RMN 2014 Annual Report

2014

Annual Report

Reconciling Ministries Network MOBILIZING UNITED METHODISTS OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS AND GENDER IDENTITIES TO TRANSFORM OUR CHURCH AND WORLD INTO THE FULL EXPRESSION OF CHRIST’S INCLUSIVE LOVE.

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Celebrating our new Reconciling Communities ALABAMA Explorers SS Class Open Table ALASKA Aldersgate UMC ARKANSAS First UMC - Eureka Springs CALIFORNIA Mesa Verde UMC Sierra Pines UMC Trinity UMC University UMC: Isla Vista Student Ministry and Santa

Barbara Korean UMC COLORADO The Heart of Longmont In the World CONNECTICUT Living Faith UMC FLORIDA Nu Class The Class With No Name GEORGIA Candler Reconciling Ministries Student Group

Emory Wesley Fellowship Glenn Memorial UMC IMU Douglas Street UMC

Living the Questions SS Class NEBRASKA Hanscom Park UMC First UMC - Lincoln, NE

ILLINOIS Christ UMC First UMC Evanston First UMC - La Grange Winthrop Harbor UMC

NEW JERSEY Morrow Memorial UMC

INDIANA The Garden KANSAS Church and Society Committee - Asbury UMC Open Hearts Group LOUISIANA Wesley Foundation New Orleans MASSACHUSETTS Trinity UMC UMC of Woburn United Church of Bernardston MAINE Thornton Heights UMC

OHIO Brecksville UMC Livingston UMC OKLAHOMA Mainstream United Methodists (MUM) Open Hearts of Southwest Oklahoma (Wichita District) OREGON Montavilla UMC Inclusiveness Committee of Lake Oswego

TEXAS Advocates for Social Justice Christians Without Borders SS Class Daughters of Shalom Class Eagle Mountain UMC Family and Friends/ Open Hearts Lakewood UMC Living the Questions Class Open Hearts Reconciling Ministries Team Religious Life Ministry Seven Sunday School Class Southwood UMC The Pilgrims Class Wesley Foundation U of Texas at Dallas VERMONT Middlebury UMC

PENNSYLVANIA Grandview UMC Union UMC

WASHINGTON Cedar Cross UMC Queen Anne UMC The Bridge United Church of Ferndale United Church

MISSOURI Union UMC

RHODE ISLAND East Greenwich UMC

WISCONSIN Bay View UMC Monona UMC

MISSISSIPPI Open Doors SS Class

SOUTH CAROLINA St. Mark Misfits

NORTH CAROLINA Epworth UMC First UMC Charlotte

TENNESSEE Blount Small Group Delta SS Class at Belmont UMC

MICHIGAN Peace With Justice Team

All pride photos courtesy of Lynne Dobson

NEVADA Boulder City UM Fellowship NEW YORK Central Valley UMC Forest Home Chapel UMC

East End UMC St. Elmo UMC

A year of challenge, opportunity, and growth

By Matt Berryman, Executive Director Dear Fellow Reconcilers: 2014 was a year of challenge, opportunity, and growth. In 2013, we were challenged by the unjust trial and de-credentialing of Rev. Frank Schaefer but overjoyed to celebrate his reinstatement in 2014. While The United Methodist Church continues to threaten Church censure and punishment for those who practice Biblical Obedience, many just resolutions were reached around the connection. While these actions of Biblical Obedience presented pain and challenge for those involved and for all us, they provided opportunities for us all to witness greater incremental change as our movement approaches the General Conference in 2016.

We are certainly in a different place than we were at the General Conference of 2012. So much change—a sign that God has already settled this matter.

RMN was present in Ferguson, Missouri both in the days following Michael Brown’s shooting as well as on the day after the non-indictment of his assailant. We were present because we know that the #BlackLivesMatter movement, which was started by three black queer women, calls us to intersectional solidarity.

At Reconciling Ministries Network, we continue to affirm that racial justice cannot be separated from LGBTQ justice, and that Biblical Obedience not only calls us to prophetic action within the church around justice for LGBTQ persons, but also to prophetic action at the intersections of oppression and the relationships between racism, homophobia, and transphobia. We took you with us as we joined our kindred in the work of advocacy and ministry.

