Our committee is dedicated to developing partnerships and providing rostered leaders and congregations with theologically sound resources and enlightening and engaging worship opportunities that celebrate our God-given, God-created unique identities, while supporting and accompanying LBGTQIA+ people, families, and our community.
Our Affirming Task Force
Resources (in no particular order within their sections)
Specifically Lutheran LGBTQIA+ Support and Resources
Specifically LGBTQIA+ Affirming Worship, Bible Study, and Sermon Prep Resources
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Lists of Resources from Other Denominations
Books Suitable for Congregational Study and Use
The Queer Bible Commentary
Bible Trouble by Teresa Hornsby and Ken Stone
Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation by Hornsby/Guest
Radical Love; An Introduction to Queer Theology by Patrick Cheng
This I Know; A Simple Biblical Defense for LGBTQ Christians by Pr. Jim Dant
No Innocent Bystanders: Becoming an Ally in the Struggle for Justice by Shannon Craigo-Snell and Christopher Doucet
Outside the Lines by Mihee Kim-Kort
Transforming by Austen Hartke
Unclobber by Colby Martin
Secular Resources
Lower Susquehanna Synod RIC Congregations
- Union Lutheran Church (York)
- St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (Middletown)
- St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
- Messiah Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
- Communities of Hope (Harrisburg)
- Tree of Life Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
- Epiphany Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
- St. Matthias Evangelical Lutheran Church (Carlisle)
- St. James Lutheran Church (Gettysburg)
- Christ Chapel at Gettysburg College (Gettysburg)
- United Lutheran Seminary (Gettysburg)
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church (Penryn)
- Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central PA
- Lower Susquehanna Synod Office
Videos
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20, communities around the world honor Transgender Day of Remembrance: a day set aside to celebrate the lives of those who have died in the last year from hate crimes and acts of targeted violence. Members of Lower Susquehanna Synod's newly forming LGBTQIA+ Affirming Ministries Task Force, which includes representatives from Lutheran Camping Corporation and United Lutheran Seminary, offer this brief service of prayer and remembrance. -
Transgender Day of Remembrance Forum
As communities around the world honor a Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, 2020, a day set aside to celebrate the lives of those who have died in the last year from hate crimes and acts of targeted violence, members of our Lower Susquehanna Synod's newly forming LGBTQIA+ Affirming Ministries Task Force offer a forum of transgender Christians sharing their insight into how the church can welcome and support trans people in faith communities.