activism, and outspoken advocacy on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. Tabernacle is both a More Light and Open and Affirming congregation, working for the full inclusion of LGBT people in the life and leadership of the church. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Click <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=198">here</a> to read Chris Paige's biographic profile in the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's Profiles Gallery. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Chris Paige is an OtherWise-identified transgender activist who seeks justice through work as a writer, organizer, and educator. Chris prefers pronouns they/them and has been involved in several kinds of LGBT faith-based organizing through the years, most prominently as executive director and co-founder of Transfaith. In 1999, Chris created a small website called Transfaith Online to gather information about transgender spirituality.  Chris came back to the Transfaith project in 2007, relaunching the website which resulted in deepening Chris's relationships among transgender spiritual/cultural workers over several years.  Chris was involved in the founding of transgender groups in the United Church of Christ (UCC GenderFold Action Alliance in 2010) and The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TransSaints in 2009), as well as ground-breaking multi-faith programming at the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference. Chris went on to become was conference chair of the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference in 2011 as it emerged as the largest transgender conference in the world. In 2012, the once-small project of Transfaith (<a href="http://www.transfaithonline.org/">www.transfaithonline.org</a>) turned towards multi-faith, multi-racial, multi-gender organizational development, hiring Chris as executive director. Chris was named to the Trans 100 in 2014, was named an inaugural Arcus LGBT Leadership Initiative (ALLI) fellow in 2013,  received a "patron of humanity"award from the Philadelphia Metropolitan Community Church  in 2011, and received an achievement award from FTM International in 2010. Chris has long been engaged in ecumenical and multi-faith organizing. Chris served as coordinator of the YES! Coalition for several years, building relationships among diverse LGBT-affirming faith communities in the Philadelphia-area. Chris served on the council of CLOUT (Christian Lesbians Out Together), as communications coordinator for the UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns (<a href="http://www.openandaffirming.org/">www.openandaffirming.org</a>), an advisor on the Witness Our Welcome 2003 conference, and has been a part of the National Religious Leaders Roundtable for many years. Chris was on the staff of the award-winning progressive, ecumenical Christian magazine The Other Side from 1994 to 2003. From 1999 to 2003, they served as publisher, and helped shape the magazine's May-June 2001 ground-breaking issue on transgender concerns. It was there that Chris met then-Methodist clergy, the Rev. Beth Stroud.  Their 15-year relationship included a nationally publicized church trial in 2004 that was eventually appealed to the Judicial Council, resulting in Rev. Stroud's credentials being defrocked due to the so-called "same sex" relationship. Baptized in a Christian Reformed Church in Lansing, Michigan, in 1971, Chris was confirmed and ordained an elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  Chris graduated with a B.S. degree in Math, Computer Science, and Religion from Mary Washington College (now University of Mary Washington: <a href="http://www.umw.edu/">www.umw.edu</a>) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1994.  Chris has been a member at Tabernacle United Church <a href="http://www.tabunited.org/">www.tabunited.org</a> in Philadelphia for more than 20 years and is an associate member at Living Water United Church of Christ <a href="http://www.lwucc.org/">www.lwucc.org</a> also in Philadelphia. Chris is blessed with supportive family by birth and by adoption. (This biographical statement provided by Chris Paige.) Biographical Text Chris Paige is an OtherWise-identified transgender activist who seeks justice through work as a writer, organizer, and educator. Chris prefers pronouns they/them and has been involved in several kinds of LGBT faith-based organizing through the years, most prominently as executive director and co-founder of Transfaith. In 1999, Chris created a small website called Transfaith Online to gather information about transgender spirituality.  Chris came back to the Transfaith project in 2007, relaunching the website which resulted in deepening Chris's relationships among transgender spiritual/cultural workers over several years.  