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Description:Circular signed by Bear Ride Scott regarding the passage of Amendment B.Creator:Ride, Bear. (author)Subject names:Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell)--Archives., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., More Light Churches Network., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Ride, Bear., Witherspoon Society of Presbyterians.Topics:Ordination of gays--United States., Ordination of lesbians--United States., Presbyterian gays--United States., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346631
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Description:Reflections from That All May Freely Serve members at the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), June 18-25, 2016 in Portland, Oregon.Subject names:Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell)--Archives., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (222nd : 2016 : Portland, Or.)Topics:Ordination of gays--United States., Ordination of lesbians--United States., Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church, Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346606
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Description:Brochure describing the More Light Movement and listing More Light congregations.Subject names:Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell)--Archives., More Light Churches Network., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian gays--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346602
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Description:Transcript of oral history interview with Chris Glaser. He was raised as an American Baptist in North Hollywood, California. He joined the Presbyterian Church in 1970 while in college at California State University, Northridge. He was an ordained elder at First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys. From 1976 to 1978, he served as the only openly gay member of the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality. From 1977 to 1987, he served as the founding director of the Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the LGBTQ community in Los Angeles, located at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. He also served as the second national coordinator and treasurer of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC) and as editor of its newsletters (More Light). Interview covers the 1978 General Assembly, the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality, the Lazarus Project, and Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC). Transcript was extensively revised for clarity purposes by interviewee, Chris Glaser.Creator:Skaggs, Nicholas A. (interviewer), Glaser, Chris. (interviewee)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (190th : 1978 : San Diego, Calif.), Lazarus Project., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Glaser, Chris.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:287989
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Description:Chris Glaser was raised as an American Baptist in North Hollywood, California. He joined the Presbyterian Church in 1970 while in college at California State University, Northridge. He was an ordained elder at First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys. From 1976 to 1978, he served as the only openly gay member of the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality. From 1977 to 1987, he served as the founding director of the Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the LGBTQ community in Los Angeles, located at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. He also served as the second national coordinator and treasurer of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC) and as editor of its newsletters (More Light). Interview covers the 1978 General Assembly, the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality, the Lazarus Project, and Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC).Creator:Glaser, Chris. (interviewee), Skaggs, Nicholas A. (interviewer)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (190th : 1978 : San Diego, Calif.), Lazarus Project., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Glaser, Chris.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:287983
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Description:Joanna Moseley Adams, Presbyterian minister, was born October 17, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Columbia Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1979. She served Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), North Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.), and Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), before spending two years as co-pastor alongside John Buchanan at Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.). From 1996 on she was an organizer for and moderator of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. She retired in 2010.Creator:Hessel, Beth Shalom. (interviewer), Adams, Joanna. (interviewee)Subject names:Adams, Joanna., Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), North Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.), Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women., Ecumenical movement., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Interfaith worship.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286239
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Description:Annanda Barclay is an advocate for intersectional justice in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She has worked for LGBTQIA+ rights and served as Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians, a board member of the Spahr Reconciliation Initiative, and has helped plan pastoral candidate retreats with Parity (formerly Presbyterian Welcome). Barclay graduated with her M.Div. from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2014. She is currently working as a pastor at Mission Bay Community Church (San Francisco, CA) and as interim chaplain at the University of the Redlands, while pursuing a full-time career in chaplaincy.Creator:Barclay, Annanda. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Barclay, Annanda.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286179
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Description:Raymond Bagnuolo was born in November of 1951 and grew up in a Roman Catholic family in the Bronx, New York. Ray spent seventeen years teaching K-12 in the Ossining Public Schools in Ossining, New York. In 1995, he was introduced to That All May Freely Serve and began attending South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In 2005, he was ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA), as an openly gay man. Ray accepted a leadership role at That All May Freely Serve in 2013 and spent several years traveling the country and advocating for a fully inclusive church.Creator:Bagnuolo, Raymond. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:That All May Freely Serve (Association), Bagnuolo, Raymond., Spahr, Jane Adams.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Ordination of lesbians., Ordination of gays.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286178
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Description:Michael Adee was a member and ordained Elder of Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church (Cincinnati, Ohio). He also served as the first Field Organizer (later called Executive Director) for More Light Presbyterians from 1999 to 2013.Creator:Adee, Michael. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)Subject names:More Light Presbyterians., That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Adee, Michael.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286177
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Description:Members of Woodland Presbyterian Church celebrating Pride Month, 2019.Creator:Woodland Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.) (creator)Subject names:Woodland Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:Nashville (Tenn.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179827
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Creator:West Raleigh Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.) (creator)Subject names:West Raleigh Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.), More Light Presbyterians.Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:Raleigh (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179826
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Description:Worship service for Pride Sunday at St. Luke Presbyterian Church, June 27, 2021.Creator:St. Luke Presbyterian Church (Minnetonka, Minn.) (creator)Subject names:St. Luke Presbyterian Church (Minnetonka, Minn.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:Minnetonka (Minn.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179825
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Description:St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week Five, June 27, 2021.Creator:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:San Francisco (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179824
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Description:St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week Four, June 20, 2021.Creator:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:San Francisco (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179823
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Description:St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week Three, June 13, 2021.Creator:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:San Francisco (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179822
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Description:St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week Two, June 6, 2021.Creator:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:San Francisco (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179821
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Description:St. John's Presbyterian Church Pride Month worship series "The Spirit Still Moves" featuring LGBTQIA+ artists. This video is from Week One, May 30, 2021.Creator:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)Subject names:St. John's Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:San Francisco (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179820
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Description:Video of Pride displays at Setauket Presbyterian Church, 2021.Creator:Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.) (creator)Subject names:Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:Setauket (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179819
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Description:Worship service for Pride Sunday at Rutgers Presbyterian Church, June 27, 2021.Creator:Rutgers Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) (creator)Subject names:Rutgers Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:New York (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179818
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Description:Worship service for Pride Sunday at Presbyterian Church of Lake Travis, June 27, 2021.Creator:Presbyterian Church of Lake Travis (Austin, Tex.) (creator)Subject names:Presbyterian Church of Lake Travis (Austin, Tex.)Topics:Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay pride celebrations.Geographic subjects:Austin (Tex.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179817
