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2020 Witness Our Welcome

WITNESS OUR WELCOME:  WOW! 17th ANNUAL INTERFAITH WORSHIP CELEBRATION

Come Celebrate God’s Inclusive Love Welcoming All of God’s Children; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Gender Expansive + and Straight Allies

Sunday, January 12th, 2020 at 6:30 PM
Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA

“Just How Welcome?” by Mr. Barb Greve
Co-Moderator of the national Unitarian Universalist Association

• Parents of gender expansive children and teens will be receiving the Spirit Award this year.
• We will also honor the gender expansive youth and children in attendance.  RCC has provided some Queer Swag for the young people!
• A blessing will be given to Trans immigrants in attendance.
• Special Music provided by the Musicians of MDUUC & Joyce Humphrey of the Community of Christ

Clergy – Religious leader procession at Sunday night’s WOW service!  Please arrive by 6:00 pm to robe and bring your rainbow or trans-flag stowels to wear! Please share this message with other clergy or religious leaders you know will be attending! 

The WOW celebration is sponsored by more than 30 congregations and organizations, including PFLAG & the Pacific Center & the Rainbow Community Center and the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies. Offering will benefit the local agencies serving families with members who are gender expansive.

Bring snacks and desserts to share after the service!

Reception to follow hosted by MDUUC & PFLAG. Questions: Rev. Leslie Takahashi at 925.914.7373 or Rev. Will McGarvey at 925.597.9797.

Download the flyer: 2020 Witness Our Welcome

Sponsors:

Rainbow Community Center – rainbowcc.org
Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies – clgs.org
Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay – www.jfcs-eastbay.org
Danville Congregational Church (UCC) – danvillechurch.org
Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church – mduuc.org
East County Shared Ministry (Community Presbyterian of Pittsburg PCUSA-UCC & First Congregational of Antioch UCC) – cpcpittsburg.org & uccantioch.org
San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church – srvumc.org
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) – www.concordfcc.net
Peace Lutheran, Danville – peacejourney.org
Asbury United Methodist, Livermore – www.asburylive.org
Covenant of the Goddess, Pagan – www.cog.org
Community of Christ, Walnut Creek – www.cofchristwc.org
Brentwood Community United Methodist – brentwoodumc.org
Concord United Methodist Church – concordumc.org
Clayton Valley Presbyterian Church – cvpresby.org
Grace Episcopal Church Martinez – gracechurchmtz.org
Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Castro Valley – holycrosscv.org
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Pleasant Hill – www.sm-lc.net

You can livestream the service here:

https://boxcast.tv/view/interfaith-worship-celebration-witness-our-welcom-169415?fbclid=IwAR08zJvqP0LpsyMTOrJV3f3aXIm0oasqgNuJX9UKIQ28NIPAszgMIDdV4xE

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