Walking With Integrity: Become An Integrity Partner

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Become An Integrity Partner

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Calling all congregations:

Become an Integrity Partner!

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"This is a great way to say "We stand with the Episcopal Church, we're NOT going back, and we support the one organization which has for decades supported our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters in Christ." Become an Integrity Partner NOW!" -- The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire

What do St. Clement’s, Honolulu, St. Thomas the Apostle, Dallas and Grace Cathedral, San Francisco have in common? They’re all Integrity Partners — congregations who share the vision of a church where all the baptized are fully included in the Body of Christ and who have signed on to be official Integrity Partners.

It is clear that this Episcopal Church we love and serve is at a great crossroads in its history. While the weeks and months ahead will hold many challenges I also believe this is a time of great opportunity. Integrity is working hard to build on its 30+ history of advocating for LGBT issues and networking with other justice voices within the Episcopal Church. And with your help we can continue to that work — securing the gains of the last decades on behalf of the LGBT baptized while expanding our network to include and support voices from the wider Anglican Communion who have for too long been voiceless in the struggle.

Becoming an Integrity Partner will put you in the grassroots loop as we work toward the 2008 Lambeth Conference and 2009 General Convention. In addition to being listed as a Partner on the Integrity website you will also receive a subscription to our magazine, “Voice of Integrity” along with periodic updates through our online IntegNews network.

Sign up online today! Won’t you join with St. Clement’s and St. Thomas and Grace Cathedral and many congregations in between? Join the voice of your congregation with those proclaiming an outward and visible witness to the inward and spiritual grace of the inclusive love of the God that knows no strangers and welcomes all into Body of Christ.

Faithfully,
The Reverend Susan Russell
President, Integrity USA

1 comment:

SUSAN RUSSELL said...: If you're wondering if your congregation is ALREADY an Integrity Partner, check here:

http://tinyurl.com/23xu3g; August 20, 2007 at 3:11 PM

Blog Faerie Commandments

Thou shalt be a current Integrity member; for as the
Psalmist says, “No good thing will YHWH withhold from those who walk with integrity.”
Thou shalt post legitimate news and public opinion
from recognized sources; for few blogs are fonts of true wisdom.
Thou shalt not post gossip; for it is serious sin that nobody preaches about anymore.
Thou shalt not include thine own opinions in posts; but thou mayest post thine own opinions using the comments feature.
Thou shalt not post hate speech nor engage in personal attacks against thy neighbor—neither in posts nor in comments. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
Though shalt post items that emphasize the LGBT-positive side of issues whenever possible; for there are more than enough blogs devoted to denegrating us.
Though shalt mostly post items dealing with LGBT
equality in The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion; but thou mayest post some LGBT secular news and LGBT news from other faith traditions.
Thou shalt not post copyrighted material in its
entirety; for it is abhorrent to the United States government. Rather, thou shalt post an excerpt or summary with a link to the original source.
Thou shalt cite the original source (author,
title, affiliation, publisher, date) of a post whenever possible; thus may readers direct their rants and raves in the right direction.
Thou shalt be wise with the quantity of material thou posteth to the blog; for the reader unsubscription rate is inversely proportional to the number of daily posts.
Thou shalt replace shaped quotation marks and
apostrophies (“ ” ’) with straight equivalents (" " ') whenever possible; for shaped characters are not supported by all e-mail servers.
Though mayest embed YouTube and Google video clips in a post but thou shalt also provide a hyperlink to the clip; for the clip itself may be stripped out of the e-mail version.
Thou shalt include graphics with thine posts when possible; for plain text is really boring.