 NRJ Piloting a New Program/Spiritual Practice:
NRJ Talking Circles!
As the Network on Religion and Justice has grown and become more established, our meeting agendas have become full with the business of decision making, event planning, and reports on past events. In recent months, it has become apparent that there is not sufficient time in our monthly "business" meetings to check-in with each other, discuss how we feel about current issues, and provide spiritual support and community for each other.
We believe that spiritual reflection and community support are important for API LGBTQ people of faith. We also believe that spiritual reflection is important for us as community activists, in order that we might discern how to best bring about justice for our community and in order that we might be able to sustain our spirits in this struggle.
The NRJ Talking Circle provides a sacred time and space for API LGBTQ people of faith to share feelings and thoughts about important issues in and affecting our lives with other API LGBTQ people of faith in a safe and structured way. The purpose of the NRJ Talking Circle is to sit in circle together and meditate, talk, listen, and reflect, and pray with each other.
Initially, the NRJ Talking Circle will meet at PANA on the 4th Tuesday of each month from November through April from 7:00-9:00 pm. All are welcome to come to reflect, deepen conversation, and get to know other NRJizers better.
Click here to see the liturgy. Contact
if you have questions, would like more information, or would like to be a topic leader.
 Join us for the NRJ Holiday Party!
Spirited API-LGBTs and friends! Come join us for an evening of food and fun. We will have a potluck dinner, queer holiday crafts, eggnog, apple cider, and hot chocolate! Bring your friends & family, your favorite corny holiday music, colorful snacks. (And if you can’t manage all that, just bring your own fabulous holiday self!)
Please RSVP to
with your potluck item by Monday, November 24th.
Save the Date! SF Chinese New Year Parade
The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade will take place on February 7, 2009, this year. Stay posted for more information about marching in the Parade with the NRJ contingent.
API Clergy Affirm Same-Sex Marriage
Members of the Clergy Caucus of the Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTs have written and signed a statement in support of same-sex marriage, API families, and love.
Click here to read the statement and see the names of the signers
Click here to see press coverage of No on 8 Counter-rally in Portsmouth Square on October 12, 2008.
API Christian Statement Supporting the Freedom to Marry in California
California Faith for Equality is circulating a statement that begins, "As faithful Asian-American Christians and residents of the State of California, we believe that the freedom of every citizen to practice his/her religion is based on the principle of respect for the dignity of each individual, as human beings created in the image of God (Gen. 1: 26-27).
We therefore wish to affirm the May 15, 2008 decision by the California Supreme Court to extend civil marriage benefits to same-gender couples..."
Click here to read the full statement. If you are an Asian American Christian, please add your name to the list of signatures!
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