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Voice of Integrity, Summer/Fall 2004
I was the senior editor of this issue. On page 9 is an article about the blessing of the relationship between Michael and me.
D.C. Bishop To Bless Same-Sex Union
This article is about our blessing service.
D.C. bishop to bless same-sex union
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) -- Bishop John Bryson Chane, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, was to formally bless the relationship of a gay priest and his partner Saturday.
The Washington Post reported same-sex union blessing ceremony for the Rev. Michael Hopkins, rector of St. George's Episcopal Church in Maryland's Prince George's County, and his partner, John Clinton Bradley, will be a first for Chane.
Covenant relationships, in which two people commit themselves to spending their lives together, "are holy and deserve to be blessed, deserve to be held up by the community and they deserve to be called what they are: sacred," said James Naughton, Chane's spokesman.
Hopkins is a friend of Chane's and is well regarded in the diocese. "So in blessing this relationship, the bishop wasn't looking for an opening to make some type of statement -- he was celebrating the life of a friend as anyone would do," Naughton said.
Traditionalist Episcopalians who oppose same-sex partnerships said they were unhappy with Chane's participation in the ceremony.
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Voice of Integrity, Winter/Spring 2004
I was the senior editor of this issue. I also wrote four articles. They are on pages 3, 6-12, and 23.
Voice of Integrity, Summer/Fall 2003
I was the senior editor of this issue. I also wrote one article, which is on page 3.
Voice of Integrity, Summer/Fall 2002
I wrote three articles for this issue. They are on pages 6-7, 15-18, and 20.
Voice of Integrity, Fall 2000
I wrote three articles for this issue. They are on pages 10-19. I also wrote the "ads" on page 2.
Integrity Ads
I created these newspaper ads for Integrity USA before the 2000 General Convention of The Episcopal Church.
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Voice of Integrity, Summer-Fall 1999
I wrote four articles for this issue. They are on pages 9-12, 35, and 41.
Diabetes Today Follow-up and Technical Assistance Plan
I wrote this plan while working for the Diabetes Today National Training Center.
Diabetes Today: A Course for Community Leaders
I developed these transparencies when I was working for the Diabetes Today National Training Center.
Integrity USA Website
When I volunteered and worked for Integrity USA, I created and maintained the organization's website using Microsoft FrontPage. I published the first version in 1999. It changed and evolved constantly until I left the organization in 2011. This 2008 snapshot is from the Wayback Machine.
The NHAAP is Getting Wired!
When I worked with the National Heart Attack Alert Program, I created this slide deck to introduce coordinating committee members to the NHAAP-L list on Listserv.
Bowie Episcopal Evangelism Project (BEEP!)
When I was a parishioner at St. George's Episcopal Church in Glenn Dale MD, I led an "evangelism by mail" project. Using a grant from the Epsicopal Diocese of Washington, we mailed this booklet to households in the Bowie, Glenn Dale, and Upper Marlboro communities of Prince George's County, MD.
A House Divided
I'm briefly mentioned in this article. Michael is quoted and paraphrased.
Greenbelt Interfaith News
World
September 1998
A House Divided
Gay and Ex-Gay Anglicans React to Resolutions on Homosexuality
By Heather Elizabeth Peterson
Greenbelt Interfaith News
It was the beginning of a triumph – or the beginning of a tragedy, depending on who was speaking. No Episcopalians denied, though, that the summer of 1997 would bring tremendous changes to the denomination that forms the American contribution to the worldwide Anglican Communion. Around the world, the events in the Episcopal Church during July 1997 would spark debate in other Anglican churches around the world. The focus of the debate was on homosexuality, a subject that was causing increasing divisions between conservative and liberal Anglicans. For Anglicans living in the United States, the Episcopal Church appeared at the beginning of July 1997 to be on the brink of something tremendous. But whether the Episcopal Church was headed toward destruction or toward a realization of its greatest promise was another matter for argument between conservatives and liberals.
Two American Anglicans would watch the events of July 1997 and be stunned by what happened. Two Anglicans would watch with concern a year later as the events of July 1997 were eclipsed and nearly overturned by the events of July and August 1998. Both Anglicans were in a position to be greatly concerned about what was happening. Both knew that Anglican attitudes toward homosexuality would shape the lives of people like themselves. Both believed that the decisions of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion could result in more heartbreak and tragedy in the lives of same-gender-attracted people, or else the decisions could bring those same people to spiritual fulfillment and the peace of God.
One of the Anglicans was a leader in the gay ministry Integrity. The other was the leader of the ex-gay ministry Regeneration.
