Always God's Children is a work of Nashville area Catholics that provides an emotionally safe place for LGBTQIA+ people and those that love them.
“See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.”
- 1 John 3:1
Our Purpose
We provide an emotionally safe place for LGBTQIA+ people and those that love them to: pray, be authentic, share experiences, and find kinship. We are not about changing people or changing doctrine. Respecting how each person integrates their gender and sexuality with experience, scripture and their traditions maintains our solidarity.
Our Name
Our name, Always God's Children, is inspired by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops pastoral message, "Always Our Children,” considered one of the more compassionate statements from the Catholic Church with regard to LGBTQIA+ people and their families. We affirm that all are "Always God's Children.”
A Generous Space
If your sexuality or gender identity has made you unsure of your relationship with God, we are here for you. If experiences with the Church have fallen short of the “respect, compassion, and sensitivity” called for in the Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC 2358], we are here for you. We are not about changing people or changing doctrine. Respecting how each person integrates their gender and sexuality with scripture and tradition maintains our solidarity. We lean in, as Pope Francis encouraged LGBTQIA+ Catholic pastoral ministries, with “closeness, compassion, and tenderness,” opening our hearts and arms in the “style of God.” We follow the model of Jesus himself, who with love and compassion, took delight in those left out by the societal norms of their time. We are always God’s children.
Resources
Support for parish ministry, prayer and more.
Making LGBTQ+ Parish Ministries Work
Greg Walton
A 3 part series by AGC member, Greg Walton, "Making LGBTQ Parish Ministries Work," based on his 2022 workshop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at its annual Religious Education Congress. This workshop features the experiences of other Catholic LGBTQ Ministry leaders and what Greg has learned accompanying his LGBTQ+ children and young people displaced by religious families who rejected them.
Rainbow Prayer Books
Steve Wolf - IDJC Press
The Liturgy of the Hours is the primary inspiration for these prayer books. Four books here (RAINBOW PSALMS in 30 Days, the abridged RAINBOW PRAYER, DAWN & DUSK RAINBOW for ORDINARY TIME, and DAWN & DUSK RAINBOW PRAYER) were compiled especially with Catholics who are LGBTQ+ in mind.
Outreach.faith
Outreach is an LGBTQ Catholic resource. It offers news, essays, resources and community for LGBTQ Catholics and those who minister with them in the Catholic Church worldwide. Outreach also highlights welcoming parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations.
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JesusGlue Ministries
Always God’s Children is supported by JesusGlue Ministries which fosters encounters with the love of Christ through prayer, belonging, word, and song.
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