𝗗𝗖 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 – 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗧𝗢𝗣 | 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 | 𝗗𝗖, 𝗠𝗗 & 𝗩𝗔

🎙️ 𝗗𝗖 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 – 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗧𝗢𝗣 | 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 | 𝗗𝗖, 𝗠𝗗 & 𝗩𝗔 🗞️ 🏳️‍🌈

It’s an honor when hashtag#CommunityMinistry is recognized and shared within our community. Special appreciation goes out to the DC Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs for supporting our interfaith service with resources and funds.

This past week, I and three others from this year’s DC Pride Interfaith Service Planning Team (hosted by the The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center) were interviewed by Ana Golden, Associate Producer of WTOP news about faith, inclusion, and spirituality in these challenging times.

Once her story is finished, I’ll be sure to share the link. I’m not sure if it will make it into her final video clip and article, but here’s the gist of what I said:

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠; 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑, 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑. 

That said, I have 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 for you:

(𝟭) I invite you to join us this coming Monday. This event is in-person, but it will also be lived streamed. I will share the link once it’s available.

DC Pride Interfaith Service - In Faith We Exist. Resist. Persist.

Monday, June 22nd / 7:00 - 8:30 PM

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

301 A Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Join us for the 43rd annual LGBTQ+ community celebration of religious pluralism and interfaith collaboration. Founded during the era of the Names Project AIDS memorial quilts, we continue to connect and weave many LGBTQ+ faith communities. Send Questions to: centerfaith@thedccenter.org.

(𝟮) If you’re interested in supporting social justice issues or are LGBTQ+ and are looking for a progressive church home, visit Mount Vernon Unitarian Church (MVUC) in Alexandria, VA. 

MVUC is where I serve as Community Minister for Social Justice, and we’d love for your to visit us. 

Learn more here: https://www.mvuc.org

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