Integrity/Lightspeed
When I was a volunteer for Integrity USA, I created and managed the INTEGRITY-L internet mailing list on the Listserv at American University. The list is no longer operational. I also created this logo for the list's page on the Integrity website.
Voice of Integrity, Summer/Fall 1997
I wrote three articles for this issue. They are on pages 18-21, and 26.
Integrity/Washington AOL Page
When I was a leader of Integrity/Washington—a local chapter of Integrity USA—I created this page hosted by America Online. This was before the world wide web was commonly available.
Eye Of The Storm
This article mentions me and quotes Michael.
EYE OF THE STORM
By Megan Rosenfeld
The Washington Post
March 31, 1996
The Washington National Cathedral is a vast, vaulted cavity, designed to make humans feel tiny. Into the echoing nave came Washington-area Episcopalians, both laity and clergy, for the annual diocesan conference. They came from the high churches perfumed by swinging censers to the low churches where the pews have been replaced by chairs that can be moved aside for parties. They came from liberal suburban churches, and conservative urban ones, and vice versa. There were priests who are women and priests who are gay, and others who opposed their very existence as ordained interpreters of God's word.
Presiding over all was the bishop, the Right Rev. Ronald H. Haines, a tall, 61-year-old grandfather who for six years has guided this prominent and contentious flock. Looking down from the dais at the 200 or so representatives of the Washington diocese's 41,000 Episcopalians, he tried to preclude the discord that was sure to come. This was not to be a debate, he said, but "a time of Christian sharing."
Right.
St. George's Episcopal Church Website
I create this website for St. George's Episcopal Church in Glenn Dale, MD. It was among the first sites I created.
Celebrating the Present
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Remarks at the 20th Anniversary Dinner of Integrity/Washington
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October 27, 1995
by John Clinton Bradley
Co-Convener
Tonight we celebrate the 20th birthday of our chapter. Thanks to the vision and commitment of past leaders and members, Integrity/Washington has survived the vulnerability of childhood and the awkwardness of the adolescence. We owe those who have gone before us a great debt. I would like to ask all of the former officers of the chapter to stand and be acknowledged.
By the grace of God, Integrity/Washington has grown up. We are now a mature organization fully involved in our world. We have become an important contributor to the greater gay and lesbian community and the wider church.
I would like to give you a brief overview of the state of our chapter today. This may sound as if I am bragging. Well, I am. We have much to proud about and this is the time to reflect upon such things
I believe we currently have about 90 members. If you have become a member in the past year, please stand. If you have become a member in the past five years, please stand. 10 years? 15 years? 20 years?
We have a great Board of Directors. Everyone is hardworking and is dependable. We are able to disagree in a healthy and constructive manner.
Three of our board members are women; the other four are men. This allows for the perspectives of both genders to be given equal consideration.
I would like to acknowledge these folks tonight. Please stand as I call your name:
Carolyn--Female Co-Convener
Randy--Director of Communications
Tonda--Director of Finances
Jonathon--Director of Liturgy & Programs
Margaret--Director of Church & Community Affairs
Rich--Director of Social Affairs
We encourage all members to join one of our five workgroups. The workgroups are:
Communications
Finances
Liturgy & Programs
Church & Community Affairs
Social Affairs
This gives every member the opportunity to directly participate in the ministry of our organization. Everyone who is on a workgroup, please stand. If you have not yet joined, please talk to the director of the one you wish to join.
We are financially sound. I believe our bank balance is somewhere around $3500. However, our financial base is not wide. A small number of members provide the majority of our income. We pay our bills, but we do not have the monetary resources we need to expand our work. That's why we have to have so many special fund-raising campaigns. I invite all members to prayerfully consider increasing their amount of giving and give on a semi-monthly or monthly basis.
We have a wonderful newsletter, Walking With Integrity, that is published three times a year. I ask our editor, Randy, to stand and be acknowledged.
We publish a semi-monthly add in the Washington Blade. We also publish an ad in Women's Monthly. These ads are a significant source of visitors. How many of you found out about integrity from one of these sources?
Randy and Jon maintain our voice mailbox so that interested persons can find out more about our chapter.
We maintain a post office box, which is now visited regularly by Leslie. Jon and Randy sort the mail.
We have a site on the World Wide Web thanks to Scotty Ward, the keeper of the unofficial Web site of the Diocese of Washington.
As mentioned by Warren Carson, we started and maintain Integrity Lightspeed, an Internet mailing list connecting Integrity members and chapters across North America. We are the most wired of all the local chapters. About 30 of us participate in Lightspeed.
