Sacred Worth

In anticipation of NC Pride 2013, Professor Amy Laura Hall speaks about the theological significance of Pride both as an event and a means of Christian participation.

Author Keith Wedmore, of the Religious Society of Friends, discusses his participation in a the production and publication of Towards a Quaker View of Sex in 1963. TQVOS was and remains a highly influential and controversial affirmation of same-sex relationships, quite possibly the first of its kind for an organized faith group.

Author and director of the Gay Christian Network, Justin Lee speaks March 2, 2013, on lovingly navigating controversy in the Church as part of Sacred Worth's "Exploring Pastoral Cares & Concerns of LGBTQ Parishioners & Their Families" event at Duke Divinity School.

Rev. Laurie Coffman speaks on how to be an ally in the Church as part of Sacred Worth's "Exploring Pastoral Cares and Concerns of LGBTQ Parishioners and Their Families" event at Duke Divinity School on March 2, 2013.

Hear the ordination story of Katie Ricks the first lesbian teaching elder in PC(USA). This event took place on March 14, 2012 and was sponsored by the student group Sacred Worth at Duke Divinity School.

Divinity School alumnus Jimmy Creech, a former United Methodist Church minister and author of "Adam's Gift," gave a talk on "When Honoring Your Call Calls You Into Conflict." Sacred Worth, a Divinity School student group, and DukeOUT sponsored the Nov. 15, 2011 event.