9 20 2617 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e4a9ebf7bf5c42cb4ec84988751d6720.jpg 1203a5f5ae26042805867d2d0a1a97c4 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anna Bidder photo Description An account of the resource Picture of Anna Bidder found on Lucy Cavendish College web site. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cambridge Newspapers Ltd. (permission requesting pending). https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a299ee6b9dae99f7dc24828875014cd2.jpg 52f4b54c5e3f9f2d39b8303c28ac547a https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6ae1b4359b6c61aa4253bd7403319695.jpg 3ca4f39766fe5077291d7ea88dec00b9 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/50ffd93f246705ede6dacea43163d2f6.jpg 4104b13ee02c7368aa1c6ff1e0bfd155 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anna Spradlin Stole Text TABOR (on pennant) CHRISTIAN EDUCATION PROVERBS 16:9 Anna Spradlin Denver, CO Raised in the Southern Baptist Church and graduated from a Mennonite/Brethren college. Now a member of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. Denomination Southern Baptist Convention Metropolitan Community Church Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of six stoles that were created on-site at the 2001 national conference of Evangelicals Concerned. Anna has been an active leader in Evangelicals Concerned-Western Region for a number of years. She made the arrangements for us to have a sizable display at this conference -- our first display at an major evangelical gathering -- and also initiated the stole-making workshop. (In addition to the six made on site, several other stoles were donated to the collection later by persons attending the workshop.) Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 913 Title A name given to the resource Anna Spradlin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Denver, Colorado (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anna Spradlin Colorado Evangelicals Concerned MCC Mennonite Church USA Southern Baptist Spradlin, Anna Theology Women and Religion https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c57446e9615515cd87a3fcb15bffc873.jpg 3690cc6b165cc21f71f51b5dacc177ce Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. 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Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anne L. Crane Stole Text ANNE L. CRANE Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of 52 stoles donated to the Shower of Stoles collection by members and staff of Church of the Covenant. Although each of the stoles is unique, all of them are tied together by the inclusion of a piece cloth from a common bolt of blue and ivory material somewhere in the stole. Covenant is both a More Light and Open and Affirming Congregation. Their strong and public advocacy on behalf of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the church has drawn many LBGT persons to become a part of the Covenant church family. Their 52 stoles represent the largest subset of stoles given to the collection by any one congregation. Church of the Covenant, a federated United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church, is steeped in history. Located just off the Boston Commons, the Gothic revival building erected in the mid-1800's was one of the first churches built in the Back Bay area. In the 1890's the sanctuary was completely redecorated by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., including the creation of an extraordinary set of Tiffany stained-glass windows and a chandelier that is said to be the first electrified light installed in a public building by Thomas Edison. Covenant's history of social justice and human rights work is equally rich. When I visited Covenant, I was intrigued to learn that the church was a designated stop along the "Boston Women's Heritage Trail." One of Covenant's members, Abbie Child, was the head of the Women's Board of Missions of the Congregational Church in the late 1800's. Another member, Dr. Elsa Meder, was one of the first women ordained as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth Rice and Alice Hageman, ordained in 1974 and 1975 respectively, were the first women to serve as pastors at a Back Bay church. When they were joined by Donna Day Lower, the church became the only one in the United States with three women clergy. Since opening the "Women's Lunch Place" in 1982, the church has served as a haven for poor women and their children. It is fitting, then, that one of the Tiffany windows is "Four Women of the Bible," including Miriam, Deborah, Mary of Bethany, and Dorcas. Covenant remains on the forefront of work for equality and justice, and is active in the LGBT Welcoming movement in the Boston area and beyond. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Clergy Shatter Another Taboo A Council on Religion and the Homosexual has been organized by clergy men in San Francisco bay area to meet a "great need for a better understanding of human sexuality" and its "broad variations and manifestations." The council grew out of meetings during the past six months between 25 or more clergymen of various faiths and homosexuals of both sexes. The trustees of the incorporated, nonprofit council will include clergymen of the Methodist, Lutheran, and Episcopal churches and the United Church of Christ. Spokesman for the new organization is the Rev. Cannon Robert W. Cromey, director of urban work and vicar of the St. Aidan's Church, San Francisco. For too long the problems of homosexuals have been hush-hush in the church, and for too long the church has made homophiles feel that they are spiritual pariahs who deserve from Christians only contempt. Except for the efforts of a few ministers here and there the church has not dealt with the complexities of the problem: even responsible discussion of it has been taboo. When homosexuality proves to be an incurable aberration, the victim needs the concer of the church as he seeks to accomodate himself to a society which considers him alien. "And in those case's where the homosexual can be helped to develop a normal sexuality, the church should be for him both a guide and a strength. If the newly organized council is to accomplish these ends its primary purpose should be something more than "to promote dialogue between the religious community and and the homosexuals." Dialogue is essential, but if the council members do nothing more than talk about the problem they will defeat those goals which are beyond dialogue: the adjustment of the persistent homosexual and the hostile community to each other and the rehabilitation of those homosexuals who can be restored to a sexual life of the kind approved by the Christian church. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Announcement of Formation of CRH in Prominent National Christian Magazine Description An account of the resource Copyright 1964 CHRISTIAN CENTURY. Reproduced by permission from the December 23, 1964 issue of the CHRISTIAN CENTURY. Subscriptions: $49/year from P.O. Box 378, Mt. Morris, IL 61054. 1-800-208-4097. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c858e2201a2aba177fcae5d830d541d3.jpg 991cb9323d2e6adc5bcf7958b4a95532 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document <h4>New Congregation Will Be Organized.</h4> Organization of a new congregation, to be known as the Metropolitan Community Church, said to cater to the spiritual needs of those now neglected, was announced Friday by the Rev. David Solomon. The organizational meeting will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of the First Unitarian Church, 1800 Jefferson Ave. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Announcement of Organizing Meeting Description An account of the resource Solomon arranges a newspaper announcement of the organizational meeting for the MCC Mission. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Times-Picayune, April 17, 1971 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2f29a8a8fde3ca4128ad4bba2091b2d7.jpg 8e377674b245b42a1380ac388d352a49 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document Lovers of the old-time mellerdrammers will rejoice that the Upstairs at 604 Iberville is planning a revival of this style of attraction. The first production EGAD, WHAT A CAD will be shown at 8 p.m. Saturday at an extension of the bar known at the “Second Landing” at the Upstairs. Bettye McAnner is the director… Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Announcing Nellydrama Description An account of the resource Newspaper announcement of melodramatic production at the Upstairs Theater. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Times-Picayune, May 15, 1971. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0bc73b91765bbf605df2a08aaba0ca00.jpg 4b3803104a22978e09595c2820083b92 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document GAY SYNAGOGUE SERVICES AND ONEG SHABBAT EVERY FRIDAY 8:00 P.M. 300 9th Ave., 28 St. TEL. 691-1066 High Holiday Services Plerrepont St.-Monroe Pl., B'klyn Hgts. Sept. 27: 10 A.M. and Oct. 5: 7 P.M. For Ticket Information: 691-1066 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Announcing the first High Holy Days Services in 1973 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CBST Archives https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1e9197245b2112689a9f0e91df308df4.jpg 6f28942a1386b4c87de108d658e5a038 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/9322b9637fc5175182f30907ba08fa70.jpg 744f9cffd6a553c801ea1c272f49d70d https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/69d5d75c525d19aed54c8340d93cd436.jpg 869ec355aa1a93e132e6a4273a3b8c5e https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a0e3ec089a2d645550ca36f720274639.jpg 026c07a4063bfcd699574a05490a29e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text ANONYMOUS ELDER I was raised in the Presbyterian Church - the First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton, Illinois. I went to Sunday school and sang in the youth choir. I have amazing memories of touring Europe with the teen choir. I can still hear our voices echoing in cathedrals. I can still see the tear-streaked faces in the standing room only crowd at our concert in a Yugoslavian church, and I can still taste the tears we shed with them. My brother sang, too, and my parents were there - they chaperoned the trip. My Grandma was and is a Southern Baptist. She worries about everything, and she prays about everything. I've always figured that if one day passes that I forget to pray, well, she's got me covered. She has been a subtle, yet profound influence on my life. I went to a small Lutheran college, and was involved in the college congregation, so I like to think that my roots are Presbyterian, Baptist and Lutheran. During my junior year of college, Pastor Benson called me into his office for a chat. He asked me if I had ever considered going to seminary, and that perhaps I should. Well, it had maybe crossed my mind a bit. I said I'd give it some thought but... You see, it was during that same year, my junior year of college that I realized I was gay. I never went back to talk with Pastor Benson about it again. It was easier not to have the conversation with him that was going on in my head... "No, see, Pastor Benson, I really can't consider it. You see I can't tell you why I can't consider it. You see, I could consider it... well I would consider it if I wasn't.... well, maybe I will consider it if I can figure out whether or not I'm... You see, they don't let pastors be pastors if they're gay. You see, I don't think churches really even want gay people in them. You see, I can't be gay, because if I'm gay, I can't belong to a church. Or I could belong to a church, but I just can't ever tell anyone... The message I had received loudly and definitely from the church and society was that I wasn't welcome. It was the first time I experienced a thought that love for me might be conditional. I was raised by a family and a church to believe that love is unconditional. God's love is unconditional. "For God so loved the world that God gave his only begotten son, that whosoever... "With God, all things are possible." Enter the asterisk next to these Bible verses. Whosoever, except All things are possible, except... God's love for me suddenly seemed conditional. The result of these thoughts? For ten years following college, I didn't attend church. After attending church my entire life, I just left. I finally decided that my relationship with God could he good - just God and me. That would have to do. That didn't work either. My faith was there, but it was empty and distant. I had no faith family to share it with, and I had no outlet through which to serve. I thought about visiting churches, but somehow the idea of attending and remaining anonymous sitting somewhere near the back because I couldn’t tell any of them about myself didn't seem very appealing. I eventually heard about a couple of gay churches in town, but I wanted to go to a church that's more representative of the world I live in. I want to go to a church that's a bit like the church I grew up in. I’m not a fan of segregation. I just want the whole gay issue to be a non-issue, and all the religious conflict and infighting to be resolved so we can all focus all of our efforts on other issues and people that really need our work. I have a lot of friends who are still turned off by church. I tell them about St. Luke and churches like it, but most don't want to hear about church. Just like me, they’ve gotten the message loud and clear: Churches don't want us. It's tough to undo the damage. They've been driven away from the church, just as I was. These messages don't just exclude, and they don't just drive people away from church; such messages drive people away from the love of God. Is this what the church intends to do? It is what's happening. I celebrate the fact that I was able to rediscover my church home. I celebrate the fact that places like St. Luke exist. I wish I had known of St. Luke and other More Light churches 10 years ago. I wonder if I'd still be welcome at the First Presbyterian Church in Wheaton, Illinois. I hope I would, but I don't know. You cannot know how deeply I truly appreciate the opportunity to serve as an Elder at St. Luke. To be asked to serve in a leadership role, when ten years ago I thought I wouldn't even be welcome in the building... The opportunity to lead and serve is incredibly precious and humbling. To hold hands with my church family and to sing Amen at the end of each service takes me back to the safe place in the church choir loft that I felt as a teenager. I pray for the eventual, inevitable day when we will have inclusive policies everywhere in every institution. I pray for the day when all God's children know that God's love truly is unconditional, that with God all things truly are possible, and that they too can join hands and sing amen. Will our church hasten that day and proclaim God's love for all people? Or will it continue to drive people away from the love of God? Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This was the last stole left of the ones I wore during my days in ordained ministry. I gave it to her on the occasion of her own ordination as an Elder at St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Wayzata, MN, in gratitude for her friendship and all that she has done for the Shower of Stoles Project. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 804 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant St. Louis Park, Minnesota (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous Elder and Martha Juillerat Covenant Network of Presbyterians Lutheran Minnesota More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Reconciling Works (formerly Lutherans Concerned) Southern Baptist Women and Religion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text ANONYMOUS Park Slope United Methodist Church, Brooklyn, New York I live in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. I am originally from South Carolina. I am a lifelong Methodist and can count more than one Methodist minister among my ancestors and extended family. I serve as liturgist coordinator at Park Slope United Methodist Church. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of thirty one stoles from Park Slope United Methodist Church included in a display of UM stoles at the 2000 General Conference of the UMC in Cleveland. All are made from identically sized pieces in turquoise, lavender and purple cotton batik, With only 200 members, Park Slope has donated the largest number of stoles to the collection from a single United Methodist congregation. A diverse community, Park Slope's creed is: Hand in hand, we the people of the Park Slope United Methodist Church -- black and white, straight and gay, old and young, rich and poor -- unite as a loving community, in covenant with God and the Creation. Summoned by our faith in Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to the humanization of urban life and to physical and spiritual growth. A scrappy congregation utterly committed to putting their faith into action, Park Slope has been unrelenting in its pursuit of justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the UMC. In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles”. In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text Unfortunately, my stole must remain anonymous. May this stole be a reminder of the constant pain one experiences in the daily sacrifice of self for Christ's ministry. May God bring us finally together as one family of faith in ministry. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story All we know about this anonymous minister is that he was given this stole as an ordination gift. The mint green polyester double-knit material leads me to believe that this pastor must have been ordained sometime in the late 1960's or 1970's. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text Honoring Gay Presbyterians Serving The Church in Oklahoma Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1997 Contribution Story This is one in a set of four stoles given to me by the More Light Chapter in Oklahoma honoring some of their members who serve in silence in the leadership of the Presbyterian Church. They were given to me in 1997, when I brought Oklahoma's first display of stoles to Tulsa. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 334 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, Oklahoma (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Oklahoma Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text Honoring Gay Presbyterians Serving The Church in Oklahoma Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1997 Contribution Story This is one in a set of four stoles given to me by the More Light Chapter in Oklahoma honoring some of their members who serve in silence in the leadership of the Presbyterian Church. They were given to me in 1997, when I brought Oklahoma's first display of stoles to Tulsa. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 336 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, Oklahoma (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Oklahoma Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c9440a68fd1ce31fb9a76573b2dd4fd2.jpg 8bf9da9e589d094295041ce5f14cea6e https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/7e4f4aaf851ffecb9ac81e3dc01097b1.jpg a4c919937fbda9968f11f8bf8ea9b78d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text Honoring Gay Presbyterians Serving The Church in Oklahoma Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1997 Contribution Story This is one in a set of four stoles given to me by the More Light Chapter in Oklahoma honoring some of their members who serve in silence in the leadership of the Presbyterian Church. They were given to me in 1997, when I brought Oklahoma's first display of stoles to Tulsa. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 337 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, Oklahoma (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Oklahoma Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text ANONYMOUS Honoring a United Methodist full-member elder colleague who took honorable location. Contribution Story This stole was given to us in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. ("Honorable location" refers to the status of a minister who has not been appointed to a specific ministry by his or her Annual Conference.) In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles”. In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 574 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant , () Methodist United Methodist Church United States Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text ANONYMOUS I am an ordained elder in the UMC, and I am gay. Since my ordination I served my denomination faithfully as a local church pastor, in district and annual conference work, and for many years as a staff member at the denominational level. I was widely respected across the church. Yet all that time I was gay, and I am still gay. But now in retirement -- because of my hurt, anger and disillusionment at the UMC's negative stance toward gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people -- I have severed my active ties with United Methodism. I no longer worship in my local church. I no longer serve on local church, district, and annual conference committees and councils. I no longer have contact with many people who were important in my life. And - to add insult to injury - I have to write this statement anonymously. Now I have found my church home in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches where I function as a lay person in a local MCC congregation. I am accepted and loved for who I really am and have always been. I have been in a committed relationship with a same-gender partner for almost sixteen years, and we worship there together. I sing the same hymns and hear the same Scriptures read that have nurtured me all my life. I hear good sermons preached weekly. I eat the bread and drink the juice in the same sacrament of Holy Communion. I worship the same Christ I always have. I receive love from the same God has always loved me. But I do it in a safe place where I am fully accepted and loved completely, just as I am. My stole depicts my journey from the UMC through a time of rebirth and resurrection -- symbolized by the butterflies - to the MCC church, a church that welcomes everyone regardless of their sexual orientation, a church that does not stand in the way of my receiving God's love completely. My version of the UM logo's Pentecost flame is the rainbow, a symbol of diversity! A gay ordained United Methodist elder Southeastern U.S. Denomination United Methodist Church Metropolitan Community Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This anonymous pastor has felt the weight of the church's discrimination for decades; even now he isn't free to identify himself. Nevertheless, he has found a certain sense of freedom and release in the Metropolitan Community Church, a denomination in which he and his partner are welcome. This stole was given to us in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles”. In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 586 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, -- Unknown (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous MCC Ohio Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church United States Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text ANONYMOUS<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Ed.D., Ed.M., M.S., M.Div., B.S. OTS Episcopal <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Toledo, OH I left my tenure track faculty position at an Ivy League university to follow my calling that first emerged in childhood. I spent three years in discernment before leaving to be sure. I was a cradle Episcopalian and had been accepted and supported by the rector and vestry of my parish for ministry. I needed to find a Bishop who would be open to me as a lesbian woman since the bishop of my diocese was not. In seminary, I met a Bishop from Maryland who was open to ordaining BGLT people, but he was recruiting minorities from other denominations at my Episcopal seminary so they would become Episcopalians. There was no interest in those of us who were cradle Episcopalians, gay and psychiatrically healthy. It has been ten years since I left university teaching, and I still am not ordained. I am trying to get known all over again by another denomination in another state, living as a student, and barely surviving economically. The pain has been tremendous. Denomination Episcopal Church Contribution Date 2007 Contribution Story This stole was blessed and given to the Project at a special ecumenical worship service on November 4, 2007 in Toledo, OH. David Lohman Faith Work Coordinator National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Institute for Welcoming Resources Home of the Shower of Stoles Project 2007 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1115 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Toledo, Ohio (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous Episcopal Maryland Ohio Ordination Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text ANONYMOUS Denomination #NAME? Contribution Story This stole arrived in the mail with no name or story. David Lohman IWR and Faith Work Coordinator National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Institute for Welcoming Resources Home of the Shower of Stoles Project 2007 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1091 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Williamsburg, Virginia (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous Virginia https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/055d68e267eb27b5d00642f4991b6159.jpg 8e6947ae1ac8f3f5ef7b815e6a01789b https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f90a109ec7f5e8fa327311706c4a965b.jpg 49e61c8d61d62c45ec1746ed1d5d67ca https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/aadf4b67190b1f1cd78f938af0c62df8.jpg 46e448cfef8eade69180120a5d229ded Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text ANONYMOUS Roman Catholic Twin Cities, MN This stole was created in honor of a two-spirit person who served for over 30 years in Twin Cities area churches ministering in the areas of music, liturgy, and pastoral ministry. After s/he was inadvertently outed to his/her pastor, the pastor no longer trusted him/her and recently terminated his/her employment. While this two-spirit person does not know what the future holds, we who have created this stole for him/her know that the beautiful spirit of this person will find a way to use his/her gifts in music and ministry to connect spiritually with other people. Denomination Roman Catholic Church Contribution Date 2006 Contribution Story Given in conjunction with One Voice Mixed Chorus' "Reclaiming Faith" concerts in January, 2007. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1081 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Twin Cities, Minnesota (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous American Indian Catholic Minneapolis Minnesota Native American spirituality Queer/non-conforming Roman Catholic St. Paul Transgender activism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Anonymous Stole Text Anonymous My son lived and died in the closet. He wanted to remain anonymous even in death. It is ironic that he wore the red AIDS ribbon and still thought that we didn’t know. Now he’s gone, and I missed my chance to say, “I love you anyway.” – A Bereaved Mom Denomination #NAME? Contribution Date 2011 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1137 Title A name given to the resource Anonymous Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant , -- Withheld (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource A Bereaved Mom AIDS United States