In the summer of 2014, RMN was very pleased to inaugurate “Y’all Means All: A Southern Initiative.” We saw our greatest growth taking place in the US South with the addition of many new Reconciling Communities as well as a very large increase in Reconciling United Methodists from the US South. With your faithful support we were able to promote Helen Ryde and Laura Young to full-time in the Southeastern and Southcentral Jurisdictions.

As they seek to cover these two jurisdictions where the majority of US Methodists worship, we will provide them with part-time Field Associates to make greater strides toward grassroots change. It’s working! Thank you.

Without your love, your prayers, your support, and your ministry where you are, we would not be as strong nor as faithful. You have enabled RMN to grow and to flourish—to be recognized as a lead organization in the movement for LGBTQ justice. Thank you for your faith which continues to minister to our entire staff—we know you are with us every step of the way in this ongoing work of God.

Matt Berryman, Executive Director

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2014 IN REVIEW A GLIMPSE INTO THE TOP STORIES OF A FULL YEAR

We give thanks for the ministries of Biblical Obedience by the all the saints whose lives continue to inspire us to press on in faith.

Bishop McLee and Rev. McElvaney The movement for full inclusion lost two inspiring leaders this year. Bishop Martin McLee the first active Bishop in The UMC to categorically declare he would not prosecute pastors for officiating at same-sex weddings, died on September 6, 2014.

Rev. Bill McElvaney who had a complaint filed against him for officiating the wedding of his two long-time friends, died on August 24, 2014.

Reconciling Ministries Network is immensely grateful for the lives of both of these leaders who each left behind a lifetime of ministry modeling the pursuit of justice in the church and beyond.

Global conversations on human sexuality

Executive order on discrimination

The Connectional Table’s Human Sexuality Task Force hosts two out of three of its public conversations on human sexuality in response to organizing by Love Prevails.

President Obama signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Top Photo, courtesy of Joy Butler Bishop Martin McLee, Photo courtesy: Council of Bishops

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RMN African Central Conferences work takes flight Through a partnership with Global Fellowship, RMN celebrates our first trip to Côte d’Ivoire where our team met with local LGBTQ advocates to build relationship and discuss future work together.

Dennis Akpona, RMN African Central Conferences Coordinator, also established a growing web of support among United Methodist communities in the US, connecting with over 50 congregations who expressed interest in being a part of ministry with the global Methodist community.

Love is legalized Marriage equality in 18 states! Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Rev. Schaefer is reinstated The Judicial Council rules in favor of modifying the penalty of the church trial that revoked Rev. Frank Schaefer’s ministerial credentials for performing the legal marriage of his son to another man in 2007. He is reintstated as an Elder in full connection and appointed to Isla Vista Student Ministry in Isla Vista, California.

# B l a c k L i v e s M a t t e r movement ignites after the killing of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

UMC pastor supports gay Scoutmaster Rev. Dr. Monica Corsaro and Rainier UMC support Seattle-based Scoutmaster, Geoff McGrath, after the Boy Scouts of America revoked his registration for being openly gay. As a result of this nationally recognized support, The Boy Scouts of America went on to strip Rainer UMC of its charter.

SB1062 in Arizona Arizona “Religious Freedom” bill is vetoed by Governor Jan Brewer after national protest. SB 1062 would have offered a legal defense for individuals and businesses facing discrimination lawsuits if they proved they had acted on a “sincerely held religious belief.”

RECONCILING

BY THE NUMBERS NUMBER OF RECONCILING INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN A BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE CHURCH TRAINING, PROCESS COACH TRAINING, OR OTHER WORKSHOP

629

464 693 545 501 421

WESTERN JURISDICTION SOUTHEASTERN JURISDICTION SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION NORTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION NORTHEASTERN JURISDICTION

NEW RECONCILING UNITED METHODISTS

OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH

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48

New Reconciling Churches

24

New Reconciling Communities

5

New Reconciling College Ministries

A CALL FOR JUSTICE IN FERGUSON

“If you have been asking, ‘What can I do?’

I believe the best answer is to just make the first step.”

