adoption of the report and recommendation on ministry policies

As I stated in my post earlier in the week, I am sharing my personal thoughts on the actions of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly related to sexuality. I was a voting member at the 2007 assembly where the resolution was passed calling for a review of the ELCA ministry policies and a recommendation to be presented at this summer’s assembly. This resolution was targetting…

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publicly accountable lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships

This week I thought I would give my take on some of the actions of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly related to sexuality. I thought I would begin with implementing resolution 1 for the Sexuality Statement. Resolution 1: Adopted by a vote of 619-402: “Resolved, that the ELCA commit itself to finding ways to allow congregations that choose to do so to recognize, support and…

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our wedding weekend in review

Brett and I have had quite an exciting weekend. Things could not have turned out better for our wedding. The weather cooperated so nicely. Things just went smoothly. Here’s a very long post with the details of our wedding weekend. After several flight delays Wednesday evening, we arrived in Providence at 1:30 a.m. Thursday. We drove 45 minutes to New Bedford for the night and…

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another beautiful weekend

Wow! What a wonderful summer we have had. The weather this weekend did not disappoint us. We spent Saturday morning and afternoon running errands and doing some last minute shopping for our wedding trip this week. On Saturday night we went to Northfield Park with 9 of our friends for our bachelor party. It was an enjoyable night. None of us were big winners. This…

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2 weeks and counting

Wow! It’s hard to believe that our wedding will take place in two weeks. Things have come together nicely after months of planning. Last night we finalized the catering of our wedding dinner in Provincetown. We are fortunate that Tom and Abe, our inn keepers at the Secret Garden Inn, happen to also be NYC caterers. Today, I am ordering the boutonnières from the florist….

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