Saturday, July 24th Fort Wayne Pride March- Steps off at 11:15am in front of Headwaters Park and returns in time for the start of the festival at noon all supporters are welcome to participate groups may participate, but must be LGBTQ or alliesįriday, July 23rd Fort Wayne Pride Day 1: 7pm-Midnight live entertainment, beer tent, food, partial vendors $5/ person all ages We are planning on holding a festival for 2021, but know there may need to be modifications made to keep everyone safe due to COVID. The festival features live entertainment, vendors, a beer tent, food, workshops, tournaments/ trivia, KidSpace, the Pride March, and a fabulous time with the community. This will allow for an addition of a nonprofit resource fair, a second entertainment stage, and a better space for our workshops and KidSpace area. We will have both Headwaters Park East and West for the first time ever. We are super excited to be back and ready to make up for a lost year of time together. In 2018, General Convention resolved that all Episcopalians can be married in their home churches (2018-B012).Fort Wayne Pride takes place over the weekend 23rd 24th July 2021. In 2003, the first openly gay bishop was consecrated in 2009, General Convention resolved that God’s call is open to all in 2012, a provisional rite of blessing for same-gender relationships was authorized, and discrimination against transgender persons in the ordination process was officially prohibited and in 2015, the canons of the church were changed to make the rite of marriage available to all people, regardless of gender.
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Since then, faithful Episcopalians have been working toward a greater understanding and radical inclusion of all of God’s children.Īlong the way, The Episcopal Church has garnered a lot of attention, but with the help of organizations such as Integrity USA, the church has continued its work toward full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Episcopalians. In 1976, the General Convention of The Episcopal Church declared that “homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim with all other persons upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral concern and care of the Church" (1976-A069). To our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender brothers, sisters, and siblings: The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana welcomes you!
( Below is a list of faith communities that have self-identified as being LGBTQ+ welcoming.) Several faith communities have completed the process outlined in the pastoral letter and have formally adopted an inclusive marriage policy, others are currently engaged in this process, and some have not yet engaged in the discussion. This included a process of implementation that was put in place for faith communities to consider. Sparks, VIII Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana, issued a pastoral letter, On Marriage and Blessings, authorizing same-gender marriage and blessings within our diocesan borders. On December 1, 2016, The Right Reverend Dr.
But we are on a journey-a journey that is calling us to engage more fully with our LGBTQ+ siblings as we strive for full inclusion in the life of the diocese.
Prior to 2016, this web page would not have existed on the diocesan website. The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana is on a journey.