In August of 2014,

the city of Ferguson, Missouri seized the attention of the nation when Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old black man was shot and killed by white police officer, Darren Wilson. The coupling of the tragedy of a young man’s death with the longstanding racial tension in Ferguson stirred the local community to call for racial justice by protesting every night for weeks on end. The tension between the militarized police force and the protesters struck a profound resemblance to the pains of the Civil Rights Movement. The use of tear-gas, intimidation, and the arrests of journalists recording the events revealed deeper and troubling issues of power and prejudice at play in the local community. The events in Ferguson ignited a nationwide conversation about the status of racism in America and the need for nationwide reform in the criminal justice system.

RMN Board Director Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey, Executive Director Matthew Berryman, and other Reconciling Ministries Network staff members visited Ferguson to be in ministerial solidarity and to join the call for an end to racial injustices in our country.

Following is an excerpt of a reflection written by Rev. Dr. Lightsey on her first trip to Ferguson.

“Bishop Mel Talbert has urged us to practice ‘Biblical Obedience.’ Though the context of his urging is specifically related to justice and full inclusion within The United Methodist Church for LGBTQ persons I hear his plea more broadly aim. Succinctly put, it requires us, according to Micah 6:8; “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” I’m practicing Biblical Obedience in Ferguson.

This call to Biblical Obedience is not and cannot be

solely for the purpose of LGBTQ rights. It must address oppression wherever it’s tenacious tentacles grip the lives of God’s people and Earth itself. This is why we must all work together and use our voices against oppression.

As a womanist scholar I always seek to advance wholeness for people of this global community. This is why we “love struggle.”

Like the young protestors marching down W. Florissant, who sing, “We’re young. We’re strong. We’re marching all night long!” our love for the struggle is not because we enjoy suffering but because we know we are wrestling power out of the hands of the oppressor… AND. THAT. WE. SHALL. PREVAIL. One of the things that keep coming to my mind while I am in Ferguson is “safe space.” I think safe space is important to have whenever possible. But as I am literally walking in front of police armed with tear gas, rifles, billy clubs, and riot shields, I’m convinced that if you are really serious about ministry you must be willing to walk in some pretty unsafe spaces. You must especially do that while looking at those who are seen as your enemy—in this case the police—who are as we all are, imperfect. My struggle goes well beyond individual police but instead to an entire police system that is daily strategizing to deny justice to American citizens. No one can tell me that denying freedom of the press as I have personally witnessed is not a categorical denial of justice.

No one can tell me that the killing of an unarmed man or the beating of an unarmed woman ought not unequivocally require a thorough and transparent investigation...”

If you have been asking, “What can I do?” I believe the best answer is to just make the first step.”

2014 COMPLAINTS, TRIALS, & RESOLUTIONS PENNSYLVANIA In April of 2007, Rev. Frank Schaefer officiated at his son’s wedding and in 2013 a complaint was filed against him for that reason. After facing a trial and having his ministerial credentials withdrawn, the appeals committee of the Northeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church reinstated him to clergy in good standing in June. A following Judicial Council ruling in October affirmed the reinstatement by the appeals committee.

Rev. Frank Schaefer is now serving at Isla Vista Student Ministry in Santa Barbara, CA. In the same conference, as an act of support for Rev. Frank Schaefer and all LGBTQ persons, a group of 33 Eastern Pennsylvania clergy members (along with 19 UMC clergy from other conferences participating by proxy and 21 clergy from other faith traditions – 74 in total) co-officiated a same-sex wedding at Arch Street UMC in Philadelphia on November 9, 2013. A group of clergy and laity filed a complaint against the group and a Just Resolution was met which required all parties to engage in two organized sessions of dialogue regarding LGBTQ inclusion.

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TEXAS Rev. Bill McElvaney, a retired UMC pastor and seminary president known for his social justice advocacy, officiated a same-sex wedding for a couple who had been together for 53 years for which a complaint was filed against him. Rev. McElvaney died on August 24th at the age of 86. His life-long commitment to love and justice is remembered gratefully by all who had the opportunity to know him and benefit from his PACIFIC NORTHWEST Rev. Cheryl A. Fear and Rev. Gordon Hutchins had complaints filed against them for officiating at same-sex ceremonies. Both pastors were faced with a 24-hour suspension without pay.

