Rainbow People

Rainbow People is a fellowship of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) folk and friends.  We meet monthly usually following the second Sunday worship service for brunch or other activities.

Next Meeting

Sunday February 20th after church service.  Join us for potluck.

Speaker: Scott Anderson

Location: Church Fellowship Room.

Read more about Scott.

Annual Open & Affirming Sunday

The Rainbow People plan and lead a special worship service each year celebrating the inclusion of individuals of all sexual orientations in the worshipping community. Service themes have included gratitude for the welcome extended by First Congregational, the importance of families, and how our church has been blessed by becoming an Open and Affirming congregation.

October 10, 2010 Open & Affirming Sunday

Speaker Summary

Rev. Loey Powell currently serves the United Church of Christ through Justice and Witness Ministries as Executive for Administration and Women’s Justice in Cleveland, Ohio. She came to the national setting of the UCC in 1997 as the
last Executive Director of the Coordinating Center for Women in Church and Society after having served as pastor of the United Church in Tallahassee (Florida) for more than 7 years.

She was ordained in 1978 in the Northern California-Nevada Conference after graduating from Pacific School of Religion. She was the director of an ecumenical environmental ministry, an interim associate conference staff person, an interim minister, and founding pastor of Peace UCC in Oakland, CA, before moving to Tallahassee.

Rev. Powell is the former National Coordinator of the UCC’s Coalition for LGBT
Concerns, past chair of the Board of Directors of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choir, and a recipient of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio’s Champions of Choice Award. Her partner is Brenda Joyner.