Friday, May 12, 2006
 7:00 pm
First Unitarian Church

• 2 Year Anniversary of Marriage Equality banner
• 10 Year Anniversary of Welcoming Congregation
• 175 Year Anniversary founding of First Unitarian

  Finger food buffet and dance
  

For 175 years, First Unitarian Church has been a force for justice in Louisville, and ten years ago, we became a Welcoming Congregation – meaning we not only affirmatively welcome gay, lesbian, bisexuals and transgender individuals and families to join with us in worship and other church activities, but we have committed ourselves to the quest for justice for sexual minorities.  Two years ago the congregation voted overwhelmingly to hang a large banner on the front of the church declaring that “Civil Marriage is a Civil Right.”  Sadly, the recent windstorms destroyed the banner.  Many folks in the congregation have missed the banner and asked that it be replaced.

The Adult OWL(Our Whole Lives – Sexuality and our Faith) group, the force behind the original banner, and Interweave (the Unitarian Universalist organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons and their allies) have joined to raise the funds to replace it.  We now have the glorious opportunity to celebrate three events simultaneously: The replacement of our marriage equality banner, the tenth anniversary of our becoming a Welcoming Congregation, and the 175th anniversary of First Unitarian as a force for justice in our community.  We plan to have a big party – and you are invited! 

If you have been part of the many justice movements in Louisville and surrounding areas, if you have been part of First Unitarian, if you agree that a religious voice for fairness deserves support, if you applaud the courage to stand for marriage equality, or any of the above, you are invited to join us on May 12, 2006 at 7:00 pm for a finger food buffet, rededication of the banner, and a dance!  Plan now to join us.  We look forward to the homecoming of many old friends and to meeting many new ones.