Chris was involved in the founding of transgender groups in the United Church of Christ (UCC GenderFold Action Alliance in 2010) and The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TransSaints in 2009), as well as ground-breaking multi-faith programming at the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference. Chris went on to become was conference chair of the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference in 2011 as it emerged as the largest transgender conference in the world. In 2012, the once-small project of Transfaith (<a href="http://www.transfaithonline.org/">www.transfaithonline.org</a>) turned towards multi-faith, multi-racial, multi-gender organizational development, hiring Chris as executive director. Chris was named to the Trans 100 in 2014, was named an inaugural Arcus LGBT Leadership Initiative (ALLI) fellow in 2013,  received a "patron of humanity"award from the Philadelphia Metropolitan Community Church  in 2011, and received an achievement award from FTM International in 2010. Chris has long been engaged in ecumenical and multi-faith organizing. Chris served as coordinator of the YES! Coalition for several years, building relationships among diverse LGBT-affirming faith communities in the Philadelphia-area. Chris served on the council of CLOUT (Christian Lesbians Out Together), as communications coordinator for the UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns (<a href="http://www.openandaffirming.org/">www.openandaffirming.org</a>), an advisor on the Witness Our Welcome 2003 conference, and has been a part of the National Religious Leaders Roundtable for many years. Chris was on the staff of the award-winning progressive, ecumenical Christian magazine The Other Side from 1994 to 2003. From 1999 to 2003, they served as publisher, and helped shape the magazine's May-June 2001 ground-breaking issue on transgender concerns. It was there that Chris met then-Methodist clergy, the Rev. Beth Stroud.  Their 15-year relationship included a nationally publicized church trial in 2004 that was eventually appealed to the Judicial Council, resulting in Rev. Stroud's credentials being defrocked due to the so-called "same sex" relationship. Baptized in a Christian Reformed Church in Lansing, Michigan, in 1971, Chris was confirmed and ordained an elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  Chris graduated with a B.S. degree in Math, Computer Science, and Religion from Mary Washington College (now University of Mary Washington: <a href="http://www.umw.edu/">www.umw.edu</a>) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1994.  Chris has been a member at Tabernacle United Church <a href="http://www.tabunited.org/">www.tabunited.org</a> in Philadelphia for more than 20 years and is an associate member at Living Water United Church of Christ <a href="http://www.lwucc.org/">www.lwucc.org</a> also in Philadelphia. Chris is blessed with supportive family by birth and by adoption. (This biographical statement provided by Chris Paige.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery Description An account of the resource Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (one of a set of 12 scenes from The Life of Christ). Flemish, Leuven; Panel; Glass-Stained. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Christ Church United Methodist (Solidarity Stole) Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2008 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Podcasts from WMPG.org and 90.9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Christephor Gilbert Subject The topic of the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Christephor Gilbert is pastor of St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in Portland. He hails from Louisville, Kentucky, is a graduate of Bard College in upstate New York, and completed his ministry studies in Chicago, but ministry is perhaps Christephor’s second or even third career. 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Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide for Taking Dominion and Disciplining Nations Description An account of the resource Cover of the audio book "Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide for Taking Dominion and Disciplining Nations" by Andrew Torba and Andrew Isker, Joel Jeffrey narrator. Gab Al Inc, 2022 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gab Al Inc, 2022 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Christopher Billy Stole Text CHRISTOPHER BILLY DEACON Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1998 Contribution Story This is one of sixteen stoles donated by First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, NJ on behalf of members and friends of the congregation. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Christopher Harris Stole Text Christopher Harris, M.D. Elder Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1995 Contribution Story This stole was one of the original 80 stoles that were on display on Sept. 16, 1995 when I set aside my ordination before Heartland Presbytery (see stole #1 for details). Christopher Harris, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University, has been a pediatrician for twenty years. A gay African-American with a 3-year-old daughter, Harris was invited in 2005 to testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee about the Federal Marriage Amendment and explain why denying same-sex couples the right to marry would negatively impact the health and security of their children. He is one of more than 750 pediatricians who organized to oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment. Dr. Harris is an ordained Presbyterian Elder and was active in the More Light movement in Cincinnati and Nashville. He helped create the More Light Task Force at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, a congregation which has been on the forefront of the Welcoming movement for many years. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18 Title A name given to the resource Christopher Harris Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Nashville, Tennessee (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dr. Christopher Harris African American Clergy Activist Harris, Christopher Marriage Equality More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Tennessee