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UCC Pastor to Speak at Interfaith Service Gilmore: “We see in Jesus Christ an unconditional love” by Lisa Hansen May 2006 The Rev. Erin Gilmore will be the keynote speaker at a Pride Interfaith service to be held June 3 at the Library Plaza in Salt Lake City. Gilmore is the pastor of Holladay's United Church of Christ. The United Church of Christ has declared itself as inclusive and gay-affirming with a recent TV ad campaign stressing God's love towards all people. "We see in Jesus Christ an unconditional love," Gilmore told the SLMetro in a recent story. "Over and over again, people are received into the love, and our reading of that says we cannot be the judge of God's inclusiveness. [We] have to continually ask ourselves who is being excluded, who are the untouchables, who are those who are being shut out, because that's who Jesus went to." Co-sponsored by Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons and many other religious groups in Utah, the tradition of holding an Interfaith service on Pride weekend started in 2002. This year's service will include representatives from Native American, Wiccan, Christian, Jewish, Mormon, and Buddhist traditions. For more information, visit www.utahprideinterfaith.org  .
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