Merry Christmas

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Cleveland) ▼ Episcopal Church of Our Saviour (Cincinnati) Central United Methodist Church (Toledo) ▼ Trinity Lutheran Church (Lakewood)▼ Hope Lutheran Church (Cleveland Heights)▼ High Point United Church of Christ (Union, Kentucky) All in Columbus: King Avenue United Methodist Church Summit United Methodist Church ▼ New Creation MCC ▼ God's Promise MCC▼ First Community Church (UCC and Disciples of Christ) ▼ Dignity/ Central Ohio ▼ OSU Newman Roman Catholic Center St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

We join together to offer hope and prayers for a fun, safe, and satisfying holiday season to all of Gay People's Chronicle's readers and to all of the welcoming and faithful folks at the following churches and other groups.

INDIANA. Bloomington: First Prebyterian Church, Lutheran Campus Ministry at IU, St. Thomas Lutheran Church. Columbus: First Presbyterian Church. Dayton: Memorial Presbyterian Church. Evansville: First Presbyterian Church. Ft. Wayne: First Presbyterian Church, Plymouth Congregational Church (UCC). Greencastle: Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. Highland: First Presbyterian Church, MCC Illiana. Indianapolis: Dignity/Indianapolis, Disciples Peace Fellowship (Disciples of Christ), First Congregational Church (UCC), First Lutheran Church, Jesus MCC, Northeast United Church of Christ. Lafayette: Bethany Presbyterian Church, Shalom United Church of Christ. LaPorte: Presbyterian Church of La Porte. Muncie: Lutheran Church of the Cross. North Manchester: Manchester Church of the Brethren. Rockville: United Memorial Presbyterian Church. South Bend: Central United Methodist Church, Southside Christian Church (DoC). Valparaiso: First Presbyterian Church, Trinity Lutheran Church. West Lafayette: Tippecanoe Fellowship of Progressive Christians.

KENTUCKY. Bellevue: St. John United Church of Christ. Bowling Green: Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church. Elizabethtown: MCC Elizabethtown. Henderson: Zion United Church of Christ. Lexington: Dignity/ Lexington. Louisville: Calvary Lutheran Church, Central Presbyterian Church, Covenant Community Church, Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church, Edenside Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), MCC Louisville, Third Lutheran Church. Owensboro: New Hope Church (UCC). Paducah: MCC of Paducah. Prospect: Grace & Glory Lutheran Church. Union: High Point Church (UCC).

MICHIGAN. Allen Park: Allen Park Presbyterian Church. Ann Arbor: Amistad Community Church (UCC), Church of the Good Shepherd (UCC), First Presbyterian Church, Guild House (DoC and UCC) at UM, Lord of Light Lutheran Church, Memorial Christian Church (DoC), Northside Presbyterian Church, The Oasis Michigan (Episcopalian), Wesley Foundation at UM. Berkley: Greenfield Presbyterian Church. Birmingham: First Presbyterian Church. Bioomfield Twp.: Nativity Episcopal Church. Clarkston: Divine Peace MCC. Detroit: Central United Methodist Church, Dignity/Detroit, Episcopal/Lutheran Chaplaincy at WSU, Hope Presbyterian Church, MCC Detroit, Redford Avenue Presbyterian Church, Southeast Michigan ELCA Synod, Southwest United Presbyterian Church, Truth Evangelical Lutheran Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church. Ferndale: Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church, Zion Lutheran Church. Grosse Pointe Farms: Grosse Pointe Memorial Presbyterian Church. Livonia: Timothy Lutheran Church. Port Huron: St. Martin Lutheran Church. Royal Oak: Point of Vision Presby Church. Southfield: Southfield Presbyterian Church. Troy: Northminster Presbyterian Church. West Bloomfield: Church of Our Savior (Presbyterian). Ypsilanti: First Congregational Church (UCC), Tree of Life MCC. You may find fewer copies of this newspaper in Michigan outside the Ann Arbor-Detroit area, but you will find welcoming churches such as East Lansing's Michigan Conference of the United Church of Christ, Grand Rapids' Reconciliation MCC, Kalamazoo's North Presbyterian Church, Muskegon's Our Savior's Lutheran Church, and Portage's Chapel Hill United Methodist Church.

