June is Pride Month at St. Paul's Oakland

June is Pride Month at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland.  Come as You Are!

For Your Calendar:

6/1     8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Pride Flag Raising Ceremony

6/5     8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.  The Rev. Roland Stringfellow*

6/12     11:30 a.m. Pride & Pentecost BBQ Potluck

6/15     6 p.m. Film Screening of Milk 

6/19     8:00 a.m. & 11 a.m. The Rev. Vicki Gray** and Film Screening of Milk

6/26     8:00 a.m. Eucharist and SF Pride Parade (meet up in SF)

*Rev. Roland Stringfellow, an Individual Community Grand Marshall, San Francisco Pride 2011, is licensed with the Metropolitan Community Church and United Church of Christ. Currently he directs the Coalition of Welcoming Congregations, a program of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Sexuality on the campus of Pacific School of Religion and with California Faith for Equality. In both positions, he works with congregations on LGBTQI inclusion. Media outlets have consulted Rev. Stringfellow regarding his work on marriage equality, and the role people of color and communities of faith played in this local, state, and national debate.  See http://www.sfpride.org/

**The Rev. Vicki Gray is deacon at Christ the Lord Church in Pinole, CA and a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Diocese of California.  Vicki is a transgender woman and serves as a member of the TransEpiscopal delegation within the church.

Milk is a 2008 American biographical film on the life of gay rights activist and politician, Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

SF Pride 2011 Join Oasis congregations from around the diocese as we walk with Bishop Marc and Bishop Gene Robinson to show that the Episcopal Church welcomes everyone!  Bishops Marc and Gene will conduct an outdoor Eucharist as we wait for the start of the parade. For additional information contact our office at 510.332.9362 or click on the link for our June event page:

 http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs064/1102238942313/archive/1105761133201.html