DESCRIPTION

Consultation

• Who we are and what we're about
• Value of welcome
• The need for LGBT focus
• Overview of the Welcoming Church Program
• RSM endorsement

Base Package-Initial Assessment

• Conduct leadership survey
  • Requires 80% leadership participation
  • Analyze results
  • Provide written summary of survey results
• Propose program recommendations
  • Leadership level
  • Congregation level
  • LGBT outreach plan
• Conduct visibility of welcome assessment
  • Physical facility
  • Written materials
  • Website

Quad 2 - Leadership Preparation Training

• Conflict Management
• Communications Techniques
• Managing Cultural Change
• Confidentiality & Sensitivity Awareness for Leaders
• Language of Inclusion
• Overview of Congregation educational session
  • The Bible & Homosexuality Workshop
  • Diversity Panel
  • Forums - LGBT & Congregational Open Forum
  • Documentaries with discussion
  • Ancients on Homosexuality Seminar (coming in January)

Quad 3 - Congregation Awareness Education

• Congregational Survey - Pre-evaluation
• Language of Inclusion/Open Forum
• LGBT Focus Group
• The Bible & Homosexuality Workshop
• Confidentiality & Sensitivity Awareness Workshop
• Documentaries with discussion
• Ancients on Homosexuality Seminar (coming in January)
• Diversity Panel
• Congregational exit survey

Quad 4 - Outreach

• Major promotional event
  • Schedule and plan feature activity
  • Develop advertising for the event
  • Coordinate set-up & reception
  • Post-event outreach action
  • Follow-up seven touches training
• RSM's public endorsement
  • Public presentation of certificate of endorsement as welcoming congregation

Ongoing Activities

• Establish LGBT support group in the church
• Quarterly meetings
• Ongoing communications from RSM
• Notification of public activities
• Available for ongoing workshops/seminars
• Recommended reading