United Methodist Church of Vista

www.gaychurch.org is a web site dedicated to ministering to the gay and lesbian Christian community (GLBT) and to the friends of our community. The site features one of the largest gay Christian bulletin boards and gay "welcoming" Christian church directories in the world. The site includes a large section of articles dedicated to helping a gay person reconcile their faith with their sexual orientation and a web magazine with articles on a wide range of subjects. Articles and features are offered in English as well as Spanish. In addition there is an online art gallery which meditatively focuses on various scriptures in the Bible. Check the site often as new material is added on an almost daily basis.
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At UMC Vista WWJD? was created to ensure that each person entering is welcomed into a place that is loving and safe for spiritual growth through the teachings of Christ.

Although WWJD? is, indeed, concerned that people within the lesbian and gay community be included, we encourage diversification in general. We stand Hand in hand with all God’s children. WWJD? Strives to develop and implement ways to show that, as United Methodists, we mean it when we say, “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.”

WWJD? is proud to be the host liaison for Our Circle of North County of San Diego. Our Circle is is a nonprofit youth group whose goal is to provide Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, and Questioning youth a safe and positive environment in which to socialize and get to know other teens who are in the same situation in life.

Additional membership in WWJD? is always encouraged. Come Meet with us on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in Room 204. For more information or questions, please contact Lynda Mounts or the church office.

FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO
Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating homosexuals
and Christianity too wide to cross? How can the Bible be used to justify hate? These are the
questions at the heart of Daniel Karslake’s FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.

A World Premiere in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS
ME SO was also honored with Audience Awards at the 2007 Seattle and Provincetown
International Film Festivals and The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights at the
2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. This provocative, entertaining film concisely
reconciles homosexuality and a literal interpretation of Biblical scripture.

Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including
those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson
-- we discover how people of faith handle, or sometimes tragically fail to handle, having a gay
child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes,
Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME
SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and
sexual identity.

WWJD will be showing the movie "For The Bible Tells Me So" on Saturday evening, Jan 23, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. This will be held at UMC Vista, 490 S. Melrose, Vista, CA. Pastor George will lead us in a discussion time afterward. Please join us for this important conversation. Come with open hearts and open minds as we open our doors to ALL God's children!

Lynda

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight. - Richard Foster