NEW YORK Rev. Dr. Thomas Ogeletree had a complaint filed against him for performing his son’s wedding in October 2012. In March of 2014, Bishop McLee dismissed all charges with no conditions and offered the following statement: “I call for and commit to cessation of trials for conducting ceremonies which celebrate homosexual unions or performing same-gender wedding ceremonies and instead offer a process of theological, spiritual and ecclesiastical conversation.”

Rev. Sara Thompson Tweedy also had a complaint filed against her with the accusation of her being “a self-avowed practicing homosexual.” The complaint was eventually dismissed.

Rev. Tweedy told UM New Service that she doesn’t deny she is a lesbian but she wouldn’t describe herself as “self-avowed practicing.” She explained her frustrations with the language: “What’s the equivalent in the heterosexual world? ‘Self-avowed practicing’ perpetuates the injustice committed against queer people, which is that we have been reduced to our sexual acts…There is so much more to marriage than that and so much more to being a human being.”

MICHIGAN AREA

Rev. Mike Tupper and Rev. Ed Rowe both had complaints filed against them for officiating at same-sex weddings.

Their complaints were handled by Bishop Deborah Kiesey who settled the complaint by initiating a creative approach to a Just Resolution which required the two pastors to: “Form a design team with clergy and lay persons from across the Michigan Area, including LGBTQ persons. The team is charged with planning, implementation and resourcing an area-wide series of events using a ‘Truth and Reconciliation’ model at which LGBTQ and other interested United Methodists can have a safe place to tell their stories. These events will have the stated goal of reduding our church’s harmful rhetoric and actions towards LGBTQ persons. These events will be planned to occur over the next 18 months.”

THANK YOU! RMN IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS AND COMMUNITIES. BELOW WE HAVE LISTED OUR MAJOR DONORS TO WHOM WE OFFER A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU, BUT EVERY SINGLE GIFT IS IMPORTANT TO THE WORK OF THIS MOVEMENT.

