Please read below. This note is from a University City neighbor who is one of the ministers officiating. Their plan is to have many, many ministers in their Eastern PA Conference commit the same forbidden (by the Methodist denomination) act - officiate at a same-sex union - so that their Conference may be unable to take them all to church trials and oust them all. They are doing this in support of their colleague and to attempt to convince their church allow same-sex unions.
They would like to fill the church with wedding guests. Are you free on Saturday at 3 p.m.? If so, please consider attending! The church is just north of City Hall, on Broad St. just above JFK Blvd. at Arch St. - easy to get there by trolley. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - More than 30 United Methodist pastors from Eastern Pennsylvania have agreed to jointly officiate a same-sex union at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA at 3:00 PM on Saturday, November 9th. This is an unprecedented showing of solidarity for an embattled colleague that could lead to all of them having to turn in their credentials and be ousted from their role as clergy within the UMC. The colleague is the Rev. Frank Schaefer, who faces a Nov. 18th church trial in Chester County for officiating at the 2007 marriage between his son and another man in Massachusetts where civil marriage between people of the same gender is legal. HOW CAN YOU JOIN IN THE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT AND FACE DOWN HATRED You can attend the Holy Union on November 9th. We want to pack the church. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - See you there! Melani Melani Lamond Associate Broker [email protected] Urban & Bye, Realtor 3529 Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19104 cell phone 215-356-7266 office phone 215-222-4800, ext. 113
