Join us in worship on September 14th for our annual Reconciling in Christ Sunday.
Since 1983, the Reconciling in Christ (RIC) program has been a public way for faith communitiesto celebrate and advocate for people of the LGBTQIA+ community in the Lutheran church. The RIC program is made up of congregations, synods, colleges, seminaries, outdoor ministries, and other Lutheran organizations and is a meaningful way for us at Emmanuel to live out our core value of inclusivity.
We are pleased to welcome the Rev. Athena Thomasson-Bless as our preacher for the day. Pastor Athena serves as the Associate Pastor for Congregational Life and Faith Formation at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Cary, NC, and her family has ties to Emmanuel as her wife Sam served as our Youth Director from 2015-2017.