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Description:Dan Smith was a Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister, longtime pastor of West Hollywood United Church of Christ. He was born 2 February 1953 in Buffalo, N.Y., and educated at SUNY Fredonia and Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a conscientious objector during the American war in Vietnam. He was ordained in 1978 and spent six years installed at First Presbyterian Church (Geneva, N.Y.) before moving to Los Angeles. He took the pastorate of West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) in 1984, becoming the first openly gay minister installed in a PC(USA) congregation. During his tenure the congregation would spearhead AIDS ministry in West Hollywood, and build the Lazarus Project, dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Smith retired in 2020. He died 12 June 2023.Creator:Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023. (dedicatee), West Hollywood United Church of Christ (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023.Topics:LGBTQ+ Presbyterians., Gay clergy.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345470
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Description:Introduction to "Get Your Knee Off My Neck" sermon given by Rev. Carlton Rhoden.Creator:Westminster Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator), Rhoden, Carlton. (speaker)Subject names:Westminster Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Los Angeles (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181653
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Description:Sermon given by Rev. Carlton Rhoden.Creator:Westminster Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator), Rhoden, Carlton. (speaker)Subject names:Westminster Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Los Angeles (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181647
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Description:(영상예배)(11) - (성령강림주일) 성령을 따라 행하라(갈 5_16-26) / (Video Worship) (11) - (Sunday of Pentecost) Walk according to the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5_16-26)Creator:Nasŏng Hanin Yŏnhap Changnogyohoe (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:Nasŏng Hanin Yŏnhap Changnogyohoe (Los Angeles, Calif.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Los Angeles (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181632
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Title:Description:Video created by the Lazarus Project, a Presbyterian ministry dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Began in 1977 at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. Dissolved in 2007 after 30 years of ministry.Subject names:West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Lazarus Project.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th centuryURL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145237
