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News from the Religious Front YOUR PERSONAL PARADISE B Service of Evensong and Healing October 14, 1990 • 7:30 2800 SE Harrison family, friends and caregivers. T he Rt. Rev. Robert Ladehoff, Bishop of (he Diocese of Oregon officiating. ¡a n PIPING HOT POOLS \r 1520 S.E. 371h 232-4611 From The Magic of Oregon ... ★ T AN ^ R A N T I Q U E S MALL 50 exciting dealers under one roof ... ★ 7027 SE Milwaukie Ave. • Portland, OR 97202 (503) 239-0346 Monday - Saturday / 11 - 5 Sunday / 12 - 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ > • s ■ s “% • % • % ■ *. ;V ■> ■ * .■ /. ■*. ■** ■ % ■% ■ *. •< > •% •% • *• • % • % >% • *. ■*» • * » • * » ■*» - \ ■ S - V •■» ★ ★ ★ ★ ■.*. ■% *s ■ s ■ *» • s •> ■% •.*» ■ - •% • % ■% ■ % > \ • % > \ •% •*• •*.- S ■*•- S ■ *» • % ■ s ■■» ■ s - % - v v • *. >S • *• ■*. • % ; V • % HÄ ■ *» •' ftfti ^yy /y y , /y * / ?»« iW i • S 'V ' /y y >;V* V S '1 i/y : %«s«* yy; •/•/> %«v* t took five years for Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC) to become a “Chapter Nine” (recognized) organization within the Presbyterian Church USA, the nation’s largest denomination bearing the Presbyterian name. Chapter Nine of the denomination’s constitution bestows a quasi-official status on church-related interest groups which exist to promote their causes within the denomination. Currently, there are 23 such organizations. By a lopsided vote of the commissioners, the 1990 General Assembly seeks to cut loose all of these special interest groups following a year of strife and contention over a PLGC educational program which was aimed to lesbian and gay teenagers. PLGC was reaching out to gay and lesbian youth, who, it says, “are especially vulnerable in our society because of rejection, hostility, insensitivity and even violence from peers, families, the media and the church.” Intended to provide information about homosexuality, guidance and reassurance for perplexed highschoolers along with lists of resources they can turn to for help, the material was first distributed at a Presbyterian Youth Triennium conducted by the denomination in 1989. As a Chapter Nine group, PLGC had the right to distribute the educational material and to meet and counsel with teenagers seeking information and guidance. Presbyterian Elder James D. Anderson, national PLGC communication secretary, in his testimony to the Worship and Diversity committee said, “We wouldn't have had to distribute the brochures if the church had been faithful to its 1978 Task Force on Homosexual ity report which asked the church to develop educational resources.” George S. Base in the Windy City Times Kansas City GLAD event ct. 5-8, The Gay, Lesbian and Affirming Disciples Alliance, and organization of laity and clergy of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, holds its 1990 conference at the Tall Oaks Conference Center, near metropolitan Kansas City. Themed “List as We Climb,” the event will be keynoted by the Rev. Jan Griesinger, co-moderator of the United Church Coalition for Lesbian/Gay Concerns. For more information or to register, write to GLAD, PO Box 19223, Indianapolis, IN 46219-0223 or call Randy Palmer, (309) 755-2498. The Second Stone O upon the General Convention of the Episcopal Church to “honor its commitment to full civil equality for lesbians and gay men, and to oppose heterosexism by meeting only in states which do not have ‘sodomy’ laws,” beginning with the 1994 General Convention. The resolution, authored by Integrity’s outgoing national treasurer, the Rev. L. Paul Woodrum of New York, was a response to the perceived hypocrisy o f the General Convention repeatedly calling for civil rights for lesbians and gays since 1976, but continuing to meet in states which palpably deny those basic rights. The Second Stone UFMCC seeks NCC membership he Universal Fellowship o f Metropolitan Community Churches is making a second application for affiliation with the National Council of Churches. The UFMCC made its initial application in 1983 when the council membership voted to postpone its decision indefinitely. The vote was taken after some denominations threatened to leave the council if the UFMCC was admitted. Religious News Service T Bishops may meet with Dignity rchbishop Daniel Pilarczyk and other leaders of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops are considering a meeting this fall with a group of Roman Catholic gays and lesbians. The bishops have been asked to meet with Dignity-USA, said Pilarczyk’s spokesman Ray George. The meeting could be in Washington prior to the bishops’ Nov. meeting, George said. Pilarczyk is head of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, and president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Dignity-USA claims 4,200 members in 90 chapters nation wide. Dignity-USA wants to meet with the bishops to discuss gay and lesbian rights, and the Catholic Church’s position on homosexual ity. Patrick Roche of Seattle, president of Dignity-USA, said he is encouraged that Pilarczyk has indication he would be receptive to some sort of discussion. “The archbishop has expressed reservations about meeting with Dignity because of fundamental diffcrences...but he has nonetheless authorized preliminary discussions,” Roche said. Associated Press A Brethren/Mennonite convention ct. 5-7, “Building Our Community: Strategies for the ’90s” is the theme for the Brethren/Mennonite Council for Lesbian and Gay Concerns international convention to Episcopalians fight sodomy laws be held in Philadelphia. Virginia Ramey Mol- lenkott, author of numerous books on theologi ntegrity, the lesbian and gay justice cal, feminist and gay and lesbian issues, will ministry of the Episcopal Church, has keynote the conference. For more information called upon the denomination to refuse to hold write: BMC Conference, PO Box 65724, Wash its triennial General Convention in states with ington, DC 20035. so-called ‘sodomy’ laws. The Second Stone At its national convention in St. Louis, held in conjunction with the Under One Roof Conference, which brought together various Episcopal social justice and social action Rev. Matthew Nelson is an ordained ministries, Integrity passed a resolution calling minister in the United Church o f Christ. O I v y v y ; ; •s*e> •v«V. ■V'V' •V"V' yy; ARE YO U ? yyj yyj ftft* ftfti ftfti s ft* tft* S -V ' «/•/I %ft* yy> N ELSON I For persons w ith HIV/AIDS and their S R EV. M A T T H E W PLGC denied recognition Sc. 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