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1972

IN t~ITY, is the Official Organ of the Universal Fellowship of Meterapolitan community Churches. Headauarters located at 2201 South Union Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90007. Published TWelve Times a year. Subscription rate is $6.50 per year. Entered as First Class ~ail, U.S. Postal Service, Los Jlngeles, California. Publication of the name of A.~Yperson, ~usiness or organizat~on in articles or adVertising IN UNITY is not to be construed as any indication of t~e sexual orientationof suc~ person, business or organization, nor of any employees (past, present or future) of suc~ person, business or organization. VOLUME III, Nu~mER 5 REVE~D

AUGUEST, 1972

TROY D. PERRY, FOUNDER

PL~LISHER: DON HUGHES EDITOR: MILTON BREEDLOVE TREASURER: REV.·LOUIS LOYNES CIRCULATION: JODY & HELEN ANDERSON ARTS & GRAPHICS: MICHAEL & QUINN ADVERTISING: MARTY McCABE STAFF: DAVE BUTLER CHJUP.MAN OF THE BOARD OF PL~LICATIONS FOR THE UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP MR. DONALD HUGHES BOARD OF ELDERS OF THE UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP OF METROPOLITAN CO!-'J-tUNITY CHURCHES REVEREND TROY D. PERRY P.EVEREND JOHN H. HOSE REVEREND RICHARD A. PLOEN REVERE!iD LOUIS LOYNES

~NITY TJ\BLE OF CONTENTS 2

Letters to the Editor

Resurrection 1969 •••••••Thom Jones

MCC Costa 1·1eS8 •••••••• Rev. Rodger Harrison

lIow it all begin ••••••• •.•.. ~u1ton Breedlove

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Gav T'ride 1972 Cf,U ••: ••Hilton FlrAA(UOVf~

For l'lomenOnly ~•••Rev. Paul Brenton

From the Desk of the Editor

The Name of Jesus in the Old Testament ••••••••••••• ••••Exhorter Marty HcCabe

Through a Strangers Eyes

The Christian lIomosexua1 ••••Rev. Robert Sirico

rtichael Greer ••••••~i1ton Breedlove/ ••••••Don Hughes

The Lord is ~1y Shephard and lIeknows I' m Gay ••••••••••• ••••••••• by r1ichael

Directory of

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l-.BOUTTIllS ','O:ITHS COVER ~is mont~s cover is a ~cautiful nicture of our Lord, reproduced on the GESTETNEP. wit~ an Electronic Stencil.

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~arAs a homcs-exual, as a human ~eing', am!" as a convict I aOGt'ess th:'S' letter :0 you. ~ ncpe that you 'Iill be Lieve and understan~ the situation I a~ abcut to descrihe. In addition, this letter is ?rom?ted by the reference to treatment of gay prisoners in California that I read about and by utter desperation. I'm 34 years old. college educated and since 1970 have been serving a four year sentence in the Wisconsin State Prison for the offence of "Failure to return a rented vehicle time", I have been

From the Staff's viewpoint (their only viewpoint), the homosexual 'is potential trouble. He might molest another inmate. Perhaps his sexual manipulations might incite violence. At the very least, it is expecte~ that this type of inmate woul~ form an undetected relationship with another inmate and, according to the Officials: "Goodness knows, that sort of thing just can't be tolerated". Our actIvities are closely supervised. Rather than being treated as individuals, we are classified as "one of them" and decisions relative' to our. treatment are based on the-worst-that-can-be-expected, rather than a more positive reasoning. The heterosexual inmate realizes that a notatIon will be placed in his file if he is seen talking with a homosexual. He cannot afford to associate with the gays in this institution as this would automatically have an adverse effect on hi~ parole consideration. classification status, and opportunities for camp or other honor programs. The gay inmate is often denied an oppcrt\jnity to "program-constructively" l:ecause he is not a:"lowed to wo:']; in areas withol't close supervision. A transfer to a honor camp-rs not even considered in his case. He is harassed consta~tly ~y Prison Officials. Wisconsin has a unique legal process aE per sexual crimes. Pity the i:Jdividual so cr.ar-ge d, All sex o.Te nde r-s, straight or gay, are "comnitted" (rather tha.lIsentenced) tc the Department of Health and Social Services for treatment. However, in reality, most of these "victims" are placed in the priso~ syste~ a.~d pu~i~hed or ridiculed etc. as they serve t~cir indeterminate sen'tences. This is literally a life-sentence. I c~:Jnot over-emphasize how narrowninc'ed Wisconsin Prison Officials are. lie <ire literally not alloY/ed to touch or have ~ physical ccrrtac t wi th auo t he r- Lnn.ate , Inmates caught too close togetLer are p..lt inLo the "hole" for 120 days and often their families ar-e notified ~Iith vague misleading notices fz-on tr,c institution. We a.re given one change of pants and shirt each weel< and one clean sl.eet. Two showers per weel< are schedt.Led for us and the shover- area is ce t up in such a vlay that no ':'llma1:e Las the opportunity to observe another inmate.

The Protestant r.haplcin tole ce that homosexuals were the lUJest, ~il~s~ anir.:als on earth and ever. tte very sl:!>~ect made l.Ln sick. The Catholic ctaplahi pro:'esses that God :s Dore interestec in our hearts an~ our relationship to one anoti:e:r-tha~ wi:h our sexual ie!entity. I;eeele:;stc scy. cost gays here atten:i the Cat=.c.licServices i= they at t er.d ar:y at all. A new policy has he":'lle:.c.::'!.:ec recerrtIy whereby our o~:-going :etters are r.ow ~o: ce nsor-ed , EOjolE:-.rer, wi:c-.e-writ:e anc w!:~'t publicctions we r~c.eive are regulate~. Yes ,!isconsin C==icials belie7L t::al all honosexl:als are "s:'=" ane neec treatment, even rhough ':J:ey co not give ti:er.: treatT::ent.

