NATIONAL ONA SUNDAY
This Sunday is National Open and Affirming Sunday! Watch this message to ONA churches from Coalition Executive Director Andy Lang, and don’t forget to check out our ONA Sunday worship video, produced by Kimi Floyd Reisch.
HOW CHURCHES ARE MAKING THEIR PRIDE VISIBLE
In 2015 the Coalition sponsored our national “Rainbow Sign” campaign. Check out that page for examples of how ONA churches can creatively demonstrate their welcome to the LGBTQ+ community. Here’s a great example: these new open rainbow doors at Westfield UCC in Danielson, CT! Church doors are re-opening across the country, but Westfield and other ONA churches are showing their neighbors that their doors really are open!
NPR GUIDE TO PRONOUNS
One important step congregations can take to create a welcoming space for their transgender and nonbinary neighbors is to learn about pronouns. Share this guide from National Public Radio with your congregation!
ONA CALENDAR
National ONA Sunday
June 27
General Synod
July 11-18
HELP ONA GROW!
The ONA Coalition serves the largest and fastest-growing LGBTQ-affirming church movement in the world! But this mission depends on financial support from ONA churches and individuals. The Coalition is an independent non-profit: although we work in close partnership with the UCC’s national office, funding from national ministries accounts for less than five percent of our budget. Will you help us reach our goal: a church that isn’t just 33% but 100% Open and Affirming? Help us help the ONA movement grow! Your safe online contribution is tax-deductible.