PRIDE Celebration 2019

In Episode 17 of Listening At The Fire, host Virginia Anzengruber shares excerpts from Fountain Street Church's First Annual PRIDE Celebration that was held on June 2nd. 

To watch the entire service, please visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwF9OdMlZK8

Special thanks to our A/V Coordinator Danny Heck and the entire PRIDE Celebration steering committee, all of our speakers, performers, and musicians for lending their time, talents, and stories to this beautiful celebration.

As Danny said during the service, "To the allies in the room, I have a suggestion: understand your privilege -- it informs your every move. Allyship is not an achievement. It's a lifelong endeavor towards battling oppression. And it's a growing process that takes a lifetime to cultivate. For the queers in the room: let's reclaim the life and liberty that has always rightfully been ours, and finally be free to pursue our happiness together."

 

Drag Performance of "This is Me" by Dia Elektra: https://www.instagram.com/dia.elektra/

Performance of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Amber Kilpatrick, Mark Lavengood and Dutcher Snedeker: 

https://www.facebook.com/AmberKilpatrickYoga/ 

https://www.facebook.com/marklavengoodmusic/

 

Thank you to the sponsor organizations for this event. Please follow their links below to find out how you can participate in community and be a supporting ally:

Grand Rapids Pride Center: https://www.grpride.org/

Grand Rapids Trans Foundation: https://grtransfoundation.org/

Free Mom Hugs Michigan: https://www.facebook.com/FreeMomHugsMichigan/

Arbor Circle: https://arborcircle.org/

Drag Brunch Grand Rapids: https://www.facebook.com/DragBrunchGR/

HQ Grand Rapids: https://hqgr.org/

Red Project: https://redproject.org/