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~~at, j~st as with heterosexuals, t~ere are w~ll adjusted. stupic. ir.telligen~ delicate. husky. ernctiooally-uns~~;l~. ;r.aturehomcsexua.Is, All citferen'_ ·/arieties of honos exua.Ls ~:ho. ioci vidually. ~<i-/e all types of strengths, ~~a~r.esses ane problens, :ust like anyone else. If only all P:-ison Officials woule! Look .•• .:. tl-.:'r. t hemse.tves to fine w:JIat motivates them to react witi. -"ear or aversion rovar-c gay people! Some of then, when young. were taught that all hoaosexuals. q~eers and fags wer-e denger-ccs and like-LY :0 ::oole5t their children at ~_hei!"" firs'":c.pportunity. t'laybe' a super-Lor-in school or in the arr::y advised them to "stay awcy =roc all the hono's". Could :'t~e that a lack of =cr.ficence in their o>m sexual icentity causes tne~ to feel "uneasy" around hooosex'.lals?Anc: jl:st what qualifies anyone to make juegement? When we can cease JUGging cur- neighbor by what we consider the negative aspect of his character and !>egi:l z-eLat Ing to each other in a ?ositive manner. this prison -- indeed. this world -- 1-:illbe a Jetter place. As the song says, "Let -:here ::e peace on Earth AIm LET 11 BEGII: WITI': ME". Permission is granted, herewith. for you to quote from ,-- or ~e any use of this letter tha~ you s~o~lc e!eem appropriate In -:het others in sicilar circu~stances might be ~el?ed. Shou:d the staf~ ttis institutio~ find out what I have written herein, ! wo~lc be severly discipl:'neo, but •••• it certainly won': be t~e first tine; i= such 3hculc ~e the case, so he it. ~ -"

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vcr i cr; t c s;;':'!"'::~a:.:.c.ea':'s, scr.:e ;.;!":~cr. ~ere s~e~~ !~ ~!~~s:er!al ~crk an~ ~n col:ege :~ ~~e~a~a:':'c::=cr ~':'ssicr.arywork, ! c ec er.e cc:-:-.?':'ete':':: c:'s:':lt..:.s':cr.ec with the e~:!re cc~ce~t c~ rel!g!cn. :~e to a lack c= ~::=e~s:a::c:::g,~cst:l:'ty, cpen persecu:':'c::, a::c =:::a:~y ex?~lsion =roc t~e conver.t i cr.a., cr.i.r-cr; , ce cause c: an ~onest ina:; :.:.:. ::: "':c cc:",.=c!":7: tc --;;::e s tr-i c t Iy r.s c er-os e xua ; a;:~!"cac:-. t c ':'c·/e ar.c s exua L ac t i v':'l.Y a=~cca::e~::y ~~e c~~!"c~, : ~eca:::e a T're_ :':'g:c:.:.s crc~c~:.'f

:c c~e ~~cse lcve ~new nc ger.~er, :~ese ex~er!e~ces, s~~~ere~ at the han~ of t n •..:ere so cr-usn i as to change a se~s!:~~e, :r~st!r.g, an~ jelieving soul, ~~cse c~l7 cr!~e ~as to love outs!~e the acce~:ec ~cr~, !r.tca ce=ensive, cynical, a:::agc::':'st':'c ag~ostic. :cr a ~erioc 0= approxi~ately fi=teen 7ears t~e ccals 0= ~el!gio~s =aith lay ::'~r~e:: a~~ ccr'r.antunder- tr.e cr-ue lty and cc~ce~r.at!cr.0= a teartless sc !ety. A~ter ~ear!r.g o~ ~etro~ol tan Cc~r.un':':7 C~~rc~ a~~ atten~~ng ser'l ces t~ere ! r.e

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zegan to see that I had confused the acts an~ attitudes of the "created" with those o~ the "Creator." Because the creatures of Eis creation had heaped on me all the niseries of the damned I had lost faith in r.:y"Creator." Then came the dawning that God is, indeed, love, compassion, mercy and goodness and that He loved me no less than anyone else. The condemnation cane not fron God but from poor, ignorant, uninformed, scared, confused and finite creatures called man. Ylith this realization cane a jcy and peace that had eluded me for too many years. I again knew the happiness of a creature being one with his "Creator." I know now that ny error was blaning Ein for the acts of man. I =eel that Easter 1969 holds a special significance for ne because it brought azout the resurrection of a hu~an spirit that hac , indeed, been dead and Has buried. I thank God for Rev. Perry, r·letropolitan Comr.:unityChurch and the brave people t::atha~ a part in r.:akingthis dream a reali ty. -

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Radclyffe said it: we have not denied You rise up then, oh Lord. defend us acknowledge us before the whole world God

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give us also the right to our existence speak the word only out of the depths we cry unto Thee, oh Lord Lord, hear our prayer acknowledge us before (he whole world open their eyes, dctcnd our righr to existence at Thy council speak. the word and our souls In legions shall be

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2. :·::::C is not a "gay church" but it !s a C~r~stian Ch~rch with a soecial nission :0 gay ~eop1e. O~r r::ess~geis that a__ peOple are, part 0:' Goe's creation. Accor-cLr.g to Genesis: "Cod saw everything ttat ~e ~a~ r::a~e,an~ !:Jehol~, it was very gco~." (Ge:;. 1:31). It follows then that str'a,lightis gcoc anc gay is gocc , :.:ylast ~oj was in ~oscow in the CSSR. I notice a great si~ilarity !:Jetween the worship of ;:a,:ltist Chur-ch :':OSCOI-I,and !·!CC, Orange Co~nty--a represse~ cinority is free and :'in~s ~n~ivi~ual ~ignity when worshipping l·.:::-.:'g:-.ty Goc.

\'enereal dis',ase in Or-ange County. They reported that here in Laguna reach sy;::-.ilis and gonorrhea are endenic. They exist ~ere as tu::erculosis in the coal !:lines during the 1920's and 30's. ! an anazed that a cOr.'.r.ll!nity will al:"o~:such a gross nLsuse 0: pu~lic funds to support an elaborate vice squad with electroni~ devices to catch a few gay mem~ers 0: the population while sexually act ive girls are re-infecting na Les every day ; hoth na les and females are bei~g treated regularly. The ~oney waste,; on the vice squad should be spent on penicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin, v ibr-emycLn ani. an ac t ive canpaign to rid Laguna Beach 0: V.D. Resear-ch 0: police records shows that 94:. of ch i Ld mo Lest at Lon is cone by heterosexual r:lale~. Gays don't molest children. A~ vcr I an sup~ortive of the Gay Students Un:'on. It was back in 1946 that Albert Kinsey observed the wrongness of :he strict nalefenale delineation. There are nale and female components in all of us. Dr. Kinsey said it would ::e ~ore accurate to say that we are on a sexual continuun. It is time for our communities to face up to this basic research in human sexuality, and to give equal treat~ent to all ci:izens, sexual creatures they may be.

