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This year’s
Atlanta Gay Pride Festival was held over the July Fourth weekend at
Boisfeuillet Jones Civic Center. And once again it will be our
chance to join together – straight and gay, young, old, partnered,
single – and help
proclaim “The Episcopal Church Welcomes You.”
For us, the
weekend will begin Thursday night, July 3, with Atlanta
Integrity’s 20th annual Gay Pride Eucharist. Bishop Keith
Whitmore will be celebrant and
Jan Nunley
of the Episcopal News Service will preach. Mark your
calendar and plan to be there: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 3, at All
Saints Church. It’s a great way to start Pride weekend.
On Friday the
Fourth and through the weekend, we’ll be staffing our “The
Episcopal Church Welcomes You” booth at the Pride Festival in the
Civic Center.
The parade
will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 6. (Yes, you’ll have time to go
to church and march in the parade!) The route will be the reverse
of previous years, starting at
Tenth Street
and heading south down Peachtree Street to Ralph McGill
Boulevard. As usual, there’ll be a hospitality table in front of
St. Luke’s Church, where volunteers will be greeting the thousands
of parade participants who pass by.
The weekend
will be a great opportunity for evangelism, and we encourage your
participation – staffing the booth or hospitality table, carrying
a banner in the parade – at whatever level you feel comfortable.
Look for more information soon in the parish hall.
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