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Title: Doris VanVechten, Connie Rochelle-Woodley, and Leigh Rochelle-Woodley oral history, 2019.
Description: Doris VanVechten, Connie Rochelle-Woodley, and Leigh Rochelle-Woodley were active members of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). TAMFS began in 1993 after Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY). Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.
Creator Name(s): VanVechten, Doris. (interviewee), Rochelle-Woodley, Leigh. (interviewee), Rochelle-Woodley, Connie. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, June 2019, June 2019
Name Subject(s): That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Monroe--New York--Rochester
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0602; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: That All May Freely Serve oral histories, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzNjA=
Identifier (local): 19-0602_VanVechtenRochelleWoodley
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:285210

Title: Gail Ricciuti, Anthony Ricciuti, Ed Saphar, and Chuck Lundeen oral history, 2019.
Description: Gail Ricciuti and Anthony Ricciuti co-pastored Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY) from 1983 to 1998. Chuck Lundeen was part of the pastor nominating committee which chose Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, as pastor of Downtown Church. That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) began in 1993 after Spahr was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown Church. Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians. Ed Saphar worked with Virginia West Davidson to establish Spahr as Downtown Church's "lesbian evangelist."
Creator Name(s): Ricciuti, Gail Anderson. (interviewee), Ricciuti, Anthony. (interviewee), Saphar, Ed. (interviewee), Lundeen, Chuck. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2019, June 2019, June 2019
Name Subject(s): That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Monroe--New York--Rochester
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0602; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: That All May Freely Serve oral histories, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzNjA=
Identifier (local): 19-0602_RicciutiSapharLundeen
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:285212

Title: Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1982.
Description: Oral history recorded May 20, 1982 in Rochester, N.Y.
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1982, May 20, 1982, May 20, 1982
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): African Americans--Civil rights., Segregation in education--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects: United States--Race relations., North and Central America--United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
Physical Location: CASSETTE 858; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Interview with] Gayraud S. Wilmore, Jr. [sound recording] / [J. Oscar McCloud].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=584
Identifier (local): cassette858_side2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:133228

Title: Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud, 1982.
Description: Oral history recorded May 20, 1982 in Rochester, N.Y.
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1982, May 20, 1982, May 20, 1982
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Forman, James, 1928-2005., National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Topical Subject(s): African Americans--Civil rights., African American clergy, Segregation in education--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: United States--Race relations., North and Central America--United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
Physical Location: CASSETTE 858; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Interview with] Gayraud S. Wilmore, Jr. [sound recording] / [J. Oscar McCloud].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=584
Identifier (local): cassette858_side1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:133227

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