Poem by Cho K.B.
How long, God! Will we have pain! How long will you endure these people! They treated us like a bad virus. Are you not perfect God? Did...
At Bible College faith and sexuality were never addressed
I was not a part of the United Church in 1988. In the early 1980’s I had only just become aware of the issue of diverse sexual...
From Rev. Janet Walker
As the church worked on sexuality and faith, I was a Conference Staff person, helping many congregations wo understand and to study the...
I feel I have been accepted by all
I am an open (but aging) GM and I have been active in McKillop United Church, but after 1988 they seemed to recoil or resist any further...
Dear United Church, I am wondering
Dear United Church, I am queer and I am wondering why it is a choice to become an Affirming Congregation. If the United Church is...
My Cousin’s Son Was Rejected
I was here in 1988 and I remember what some of my relatives went through. My cousin and his wife both grew up in the United Church,...
Love Will Shine Through the Blinds
Dear UCC of Tomorrow, Seeing, touching and feeling the reality that nothing has really changed in the “real world” since 1988 is a fact....
I feel sorry that it was on you...
Dear LGBTQ people, I’m so sorry for the way we in the United Church have responded to your community in the past. I also fear the...