Open and Affirming
Our church is an Open and Affirming church of the United Church of Christ. Open and Affirming (ONA) is a movement within the United Church of Christ which extends welcome and affirmation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons. Our church voted at annual meeting in January, 2005 to become an open and affirming church with the following statement:
'Welcome to all who have no church home, need strength, have doubts, or do not believe. Welcome to grandparents, to mothers, to fathers and single parents. Welcome to new friends and old. Welcome to people of all colors, cultures, abilities and sexual orientations, to old and to young, to believers and questioning believers. Welcome to everyone!"
'Welcome to all who have no church home, need strength, have doubts, or do not believe. Welcome to grandparents, to mothers, to fathers and single parents. Welcome to new friends and old. Welcome to people of all colors, cultures, abilities and sexual orientations, to old and to young, to believers and questioning believers. Welcome to everyone!"