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In Auguest of 1968, 28 year old Troy D. Perry, recently out of the Army and a one-time pastor of a Pentacostal church, was in a local popular gay bar in Los Angeles when it was raided by the Los Angeles Police and a number of random arrest were made. Perry was spared arrest, but an acquaintence, a young man who had never been arrested before, was taken to jail and booked R for Rlewd conduct. It was a shattering experience for both of them. After his release on bond,'Perry took the young man home, and they talked. The young man begin to weep, saying, RNo one cares for us homosexuals .•R Perry

tried to calm him. RGod cares,R

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that he had been told he could not be a homosexual of his church.

Perry, who had lost the pastorage of a church in Santa Ana several years before when he had Rcome outR as a homosexual, felt that God was calling him back. He placed a small ad in the Los Angeles P~VOCATE and 12 people nine of them friends and three newcomers showed up for the first service at the Perry home in Huntington Park. What you see on the opposite page is a copy of that AD. What a wonderful feeling as you look at it and try to visualize back to those days. I tried to ra~ember what I was doing around that time - Why don't you try to remember what you were doing? We have come ~,long way, since then. We now have 33 Churches and Missions across this great land and wil;!.soon become an International Body of Christians. ISN'T JESUS J:0NDE,RFUL •

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Ron ":ilson along with your Edi tor of In Unity a5 !~onitor5 of the O'lS Parade.

Bil White's Camper bringing up the end of the HCC Cotengent with the sign "MCC - This is not the Enr. only the Beginning."

The Growing American Youth with their counse Lors '..â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ ho joined the parade. They really caused some eyes to enlarg~.

The crisis Intervention Center Bus \-lithmembers from this very important department.

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lor Wome" ,",, t see~s strange that I, a man, s~o~':" ~e ~r:t:ng about wo~en, anc most certa r.ly ! eon't ~ave t~e authority to s~ea~ on t~:s s~:ect, which wo~en have. ::evert~eless. as a pastor 0:: the church it see~s necessary to ~ake so~e co~~ent about ~c::-.er.. s ince dur-Lng ~~ay we will :,e paying s=ec:al attent:on to all our sisters. . C~r ~oeern. ur:,ar.. :'ndustrial society. ~ro\':e:ng !:lassecucation. mass work. mass r-ecr-e at Lon anc vast anonymi ty has cot:lplete.:..y c~ar.gec t~e l:'::estyle 0:: which most of :-.~.an:' ty ~as Se ccme accus t oned over thousar.es 0: years. 7he jUl:\pinto this lifesty':"e::ror.: a rural. agrarian anc more perscna; l.:.:estylenus t needs be. require a vastly c:::erer.t r-eact Lon , Unf or-tunate Iy C""" cu; ':\;:-a: pat t er-n and deve Lopnerrt has r.ot ~e?t u~ w:t~ these changes. For this reason ~Cl:\en:::ne great ine~uality and in:~st:ce :n the l:\ocernworle. and well they ::::g:-.t. ~~:le :n the serv:ce, I was stationed :r. a re:::ctearea 0: 7urkey. where the cul:~ral patterns ane li:estyles of the peasar.ts ~ae virt~ally re~ainee the s~e over t r.ousands 0:: years. It was striking to r.ote in t~is culture the position of women ir. :~is soc:ety. As was explained by a na:ive. "a :::ar. eoes not love a woman. he res?ec:s her. She must bear his children. till h:s ::eles. carry his wood and keep ~:s ~o~se." ':"hus.il! this ancient culture c: the worle 0: C~rist's ti~e. nen went to ~ars. tea~ouses, parties. sportive events, etc •••• ~hile wonen stayed home and went :0 :::ar~et:or recreation. The lifestyle of A:::er:'can ~onen is vastly different. obviously. :,ut also l:\uchr.:orecomplicated. 'o'ery of t en the exponents of Women's ::b ta~e t~e 3:'ble to task and the churches :or eenying their rights in society. ~et t~ey :ail to realize that it is within saIva t ion :-.:storythat '.lor.:en have gained their :reeeol:\.Looking at the.wo;ld in the ::~es w~en the ~ooks scripture were ',:ri tter.• alr..ostevery single item in t.he =ible spea~ing about, :or and to women was a great aevance :orware in their liberation as cOl:\pared to cultures about the

mida~e eas.. ~ven th~ oft maligned statements of St. Paul. when placing them in the context of what women usually had to endure in both Jewish and Pagan society. are a massive liberating factor. Where the error of the Church comes in is to find the liberation of humanity ended in the Scriptures and not progressing further. I find it impossible to believe that even St. John wanted the development of humanity. our freedom. our wholeness as human beings and children of God to end with the last verse of the book of Revelations. Yet. by human nature. the leaders of the Church have too often reverted to the type of Pharisaeism which Jesus castigated openly. in making be all and ending all laws. repressing liberation. Salvation history is replete with the stories of famous women. Without Eve. the human race could not be. And the Bible makes a special point of the fact that she is bone of bone and flesh of flesh of Adam,

and therefore his equal. Without Sarah, the Israelites would never have been a nation. Can we ever forget the heroic exploits of Deborah, or the love and devotion of Ruth. God's plan of salvation could not have been carried out without Mary of Nazareth. And look at.the women in Christ's life. Mary Magdalene and Martha and all the others. Oftentimes, when the menfolk lost cour-age and were too weak, they, the women, were there with Jesus. And at His crucifixion, there was only one man, our brother John, but Mary His mother and Mary Magdalene were there. It was a woman to whom Jesus first appeared ·after His resurrection. The first centuries of the church saw the greatest feats of heroism and martyrdom among the women of the Church. And honored in the calendar of saints of the Church are such women as Elizabeth of Hungary, Joan of Arc, Theresa of Avila and hundreds of others. In this century of the Church, women have been in the forefront of every major movement within the Church •. There are now some 87 denominations, including the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, which admit women to the licensed and ordained ministry. Last October, two women were ordained priests in the Hong Kong diocese of the Anglican Church, and there are women priests in the Lutheran churches of Denmark and Sweden. Women are being admitted to the order·of Diaconatedin of the Protestant Episcopal Church, currently women are demanding proper acceptance in the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church. Admittance of women to these ranks of ministry will cause cultural shocks, and in some areas they will be very severe. But there is no reason to doubt the role of women in the ministry of the Church.