OHIO. Akron: Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal), First Grace UCC. Athens: First Presbyterian Church, United Campus Ministry (DoC/UCC/UMC) at OU. Avon Lake: Avon Lake Presbyterian Church. Beachwood: Trinity Presbyterian Church. Bowling Green: First Presbyterian Church, United Christian Fellowship (UCC) of BGSU. Brecksville: United Church of Christ. Centerville: Cross Creek Community Church (UCC). Chesterland: Community Church of Chesterland (UCC). Chillicothe: Orchard Hill United Church of Christ. Cincinnati: Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, Master's Commission New Covenant Church, Clifton United Methodist Church, Dignity/Cincinnati, Knox Presbyterian Church, Church of our Saviour, New Spirit MCC. Cleveland: Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal), Pilgrim Congregational UCC, Archwood United Church of Christ, Bosworth Road Presbyterian Church, Church of the Covenant (Presbyterian), Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (UCC), Simpson United Methodist Church, Trinity United Church of Christ, Zion United Church of Christ. Cleveland Heights: Church of the Redeemer, Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Forest Hills Presbyterian Church, Heights United Presbyterian Church, Hope Lutheran Church, Noble Road Presbyterian Church. Columbus: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Dignity/Columbus, King Avenue United Methodist Church, First Community Church (Disciples of Christ and UCC), Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Broad Street United Methodist Church, First Congregational Church (UCC), First English Lutheran Church, Indianola Presbyterian Church, Maynard Avenue United Methodist Church, New Creation MCC, New Life United Methodist Church, North Broadway United Methodist Church, North Congregational United Church of Christ, Ohio Conference of the United Church of Christ, Redeemer Lutheran Church, St. Mark Lutheran Church, St. Sebastian Parish of the Reformed Catholic Church, Summit United Methodist Church. Coshocton: Coshocton Presbyterian Church. Dayton: Congregation for Reconciliation (UCC), Dignity/ Dayton, Eternal Joy MCC, Faith United Church of Christ. Euclid: Boulevard Presbyterian Church. Granville: God's Promise MCC, First Baptist Church. Kingsville: Kingsville Presbyterian Church. Lakewood: Cove United Methodist Church, Liberation United Church of Christ, Trinity Lutheran Church. Lorain: First Congregational Church (UCC). Norton: Grace United Church of Christ. Oberlin: The First Church in Oberlin (UCC). Oxford: Campus Ministry Center at Miami U. Sheffield Lake: United Church of Christ. Springfield: Northminster Presbyterian Church. Toledo: A New Life MCC, Central United Methodist Church, Dignity/Toledo, St. Lucas Lutheran Church, St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Warren: First Presbyterian Church. Willard: First Presbyterian Church. Wooster: Westminster Presbyterian Church

PENNSYLVANIA: Easton: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trinity Episcopal Church. Leetsdale: First United Presbyterian Church. Mechanicsburg: St. Paul's United Church of Christ. Pittsburgh: Church of the Redeemer, Community House Church (First & Allegheny Presbyterian), Community of Reconciliation (Presbyterian), Dignity/ Pittsburgh, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, ICM/MCC Pittsburgh, Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Sixth Presbyterian Church, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Third Presbyterian Church, Waverly Presbyterian Church. Sewickley: The Presbyterian Church. Waterford: First Presbyterian Church. You may find fewer copies of this newspaper in Pennsylvania outside Erie, but you will find welcoming churches such as Allentown's MCC Lehigh Valley, Gettysburg's Christ Chapel (ELCA), Harrisburg's Dignity/Central Pennsylvania, Lansdowne's Church of the Beatitudes (Reformed Catholic), and Philadelphia's Episcopal Cathedral and historic Christ Church (Episcopal).

WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston: Appalachian MCC, Asbury United Methodist Church. Huntington: First Congregational Church (UCC). Morgantown: First Presbyterian Church. Shepherdstown: Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church.

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