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Affirmation Salt Lake www.affirmation.org/saltlake Chapter co-directors: Duane Jennings and Brian Benington 801-486-6977 Upcoming Events Sunday, October 4th. 5:00 pm. Join us for Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormon's Annual After Conference Sunday Fireside and Mission Reunion Potluck. The potluck will be held at Brian and Duane's home--please call us for directions and address. Please bring a salad or main dish to share. At 6:30 we'll driven-up to the First Unitarian Church at 569 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah. We'll be joining the Foundation for Reconciliation for a joint service entitled "From Despair to Hope." This Service will honor those that have taken their own lives because they felt that suicide was the only solution to the conflict of being gay and LDS. We will also honor those who have overcome this conflict and who have found peace and joy in their lives. The Service will feature a message from popular actor Will Swenson via video plus musical numbers and personal testimonials from individuals involved with these issues. Please R.S.V.P at AffirmationSLC (at) aol.com or 801-486-6977 by October 3, 2009 so we know how many to prepare for. Why Mission Reunions? Since 1993, on the Sunday evening of LDS General Conference weekend, the Salt Lake chapter of Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons has hosted an After Conference Sunday Fireside and Mission Reunion Potluck. "Why," some might ask, "would gay and lesbian Mormons possibly want to attend such an event -- especially when they have traditionally been cast as pariahs by their own faith community?" A simple answer is that regardless of ones present relationship with the LDS Church, the two years spent as missionaries in a foreign country, or within the United States, had an indelible impact on who one is. Some of the best missionaries of the LDS Church are now advocates of equal rights for the LGBTI community here in Utah and elsewhere! Affirmation's Fireside and Mission Reunion Potluck celebrates that missionary experience and the courage it takes to be Mormon and openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. It allows us to acknowledge the important place our Mormon heritage has had in framing who we are in the present. The Reunion Potluck will start at 5:00 pm, Sunday, October 4th. The Service will start at 7:00 following the potluck. Contact Information: Affirmation Salt Lake Chapter, P.O. Box 521106, SLC UT 84152 Email us AffirmationSLC  aol.com 801-486-6977
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