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UPCOMING WELCOMING EVENT:

If you would like to review the posters made at our last Welcoming Session go to our Facebook Page

Hope to see you there. 

Additional Reading from Session #1 (Download)

"Twenty Questions about Homosexuality" 

Other Welcoming Sessions/Events"

Saturday, June 13 10 AM Boston Pride Parade and Festival  Meet at Church to go as a group  

July (Date to be announced) Movie Night Movie to be announced

August (Date to be announced) Movie Night Movie to be announced

Sunday, September 13 12-2 PM Session #3 "The Common Elements of Oppression"

Sunday, October 4 12-2 PM Session #4 "Gender Socialization and Homophobia"

Sunday, October 25 12-2 PM Session #5 "Experiences of BGLT People"

Sunday, November 14 12-2 PM Session #6 "What Now?"

 Download the First Church Welcoming Commitee Pamphlet

 The Welcoming Congregation Program is a completely volunteer program for congregations that see a need to become more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people. It consists of a series of workshops developed by the UUA. The goal of the workshops is to reduce prejudice by increasing understanding and acceptance among people of different sexual orientations. Some of the workshop titles include: How Homophobia Hurts Heterosexuals; Connections to Other Forms of Oppression; Gender Socialization and Homophobia; and Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality. Many congregations offer the workshop series several consecutive times as an adult religious education curriculum open to all members and friends. In some congregations the workshop series (and later the entire program) is sponsored by a Welcoming Congregation Task Force/Committee created for just this purpose, while other congregations sponsor the workshop series through their Interweave chapters. In either case, the workshops are best facilitated by those that have experienced the curriculum.

The Welcoming Congregation Workshop Series

is an introspective and interactive educational journey into the issues surrounding the lives of bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgendered people.

FIRST CHURCH WELCOMING COMMITTEE: Dale Meyer-Curley (Chair), Carol Ewing,

Jane Kelly, Eileen Sullivan,  Allison Staton, Sam King

Questions/Comments/Suggestions: fcwelcomingcommittee@gmail.com