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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;In 1972, Bill Johnson was ordained as an openly gay man in the United Church of Christ. I was three.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1985, the United Church of Christ General Synod passed the Open and Affirming resolution.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I was sixteen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1989, I came out as a lesbian woman in the context of my family and my church.&lt;span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;I was welcomed and affirmed, continued receiving support for my plans for seminary and ordination, and continued to serve on committees and in worship.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1997, I was ordained to ministry in the United Church of Christ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In many ways, this story evokes yawns for its lack of excitement and drama.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But in a world such as ours, I rejoice every day for the United Church of Christ and its churches that I have called home—St. Paul’s in Cleveland, St. John’s and St. Luke’s in Dayton, The Peoples Church of Chicago, All Pilgrim’s in Seattle, and in Minneapolis, Spirit of the Lakes, and now my current home, Lyndale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of the faithful work of so many over the past forty years—much of it before I was born and before I knew I needed it—my story has been one of justice and celebration, love and rejoicing.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The ministry that I am privileged to share has been ignited, nurtured and prospered because of this denomination.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It is what every person should expect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this fiftieth anniversary year of the United Church of Christ, I give thanks that God’s extravagant welcome is practiced in this denomination and has so richly blessed my life!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;This stole was given in celebration of the United Church of Christ's 50th Anniversary, and for the refuge that the UCC has offered for so many GLBT clergy.&lt;/p&gt;
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17 years ago Rod Reinhart founded People Who Care About People With AIDS, an AIDS Ministry of the Episcopal Church. He is an active interim minister in the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. He is currently rector of Nativity Episcopal Church in Bloomfield Hills.&#13;
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