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Text Any textual data included in the document Jimmy Creech, a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, was an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church from 1970 to 1999.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Divinity from The Divinity School of Duke University.  During the summers of 1965 and 1967, he studied with The Institute for Mediterranean Studies at Hebrew University and Hebrew Union Theological Seminary in Jerusalem, Israel, and at museums and archaeological sites in Israel, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.  He served as a pastor in churches of The North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church from 1970 to 1990. While at Fairmont United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, (1987-1990) he helped create and was the chairperson of the Raleigh Religious Network for Gay and Lesbian Equality, an ecumenical group whose purpose was to publicly counter antigay religious rhetoric with a faithful message of God’s love for and inclusion of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation.  Jimmy served as the Program Associate with the North Carolina Council of Churches from 1991 to 1996. He was the Council’s Legislative Liaison with the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the Council on a broad range of issues including gun control, criminal justice, abolition of the death penalty, health care, AIDS/HIV funding, campaign finance reform, farm workers, children, and the repeal of the Crimes Against Nature (Sodomy) Law.  He helped to create and was the first chairperson of The Covenant with North Carolina’s Children, a coalition of nonprofit agencies providing services to children.  The Covenant represented the interests of children at the North Carolina General Assembly.  He also helped to create People of Faith Against the Death Penalty.  While he was with the North Carolina Council of Churches, the Council voted approval of the membership application of the Gulf Coast District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, the first state Council of Churches in the United States to do so. In July of 1996, Jimmy was appointed Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska.  In March of 1998, he was acquitted in a church trial of a charge of violating the Order and Discipline of The United Methodist Church when he celebrated a covenant ceremony for two women in September of 1997. When the Nebraska bishop would not allow him to continue as the Senior Pastor at First United Methodist Church, Omaha, Jimmy took a leave of absence from pastoral ministry within The United Methodist Church and returned to his home in Raleigh, North Carolina, in June of 1998. In April of 1999, Jimmy celebrated the holy union of two men in Chapel Hill, NC.  Charges were brought against him and a church trial was held in Grand Island, Nebraska, on November 17, 1999.  The jury declared him guilty of “disobedience to the Order and Discipline of The United Methodist Church” and withdrew his credentials of ordination. Since the summer of 1998, Jimmy has traveled around the country preaching in churches and speaking on college and university campuses, as well as to various community and national organizations about human and civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.  From 2000 to 2005, he was chairperson of the Board of Directors of Soulforce, Inc. (<a href="http://www.soulforce.org/">www.soulforce.org</a>), an inter-religious movement using the principles of nonviolent resistance, taught and practiced by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., to confront the spiritual violence perpetrated against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons by religious institutions. In 2005 Jimmy worked with Mitchell Gold to create Faith In America, Inc. (<a href="http://www.faithinamerica.com/">www.faithinamerica.com</a>), an organization dedicated to ending bigotry disguised as religious truth and, in so doing, achieving full and equal civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in America.  Jimmy served as its executive director from 2005-2007. In May of 2009, Jimmy was one of twenty-four thinkers, activists and donors who gathered in Dallas, Texas, to discuss the immediate need for full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United States.  Collectively they authored The Dallas Principles, a set of eight principles and a call to action intended to guide the civil rights movement for full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.See <a href="http://www.thedallasprinciples.org/">www.thedallasprinciples.org</a>; and, <a href="http://www.actonprinciples.org/">www.actonprinciples.org</a>. Jimmy is the author of Rise Above the Law: The Appeal to the Jury, The United Methodist Church’s Trial of Jimmy Creech (The Swing Bridge Press, 2000); and Adam’s Gift: Memoir of a Pastor's Calling to Defy the Church's Persecution of Lesbians and Gays, (Duke University Press, 2011). Currently Jimmy is retired and living in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jimmy has been active in the following organizations: The Human Relations Commission, City of Raleigh (2008 to 2010); Friends of Residents