News Clippings

Listed below are articles regarding the Shower of Stoles Project. Each article will open in a new window.

2011

• Returning a stole to its rightful place

2010

• First Presbyterian church spotlights the plight of gay people of faith
  Yellow Springs News (OH) - September 9, 2010

2009

• Wrapped in inclusive faith
  Denver Post - April 12, 2009
• Shower of Stoles touches souls
  Summit Daily News (CO) - March 25, 2009

2007

• Sheathed in stories
  South Bend Tribune (IN) - September 20, 2007
• Gays, Lesbians Form Ecumenical Alliances
  United Methodist Reporter, August 24, 2007

2006

• Every stole tells a story
  Topeka Capital Journal (KS) - Oct 14, 2006
• Journeys of faith and sexuality
  Project relates gay clergy's struggle for acceptance
  Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) - Jul 11, 2006
• Penn State Pride Week to urge LGBTA unity
  University Wire (University Park, PA) - Apr 3, 2006
• Pilgrim Congregational Church displays "Shower of Stoles Project"
  Duluth News Tribune - Feb 23, 2006
• Decade of reconciliation celebrated at church
  The Times Union (Albany, New York) - Feb 18, 2006
• News of Note
  Duluth News-Tribune (MN) - January 21, 2006

2005

• Stoles provide open forum
  Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Christians express themselves
  Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Apr 10, 2005
• Shower of Stoles to visit Decatur
  Traveling exhibit shows support for gay, lesbian clergy
  Herald & Review (IL) - Apr 2, 2005

2004

• Welcoming Service models inclusive church
  Worldwide Faith News - Jun 27, 2004
• Keeping a queer eye on the church
  Worldwide Faith News - June 26, 2004
• Welcoming conference
  Kansas City Star (MO)- May 15, 2004
• Religious Events
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Mar 6, 2004
• Toward Health
  St. Paul Pioneer Press - Feb 14, 2004

2003

• Monument to gay clergy is on display
  The Tennessean - Dec 5, 2003
• Remembering gays barred from the clergy
  The Record (Bergen County, NJ) - Nov 17, 2003
• Shower of Stoles
  Dallas Morning News (TX) - Oct 25, 2003
• Clerical stoles represent support
  Project affirms sexual orientation
  Lexington Herald Leader (KY) - Oct 10, 2003
• Luncheon launches gay seminarians network
  Worldwide Faith News - May 30, 2003
• Panelists dismiss sex 'change' therapy
  Worldwide Faith News - May 28, 2003
• Texas pastor is speaker, honoree at gay-lesbian dinner
  Worldwide Faith News - May 24, 2003

2002

• Hawaii prepares to observe World AIDS Day
  Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Nov 30, 2002
• Stoles pay quiet tribute to gay clergy
  St. Petersburg Times - Oct 27, 2002
• Danville church hosts welcoming service
  Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - Jun 16, 2002

2001

• Church's new pastor oversees youthful resurgence
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - Aug 4, 2001
• Salvation, homosexuality rock Presbyterian confab
  Pastor says, 'This is the end of the church as we know it'
  WorldNetDaily - Jul 1, 2001
• Presbyterian vote favors gays in clergy
  Assembly backs overturning ban
  Lexington Herald Leader (KY) - Jun 16, 2001
• Press conference offers reactions from two sides to ordination
  Worldwide Faith News - June 15, 2001
• The "three sisters" - working for justice in a more inclusive Church
  Worldwide Faith News - Jun 10, 2001
• Community Events
  Spokane Spokesman-Review - Feb 24, 2001
• Shower of Stoles Project
  Rocky Mountain News - February 16, 2001

2000

• Church's exhibit challenges basic views of acceptance
  'Shower of Stoles' is from pastors who were barred because of sexual orientation
  Kansas City Star, The (MO) - October 14, 2000
• A cry from those shoved out
  Kansas City Star, The (MO) - Oct 6, 2000
• 81 demonstrators arrested
  Worldwide Faith News - June 25, 2000
• Stoles share life stories of gay clergy's faith
  Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - Jun 11, 2000
• Will Steinberg's church withdrew his membership because his public support of gay rights conflicts with the congregation's doctrines.
  But Steinberg didn't want to leave.
  Dallas Morning News (TX) - May 16, 2000
• United Methodists to vote today on gays
  Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - May 11, 2000
• Conflict of faith
  Will Steinberg's church withdrew his membership because his public support of homosexual rights conflicts with the congregation's doctrines. But Steinberg didn't want to leave.
  St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) - Apr 29, 2000

1999

• Presbyterian assembly stresses diversity, unity
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Jun 20, 1999

1998

• Creech calls women he blessed 'truly courageous'
  Worldwide Faith News - June 29, 1998
• PLGC Celebrate Years of Leadership
  Worldwide Faith News - June 15, 1998

1997

• Stolen Identities
  'The Shower of Stoles' is a project that gives voice to gay and lesbian ministers who have been denied ordination, been forced to leave the church or serve in silence. The nearly 400 stoles, collected by formern Presbyterian minister Martha Jilllerat, is displayed around the country to promote discussion of the ban on gay and lesbian clergy.
  St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) - July 12, 1997
• Stoles Witness to Role of Gays and Lesbians
  Worldwide Faith News - June 15, 1997

1996

• Solemn stoles - upbeat gathering
  Worldwide Faith News - June 30, 1996