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Building an Inclusive Church: Reconciling in Christ Process
We at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Ayer, MA joyfully invite and welcome YOU! As siblings in Christ, we seek to be an inclusive and affirming faith community, sharing a variety of experiences and identities*. We commit to examining attitudes and practices that indicate anything less than the full humanity of every person. Wherever you are in your journey of life and faith, you are loved, invited and welcomed to our part of God’s family. You are precious and beloved in God’s sight and OURS!
*These include and are not limited to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, racial and ethnic identity, bodily shape and size, relationship status, mental, physical and emotional ability, place of birth, economic class, level of education and opinions about these identifiers.
Why are we looking at being an RIC Congregation?
- To publicly welcome people who have not been welcomed by church in the past, especially members of the LGBTQIA+ community
- To encourage people who are looking for open and affirming faith communities to visit us
- To connect with other RIC congregations in our conference and beyond
- To support and access resources of Reconciling Works
- To foster the faith journeys of young adults who grew up in the church but no longer are connected.
- To communicate to the neighborhood and greater community that Christians are not all of one mind on hot button social issues
- To practice being a community of faith with different opinions who can still be united in Christ
- Because we are part of the New England Synod, which is an RIC synod.
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