of Long Term Care, Board of Directors (2008 to 2010); Raleigh HIV/AIDS Support Group (co-leader, 1990-96 and 1998 to present); The Methodist Federation for Social Action, NC Chapter; The Raleigh Religious Network for Gay and Lesbian Equality (a founder and convener, 1988-1990); AIDS Service Agency for Wake County (NC) (former vice-chairperson and chairperson of the board, 1989-1990); The North Carolina Pride Political Action Committee, now called Equality NC; (charter board member) The Reconciling Congregation Program, a program related to United Methodist Church that works with local churches to help them become open to and accepting of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual persons, now called The Reconciling Ministries Network(former national board member); North CaroliniansAgainst the Death Penalty (former chairperson and board member); People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (NC) (a founder, former chairperson and board member); North CarolinaLow Income Housing Coalition (former board member); The Covenant with North Carolinas Children (a founder, former board member and chairperson; a coalition of organizations advocating for the interest of children in the North Carolina General Assembly); The Omaha Faith Committee of Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty (former board member); North CarolinaReligious Coalition for Marriage Equality (founding member); Soulforce, Inc.(former chairperson of the board), an inter-religious movement using the principles of nonviolent resistance, taught and practiced by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., to confront the spiritual violence perpetrated against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons by religious institutions; Faith In America, Inc. (former executive director and board member), an organization dedicated to ending bigotry disguised as religious truth and, in so doing, achieving full and equal civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in America; and, North Carolina Social Justice Project, Inc.(founding member; former chair, board of directors). Jimmy has received the following awards and recognition: The 1990 Lee and Mae Ball Award presented by The Methodist Federation for Social Action for outstanding Christian social witness; The 1990 North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence Award for outstanding leadership in the struggle against hate activity in North Carolina; The 1997 Paul Green Award presented by the North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union for his work to abolish the death penalty in North Carolina; The Triangle (NC) Business and Professional Guild Award (1997) for advocacy on behalf of gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender persons; The Heart of Freedom Award (1998) presented by ANGLE/Omaha (Achieving New Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Transgender Endeavors); Jimmy Creech Profile of Justice College Scholarship Award, established in Jimmy’s name in Nebraska in 1998; The 1998 North Carolina Pride Inc. Award; 1998 Saint Award presented by Metropolitan Community Church, San Francisco; Selected as one of OUT Magazine’s 100 in 1998 and in 1999, recognizing individuals making significant contributions toward the advancement of civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; The Human Rights Campaign Equality Award, 1999; The American People Award (1999) presented by People for the American Way “for challenging bigotry and promoting tolerance within the church”; 1999 Dignity Award presented by the Council of Churches, Santa Clara County, California; 1999 Pride Interfaith Coalition Award, Boston, Massachusetts; The Year 2000 Flagbearer Award presented by PFLAG National; Triangle Community Service Award 2000:  Straight Ally of the Year presented by the Triangle (NC) Business and Professional Guild; “A Leading Voice” for Commitment to the Struggle of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People for Honor and Dignity, presented by The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry and Pacific School for Religionon April 19, 2001; The  W.W. Finlator Award, 2007, presented by the ACLU of Wake County in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the advancements of civil liberties; The 2008 Distinguished Service Award, North Carolina Council of Churches. The 2010 Frank Porter Graham Award, presented by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina given to honor a lifetime of distinguished service in defense of civil liberties; The first annualJimmy Creech Prophetic Award for Taking Risks for Conscience’s Sake (2010), presented by the Methodist Federation for Social Action, North Carolina Conference Chapter; The Leading Voices Award from The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (2011), co-recipient with Chris Weedy; The California-Nevada MFSA 2011 Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly Peace and Justice Award; The California-Nevada Conference Committee on Reconciliation 2011 Turtle Award (for sticking out your neck); The LGBT Center of Raleigh’s 2011 Distinguished Service Award; and, The Peggy Campolo Carrier Pigeon Award, 2012, (For Giving Love, Support & a Voice to the Misunderstood Children of God), by the Open Door Community Church, Sherwood, Arkansas.  (This biographical statement provided by Jimmy Creech.) Biographical Text Jimmy Creech, a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, was an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church from 1970 to 1999.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Divinity from The Divinity School of Duke University.  During the summers of 1965 and 1967, he studied with The Institute for Mediterranean Studies at Hebrew University and Hebrew Union Theological Seminary in Jerusalem, Israel, and at museums and archaeological sites in Israel, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.  He served as a pastor in churches of The North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church from 1970 to 1990. While at Fairmont United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, (1987-1990) he helped create and was the chairperson of the Raleigh Religious Network for Gay and Lesbian Equality, an ecumenical group whose purpose was to publicly counter antigay religious rhetoric with a faithful message of God’s love for and inclusion of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation.  Jimmy served as the Program Associate with the North Carolina Council of Churches from 1991 to 1996. He was the Council’s Legislative Liaison with the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the Council on a broad range of issues including gun control, criminal justice, abolition of the death penalty, health care, AIDS/HIV funding, campaign finance reform, farm workers, children, and the repeal of the Crimes Against Nature (Sodomy) Law.  He helped to create and was the first chairperson of The Covenant with North Carolina’s Children, a coalition of nonprofit agencies providing services to children.  The Covenant represented the interests of children at the North Carolina General Assembly.  He also helped to create People of Faith Against the Death Penalty.  While he was with the North Carolina Council of Churches, the Council voted approval of the membership application of the Gulf Coast District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, the first state Council of Churches in the United States to do so. In July of 1996, Jimmy was appointed Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska.  In March of 1998, he was acquitted in a church trial of a charge of violating the Order and Discipline of The United Methodist Church when he celebrated a covenant ceremony for two women in September of 1997. When the Nebraska bishop would not allow him to continue as the Senior Pastor at First United Methodist Church, Omaha, Jimmy took a leave of absence from pastoral ministry within The United Methodist Church and returned to his home in Raleigh, North Carolina, in June of 1998. In April of 1999, Jimmy celebrated the holy union of two men in Chapel Hill, NC.  Charges were brought against him and a church trial was held in Grand Island, Nebraska, on November 17, 1999.  The jury declared him guilty of “disobedience to the Order and Discipline of The United Methodist Church” and withdrew his credentials of ordination. Since the summer of 1998, Jimmy has traveled around the country preaching in churches and speaking on college and university campuses, as well as to various community and national organizations about human and civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.  From 2000 to 2005, he was chairperson of the Board of Directors of Soulforce, Inc. (<a href="http://www.soulforce.org/">www.soulforce.org</a>), an inter-religious movement using the principles of nonviolent resistance, taught and practiced by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., to confront the spiritual violence perpetrated against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons by religious institutions. In 2005 Jimmy worked with Mitchell Gold to create Faith In America, Inc. (<a href="http://www.faithinamerica.com/">www.faithinamerica.com</a>), an organization dedicated to ending bigotry disguised as religious truth and, in so doing, achieving full and equal civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in America.  Jimmy served as its executive director from 2005-2007. In May of 2009, Jimmy was one of twenty-four thinkers, activists and donors who gathered in Dallas, Texas, to discuss the immediate need for full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United States.  Collectively they authored The Dallas Principles, a set of eight principles and a call to action intended to guide the civil rights movement for full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.See <a href="http://www.thedallasprinciples.org/">www.thedallasprinciples.org</a>; and, <a href="http://www.actonprinciples.org/">www.actonprinciples.org</a>. Jimmy is the author of Rise Above the Law: The Appeal to the Jury, The United Methodist Church’s Trial of Jimmy Creech (The Swing Bridge Press, 2000); and Adam’s Gift: Memoir of a Pastor's Calling to Defy the Church's Persecution of Lesbians and Gays, (Duke University Press, 2011). Currently Jimmy is retired and living in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jimmy has been active in the following organizations: The Human Relations Commission, City of Raleigh (2008 to 