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~/'7?e A Jewish :rienc of mine once asked :::e, "!: J'esus is the ~':essiah and the en~:re O:C 7estament is about Him, how come ::.:.sname :'$ uever nerrt Loned in it even once?" :n or-der- to answer this question sa~:'s:actorily I hac to co quite a lot of research. ! hac also woneered why His name ~as not actually written in the Old Testa:::ent: : could ::'nc His divine titles in :sa:ah 7::4; 9:6; Jeremiah 23:5,6 and even the 路,.;orc ~':ESSIAH(Christ) in several other ?:aces; ~ut the He~rew name that would be e~ual to Jesus, I could not find. 7hen one cay I am sure the Holy Sp:'rit openee ~y eyes, and I shouted. 7here was the very name Jesus found in the C:e 7estament about 100 times all the way from Genesis to Habakkuk. The very word, the name that the angel Gabriel used in Luke 1: 31 when he told l~ary about the son she was to have. A~ere co we fine the NAME? Every time the Ole 7estament uses the word SALVATION (especially with the Hebrew suffix meaning :::y, thy or his) with very few exceptions it is :.centical and absolutely the same wore YESHUA (Jesus) usee in r~att. 1:21. Let us re:::er.~er that the angel .who spoke to ~路:aryand the angel who spoke to Joseph :'nhis cream cic not speak in English, Latin or Greek ~ut in Hebrew, and neither were ~ary nor Joseph slow to grasp the r..eaningand significance of the NAME of th:'s civine Son and its relation to His character anc His work of salvation. I: you have studied. the Bible you will know that all great characters were gi ven names with a specific and significant :::eaning.

For example in Gen. 5: 29 Lamech called his son "Comfort" (Noah), saying, "This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands." In Gen. 10:25, Eber calls his first born son "Division" (Peleg), "for in his days the earth was divided." The same is true of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob (changed to Israel--God's Frince), and all of Jacob's sons (Genesis 29:32). In Exodus 2:10, Pharoah's daughter called the baby rescued from the Nile, "Drawn-forth," or Moses; and she said, "because I drew him out of the water." When the angel spoke to Joseph, husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, this is what 'I think he really said and what Joseph actually understood: "And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name YESHUA (Salvation) for he shall salvage (Save) His people from their sins." Now I will show you clearly the Hebrew name YESHUA (Greek--Iesus; English-Jesus) in the Old Testament. When the great Patriarch Jacob was ready to depart from this life, he by the Holy Spirit was blessing his sons and prophetically foretelling their future experiences in those blessings. In verse 18 of Gen. 49 he exclaims, "I have waited for thy salvation, 0 Lord." What he really did say anu m~an was, "To thy YESHUA (Jesus) I am hoping, Lord."

YESHUA (Jesus) was the One in whom Jacob was trusting to carry him over safely the chilly waters of the river of death. Jacob was a saved man, and did not wait until his dying moments to start trusting in the Lord. He just reminded God that he was trusting in his YESHUA (Jesus), and was at the same time comforting his own soul. In Psalm 9:14 David bursts forth: "I will rejoice in thy salvation." What he actually did say and mean was, "I will rejoice in (with) thy YF'"'JA(Jesus)." In Psalm 91:1l1â&#x20AC;˘ _" God says, "because he delighted in I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call me, and I will answer him; I am with him in affliction; I will succor him and honor him.

With length of days (eternal life) 'will I satisfy him, and I will cause him to look upon my YESHUA (Jesus)." That promise is realized in Rev. 22:3,4: "And there shall be no more curse; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him and they shall see His face." In Isaiah 12:2,3 we see something wonderful. Here SALVATION is mention~d three times. You can have great joy by reading these glorious verses in your Bible. Let me give them as they are actually read in the original Hebrew with Jesus as the embodiment and personification of the word SALVATION: "Behold, might (or, God the mighty One) is my YESHUA (Jesus); for JAH-JAHOVA (God) is my strength and my

::e a:'sc :'5 re ccze :::.y ::5::::':" (:es\;s ~~e ~C~~ ~eca~e !:es t a~~ ~we:t a~c~g ~Sttl :C~~:::4). :~ere ere w!t~ ~cy s~a:: ye ~ra~ ~a~er C~: of ~~e we::s of ~::5~~~ (:es\;s). 7~:'s: ~aye ~a~ :racs:a:e~ :c ~e (:es~scr~c:!:ec--~aters of sa:',·a::'c:: i ;«:.••.:.::g:cr'!:~~rc:::Cal.\"ary). ... :~e ::cc;';0: '!::-.e c:~ :'esta:::e::t ca __ e~ ~a::a;';;';\;;';, we ~ave t~e grea'!:est ~e:::.c:-.strat:'on c : t:-.e ::.:..:.::: (,'es\;s). For :-.ere..•. e r.ave ::c'!:~ t~e ::A:·::: (:esus) as well as ::-.e'!::'::'e c~ the Sav Lour , In 3:13 we rea~ ::''!:era:':y ~ro:::t~e or:'ginal Ee~rew: "::-.C\; ..•.e::'!:es'!: ~or'!:~\oo":'t~ the YESEA variant c: y::s~~.:.. (:es\;s): o~ (or ~or) thy people: ..•. :.::-. ':'::S~A::-.y:·:::SS:A~, tho\; vounces't the ~ea~ c: t~e ~c~se c~ t~e wickee one (Sat ar.)," 7:.ere:'t :'5. 7he very !:A:':E given t c c-.:r:'crc in t~e ::e\oo" Testanent, JESUS 5:::-.';:: t'a~~

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Ac~ so when the agee Simeon came to the ';e::'.ple,lee there by the Eoly Ghost, ace took the ~a~y Jesus in his ~rms, he saie, "Lore, now lettest thou thy servant eepart in peace, accoreing to thy word: ~or n:'ne eyes have seen thy YESHUA (Jesus)" (L\;ke 2:29-30). For not only eid his eyes see Salvation, ~ut he felt Eim and touchee Ein, as his ~elieving heart thro~bee with joy ane assurance and as he felt the beat of the loving heart of Goe in the body of the infant Jesus. "Ane thou shalt call His name SALVATION; for He shall save His people from their sins."

