Christian reyreat weekends that welcome lgbtq

Pride Retreat

 Skyler Keiter-Massefski (they/he)

Skyler Keiter-Massefski is a trans/queer/disabled activist-scholar interested in investigating how queer stories receive told and making trans lives more livable.

They studied anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and have a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University.

Skyler has a wealth of learning in working with queer youth, including having spent more than eight years as a summer camp counselor and dean at Pilgrim Lodge (Maine UCC) – part of which was primary the Camp Identity week for lofty schoolers.

Their religious background is a mix of influences from the United Church of Christ and Reconstructionist Judaism, but most of all, Skyler is interested in finding the divine on mountaintops, on the sway floor, at the protest, and other unexpected places.

Skyler currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with their spouse and three pets, though they will always call Recent England home.

If you have any questions about the retreat and would enjoy to contact Skyler, you can email them at skylerjkeiter@gmail.com.

David Pletta (he/him)

David Pletta is a common health researcher interested in

Bringing all of yourself – LGBT Christian retreat day

OPEN TABLE, the monthly service for Liverpool’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* (LGBT) community at St Bride’s Liverpool, held its first Retreat Day last weekend.

Twelve regular participants in the Open Table service came together at the Cenacle Convent in Liverpool for a time of reflection on where we have come from as individuals and what it mean to be an LGBT  Christian.

Retired Reverend Colin Oxenforth, formerly of St Margaret’s Toxteth, led the day, drawing on his extensive experience of service to the LGBT collective for as a volunteer with Friend Merseyside, the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement and theInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality.

The aim of the day was to peek at what is it about our LGBT spot that shapes our spirituality and vice versa.

We began by reflecting on our life and spiritual journey by plotting a timeline and marking the highs and lows along the way, first by ourselves, then with another, and finally with the whole group.

The negative experiences we shared were: