8 finish 96-mile walk to promote equal rights

8 finish 96-mile walk to promote equal rights

Source: Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA

Author: Amanda J. Crawford

Date: 17 August, 2008

Meg Sneed is a cancer survivor. She is also a lesbian.

After spending three days walking to benefit breast-cancer research, she had an idea. What about a walk to raise awareness about marriage inequality?

Last week, Sneed, 25, and seven other gay, lesbian and bisexual young people aged 19 to 28 walked through the metro area to the state Capitol to raise awareness about gay rights and the fall referendum that would add a gay-marriage ban to the state constitution…

Among their stops was the Church of the Beatitudes United Church of Christ in north-central Phoenix.

The Rev. Nancy Elsenheimer is one of the senior pastors at the church, which performs commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples. She called Sneed and the other walkers "courageous" not only for braving the Valley's heat but also for spreading their message through areas not always receptive to gay rights…

Arizona Equality Walkers - Soulforce Right To Marry Update

Arizona Equality Walkers - Soulforce Right To Marry Update

Source: The Observer - Tucson, Arizona

Author:

Date: 15 August, 2008

From Glendale we were headed to the Church of the Beatitudes, a lovely United Church of Christ congregation where we had lunch and the most amazing cherries for desert. We were greeted warmly by Pastor Nancy Elsenheimer and several ...

Science-and-religion resources

Science-and-religion resources

Source: Acts of Hope

Author: Jane R

Date: 9 August, 2008

CTNS has had several joint projects with the Vatican Observatory, which is not just at the Vatican but in Arizona. The main researcher there, a very sweet guy, is a Jesuit priest and physicist named Bill Stoeger. You'll like his bio -- I think some of the work he's done is in areas of physics in which you are interested.

CTNS's founding director is a physicist (Ph.D. in physics) who is also an ordained United Church of Christ (U.C.C.) minister. His name is Robert John (Bob) Russell and he was my friend Kirk's dissertation chair.

Black Mountain Community Church

Source: Covenant Connections

Author: The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer

Date: 8 August, 2008

I spent an evening earlier this week with some of the leaders of the Black Mountain Community Church. They are beginning to discern whether or not they are being led to affiliate with the United Church of Christ. ...

Acceptable Bigotries: Arizona State U. Perpetuates Negative Christian Stereotypes

Acceptable Bigotries: Arizona State U. Perpetuates Negative Christian Stereotypes
BlogCritics.org: 02-13-2007

“…there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 50,000 Christian denominations running the gamut from the United Church of Christ, to the Quakers, to Roman Catholics, to Mormons, to Southern Baptists. Some denominations have no problems with gays such as the Anglicans. Other denominations say that homosexual behavior is wrong but still try to reach out in human understanding, such as Roman Catholics. Others are outright judgmental, preaching homosexuals as the harbinger of death and destruction, such as Fred Phelps and his gang. The problem with stereotypes is that it takes one case and then shrinks all others and forces them into a box. As is usual, reality is much more complex.”

Is Peace Possible?

Is Peace Possible?

Following Crosswalk America bog(01-29-2007)

“Jerry Leggett, an ordained United Church of Christ minister and purveyor of the Peace Bubble (more on that in a moment) performs a concert at our church, the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Jerry is crossing the country on a mission of sorts (like I said, more on that to come) pulling a yellow T@B trailer much like the one in the picture.”