Oftentimes it is helpful, when tryir.g ~o learn about a place or group, to get 路~he anpre ss Ions of svneone w~o is not a part of that place or group. but who has visited it. Of course suc.h Lmpr-ess i ons are Lack i.ng in depth, b~t they may r-evenl broad truths. I have become interes ted in !路~CC' s outreach and on Pal~ Sunday I was privilegec to be able to visit Good Shepherd Parish in Chicago. There is no 1':CCparish in ~y area, so this was the =irst :ime I haJ attended one of its services. My impressions were favorable and I ',rouldlike to report t hen, to the readers of In U'lity who are not Chicaeoans. Good Shepherd Parish meets in an attractive and well appointed church building in Sunday evenings, at a time that the owner-congregation does not ~ave services of its own. The church is in a cr-owded neighborhood of apart~ent buildings with no garages, so tho, vis Ltor with a car is warned to give himself time to hunt a rare per-klr.g space. Mention Has made of a parking lot, but I did not see it and cannot report on :'t. When I entered, the choir of eight men was practicing with the organist-choirmaster. Both the organist and the choir were obviously very good and during the course of the service this proved to be an accurate ojservation. The ministry of music that evening was exceptio~a~ly fine and I -"'asdismayed later to Lear-n that the organist was soon leaving because of other commitments. May the Lord provide a suitable replacement for him, because the contribution of good mus Lc t o wor-ship ser-vi ce s adds immeasurably to the ease wi th wh i.ch the worshipper in the pew can adjust his attitude to worshipping. We often give too little credit to the music makers in the church.

As the congregation asse~~led, it proved to be overwhelmingly Caucasian ar.c male , although there were a fe-,:fe~ale' couples present and a very few 'non-Caucasians. All told, there we~e.about sever.tvfive people in attendance and I ur.dersta~e that this was considered to be be Low average for this parish. :路:any of t ae pe op Le entering came in pairs or small groups, but there were also many arriving singly. friendly greetings were exchanged by some as they came into the church. The format of the service was tvoical of many Protestant churches: hyr.ns, ~~ripture readings, offering, semon and a short form ~f 7ommunion at the end. All people were .i nva ted to take the Lord's Supper. ':e went for~ard to the rail, knelt as space was ava~lable and the pastor distributee t~e elements by infusion; that is, he d~pped a wafer in a chalice of wine then placed it on the tongue of the cor:ll:lu~icant. There was dignity and beauty seen throughout the service, but along with them werrt fri~ndly openness and sensible ~eligious att~tudes. I found the service to be meaningful and tastefully conducted. I was happy that the two extremes of pomoous formality and boisterous infornality ~ere avoided.

Pastor Arthur Green's sermon was well organized and he related basic Christian concepts to the proble~s of real existence for his congregation. There was no doubt that he stan~s for the fundamental theological concept of salvation by faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. the Son of Gee and for teaching love of God and neighbors. At the s~e time he concerned himself with the daily life situation of the parish and its indivi~ual me~ers. I went awar feeling that this ~an is probably one who is belove~ by those who have personal contact with him in the pastoral-counseling-teaching aspect of his ministry. His quiet love for people comes across during the service. hut even more distinctly when he meets the people afterwards. Deacon George Hanley and layman David Lichare ha~ prominent roles of assistance and both did very creditable jobs of serving the Lord. A Social Hour in the basement of the church followed the worship service. Coffee or tea and cookies were served and there was a book table with various items for sale. The people who stayed for it acted like people do in any church social hour: they stood around and talked. Some gathered in little groups for a while. then the groups shifted character as individuals circulated. Some of the conversation was light and irrelevant to church. some of it was an informal accomplishment of church business. As a stranger. I was approached three or four times by different members and was introduced to others. I was made to feel welcome and at ease. I enjoyed the contact with the people who were there. So ends my report pn a visit of a stranger at Good Shepherd Parish. May the Lord bless the people of this parish. for they are serving Him. I hope ot;her strangers in other'parlshes will Write in about their experiences. becatise I would like to hear about them.

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T~e very tho~~t of a person being a Christian, a&d a ~~osexual at the same ~i~e wrea~s terror in ~he ~earts o:~any a Ei~le-:;'e:ie\"ing Christiar.. Allow me to state at first that I hold fi~l}' to the belie: that the Bi~le is the inspired ~ord of Go~, ane t~at :esus Christ is the Son of Goe, cor.:ein the flesh.w'bo shee His =:coe for the rer.ission of sin. I ~ill also sa)路that I aT.: a "~orn-again" child cf ':;oe,r.ave been ca.iledto the ministry by the =lessed Person cf t~e Holy Spirit, and will on to sa}' i:l the same breath that I ac a h~osexual. Ir.possi~le shouts back the "Jesus freak." "You are bound fo'!' hell," I am told by ~y Pentecostal brethren. "You need deliverance," are the words written in literally hundreds of letters that I have receivee f'!'om well-meaning fundaoenta1ist people. At the rresent time we find that the laws of most states, and certainly the general attitudes of most people reflect the stand that the Church has taken for r-anyyears. T~is, I feel, is the reason for the high suicide '!'atein the gay community. There is no doubt in my mind that if heterosexuals were brought up with the idea constantly drummed into their heacs _ that if they had sexual attraction for one of the opposite sex they were sick, and perverted, that the suicide rate would rise substantially among "straight" society. It is my purpose in this article to show that whereas the church, at present, will not accept homosexuals, God does -- that being the important thing.

One of the first Scriptures that a person will use to show thatthe Bible condemns being gay is found in the Old Testament'book of Leviticus 18:22: "Thou shalt not lie with a man as thou would with a woman; it is an abomination." However it seems that it is forgotten that in the very same book of the Bible, chapters 11 and 17, it states very clearly that it is also sinful to eat rabbit. lobster. clams, shrimp, oysters, rare steak, and in the book of Deuteronomy 22:11, it would be unlawful to wear wool and linen at the same time. We know that those who would use these Old Testament books would not say that it is wrong to eat a rare steak. They are aware of the fact that when Jesus Christ died He fulfilled these laws -- which pictured something greater, that being Christ Himself. The Old Testament told of this change that was to take place in Jer. 31: 31. Jesus made it plain that with His death on the cross we were no longer under the laws of Moses when He said: "It is finished." Quickly the opposition will turn to the two passages in the New Testament in an attempt to prove to us that homosexuality is wrong. "Romans', 1 will without a doubt come up in 'the discussion. It reads as follows: "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change 'the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also

