November 9, 2010

Sharing Liturgical Resources

At the 2009 General Convention, resolution C056, "Liturgies for Blessings" directed the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to collect and develop theological and liturgical resources, and report to the 77th General Convention. The Rev. Dr. Ruth Meyers, chair of the Standing Committee on Liturgy and Music invites congregational members to participate in this process:

"The Task Group on Pastoral and Teaching Resources wants to learn what resources are or have already been used in a congregational discernment process to welcome same-gender blessings and to prepare couples for a Christian life together and for a blessing ceremony. As well, they are also asking what materials might be helpful to congregations and clergy who might start a discernment process and consider welcoming the blessing of same-gender relationships and preparing those couples."

To collect this information, the Task Group has established an online survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCLMSameGenderBlessingsResourcesSurvey

The survey is also available in Spanish:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCLMBendiciondelMismoGeneroRecursosEncuesta

Survey deadline is November 18.