Hollywood Lutheran Church
LINKS and RELATIONSHIPS See us on You Tube
More information is available at http://myspace.com/GLBT_Hollywood_Lutheran
OUR OTHER WEB SITES AND MINISTRIES
www.hollywoodcallback.org – A new venture in 2008 to bring together those who work in, or are trying to work in, the entertainment industry: actors, musicians, techies, writers, and support industries. Are you a hopeful or a "wannabee"? Trying to break into Hollywood? Bring a business card, an 8X10 glossy, or just your best smile!
www.hollywoodwedding.org – Hollywood’s Wedding Chapel. Are you looking for an affordable site in Hollywood to have your wedding? Cant' find a reception hall? Want to have a gay/lesbian ceremony? Look no further. We're here to make your day memorable and perfect in every way!
www.hollywoodcallback.org – A new venture in 2008 to bring together those who work in, or are trying to work in, the entertainment industry: actors, musicians, techies, writers, and support industries. Are you a hopeful or a "wannabee"? Trying to break into Hollywood? Bring a business card, an 8X10 glossy, or just your best smile!
www.HollywoodRemembers.org – A Concert event with original music, combined choirs, guests, panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, and more — the Hollywood event to observe World AIDS Day 2008. Originally held last December 2, this year's event promises to be even more impressive, on Sunday, November 30, 5:00 p.m. at Hollywood Lutheran Church. This site for full information, inspiration, memorials and important links in the battle to stop AIDS.
www.NoOn8Church.org-- A new site dedicated to the struggle for marriage equality for lesbian and gay people. Monitor the news of coming events, follow the legal issues, get in touch with organizations which are fighting to get rid of Proposition 8.
OUR ECUMENICAL FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
Church of the Beloved Disciple (American Catholic Church) Archbishop Robert M. Clement, Bishop Adrian Ravarour and Deacon Roberta Morris.
St. Michael's Apostolic Old Catholic Church Father Hans Kroneberg, Pastor
ORGANIZATIONS WE HOST OR RELATE TO:
http://www.freedomband.org — The Great American Yankee Freedom Band and Hollywood Wind Ensemble have rehearsed at Hollywood Lutheran Church for many years, and performs both here and all over the southland, in concerts, parades and other settings. Come participate!
http://www.silverlakechildrenstheatre.org -- The Silverlake children's Theatre Group is in its seventh season, bringing together Hollywood professionals, 75 children from 25 different schools, lights, costumes, original scripts, and anxious parents, oh my!
FAITH, LAW and PUBLIC POLICY
http://www.au.org/ — Americans United for the Separation of Church and State - ”a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom.”
Especially see their pages and Q&A on the Religious Right and the Federal Marriage Amendment, and what it would do to take away rights we already have.
http://www.equalityforall.com — A coalition of non-partisan public policy organizations working to secure equal rights in California for LGBT and all people, including the right to be treated equality under marriage laws.
http://www.faithinamerica.info – “… to end bigotry disguised as religious truth and in doing so, ensure full and equal civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in America. The world’s great religious traditions … emphasize the love of neighbor as well as the love of God. Compassion, justice, freedom, and respect for the dignity of all people are their most authentic and noble expressions.”
http://www.pewforum.org/ - The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Includes publications, transcripts, news, RSS feeds.
http://www.lutheranpublicpolicyca.org – Lutheran Office of Public Policy-California, provides analysis, education and advocacy on public policy issues afftecting California. Provides information regarding ballot propositions, intiatives and referenda. Current concerns and issues include health care, LGBT rights, employment and economic issues, environment, immigration, homelessness, AIDS, etc.
GAY/LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ISSUES
http://www.beyondexgay.com/ — a personal testimony (with a lot of flip humor!) of two individual survivors of ex-gay therapies, and a major player in the Ex-Gay Survivors Conference held this past summer in Irvine, California. A lot of useful resources.
http://www.eqca.org — Equality California, working for the full equality of all California residents regardless of gender identity and sexual orientation. Supports the legislation to equalize marriage rights, AB 43, which has now been passed for the second year in a row by the California Legislature. Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed the identical bill last year, and has threatened to do so again in 2007.
http://www.hrc.org — Human Rights Campaign home site
http://www.thetaskforce.org — National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
http://www.waynebesen.com/ — Wayne Besen is a commentator, author and speaker whose book Anything But Straight reveals the secrets and failures of the so-called “Ex-Gay Ministry phenomenon. Besen also operates the Truth Wins Out site (www.two.org) which counters the Love Won Out fundamentalist campaign.
http://www.whosoever.org/ — An LGBT / Christian e-zine edited by Candace Chellew-Hodge, since July 2005. An excellent site. See for example its section on the “Clobber Passages” of the Bible at http://whosoever.org/bible.
LUTHERAN MINISTRIES WITH LGBT CHRISTIANS
http://www.elm.org — Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, the love-child of Lutheran Lesbian & Gay Ministries and the Extraordinary Candidacy Project, born on Reofrmation Day 2007.
http://www.goodsoil.org/ – Good Soil is the “umbrella” organization for a number of expressions of the LGBT-positive movement in the Lutheran church.
www.lutheranslove.org – the web site of Lutherans Concerned/Los Angeles, which has been serving the LGBT community for 32 years. The people who brought you "My Big Fat Gay Church Wedding" at Christopher Street West last June!
http://www.lcna.org/ — Lutherans Concerned/North America — the U.S.-Canadian organization working for the full participation of sexual minorities in the Lutheran church.
http://www.welcomingresources.org/ — The Institute for Welcoming Resources, an ecumenical expression of various LGBT-positive organizations promoting the full participation of sexual minorities in the Christian church. Now sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (see below).
IMPORTANT MINISTRIES IN THE WIDER CHURCH
http://www.spiritualityandaging.org— a program of California Lutheran Homes, and directed by our own Pastor Don Koepke. Aging is a spiritual journey. The Center for Spirituality and Aging (CSA) provides education and advocacy about spirituality and ethics as they are experienced in the aging process, within both faith and long-term care communities.
NEWS
http://www.365gay.com/ — a commercial news site but with daily breaking news items of interest to the LGBT community; frequent religious news coverage; publishes a daily update e-mail synopsis.
http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/ – Gay News Blog claims to have 15,000 LGBT-related news stories in the archives. (But its Google-driven search mechanism seems a little clunky.)
Also see: Gay Religion Blog at http://religion.gaynewsblog.net/