There's a mainline protestant church with a woke lady pastor within walking distance of your house. Everyone there will be thrilled to see someone under 50 at service. There's free donuts too.
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My Episcopal church would be thrilled to see someone under *80* at the service. If you're under 50 AND have children, we'll pounce on you like my cat pounces on a bug (i.e., enthusiastically but gently; she's a very old cat).
When I was 30 and married to a guy who sang tenor in the pews & accompanied by a cherubic toddler, I would literally pack clericals to wear to church on vacation to forestall precisely this dynamic. No, he will not join your choir. No, we will not save your Sunday school. We're just passing through.
As a #lawyer, what do you think about the Unitarian Universalist Ass. threatening me with criminal prosecution for #BlasphemousLibel for blogging about 'such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape' committed by #UUAclergy?
...and she's probably under a lot of pressure to be "less political" (eg stop quoting the actual Bible). You showing up and saying out loud that you are there because of her preaching might literally keep her from losing her job.
Er donuts? Don't you mean the body of Christ? Donuts? That's buying bums on seats right up there with selling indulgences. Luther will be spinning and Jesus would I'm pretty certain be turning over the tables with cakes, donuts and fizzy drinks.
I was lucky enough to grow up in a fairly woke UMC (for TN). Badass lady pastors, food bank in the basement, free community meals, and working as a cold shelter for the unhoused since the 90s. If I could find that in NC I might go back.
Where in NC? These clergy sisters and churches exist. We can use the UMC connexion to find one near you (PM if you want to keep your personal info private)
My kid’s daycare one day a week is part of a UMC with a lesbian pastor and elderly church population. None of the daycare families go to the church. I’m not religious, but I like the vibe of community you get from church.
If you visit my church - and you fill out a visitor pew card - one of the church ladies will stop by your house and leave a mini loaf of banana bread with a handwritten thank you card. It’ll be the most wholesome stalking of your life, thanks to Arlene and Gladys and the rest of the gals.
I’m part of cohorts of woke lady/queer pastors. We all know and try to support each other. We are in walkable urban areas but also serving a lot of rural areas as well bc the liberal women often take the jobs where we are needed. Come find us. Look for the rainbow flags!
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And they all wanted to say hello. Was pleasently comforting and made many of them feel like home.
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