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- Title
- Tricia Dykers-Koenig correspondence regarding Jane Spahr, November-December 1992.
- Description
- Tricia Dykers-Koening's correspondence related to the Permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly's decision to deny Rev. Jane Adams Spahr's call to be co-pastor at Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York on the basis of her sexual orientation. Also mentions Lisa Larges who was also denied to serve by the commission. Written by Dykers-Koenig and other congregation members at Noble Road Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Letters are addressed to Rev. Spahr, to the session and congregation at Downtown United Presbyterian Church, to Rev. W. Clark Chamberlain who dissented the commission's vote, and to the Permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly directly. Also includes a letter of gratitude written by Rev. Spahr to her "friends at Noble Road Presbyterian Church."
- Creator Name(s)
- Koenig, Patricia Dykers, 1954- (author), Spahr, Jane Adams. (author)
- Date Created
- 1992, November-December 1992, November-December 1992
- Name Subject(s)
- Noble Road Presbyterian Church (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (209th : 1997 : Syracuse, N.Y.), Spahr, Jane Adams., Larges, Lisa., Chamberlain, W. Clark., Koenig, Patricia Dykers, 1954---Archives.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
- Geographic subjects
- Cleveland Heights (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland Heights
- Physical Location
- RG 515, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Patricia Dykers Koenig Papers, 1976-2016.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-515
- Identifier (local)
- rg515_b1_f2
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:144558
- Title
- "That All May Freely Serve" newsletter.
- Description
- "That All May Freely Serve" newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, September 1993. Published by the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York, in support of the Rev. Jane Spahr. Rev. Spahr was denied by the Permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly to serve as co-pastor at the church on the basis of her sexual orientation.
- Date Created
- 1993, September 1993, September 1993
- Name Subject(s)
- Koenig, Patricia Dykers, 1954---Archives., Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
- Geographic subjects
- Rochester (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
- Physical Location
- RG 515, Box 1, Folder 24; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Patricia Dykers Koenig Papers, 1976-2016.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-515
- Identifier (local)
- rg515_b1_f24_01
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:145521
- Title
- Life Stories (1994)
- 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.
- Date Created
- 1994, 1994, 1994
- Name Subject(s)
- West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Lazarus Project.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century
- Geographic subjects
- United States--California--Los Angeles
- Physical Location
- RG 515, box 13, item 43; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Patricia Dykers Koenig Papers, 1976-2016--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-515
- Identifier (local)
- rg515-13-43_LifeStories1994
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:145237