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who forcibly rapes another," and not necessarily of the same sex. If we go back into the Old Testament we find that-this was the case in Sodom, the men wante~ tc rape the angels. It is also gocd to keep in mind that Ezek. 16:49 and 50 tells us: "3ehold, this was the gl.l:'lt of y<,ur si.ster Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, a~d abundance of idleness was in her and her dauRhters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and,needy, and the}'w"re haughty and committed__ idolatry ::eforer.le;. therefore I took them away ••• " We see here that ,the clear anc stated reason fer the great destruction was not only for homosexual perversion" and please note, I the men, leaving the natural use of women, said perversion, but also fer inhospitality, burned in their lust one toward another; as well as heterosexual perversion (see men wit~ men working that which is unseemJer. 23:14). ly "A careful re-reading of these We have been taught that 30d's intenve;s;s'will show to us, that rather than tion for two people who have sex, is that God condemning homosexuals, who have always they should have children, and that due to been homosexual in nature, He is declaring the fact {hat at the present time there judgnent upon the heterosexual, who rr.akes are no homosexual couples of the same sex himself, or allows himself, to practice on record as having conceived their own, homosexuality. God made us with our sexthen they are not f".llfillingGod's nain ual orientation, and does not expect us to purpose. This would be true, iftl".e,"ain attempt to change that. Remember, it says: purpose for sex was to have children. Gee! "For the wo:::en did change. • • ," and said: "Multiply ant:fill the earth." Okay, "Likewise the men, Zeaving the natural use we die!that 100 years ago. Ee ~ic not say of women ••• " "Overfi:l it." If sex were for the sole The next verse, and by this time ".:hose purpose of having cl.Lf.dr-en , then it would opposing "Christian Homosexuality" are r~nfollow: (1)horr.osexualcouphs would not ning low of verses, is found in I Cor~nbe permitted to have sex, ~p.cause of the thians 6:9: "Know ye not that the unrightinability to produce offspring; (2) heteroeous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? sexual couples with e Lther- one or the Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor other par-tner sterile would have to live idolaters nor adulterers, nor effeminate, as br-ct her-and sister; (3) Christians would , 'k' man ~n d •••" nor abusers of themselves w~th not be able to use cor,traception; and (1:) This verse, in the minds of some people each tir.eorgasm was reached, the result ends the problem. Homosexuals cannot ~et would have to be pregnancy on the part of into heaven, and therefore are not Chr~~the f erneLe, !-Ieellessto say, all of the tians. I must confess that even after th~s above is f ooLish , for we k::ol."that the writer "came out," and realized that the Mas~er gave sex to His children for the 'sar.le Jesus who had accepted me when I was ul t imate express ion of love f'r-cn, one human -seven--years---Gldand had ::alledn:e the f to anc.rher, ministry, also accepted my sexual ~r~ent~tion, had a hard time understand~r.g th~s passage. Looking into my Strong's Concordance I found that tl,ewords used by the Apostle Paul were not "homosexual." Rather Ithe word effemina:=e was ,translated fro~ the word "catam~te"--wh~ch would be e j prostitute cup-bearer in the templ: of the lgods, and "abusers of themselves w~th m~nkind " is translated from the word mean~ng "sod~mite." Contrary to the definit~on that is given the word by modern dictionaries, the original definition was: "One

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";''h~'then." t~e Ciuestion is asked. .,~ri!n't t~ere morc scriptures in the BibllO pertaining to homosexuality, as there are in regard to heterosexuality?" Perhaps it is t~a~ C~ a!l-knowing God foresaw that ::e w01.:1C: !:-eha路.-ing:::cretroublo:! ;.;i ~h our stra:g~t !>rctJ...,rs a:1d sis~ers. than wi~h ';1,;1' gay ones. BlOt ;/Lo r",ally :;I.CWS-' This cae ~::in6 is :;1,;:-e -- Gce dces accept homosexua Ls ':'r.to ::i:: "'a;,.ily. I know that there is sin in my life. but my !>eing gay is not part of that sin. I kno~ that just as long as I yield my !>oty as a living sacrifice unto God. then He will give me the victory over these ot~er areas of my life. 7he Bible teaches us t~at t~ere is such a thing as sin. This is ~hen a person disobeys the will of God. anc!transgresses His ~oly law. For instance. a person is not ~orn a thief. he !>eco~es one. B1.:tfrom earliest fantasies. !>efore I knew what a homosexual was, I was gay. I did not choose to be a homosexual. !>ut I ~ glad that I am one, just as a heterosexual is glad that God made him that way. Great purges have taken place in many churches to rid themselves of gay people. It seeL.S that anything from murder to a~sconding with church funds can be overlookec. and diffo:!rencesin people's lives can !>eaccepted. but when it corresto being hcmosexua.I , the all-prevailing attitude is as cne funcaJr.ent2!istsaid: "If my son ;.lerea homosexual, I ,'ould rather see him dead!"

There is no such person who was once gay and no longer is. While it may be true that he or she may no longer be a practici~g homosexual. they are nonetheless just as homosexual as they have always been. just a little more f!'ustrated. Yc>u see. to trr to repress somethinR that God has given to us. an~ something that is so overwtelmingly powerful, is like trying to swim up a waterfall in a straight jacket (no pun intended). As the scriptures say: "Can a leopard change his spots, or an Ethiopian his skin?" ':'he answer rings back -- NO; and why should they? They're fine just the way they are. ~e can be thankful in this respect for the great persecution heaped upon the gay corr~unity: in that homosexuals have been forced to take a good, long. soulsearching look at themselves, a thing that not as many heterosexuals have had to do !>ecause of their sheltered surroundings. In answer to the question: "Does God expect us to change?" I will have to anS;.lerYES! However, that change takes place when a person sees ,his neec for the saving grace of the Lord Jes1.:sChrist, asks that He take over his life. and become his Sav:our. When a homosexual does this he then becomes a CF~rSTIAN HOMOSEXUAL.

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e•••• Michael Greer was born April 20,J.9I1S. For those interested in astrology, that maJces rom betweenAries and Taun.u;, the sameas AdolphHitler. His pererrts were separated whenhe was a child. He ued this separation by playing his rother's affection off against his father's. He was shifted fIU!l one to the other, dependingon who could afford to have rom at the time. As a result, he went to manydifferent schools all Oller the country. He ended up quitting school during the tenth grade. He spent 3 years in the Air Force as a medical technician and veterinarian, serving in Koreaand Japan. After getting out of the service he went to Boston, then in the early 60s, to NewYork. Het.JOrked as a furniture salesman, a waiter and entered NewYork's notorious talent nights. These talent ~ts are called "cattle calls" by the professionals. Each errter-tainer competes fericiously with each other for the prizes of $25. to $50. p,iven each night by the cynical night club 0wners. At these "cattle calls" for youngUpcaning talent, he beat Tiny Timtwice and lost once to Barbra Streisand for the $50. grand prizes. He also t-JOrkedwith Ruth Buzzi in Provencetownand also with, at times t with Cass Elliott and GeorgeSegal. To earn his wayduring this time, he workedas a floor captain at Arther's in NewYork. There he met and scrnetimespal'tied with the Kennedyclan, DameMargot Fonteynand RudolphNereyen. Mr. Greer has a sensitive, yet sensible outlook t~ards gay bars. In fact he has a WarT:\ spot in his, heart for them because, as he says, "Theylet me do rrr:J kind of material." He believes he was the first entertainer to bring general and even just plain straight material into the gay bar scene. Andthe gay bar owners or managers were willing to let romhave a crack at the audience. The audiences in gay bars 9.re not really as uptight as in the straight bars.