2010); Friends of Residents of Long Term Care, Board of Directors (2008 to 2010); Raleigh HIV/AIDS Support Group (co-leader, 1990-96 and 1998 to present); The Methodist Federation for Social Action, NC Chapter; The Raleigh Religious Network for Gay and Lesbian Equality (a founder and convener, 1988-1990); AIDS Service Agency for Wake County (NC) (former vice-chairperson and chairperson of the board, 1989-1990); The North Carolina Pride Political Action Committee, now called Equality NC; (charter board member) The Reconciling Congregation Program, a program related to United Methodist Church that works with local churches to help them become open to and accepting of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual persons, now called The Reconciling Ministries Network(former national board member); North CaroliniansAgainst the Death Penalty (former chairperson and board member); People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (NC) (a founder, former chairperson and board member); North CarolinaLow Income Housing Coalition (former board member); The Covenant with North Carolinas Children (a founder, former board member and chairperson; a coalition of organizations advocating for the interest of children in the North Carolina General Assembly); The Omaha Faith Committee of Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty (former board member); North CarolinaReligious Coalition for Marriage Equality (founding member); Soulforce, Inc.(former chairperson of the board), an inter-religious movement using the principles of nonviolent resistance, taught and practiced by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., to confront the spiritual violence perpetrated against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons by religious institutions; Faith In America, Inc. (former executive director and board member), an organization dedicated to ending bigotry disguised as religious truth and, in so doing, achieving full and equal civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in America; and, North Carolina Social Justice Project, Inc.(founding member; former chair, board of directors). Jimmy has received the following awards and recognition: The 1990 Lee and Mae Ball Award presented by The Methodist Federation for Social Action for outstanding Christian social witness; The 1990 North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence Award for outstanding leadership in the struggle against hate activity in North Carolina; The 1997 Paul Green Award presented by the North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union for his work to abolish the death penalty in North Carolina; The Triangle (NC) Business and Professional Guild Award (1997) for advocacy on behalf of gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender persons; The Heart of Freedom Award (1998) presented by ANGLE/Omaha (Achieving New Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Transgender Endeavors); Jimmy Creech Profile of Justice College Scholarship Award, established in Jimmy’s name in Nebraska in 1998; The 1998 North Carolina Pride Inc. Award; 1998 Saint Award presented by Metropolitan Community Church, San Francisco; Selected as one of OUT Magazine’s 100 in 1998 and in 1999, recognizing individuals making significant contributions toward the advancement of civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; The Human Rights Campaign Equality Award, 1999; The American People Award (1999) presented by People for the American Way “for challenging bigotry and promoting tolerance within the church”; 1999 Dignity Award presented by the Council of Churches, Santa Clara County, California; 1999 Pride Interfaith Coalition Award, Boston, Massachusetts; The Year 2000 Flagbearer Award presented by PFLAG National; Triangle Community Service Award 2000:  Straight Ally of the Year presented by the Triangle (NC) Business and Professional Guild; “A Leading Voice” for Commitment to the Struggle of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People for Honor and Dignity, presented by The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry and Pacific School for Religionon April 19, 2001; The  W.W. Finlator Award, 2007, presented by the ACLU of Wake County in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the advancements of civil liberties; The 2008 Distinguished Service Award, North Carolina Council of Churches. The 2010 Frank Porter Graham Award, presented by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina given to honor a lifetime of distinguished service in defense of civil liberties; The first annualJimmy Creech Prophetic Award for Taking Risks for Conscience’s Sake (2010), presented by the Methodist Federation for Social Action, North Carolina Conference Chapter; The Leading Voices Award from The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (2011), co-recipient with Chris Weedy; The California-Nevada MFSA 2011 Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly Peace and Justice Award; The California-Nevada Conference Committee on Reconciliation 2011 Turtle Award (for sticking out your neck); The LGBT Center of Raleigh’s 2011 Distinguished Service Award; and, The Peggy Campolo Carrier Pigeon Award, 2012, (For Giving Love, Support & a Voice to the Misunderstood Children of God), by the Open Door Community Church, Sherwood, Arkansas.  (This biographical statement provided by Jimmy Creech.) 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 Jimmy Creech Faith in America Inc. Jimmy Creech Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) RMN Soulforce UMC United Methodist Church https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/11d9a5dc91632b5590dad689c1c87964.png d51aaf47c2ae72818ad3a80f235622ab 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 Jimmy Creech ("Through the Years") Jimmy Creech Soulforce https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/81cecf86539f31dcb20f29d2b3798636.jpg d76a67ebeec07a66637db5f9376241de https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c36b787e91220f5d1e1adacbe8f943d8.jpg ec082bd093c4880a72c21a4900d92d5a https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c9154cbcb296fbd730123729495a169a.jpg d7fc42d3303864ce54b94a3ecc23af14 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. Joan Stole Text FOR JOAN Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This is one of about thirty stoles donated to the collection by First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto. First Palo Alto, a More Light congregation, has for decades been on the forefront of the movement for full inclusion of LGBT persons into the life and leadership of the church and greater society. Among the many leaders of the movement who have come from this congregation is Mitzi Henderson, former national President of PFLAG and national Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians. 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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. Joann Fields Joseph Terino Stole Text JAN HUS More Light Joann Fields Elder Jan Hus Joseph Terino Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This is one of ten stoles given to the collection in early 1996 by Jan Hus Presbyterian Church. Joann Fields is an ordained elder at Jan Hus; Joseph Terino is active in the church community as well. Jan Hus (pronounced "Yahn Hoos") is one of the most unique congregations represented in the Shower of Stoles collection. The only Czech-Presbyterian Church in America was founded in the 1870's by Gustav Albert Alexy, a Hungarian minister whose broken Czech was so limited that his congregation, following his first service, told him very politely that they hadn't understood a word he spoke. Alexy immediately began to be tutored by Vincent Pisek, a 15-year-old Czech immigrant. When Alexy died seven years later, young Pisek took over leadership of the church while studying at New York University and Union Theological Seminary. Two stories told by the current Jan Hus congregation tell something of their singular history. The first speaks to Pisek's own unique character: <blockquote> The 1895 Morning Journal reported that in 1894 Pisek had been visiting Nebraska when a hunter killed a mother wolf and presented the new-born cub to Pisek who took it back to Jan Hus Church and raised it on a bottle. The wolf wandered freely around the church and was especially protective of the children, who also appear to have had free reign of the place. All day in the pastor's study the wolf would sit at Pisek's feet. One day the wolf was missing and they searched everywhere until they found it curled up sound asleep inside the pulpit. Neighbors complained that the church was terrorizing the block with a wolf howling from the attic. Jan Hus Church comes by its present nature from way back! </blockquote> The second story speaks not only to the highly unusual way Jan Hus came to hire its long-time Music Director, but also alludes to a close relationship between Pisek and his musician, Charles Atherton, which is memorialized in another stole from Jan Hus (stole #101): <blockquote> Around 1903, Pastor Pisek was out in the Midwest and came into a hotel bar where a man was playing the piano. The man was tall, athletic and friendly, and by the end of the conversation, Pisek had invited Mr. Charles M.H. Atherton to come to Jan Hus Church as Music Director. Atherton, an American born in 1873, had been a professional baseball player. He came to Jan Hus and became Pisek's companion and colleague here at the church for the rest of Pisek's life. (In his will, Pisek referred to Atherton as his "bosom friend.") </blockquote> Jan Hus remains a spirited and independent-thinking congregation committed to unique forms of worship and seeking to serve the poor. The church is also a Neighborhood House, housing a senior center, preschool, homeless outreach office, gym, cafeteria and theater. The sanctuary itself is shared by an Indonesian community. 