NRJ-API-LGBT Network on Religion and Justice for Asian Pacific Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender People

NRJ API LGBT

Network on Religion and Justice for
Asian Pacific Islander
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender People

Creating LGBT-affirming Asian Pacific Islander Ministries:
a Training Retreat for Asian Pacific Islander LGBTs and supporters

Friday, May 30th (3pm) -
Sunday, June 1st (3pm)
at Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA

... Celebrate and worship together!

... Deepen commuity and strengthen regional connections!

... Hear visions, strategies, and learnings from different regions -- including the Bay Area; Southern California; Ohio; Atlanta, GA; and Hawaii!

... Training in Bible/religion, cultural issues, gender and sexuality including...

Understanding API Christian Conservative Voices
How different API cultures view homosexuality
Transgender Travelogue
Queering the Bible
Let's Talk about Sex
Resources for Congregational Education
... and more!!!

[click here for conference schedule]

Come share in community, food, and fellowship with other LGBT-affirming people of faith, church activists, LGBT community activists, lay leaders, pastors, and parents. Rejuvenate your soul... share your wisdom... and learn from others! Overnight accomodations and meals provided by Mercy Center in Burlingame (near the San Francisco International Airport).

Retreat attendees and speakers include:

Lay Leaders and Pastors from Pine United Methodist Church (SF), Presbyterian Church in Chinatown (SF), Buena Vista United Methodist Church (Alameda, CA), Metropolitan Community Churches
Oneida Chi and Harold and Ellen Kameya, featured in the film In God's House: Asian American Lesbian and Gay Families in the Church
Students from the Pacific School of Religion and other Graduate Theological Union schools
Members of Asian Pacific Islander Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (API-PFLAG), Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA), and Reconciling Ministries Network

Note: This retreat will focus on creating LGBT-affirming ministries within the cultural framework of API communities. It will not address how faith communities can becoming multicultural when LGBT concerns seem to be the wedge issue.

Register now! There are only a few spots left! Limited scholarships are available.
For more information, please contact Elizabeth Leung at eleung@psr.edu

[Click here to download a printable registration form]

This retreat is sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS) and jointly coordinated by CLGS and PANA Institute.

In God's House:
Asian American
Lesbian and Gay
Families in the Church
DVD now available
for purchase
[click here]

NRJ T-shirts are here!

[click to order]

NRJ at the 2008 SF Chinese New Year Parade!

On February 23, 2008, Network on Religion and Justice participants marched with GAPA and APIQWTC members in the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade! Though the weather forcasters predicted a big rainstorm, we had 40 energetic marchers in our contingent this year. We ushered in the New Year with flair -- rainbow stoles, rainbow streamers, and bright red bilingual Marriage Equality ponchos! The theme of the float this year was three generations of LGBT family love and acceptance -- featured on it were LGBT parents, couples, and children taking a family portrait under a giant glittery rainbow.
...Click on the video on the left to hear interviews from NRJ marchers!

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