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to ca:Lifomia in 1966 and,alonce, things "began to happen. He t.al IIIIIInY 'talent CCllt'ea'ta and in ~ County. bar owner uJced him to put to-gether • show. He hIIc1• shew in 'two short weeks called "Jack and the Giant Killers." They appeared in 0nInge County for sane'time and then IIIOY8d the shew into Los Angeles to the RedwoodRoan. This was an all live shew and"played then! for 18 uarths. The shew was di8COYeNd then! by Judy Garland and also enda:t:cedby l\el". It then becmne one of the 0iI!I'p reges of the Los Angeles area. Fran Los Angeles to San FNncisoo as a single in the Purple On.ial and the ~ ple Onim II. He also worked wi'th and dated Terry Ralstal, who went on to be one of the stars of "Ccmpany" in NewYoric. l'1oYies wen! the next step and his first was UWhatam I Bid" with Leroy Van Dykeand Chris Hazm:ln(Rick Nelson's wife). This movie was very unsuccesful so he went baclc to San Francisco wbm!"he \D'lderstudiad Bill Hcorie in the first productim of "Fortune and Men's Eyes". He managed to get <Xl stage 8 times as Queenie and"then ~ ran into financing problEIIIB. ~ The following year sa:LMineoproduced it in Los Angeles and he wen the critics approval at the CoRln2t Theater. He had ~ -also made a rrOviethat hit the thearers at about this time. He played the Very gay landlord in "Gay Deceivers." Whenthey had started n!hearsals. manyof the scenes fell rather flat. He then, in one night, rewrote "1IIlChof the script, enlargi.ng on his ownrole while doing it. The movie as seen in the theaters is the version that JIX)8't at

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This really launched his film career. Critics Woo· ~ not ovenmelJred by the movie itself, praised his role. He then began to write for sane of the Las Vegas shews, finally beoani.ng a regular writer for Rip Taylor. He continued to write for him until he had to take time off to do the film version of "Fortune and Men's Eyes", where he again played Queenie. He has written one of the revues for "Vive Los Girls" in Las Vegas" and then madethe DOVie"TheHagic ~of Stanley. Sweetheart." In this one he played a cynical Jll.lSic:ian, an exploiter of Wean, and ends up by canitting suicide. It .My have been a challenging role, but it did not play very long. He again played the role of Queenie in Hawaii (for II weeJcs.)

Exhibitors knowhaw to preiient ldm tU.s bes1:. Many bought parts of the movie I "Gay Deceivers", would shew it and during the shewing, he would "step thnlugh" the screen and do his act. He has appeaNd ~ rv in Mannixand IrauJide. He is • writer, singer, perfanner of both canedy and seX'ious roles. Michael Greer is 6 foot •• :inches tall, ...eighs 180 pounds, has brown eyes and bl<lndehair. He does not like to be Called MiJce, pNfering Michael. instead. He now lives in a II nx:rnhouse north of the Sunset Strip in Ibllywood. His mother, one sister and one brother now live with him. The ~ of tbtion Pictures Libbrary has this to ssy about him, "Michael Greer is a man whohas served a long appnmticeship and is nowready to under'take the Jm)Stchallenging role of his film career." Michael Greer entertained at the MOOt.\ Third Anniversmy Dinner last year. He more recently entertained at the Calif 01'nia sta'te-wide cxmventionof The camdttee for Sexual LawRefonn dinner in San Francisco.

The Reverend Troy Perry has been in international news headlines, and featured in the December 1971 issue of LIFB Magazine, and has been seen on major television and radio shows around the country. Wi th the cry, "OUt of the closets, and into the streets, ,.hs has led the homosexual community in their fight for legal equali ty as human beings. Through his struggle and success in founding the Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles, he has given many homosexuals the courage and self-respect to stand up as individuals and to assert their rights as people.

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Troy Perry pulls no punches. His revelations are sometimes shocking, With the publication of his bioften explosive, and always fascinoqrai~ THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD AND HE KNOWS I'M GAY, on August 14, 1972, ating. He makes no attempt to milk the reader for sympathy. He merely Reverend Perry shares his own life "tells it like it is" in soae of the story with the world. It was not an most beautiful story-telling lan9Uage easy dicision for him to make, to you will ever read. "I am a human share his own personal feelings and hurts with the rest of the world, but being first, who believes that sexual orientation should be no more imPorhe does so now in the hope that he tant as a standard for judging a percan shed some light of understanding son than knowing how one makes a livto those who read it, and thereby ing or combs his hair." make them a bit less eager to judge others who happea to be different THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD AND HB from themaelves. I<NOWS I'M GAY is Reverend Troy Perry telling his life story. The story of "I am not a creature from outer his struggle to conform to society's darkness! I am a homosexual, a man "norm"; the struggle and of flesh and blood. And, I have a his God when he real1zed he truly was few things to say.". This is the a homosexual: the struggle to live frank and revealing protrait of a with this knowledge and still remain man, the Reverend Troy Perry, pastor a Christian and a,minister; the hard and founder of a church, lover of struggle to found a church in which God •••and also a homosexual. It is, homosexuals would be welcome; and nOw a searching account of the plight of homosexuals in this world that scorns his current struggle to reform the ridiculous and outdated sex laws that and condemns and harasses them while affect not only homosexuals, but all no one dared to cry out in protest-people everywhere! Troy Perry is till now!' saying to the world, "I'm not afraid anymore!"

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ARIZOHA-SOt1l'HERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT CONFERENCE. REVEREND HOWARDWILLIAMS. DISTRICT COORDINATOR

TRINITY METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF REVERSIDE, CALIF. P.O. Box 762 Colton, Ca1i~. 92324 Phone: 213/874-8135 Rev. B. S. Young, Pastor

CHRIST CHAPEL MEl'ROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF COSTA MESA 1259 Victoria Street Costa Mesa. California Phone: 714/548-5046 Rev. Rodger Harrison.