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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. Joe Amico Stole Text JOE AMICO First United Methodist Church Oshkosh, Wisconsin In 1987, my wife requested a separation to work on her own issues. During that time, former parishioners and friends told me how they had never known me to be so peaceful. I realized I needed to deal with my own issues and come out. At that time, I was Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Oshkosh, WI, one of the larger churches in the Wisconsin conference. I had been Conference Youth Coordinator for 7 years, served on just about every major conference board and was, at that time, on the Executive Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry. In fact, I had written the conferences policy on what self avowed, practicing homosexual meant. When I came out to the Bishop, he insisted I leave my current position and go on Leave of Absence. I refused and eight months later, after bi-monthly meetings with the Cabinet, we finally agreed that I would find a position that would meet the criteria for Appointment Beyond the Local Church. During Advent, the Bishop placed me on a three month study leave from which I would not return. The leave was to allow me the time needed to interview for other positions. Unheard of in the United Methodist Church at that time, the Bishop appointed an Interim to cover the study leave and ensuing time until the next Annual Conference. Neither the congregation nor I ever got closure on my ministry there since the Bishop refused to allow me to tell the real reasons I left. There was no good bye ceremony and no thank yous. No time to grieve or express other feelings. Just confusion on the part of the congregation and deep hurt on my part. However, on that last Sunday in November of 1987, since I knew the real reasons for my departure and the fact that I would never return to that or any other United Methodist pulpit again, after I pronounced the benediction, I laid my stole across the pulpit as I exited to shake hands at the door. Many were startled and those who knew (including the Staff Parish Relations Committee) wept. This stole was created by the Hmong people using a process called counted cross stitch. It was given to me by a confirmand in a previous parish by him and his single parent mother, in appreciation for my work with them. Hmong artwork tells the story of a displaced people. This stole tells my story, having been displaced by the church I loved. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2006 Contribution Story This stole tells two stories. First, it is an exquisite work of art, an intricate labor of love created by a Hmong mother and her child, from a family of refugees, to express their great appreciation for Joe Amico's ministry. Second, it tells a story that is told far too often: that of the clumsy, awkward, "closeted" way in which church officials have dealt with LGBT pastors who have come out to them. Silence -- avoiding confrontation -- has often taken precedence over the clear pastoral needs of ministers and their congregations by governing staff who would sooner cast a congregation and its pastor into months of inner turmoil than confront their own discomfort with the truth. The result is unpastoral and unconscionable treatment of God's faithful people. 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 1072 Title A name given to the resource Joe Amico Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Oshkosh, Wisconsin (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joe Amico Amico, Joe Asian Church Trials Ordination United Methodist Church Wisconsin 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. Joe D. Edmiston Stole Text JOE D. EDMISTON Elder Central Presbyterian Church Louisville, Kentucky Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story Central Presbyterian was one of the early More Light congregations, the first in Kentucky, working for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the life and leadership of the Presbyterian Church. Central practiced what it preached, ordaining LGBT persons as elders from the time they first became More Light. This is one of ten identical white satin stoles with rainbow ribbons honoring the ten self-identified gay and lesbian elders who served on Central's session between the church's becoming a More Light Church in the early 1980's and the 1996 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). These stoles were made by a young man who is a custom lampshade maker by trade, with the church's hope that they "will speak to the whole church for all of us who are part of its life, even though the church may not know it." 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 64 Title A name given to the resource Joe D. Edmiston Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Louisville, Kentucky (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Central Presbyterian Church Edmiston, Joe D. Kentucky More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0e239cb9ab41acd6119b851f25febab3.JPG 607d5faa94b3638b753c31ea52e4d4c0 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 Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. 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 Joe William “Bill” Bailey Description An account of the resource Joe William “Bill” Bailey, 29, waiter from Dadeville, Alabama and partner of Clarence Joseph McCloskey, Jr. (see below). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Johnny Townsend collection 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. Joelle Stole Text FOR JOELLE 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 399 Title A name given to the resource Joelle 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f1f27e97212b6fd565f53904b2b79dbb.jpg ddec54ac7fb42fe6aa0ec70fda91e1f2 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Johari Jabir (Ph. D., University of California Santa Barbara ) is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Research Interests My teaching and scholarship is influenced by my work as a musical artist. I enjoy using music as an epistemological frame in all of my courses including “Introduction to African American Studies” (AAST100), “African American Religious Traditions” (AAST120), “African American History since 1877” (AAST248), and “Black Music History & Culture” (AAST262). I am also studying the Black Barbershop Quartet singing phenomenon at the turn of the century; gospel blues tradition of the early and mid 20th century; the role of music and cosmology in the work of James Baldwin; and the Civil Rights protest songs of Nina Simone. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, I was educated in the public school system. I began to study music at a very young age, and was steeped in the St. Louis school of gospel blues led by Willie Mae Ford Smith and Rev. Cleophus Robinson. Continuing my study of music received my B/A in music from Fontbonne College (now Fontbonne University). After an extensive professional career in church music and musical theatre, I attended the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. where I received an MDiv. During my PhD work at the University of California Santa Barbara, I was able to formulate the intellectual aspect of my work as a creative artist. My teaching, scholarship, and musical performances are all part of an organic project of music, history, teaching, and learning about the Black diasporic experience. My first book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Conjuring-Freedom-Masculinity-Performance-Criticism/dp/0814253946">Conjuring Freedom: Music and Masculinity in the Civil War’s “Gospel Army” </a>analyzes the songs of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, a regiment of Black soldiers who met nightly in the performance of the ring shout. <a href="https://aast.uic.edu/aast/people/faculty/johari-jabir" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://aast.uic.edu/aast/people/faculty/johari-jabir</a> Biographical Text Johari Jabir (Ph. D., University of California Santa Barbara ) is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Research Interests My teaching and scholarship is influenced by my work as a musical artist. I enjoy using music as an epistemological frame in all of my courses including “Introduction to African American Studies” (AAST100), “African American Religious Traditions” (AAST120), “African American History since 1877” (AAST248), and “Black Music History & Culture” (AAST262). I am also studying the Black Barbershop Quartet singing phenomenon at the turn of the century; gospel blues tradition of the early and mid 20th century; the role of music and cosmology in the work of James Baldwin; and the Civil Rights protest songs of Nina Simone. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, I was educated in the public school system. I began to study music at a very young age, and was steeped in the St. Louis school of gospel blues led by Willie Mae Ford Smith and Rev. Cleophus Robinson. Continuing my study of music received my B/A in music from Fontbonne College (now Fontbonne University). After an extensive professional career in church music and musical theatre, I attended the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. where I received an MDiv. During my PhD work at the University of California Santa Barbara, I was able to formulate the intellectual aspect of my work as a creative artist. My teaching, scholarship, and musical performances are all part of an organic project of music, history, teaching, and learning about the Black diasporic experience. My first book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Conjuring-Freedom-Masculinity-Performance-Criticism/dp/0814253946">Conjuring Freedom: Music and Masculinity in the Civil War’s “Gospel Army” </a>analyzes the songs of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, a regiment of Black soldiers who met nightly in the performance of the ring shout. <a href="https://aast.uic.edu/aast/people/faculty/johari-jabir" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://aast.uic.edu/aast/people/faculty/johari-jabir</a> 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 Johari Jabir Johari Jabir RTSA Scholarly Advisory Team https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e5537dc5e1c429a5a22086ef19a62b32.jpg 5aa633ac8fadce84ac7439ba0206c945 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a6020bee020d1ab3ff1e63b01c34f010.jpg ce33c9c358379b57b093e4f0cfee3237 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. John Stole Text John An ardent Presbyterian, "son of the manse," he might have become a minister, but the non-acceptance of his sexuality by family and Presbyterian Church has directed him into another profession and another denomination. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1995 Contribution Story This is one of twelve stoles donated by Merrill Proudfoot in honor of friends and colleagues. We have no other information about Bill other than what is written on this stole. However, much can be gleaned from "reading between the lines" of this stole story and from the small bit that Merrill shared with me. A man of great faith and strong commitment to the Presbyterian Church, he was ready from a young age to follow his father into the Presbyterian ministry. The hostility he experienced from his family and his denomination, though, led to his alienation from both. Although he found his way in other directions, the Presbyterian Church lost a great pastor, and a family lost the embrace of a devoted son. 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 118 Title A name given to the resource John 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 Merrill Proudfoot Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Proudfoot, Merrill Theology United States https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1dfe46ed891d41a520f3408e6a448b66.jpg e31413ba1fe5f6eb7338d85d853463c5 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/df4c68a4bb2e71da5de15bf637b2ac53.jpg 2427461f9cb1c8656c378138f3b6f780 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d96b7426bfd1ec750ed399a0c2ba1cc5.jpg 9b83ff8266f9712eeccbf9604224eec6 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. John Allen Stole Text John Allen Member of the Downtown United Presbyterian Church Rochester, New York, since 1995 Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of about two dozen stoles donated by staff and members of Downtown United Presbyterian Church. DUPC was at the center of a pivotal moment in the history of the Welcoming movement in the Presbyterian Church. In 1978 the General Assembly acted to bar the ordination of "self-avowed, practicing homosexuals." However, an exception was added to the action which exempted those ordained before 1978 from future judicial action. This clause allowed DUPC in 1991 to call the Rev. Dr. Jane Adams Spahr to become a co-pastor of the church; Janie had been ordained prior to 1978. However, the Presbyterian Church broke its trust and in 1991 the denomination's highest judicial body barred Janie from being installed. In response, DUPC called Janie to be an "Evangelist," and formed That All May Freely Serve to allow Janie to preach, educate and challenge church structures at DUPC and throughout the country. 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 703 Title A name given to the resource John Allen Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Rochester, New York (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource John Allen and Downtown United Presbyterian Church Allen, John Clergy Activist New York Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Spahr, Jane Adams That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) 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. John Anderson 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 37 Title A name given to the resource John Anderson 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Anderson https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/338e515c5ce6574600d2a7dfa3158d63.jpg 3047a23bac358e678cda1563d5f0b834 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f5e34a7f09e4ff0989eef865ad21627d.jpg 13130bef20591eef6ee7211ab140f77b 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. John Berger Neal Williams Stole Text John Berger Neal Williams Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This is one of fifteen stoles from members, elders, deacons, and pastoral staff at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (WHPC). West Hollywood Presbyterian Church is a historical icon in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community as well as the Welcoming Congregations movement. WHPC was at the forefront of the civil rights movement in Los Angeles and in the early 1960's began to close each service by singing the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome" - a tradition that continues to this day. As early as 1964 (five years before the Stonewall rebellion), West Hollywood Presbyterian Church hosted what is believed to be the first openly Gay Men's "Rap" Group in the city of Los Angeles and the church began to minister to the spiritual needs of the Gay & Lesbian community who had been drawn by its message of inclusiveness. Soon nationally known spiritual author Chris Glaser would launch "The Lazarus Project" at WHPC - A program to advocate for Gay & Lesbian spiritual and human rights. In October of 1984, WHPC called an openly gay man, the Reverend Dan Smith, to serve as its pastor. Dan continues to be the only minister in the country serving a Presbyterian congregation who went through the entire call and installation process as an "out" gay man. While proudly continuing its tradition of progressive spirituality and activism, this multi-cultural congregation feeds approximately 4,000 hungry and homeless people each year, builds homes for economically-challenged families under the "Habitat for Humanity" program, offers an HIV Spiritual Support Group, provides a "Children's Church" program and continues to openly take stands on political issues involving civil rights. West Hollywood Presbyterian also claims to espouse a theology that is "perhaps the most pro-feminist in Los Angeles." 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/. 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