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DESCRIPTION:\nSome of the stories the church most needs to hear belong to L
 GBTQIA+ people and to the families who love them. On Thursday\, September 
 17\, the second Invite Welcome Connect Storytelling Round Table turns to t
 hose voices\, and to what happens when a congregation moves from being qui
 etly welcoming to being clear\, public\, and joyful about who it is.\n\nAt
  the table: Sara Cunningham\, founder of Free Mom Hugs\, who describes the
  years after her son came out as a journey from the church to the Pride pa
 rade\, and whose offer of free hugs at one Pride festival became a nationa
 l nonprofit. Liz Dyer\, founder of Mama Bears\, who started a private Face
 book group for about 150 mothers in 2014 and now leads a network of tens o
 f thousands\, and the subject of the documentary Mama Bears. John Pfannes\
 , founder of the St. Thomas PRIDE Alliance\, now more than forty LGBTQ+ pe
 ople and allies working to make the welcome at his parish visible inside t
 he church and beyond it. The Rev. Maddy Bishop\, Priest-in-Charge at St. A
 ndrew’s\, Derby\, Kansas\, and the Episcopal Grasslands Eco-Region Fello
 w.\n\nThursday\, September 17\, 1:00 p.m. Eastern/noon Central/11:00 a.m. 
 Mountain/10:00 a.m. Pacific\, online by Zoom. Tickets are free\, with a fr
 ee-will donation welcome if you choose. Space is limited to keep this a re
 al conversation\, so reserve your seat early.\n\nRegister for Storytelling
  2: LGBTQIA+ Voices
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SUMMARY:LGBTQIA+ Voices
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