92627 Pastor

MEl'ROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF LOS ANGELES 2201 S. Union Avenue Los Angeles. CA. 90007 Phone: 213/748-0123 Rev. Troy D. Perry. Pastor METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF LONG BEACH 1105 ~d Avenue Long Beach. CA. 90802 Phone: 213/434-1944 Rev. Jon Bullock. Pastor

METRoPOLITANC<MIUN1:'1'Y CHURai OF PBOBNZX Mailing. P.O. Box 5899 Phoenix, Arizona 85010 Services. 1426 Maricopa Fwy, E. Rev. Robert CUnningham, Pastor

SALT LAD CZTY MZSSZeB METROPOLITARCCltMUHZTYCHURCH Mailing. P. O. Box 11607 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Meet. S69 So. 13th East Phone. 801/466-6865 Rev. Robert Buckley, Pastor

METROPOLrrAB C<HUIlTI CHUBCB OF SAD DIEGO Ma111D8: 'D.O. Box 8205

San D1eso;Cal1t. 91202 Services: 906 Borth 1t7th St. Phone: 7l4/261t-7351 Rev. John Hose. Pastor TUCSOB MISSIOB MmROPOLITAB COMMDlIlTI CHUBCB CONTACT: MCC PRODDC COLORADO-LOuIsIAllA-'l'EIAS DIS'rRIC'I: CONFERENCE. REVEREIID ROB CAmIES. DIS'l'RICT COORDIlIA'l'OR MmROPOLITAB OF DALLAS

COMMlJIIlTI CHUBCB

Mai11D8: P. O. Box 13It1t Dallas. Texas 15221 SerVices: 4015 Bo1"DlllDdl' Dallas. Texas Phone: 214/946-1t351t Rev. Richard VlDceut. Pastor METROPOLITAl' OF DElIVER

CCIIIJnft CHUBCH

Mailing: P. O. Box 18616 Denver. Colorado 18616 Services: 1400 La ~te Phone: 303/21tJ1-lllO Rev. Ron Cunes. Pastor METROPOLITANCOMMUNI:TY CBURCB OF GREATERNEW ORI:BANS 1375 Magazine Street New Orleans, La. 70130 Phonel 504/522-1858 Rev. David Soleman, Pastor METROPOLITANCOMMUNZTY CHURCH.OF OKLAHOMA p. O. Box 20035 Oklahoma City,- Okla. 73120 Phone: 405/848-5066 ReV. Bob Evans, Pastor

METROPOLITAN-COMMUNZTY CHURCHOF NEw YORK 415 West 115th St. '1 New York, N-.Y•. 10025 Phone. ,212/866-0265 Rev. Boward .Wel1s, Pastor METROPOLITANCClIMtIlUTY CHURCHo.F WASBDG'lOR D.C. 705 7th St~ S. E. Washington, D. C. 20003 Phone. 202/547-2773 Rev. Paul Bretal, Pastor HAWAIIAB DISTRICT COJlll'ERlllCE RE'1ERE1ID ROBALD HABSOB. DIBTP.l:C'.!' COORDIBATOR IolETROPOLI'.rAB COIMJBlTI CIlURCH OF HAWAII 1ofa1l.1D8: P. O. Box 15825

Honolulu. Hai,a11 96815 Services: 2500 PaU JIigIl1rq Honolulu. Hawai1 Phone: 808/247-2738 Rev. Ronald Hanson. Pastor ILLIBOIB-WISCONSm DIS'fRIC!! CONFERENCE. REVERERD ARTHUR GREBIl. DISTRICT COORDIBATOR GOOD SHEPHARD PARISH ME'l'ROPOLITAB CO!HJBJTI CJIUROJI Mail.1D8: P. O. Box 9134

ChicIlCO. Ill.1n108 60690 Setrvices: 331t2lforth Broa4nir Phone: 3l2/21t8-1525 Rev. Arthur Green. Paator

METROPOLITAN COMMONITY CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA; PENNSYLVANIA

METROPOLITAN OF SAN JOSE,

P. O. Box 8174 Philadelphia, Pa. 19101 Phonel 215/561-3881 Rev. Keith Davis, Pastor

Mailinga P.O. Box 24126 San Jose, Calif. 95154 Phone I 408/266-7872 Meet Atl 300 So. 10th St. Rev. Bill Chapman, Pastor

PRINCE OF PEACE PARISH METROPOLITAN CO!oMJ1fITY CEURCH 2024 West Highland Av~nue Milwaukee. Wisconsin 53233 Phone: 414/964-4733 Rev. Paul Sydlllan. Pastor NOR'I'HEIIN CALIFOR''UA DISTRICT CONnRENCE. REVEREI'iD JAMES GANDIIliE. DISTRI~ COORDINATOR FRESNO MISSIOn METROPOLITAN CCMroNITY CHURCH Mailing: 542 Bond Street Fresno. Calit. 93702 Services: 1326 "1I" street Phone: 209/264-5476 Rev. Paul 'Ian HecIte. Pas"Vor EAST BAY METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

4218 - 35th St. Oakland, Calif. 958lS Phone: 415/530-2122 Rev. Petr~ Wilson, Interim Pastor HARMOOY METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

urIONAL MISSIOlfS

COMMUNITY CHURCH CALIFORNIA

BOAIm OF HCIIE COlIJ'EREBCE

DE'l'ROIT MISSION METROPCLITAlf COMMUlflTI CHURCH P. O. Box 1917 Northland station Routht1eld. Michigan Rev. Robert C'.ulinan. Interim ?astor Phone: 313/7n-1839 PHILADELPHIA !mlSION ME'l'llCPOLITAlf CCMroBITI CHURCH P. O. Box 8174 Philadelphia. Pa. 19101 Phone: 215/561-3881 PORTLAlID MISSIONMETROPOLITAN CC»HlRITY CHURCH P. O. Box 42232 Portland. Oregon 91242 SEATTLE MISSION ME'l'ROPOLITA!l C<»OOJlfITY CJIURCU P. O. Box 1323 Seattle. Washington 98102 Meet: 128 - 16th Ave. E. Rev. Robert Sinco. Interim Pastor

Hailing, 1619 -R- Street Sacramento, Ca. 95819 Phone: 916/444-9136 Rev. Joseph Gilbert, rastor METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO

MAilingl P. O. Box 99369 Station -D: San Fraftcisco, California 94109 Servicesl Gold Mine Drive and Diamond Boulevard Phone I 415/431~6836 Rev. James -Sandmire, Pastor

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FOX & HOUNDS MOTEL

WESTSIDE MOTEL

SAN DIEGQCALIF.

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