May Pope Francis rest in peace.
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, 21 April. Please keep him, the Catholic Church, and all people and communities affected in your prayers.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26
**If you need to talk to someone, please make an appointment with Pastor Mike on the Pastoral Care Page. The usual web banner will return on Wednesday, 30 April, following Novemdiales.
WELCOME!
Welcome to LCM Canterbury! We are a community of students, faculty, staff, young adults, and supporters here in Flagstaff supported by The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Here are LCM Canterbury, we welcome and affirm people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, abilities, disabilities, races, ethnic identities, economic statuses, and backgrounds, to join in the life of our campus community. With God's help, we commit ourselves to actively working for reconciliation, racial equity, and justice for all people, and to respecting the dignity of every person. Growing together in faith, we seek the unity that Christ envisions for his church through learning, worship, service, and fellowship.
Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility
Trans Day of Visibility was first celebrated March 31st, 2009. Today, we recognize the joy and resilience of trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse people. Trans and nonbinary people have existed for thousands of years in cultures throughout the world.
Born in 1752, The Public Universal Friend was an American preacher who rejected their birth name and all gendered pronouns. They are considered the first openly nonbinary Christian preacher. Visit this link to learn more about them. (Please note that this historical project is called "Women and the American Story." The Friend lived the first 24 years of their life presenting as a woman, which is why they have been included in the project.)
Marsha P. Johnson, born 1945, was a trans woman and American activist who was one of the most influential people of the gay rights movement. She spent her life advocating for homeless LGBTQ+ youth, people suffering from HIV/AIDS, and gay and transgender rights. Her death in 1992 was originally ruled a suicide by NYPD, but many in the queer community suspected it was murder. Trans women, especially trans women of culture, experience disproportionate rates of violence in the United States and elsewhere. Visit this link to learn more about Marsha P. Johnson.
Christine Jorgenson, often regarded as the first openly trans woman in America, was born in 1926. After her service in the U.S. Army during WWII, she began exploring her gender identity. She traveled to Denmark in 1950 to undergo gender-affirming hormone therapy and surgery. She was outed by the press on December 1, 1952. She spent her life advocating for the rights and acceptance of transgender people. Visit this link to learn more about her.
Michael Dillon, born 1915, was the first person to transition from female-to-male through gender-affirming hormones and surgery. He was outed by the Sunday Express in 1958. Visit this link to learn more about him.
Today in the United States, growing attacks from conservative organizations and politicians are threatening the rights of 3.3 million trans adults in the country. Gender affirming care, medical and non-medical, is under attack. The right of trans people to exist in public is under attack.
It is important that we recognize the dignity of trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse people and fight to protect their rights to medical care, employment, housing, and public life. All people, including trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse people, are created and wonderfully loved by God just as they are.
"There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28
– Caleb Jensen (he/him), LCMCanterbury Web Manager
Congratulations, Rev. Brad!
The former chaplain of LCM Canterbury, Brad Eubanks, was ordained to the diaconal order of the Episcopal Church last Saturday, 25th January. They served as our chaplain for 9 years, and began the combination of the Lutheran and Episcopal campus ministries at NAU. Their contributions to our ministry and community made us what we are today. Congratulations on your ordination!
We are a
Reconciling in Christ
Young Adult and Campus Ministry.
ReconcilingWorks advocates and works toward the full welcome, inclusion, and equity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church, congregations, and community.
If you would like more information on how you can join this work, visit www.reconcilingworks.org.
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