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Sacred Black Lounge Experience: Navigating Queerness & Belonging

27 February 2026
12pm to 5pm (Pacific Time)

Many of us are tired of surviving spaces where we cannot be our full, authentic, and queer selves.    The freedom to live openly and honestly is harder for some of us than others, and that weight adds up.   So, before The Ember Gathering starts on Friday, 27 October 2026, The CLGS African American […]

Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation and Embodiment in Scripture: A Conversation with the Authors | A CLGS Lavender Lunch

10 March 2026
1pm to 2:15pm (Pacific)

Click here to join this online CLGS Lavender Lunch via Zoom! Join us for a conversation with some of the authors whose writings are featured in the new book Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation and Embodiment in Scripture  (Presbyterian Publishing, 2025). As biblical scholar Ken Stone has written, this book “opens up a number […]

Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals | A CLGS & MCC Queering the Word Workshop with Revs. Lauren Bennett and Jakob Hero-Shaw

18 March 2026
1pm to 2:15pm (Pacific Time)

Click here to join this online CLGS event via Zoom! Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals are deeply sacred life events (for individuals, families, and faith communities), and these celebrations of initiation, commitment, and commemoration call for thoughtful and creative preaching. In this CLGS Queering the Word preaching workshop, we explore how scripture can inform and enrich […]

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