5,000+ Robbie & Tom Ausley, Shirley W. Cooper, Dwight Curry, Lynne Dobson, Kip L. Eldridge & P.J. Summerville, Rev. Bill Frisbie, Giselle Lawn, Deborah Maria, Joe Errington and Bill Pullen, Bill Smith, Martha L. Vaughan, Dr. Carol L. & Jeffrey W. Waymack 2,500 + James Abbott, Rev. Bonnie Beckonchrist, Jean P. & Robert W. Eastlake, James Abbott, Joseph Hurt, David B. Mauzy, Helen Ryde and Kate Schiappa, Bishop Melvin G. & Marilyn Magee Talbert, Shirley Taylor, Bruce & Lillian Venner, Bill & Joy Watts 1,000 + Rev. Chip Aldridge, Helen & Leonard Andrew, Jill Barker and Mike Crosswell, Mark Elder & Jim Barthmaier, Matthew M. Berryman, B.J. and Jerry Birkhahn-Rommelfanger, Faith M. Buss, Susie Canafax, Kristian and Donell Clauser, James Collins and Brad Neilson, Jack M. Davis and Eric San Juan, Jayson Kerr Dobney, Robert Dorr, Janet and Ransom Duke, Don Elliott, Kay Ensfield, Anne Constant & William Ewing, Leslie Fotre-Leach and Robert Leach, Danielle and Jared Gadomski Littleton, Bev Brooks & Rev. Steven K. Goodier, Barbara E. & Douglas R. Goodman, Roger Harville, Rev. Dr. Pamela and Ray Hawkins, Paul Hazen and Martin Rosol, Beverly Judge, Katy and Paul Krumbach, Gerald Langan and Nick Crivelli, Rev. Walter & Dr. Roxanne Lockhart, Rev. David W. Meredith, Dr. Mary Elizabeth & Allen Moore, Jefferson Moulds and Brent Anderson, Robert Page, Jim Pritchett, Bishop Sharon Z. & Rev. Blaine B. Rader, Burke Randolph, Charles Richardson, Benjamin & Margaret Roe, Joann Schwentker, Rev. Leonard F. Sjogren, Ann & Dr. David Smith, Rev. Earl M. Smith, Dr. Leland G. Spencer IV, Harold & Monica Swink, Kathryn J. Tullos & Mark D. Morris, Carole Vincent, Dr. Brian Watson, Carol & Rev. James Waugh, Carol West and Sharon L. Vermilyea, Katie Wickman and Ann Hillman, Ralph A. Williams, Rev. Kevin, Laura, Claire & Caroline Young 500+ Carolyn Bibb and Susan Yandel, Jimmy A. Bowlin & M. Franklin Dotts, Rev. Dr. Hugh W. Burtner, Margaret Carey, James P. Carter & David L. Johnson, Don and Sue Childers, Susan Conger, Kelly & Whitney Dahlman-Oeth, Rev. Jane D. Daniels, Rev. Dr. Robert B. Davis & Rev. Rosemary A. Davis, Steven Davis & Eddie Rothermel, Lupita Diaz, Van Dyke Dixon, W. Graeme & Jane Donovan, Melanie Dunn-Chadwick, Brenda Edwards, Jeffrey E. Friant & John Nelson, Rev. Robert L. Gamble, Rev. Bruce A. & Laurie A. Gascoine, Revs. Frank & Sandra Foley Gaylord, Faith Geer, Beth H. & Rev. John O. Gooch, Kirsten L. Gullickson, Rev. Youtha C. Hardman-Cromwell, Rachel R. Harvey, Deaconess, Teresa & Thomas Haven, Evan B. Hazard, Sharon Helton & Wayne Wood, Steve Hilbun & Rev. Kelly Turney, Joyce & Dr. Ronald Hoellein, Won Hong, Chris Hong & Wil Rumble, Andy & Candy Hubbard, Jen E. Ihlo, David & Judy Jerde, Evelyn L. Knight, Remmert Laan, Noriko Lao, Wade Leak, Dr. Wesley J. & Pamela L. Lewis, Grace T. McFerrin, Revs. David & Marilyn Meeker-Williams, Bert Morris, Bishop Susan M. Morrison, Matthew Mustard, Caroleann Myers, Richard Oliveto, Rev. Bill and Norah Pattison, Garrett C. Peck, Carolyn D. Pennington, Rev. Emery and Deborah Percell, Jerry & Judy Pinkerton, Bobby Ray Prince and Joe Openshaw, Rev. Dr. Sharon Rhodes-Wickett, Eleanor Richards, Robin T. Ridenour, Patricia A Ronten, Laurie Rose, Ann Saterbak & David A. Ward, Rev. Deborah K. & Gary D. Stevens, Julie Stuhr & Conrado Dominguez, Joyce & Robert Swing, Janet Thomas, Barbara Ricks Thompson, Rev. Ernie & Anne Turney, Timothy E. Tyler, Michael Ward, Ralph Earl Watkins, W. Drew Weinbrenner Organizational Support: AHS Foundation, AmazonSmile Foundation, Arcus Foundation, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, Emory University, Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Florida United Methodist Foundation, GE Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, Human and Civil Rights Organizations of America (HCROA), JPMorgan Chase & Co., Just Give, KPMG - United Way, Mary Waite, NGLTF Foundation, The Joe B. & Louise P. Cook Foundation, UCC Coalition For LGBT Concerns

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RECONCILING COMMUNITY GIVING ALABAMA Woodlawn UMC ARIZONA Desert Mission UMC Federated Community Church Arkansas Argue Sunday School Class First UMC of Eureka Springs Journeys Class CALIFORNIA Aptos Community UMC Bethany UMC Bloom in the Desert Ministries Christ Church Claremont UMC Davis UMC Epworth UMC First UMC Loomis La Tijera UMC Los Altos UMC Los Gatos UMC Mesa Verde UMC Morgan Hill UMC Mt. Tamalpais UMC Pacific Beach UMC Palm Springs UMC Reconciling Community Chair, Neighbors Group San Luis Obispo UMC Sierra Pines UMC Social Justice Action Team St. Mark’s UMC St. Paul’s UMC Ukiah UMC UMC of Merced Walnut Creek UMC COLORADO Arvada UMC Christ Church First UMC Fort Collins St. Andrew UMC The Heart of Longmont at First UMC Wesley Fellowship Boulder CONNECTICUT Mary Taylor Memorial UMC WASHINGTON DC

