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Meeting Place
YWCA of Berrien County
Out & Affirmation Center
508 Pleasant Street
Saint Joseph, Michigan
Phone
(269) 429-6160
E-Mail
Mail Address
4340 Lincoln Avenue
Saint Joseph, Michigan
49085-8712
PFLAG National
Web Page
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Parents, family and friends of lesbians and gays, as well as supportive
community members are invited to attend the St. Joseph/Berrien County
PFLAG meetings from 2:00 to 4:00 pm on the second Sunday of each month.
Meetings are held at the Berrien County YWCA, 508 Pleasant Street at the
corner of Lake Boulevard, St Joseph, Michigan. Enter at the top of the stairway
on Pleasant Street, and take the inside stairway to
the Out and Affirmation Center (OAC). Reservations are not needed and you
do not need to be a member to attend, participate and be welcomed and affirmed.
Meetings include opportunities for sharing in a safe, supporting environment and
for informal conversation and refreshments. Personal information will remain
confidential. Information of interest is presented during the second half of the
meeting.
MISSION
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being
of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends.
PFLAG does this through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to
enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure
equal civil rights.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity
for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to
create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
CALENDAR
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Sunday, Aug 11, 2008:
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The time for sharing will be followed by a presentation by Beth Lefever,
The Pain of Too Much Tenderness: the Role and Responsibility of the Church in Supporting Loving Relationships of All Kinds.
Beth Lefever is the religious leader at the Berrien Unitarian Fellowship (BUUF) in Saint Joseph, Michigan. BUUF is recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association as an LGBT welcoming congregation.
Beth has recently completed her second year of study at Meadville-Lombard Theological School in Chicago.
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