Previous Event
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LGCM Carol Service 2011
10 December 2011
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Chief Executive visits South Wales: 2 – 4 September 2011
2 September 2011Sharon visited the South Wales local group on the Friday night where she opened the meeting with a time of reflection as candles of the lgbt rainbow were lit. She then updated the group on all the things that have been going on over the last year and the plans for the future. The group were asked to think about possible names for the organisation following the request at the last AGM to start discussions about finding a more inclusive name.
The meeting closed with refreshments and social time.For more information about the South Wales Group, visit their page.
On Saturday 3rd September, Cardiff held its Mardi Gras celebration. The local group had a stall at the event and Sharon joined them to hand out information about both national LGCM and the local group. Stephen Green from the Christian Voice was standing outside the park gates with a colleague and they were handing out leaflets to those coming to the Mardi Gras telling them that all homosexuals will go to hell. Sharon joined several members of the local group in speaking to everyone with a leaflet and offering them the opportunity to deposit it in the recycle bin. South Wales LGCM now has a bin full of scrap paper. Last year they turned the leaflets into a paper mache cross. I’m looking forward to seeing what they will create from this homophobic and abusive literature this year!
Stephen Green's leaflets in the bin
The message is clear.
Sharon and Franka in Cardiff
Sharon and Franka with friends.
On Sunday 4th Sept as part of the Mardi Gras celebrations Sharon preached and co-celebrated at the City URC in Cardiff. The Rev Adrian Bulley and his church also had a stall at the Mardi Gras event and offer a warm welcome to everyone.
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International LGBT Human Rights Summit and LGBT Health Summit
31 August 2011Sharon and Tony presented the Faith and Sexuality Education Resource at the Human Rights Summit on Wednesday 31 August. 16 people participated in the workshop where they had the opportunity to experience a lesson from the resource as well as watch various video clips from the website.
Sharon also presented a double workshop with Christina Beardsley on Gender, Sexuality and Spirituality on the Thursday as part of the Health Summit. Again this was well attended with the group engaging fully and sharing deeply from their personal experiences. Many different faith perspectives were represented by the group and the expectations were varied. Due to the extent of the sharing from the group it was impossible to complete all that we had hoped in the time frame.
During the Summit several local papers and television crews were interested in finding out more about marriage equality and the Equal Love Campaign. Consequently there was a press conference after lunch on the second day.
At the closing plenary Sharon chaired the discussion on Equal Marriage and short talks were presented by Erick Hou (legal), Peter Tatchell (Human Rights), Christina Beardsley (Trans), Su Knan (Judaism), and Tony Green (Christian). This was followed by questions from the conference attendees. This session was streamed live and will be available on the conference website shortly. (lgbtec.org.uk)
Rev Sharon Ferguson
