page 5 . February 1986 . Out in the Mountains

  Holiday service celebrates

our lives

One hundred and twenty lesbians, gay
men and our supporters gathered for an
ecumenical holiday service on December
14th. The service was sponsored by the
Vermont Interfaith Coalition for Lesbian
and Gay Concerns and was held at the
First Unitarian Universalist Society in

Burlington.

Conference Planned

The service included musical selections
and humorous readings from Armistead
Maupin’s "Tales of the City" and Rita
Mae Brown’s "Rubyfruit Jungle." A short
talk by the host minister, Robert Senghas,
was followed by reflections on "the basic
goodness of lesbians and gay men" from a

Sisterhood
is Global

A Burlington celebration of
International Women's Day is being
planned for Saturday, March 8th.
Workshops and events will explore the
theme "Sisterhood is Global."

The event is being sponsored by
Kwanzaa, the Women's Organization and
Referral Center (WORC), the Women's
International League for Peace and

 

Freedom (WILPF), the Burlington Women's
Council, and the Vermont Women’s Health
Center. Any interested woman is invited

to become involved in planning the
celebration. For more information, contact
Gwen Shervington at 863-1388 (days) or
Kwanzaa, PO Box 583, Burlington, VT
05402

Attention
Skiers

The Chiltern Mountain Club, a Boston
lesbian/gay sports and social club, has
scheduled a weekend of cross country and
downhill skiing in Stowe, Vermont for
February 22-23. Interested Vermonters are
invited to join them.

For more information, contact:

Josh Camblos (617) 232-6577 (h) or

726-8653 (w) or

Rob (617) 647-5210 (h) or 272-7342

(W)

member of the Burlington women's
community.

The lighting of the Hanukkah
Menorah at the service symbolized the
continuing struggle for our rights as an
oppressed people, and as a reminder of
the lessons and hope we draw from other
groups who have had similar struggles"
said Terje Anderson, a Jewish member of
the Interfaith Coalition.

The service ended with a period of
meditation and the lighting of individual
candles from the Menorah lights.

A member of the group explained that
"we tried to make this service all
inclusive and non-sexist in an attempt to
overcome the patriarchal structure of
most organized religion."

The Interfaith Coalition is a group
working for religious and civil rights for
lesbians and gay men. A program is
currently being developed to provide
inservice to other churches in Vermont to
help combat religious homophobia. An
ecumenical service is being planned for
the Lesbian/Gay Pride Celebration in
June. Watch this paper for announcements
of other upcoming events.

For further information about the
Interfaith Coalition, contact Philip
Roberts at 879-1867 (7-C Blair Road,
Essex Junction, 05452)

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