November 2025 Article

Hello Pilgrim!

We apologize for missing our November Quill monthly education message. Thank goodness for Neal and Friday Eblasts! We’ll do better for December! Promise!

We want to thank all of those who have contributed thus far to our young friends at Café Q, by providing a meal for their monthly gatherings. We CELEBRATE:

• Crystal Lee – Church of Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran

• Barbara Lent – All God’s Family

• Debbie Wamser – Pilgrim UCC

• Tracy Abler – CSA Associate Home Circle /Pilgrim UCC

• Tina Potter – Pilgrim UCC

We wanted to spend some time in thought, this month, about the importance of an ONA covenant. Our ONA covenant DOES make a difference to:

• • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ adults who have personally experienced silence or condemnation in other churches.

  • LGBTQ+ youth who are at higher risk for suicide when they experience bullying or mistreatment because of their sexual orientation or gender expression.

  • Parents of LGBTQ+ children whose families need the same affirmation and support congregations offer to other families.

  • LGBTQ+ seniors who are often closeted and isolated.

  • All those who attend or are affected by your congregation, who will experience a deeper understanding of the Gospel.

Attached is a video, The Power of Covenant, which was created over three years ago by the Open and Affirming Coalition of the UCC and a video that Pilgrim viewed during our ONA adult education session last year. We ask that you continue to prayerfully consider how you, a member of an ONA church, could become even more supportive of our surrounding ONA community.

Open and Affirming: the Power of Covenant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBJgrdIILoQ

Thanks for being you, Pilgrim! And all you do to keep your hearts and minds OPEN to all that God is teaching us.

Thanks, from your ONA Team!