Rev. Izzy Alvaran from The Western Jurisdiction Outreach of The Reconciling Ministries Network in Chicago, Illinois, United States for Thursday, 12 October 2017 "Be in solidarity with LGBTQ Clergy"

 Rev. Izzy Alvaran from The Western Jurisdiction Outreach of The Reconciling Ministries Network in Chicago, Illinois, United States for Thursday, 12 October 2017 "Be in solidarity with LGBTQ Clergy"

Join in solidarity with our LGBTQ clergy!

Solidarity with LGBTQ Clergy at Judicial Council

The UMC Judicial Council is meeting at the Crowne Plaza LAX Hotel in Los Angeles, CA on October 24-27, 2017. Their docket for this session includes cases related to queer clergy Rev. Anna Blaedel and Rev. T.C. Morrow. They will also decide on separate requests from the Denmark and California-Pacific conferences for a declaratory ruling on the constitutionality of the "incompatible" language in the UMC Book of Discipline.
The United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus is organizing witness at Judicial Council. Please invite members of your local church to attend.
LOCATION:
Crowne Plaza LAX Hotel, 5985 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045 (specific venue of each witness event will be announced soon - check with the UMQCC website - it will be in a public open space in the hotel)
DATES and TIMES:
October 26th (Thursday)
12PM - Celebration of Holy Communion
6PM - Service of Remembrance of our Saints
October 27th (Friday)
12PM - Celebration of Holy Communion
If you have any inquiries and to follow up on details of the witness events, please contact Rev. Israel Alvaran at izzy@rmnetwork.org or text 510-717-4894.
Memorial Service for Rev. Jeanne Audrey Powers (Oct. 23rd, 3:30PM, Pilgrim Place)

The Rev. Jeanne Audrey Powers, 85, died peacefully on Sept. 29, 2017. Rev. Powers, one of our LGBTQ clergy, was a pioneer ecumenist who represented The United Methodist Church as a respected teacher, workshop leader, writer, preacher, spokesperson, campus minister, and missions executive. Her best-known role was staffing the United Methodist General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns and therefore holding leadership roles in the World and National Councils of Churches.
Raised in Minnesota, she was a leader and active member of the Minnesota Conference of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Powers was the first woman to be nominated for the office of a bishop in The United Methodist Church, an honor she declined in 1972 and 1976. Until her death, she was a driving force in the Reconciling Ministries Movement, and she came out as a lesbian during her sermon at its national gathering in 1995.
In 2002, Rev. Powers took up active retirement at Pilgrim Place in Claremont, California, where her life will be celebrated in a memorial service at 3:30PM on Oct. 23rd. She will be buried in Mankato at a later date, and her tombstone will read “Subversive to the end.”

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