We meet on the second and fourth Fridays. We have wonderful liturgy (Thanks to Michael). We have great music (thanks to Bob).
Our average attendance is around 40.
We have a wide variety of local clergy join with us to preside. (Please stand if you are a clergy person who has presided with Integrity/Washington in the past.) Most of them are gay and lesbian, but not all. We make a concerted effort to invite the rectors of our Welcoming Parishes to be with us.
We have 21 Welcoming Parishes in the diocese who have declared that they welcome gay and lesbian people to full and equal inclusion. I would like to publicly thank Corinne and Carolyn for the vision in initiating this project.
We are present at diocesan convention every year. Submitting resolutions and having an exhibit booth. Our successful presentation of the Koinonia Resolution has really challenged our diocese to accept gay and lesbian people to full fellowship in the church and equal access to its rites.
We participate in Pride Day every year--sponsoring a unit in the parade and hosting an exhibit booth.
We participate in Whitman Walker's AIDSwalk every year.
We are very active in our diocesan AIDS ministry Episcopal Caring Response to AIDS (ECRA). Two of our members are our liaisons. (Thanks to Rob and Parker.)
Good things are happening. But the best is yet to come.
It has been a great privilege to serve as your co-convener during the past three years.
"Affirm Koinonia" Press Release
I wrote this press release for Integrity/Washington.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 1995
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
John C. Bradley
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WASHINGTON, DC--The Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., clearly affirmed its support today for gay and lesbian people. During its annual convention, lay and clerical delegates from approximately 100 congregations voted in favor of two gay-positive resolutions. One of the resolutions expressed support for Maryland legislation making it illegal to discriminate against lesbians and gays in housing and employment. The other resolution affirmed that the church should support same-sex unions and that qualified gays and lesbians should be ordained to the priesthood.
For several years, a bill has been introduced in the Maryland Assembly to add sexual orientation to the list of classes protected from housing and employment discrimination. The bill has not yet succeeded, partially due to the opposition of the radical religious right.
"The unanimous passage of the Maryland civil rights resolution shows legislators that most people of faith support nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation," said John Bradley, co-convener of Integrity/Washington, the group of gay and lesbian Episcopalians that initiated the resolution. "This resolution sends a strong message of social justice from our diocese to Maryland lawmakers." The Diocese of Washington includes several counties in southern Maryland.
In the summer of 1994, at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, the Right Rev. John S. Spong of Newark presented a document called the Koinonia Statement to his sister and brother bishops. (Koinonia is a Greek word that means "community" or "fellowship.") The Koinonia Statement declares that sexual orientation is "morally neutral" and that both heterosexuality and homosexuality can be lived out "with beauty, honor, holiness, and integrity." The statement also says that "faithful, monogamous, committed, lifegiving, and holy relationships" between gay and lesbian couples should be recognized and supported by the church. It affirms the ordination of gay and lesbian people who meet all other qualifications for the priesthood. The statement, however, does not grant permission for either of these activities or mandate that they be performed. To date, 70 bishops have signed the Koinonia Statement.
During his speech to the diocesan convention in favor of the resolution, the Rev. Michael W. Hopkins--an openly gay priest serving a congregation in the diocese and one of the original cosponsors of the Koinonia resolution--said, "As a gay man, I have long waited for the Church to come to my house and see. I have nothing to hide. Any of you who are skeptical, you are welcome at either table where my life is centered--either the Table at which I am privileged to preside at St. George's Chapel or the table I share with my partner in our home. Any time, come and see. I stand before you to put a human face on this issue...I am one of you."
After the Koinonia resolution passed, Father Hopkins said, "Passing this resolution acknowledged a reality that already exists in our diocese. There are many gay and lesbian people in our diocese. These clergy and laity guide our parishes, play our organs, lead our choirs, teach our Sunday Schools, and pay our pledges. By passing this resolution, our diocese has said to these gay and lesbian Episcopalians, 'We are glad to have you gathering together around the altar with us as fellow children of God.'"
Before the vote, 62 delegates asked to be listed as cosponsors of the Koinonia resolution. During debate on the resolution, several delegates told moving stories about the struggle of their gay and lesbian relatives to find acceptance in the church. When the vote was taken, over two-thirds of convention delegates voted in favor of the Koinonia resolution.
This Congregation Welcomes Everyone
I developed this artwork for Integrity/Washington. We sent this sign to every congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington that declared itself welcoming of LGBT people.
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