Dumbarton UMC First UMC Lawrence Foundry UMC Open Hearts Group Metropolitan Memorial UMC St. Paul’s UMC Mount Vernon Place UMC MARYLAND DELAWARE B-WARM: Baltimore Epworth UMC Washington Area Reconciling Ministries FLORIDA Grace UMC Nu Class St. John United Church Open Arms LGBT St. John’s UMC Community MASSACHUSETTS GEORGIA Ballard Vale United Church Asbury Memorial UMC First UMC North Andover First UMC Hapeville Grace UMC Glenn Memorial UMC Holy Trinity UMC IMU Douglas Street UMC Osterville UMC North Georgia RUMs Reconciling Committee Koininia Class Sudbury UMC Saint Mark UMC United Parish of Auburndale HAWAII Harris UMC

MICHIGAN First UMC Kalamazoo Peace With Justice Team IDAHO Wesley Foundation at U of Hillview UMC M West Michigan United ILLINOIS Methodists for Broadway UMC Marriage Equality Church of the Three Crosses Williamston UMC Euclid Avenue UMC First UMC De Kalb MINNESOTA First UMC Downers Grove Hamline UMC First UMC Park Ridge Lake Harriet UMC First UMC Temple Minnetonka UMC Glenview UMC Richfield UMC Grace UMC Simpson UMC Holy Covenant UMC St Anthony Park UMC Reconciling Committee at Shirland UMC MISSOURI Reconciling Committee at Union UMC Wesley UMC United Church of Rogers MONTANA Park Grace UMC Wesley UMC Western Springs UMC NEBRASKA Woodridge UMC First UMC Lincoln First UMC Omaha NSWRM: Nebraska IOWA Statewide Collegiate UMC and Wesley Reconciling Network Foundation Reconciling Committee at Grace UMC Hanscom Park UMC Clinton-Camanche Subgroup NEVADA St. Timothy’s UMC Boulder City UM Fellowship KANSAS Asbury UMC

NEW HAMPSHIRE Lebanon UMC

NEW JERSEY Reconciling Committee at Morrow Memorial Reconciling Committee at Mount Tabor Sparta Book Worms NEW YORK Asbury Crestwood UMC Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew Covenant UMC Fairport UMC First UMC Oneonta First UMC Schenectady Forest Home Chapel Park Slope UMC Plattsburgh UMC St. Paul’s UMC West Hills UMC NORTH CAROLINA First UMC Charlotte Reconciling Committee at Haywood Street Congregation Western North Carolina RUMs OHIO Church of the Redeemer Clifton UMC East Ohio Reconciling Ministries First UMC Oberlin King Avenue UMC Maynard Avenue UMC North Broadway UMC North Olmsted UMC West Ohio Conference UMC OKLAHOMA Mainstream United Methodists (MUM) St. Stephen’s UMC OREGON 18th Avenue Peace House First UMC Portland Inclusiveness Committee of Lake Oswego Lebanon-Sweet Home Reconciling Group Madras UMC Reconciling Committee of Gresham UMC Reconciling Committee of Montavilla UMC United Methodists (OI RUMs)

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COMMUNITY DONORS, CONTINUED Oregon-Idaho Reconciling United Methodists (OI RUMs) Sunnyside Centenary UMC Vermont Hills UMC

SOUTH CAROLINA Grace Sunday School Class Reconciling Committee of Washington Street UMC

TEXAS Advocates for Social Justice Bering Memorial UMC Breaking the Silence (TX AC) Christians Without Borders SS Class Covenant SS Class Crestview UMC Daughters of Shalom Class Koinonia SS Class Northaven UMC Open Hearts at St. Peter’s Open Hearts - North District Southwest Texas Chapter MFSA St. John’s UMC Trinity UMC UMW Unit at Saint John’s UMC University UMC Austin Word, World and Worship Class

SOUTH DAKOTA First UMC Vermillion

VERMONT Middlebury UMC

TENNESSEE Binghampton: A Shalom Community Blount Small Group

VIRGINIA Fairlington UMC

PENNSYLVANIA Community of Reconciliation First UMC Philadelphia Reconciling Committee of Grandview UMC Union UMC

WASHINGTON Cedar Cross UMC First UMC Bellevue First UMC Ellensburg Langley UMC Vancouver Heights UMC Woodland Park UMC WISCONSIN Bethany UMC River Falls UMC The Kairos Class Meeting