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&lt;p&gt;On behalf of the Delaware (OH) Gay Straight Christian Alliance and with great joy, I send you this signature stole which we crated during an ecumenical worship service. We hosted a portion of the SOS collection during the afternoon as an open, public showing and then followed with a worship service to honor all of our GLBT siblings who have been wounded in the course of living out their calls to ministry. At the conclusion of the service, all who wished to participate signed this stole, which was hand-made by a member of our group. Please know that there were many tears shed over this stole, both by those who signed and by those who could not yet, for their pain is still too fresh and intense.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are honored to be part of this tremendously powerful and important project. Thank you for keeping this witness alive as a reminder that our work is not yet done and as a sign of hope that God still moves among us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sincerely&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Washington Square has long been a place of welcome to New York's LGBT community.  The Rev. Paul M. Abels, Washington's Square's pastor from 1973-1984, was the first openly gay installed parish minister in a major Christian denomination.  The church was also home to the Harvey Milk School of lesbian and gay youth and the Gay Men's Health Crisis Center.  Known as the "Peace Church" due to its antiwar activism during the Vietnam War, Washington Square hosted dozens of other activist groups over the years, from the Black Panthers to community housing development organizations and a variety of dance, theater and music groups.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 2004, the congregation decided that renting space for worship and other programs would be a better use of their resources than maintaining their church and the parsonage, two old and decaying landmarks.  The buildings have since been sold, and Washington Square has merged with Church of All Nations and Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Churches.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This stole was donated in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH.  Members of Washington Square joined with Park Slope Methodist Church to contribute 35 stoles for display in Cleveland.  Washington Square's four stoles and Park Slope's thirty one are identically sized pieces made from turquoise, lavender and purple cotton batik.  In addition to her own stole, Gayla Goehl made one for her friend Brad Shuttler (stole #682). &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Martha Juillerat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Founder, Shower of Stoles Project&lt;br /&gt;2006&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;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.  George is an ordained Elder at Rutgers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Martha Juillerat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Founder, Shower of Stoles Project&lt;br /&gt;2006&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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