Chi Rho Press eNewsletter
Vol. 1, No. 3
4 June 1999

Well, we have made it to our third eNewsletter! Thanks to all of you for your support. Our subscription list continues to grow and is now over 850 names. We encourage you to send this eNewsletter on to your e-mail lists. To join our list send an e-mail message to JoinCRP@GaySpirituality.com or to leave the list e-mail to LeaveCRP@GaySpirituality.com.

We are glad you're with us.

R. Adam DeBaugh
Director, Chi Rho Press, Inc.

Contents

1. Book Signing at Giovanni's Room
2. Readers' Comments
3. Special Offer
4. Book of the Month
5. Promissory Notes
6. The Last Word

1. Book Signing at Giovanni's Room, Philadelphia

Our Philadelphia-area friends (and anyone else who wants to make the trip) are invited to a book party at Giovanni's Room bookstore, 12th and Pine Streets, Philadelphia, on Saturday, June 5 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. "From Wounded Hearts:  Faith Stories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People and Those Who Love Them," is the featured book. Roberta Showalter Kreider of Sellersville, PA, who compiled and edited "From Wounded Hearts," will be there along with at least seven of the 49 authors of chapters in this anthology, and publisher Adam DeBaugh.

"From Wounded Hearts" is a wonderful anthology of 49 LGBT people and their family members telling their faith stories. The writers come from a wide variety of religious backgrounds including a lesbian rabbi, and many are from the Anabaptist churches (Mennonites and Brethren). "From Wounded Hearts" is a virtual "speakers' bureau in print," with rich and wonderful stories that will be sure to inspire and move you.

Copies may be purchased at the day of the signing at Giovanni's Room, or directly from Chi Rho Press for $19.95 each, $14.95 for six or more copies, plus S&H.

See you in Philadelphia!

2. Readers' Comments.

From Lawrence A. Reh, First Light Ministries, Alameda, CA, USA --

"Just wanted to thank you for the 'Last Word' in #2 which introduced some of the people who make Chi Rho Press a reality. It's very nice to have a sense of identity and a little background on the people who are doing such important work, and obviously as a labor of love for the most part. I wish I could be part of such an enterprise. . . .Chi Rho Press is vital!"

Lawrence Reh is a long-time Presbyterian activist and a leading light in the
More Light Church movement. Thank you, Lawrence, for your very kind words. And I think you ARE an important part of Chi Rho Press -- all of our readers and
supporters are! 

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From the Rev. Arlene Ackerman, District Coordinator, UFMCC Mid-Atlantic District
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"Greetings, Great eNewsletter, a welcome addition."

Thanks, boss! (Chi Rho Press is a Special Work of the Mid-Atlantic District and we are proud to have Arlene as our District Coordinator.)

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From Dottie Wine, Lomita, California --

"Thanks for sending the eNewsletter. A fascinating idea! I'm glad you're doing it. I have forwarded it on to the local PFLAG chapter in my area and invited them to send it to other PFLAG chapters and individuals. I plan to send it to the clergy and a few other key individuals in my progressive UCC church. It can certainly be another avenue of resource material that will be welcome in those circles. Thanks again! One more benefit of 'belonging' to BMC Link!"

Dottie is part of the Brethren/Mennonite Council for Lesbian/Gay Concerns E-Mail Link and is active in PFLAG and BMC. Thanks for your welcome words of encouragement and for your active support, Dottie!

Thank you all for your feedback!

3. Special Offer

"The 1999 Liturgical Calendar" is on sale! With the church year half over, the "1999 Liturgical Calendar" is now on sale for $2.95 each, plus shipping and handling (S&H).

For the past five years, we have published a Liturgical Calendar compiled by the Rev. Joseph H. Gilbert. Liturgical Calendars are not lectionaries, but rather a calendar of the church year that lists scripture readings and liturgical colors for each Sunday and holy day. Also included are selected Saints' Days and other Christian holidays, as well as certain secular holidays. For each Sunday Gospel reading, there is a brief synopsis of the reading.

"The Liturgical Calendar" follows the scripture readings prescribed by the
Consultation on Common Texts. This is Year A in the three year rotation.

"1999 Liturgical Calendar, Year A," regularly $4.75 each, now $2.95 each plus shipping and handling.

[Editor's Note: since we are endeavoring to come out twice a month, we are going to run both our Special Offers and our Book of the Month sections two issues in a row -- for an entire month. We will be alternating them so there will be a new book either highlighted (the Book of the Month) or on sale (the Special Offer) each issue of the Chi Rho Press eNewsletter.]

4. Book of the Month

"Come Home! Reclaiming Spirituality and Community as Gay Men and Lesbians," (Second Edition) by popular Gay Christian writer Chris Glaser.

Chris first published this book in 1990 with HarperCollins and we are pleased to offer this completely new edition. It has five brand new chapters added to the original 20, and a new preface. "Come Home!" is perhaps Chris Glaser's best book and Chi Rho Press is very proud to publish it.

The five sections of "Come Home!" (each with five chapters) are entitled,
"Welcoming God's Acceptance," "Receiving Our Inheritance," "Discerning Our Call," "Making Our Witness," and "Declaring Our Vision."

Of "Come Home" The Right Reverend John Shelby Spong, Episcopal Bishop of Newark, said "Powerful, sensitive, and provocative. . . . Glaser stands inside his own humanity as a gay male and hears the word of God through the Bible.  Christians, gay and straight, need this book if we are to be the body of Christ."

The Rev. Carter Heyward called "Come Home," "an enthusiastic compelling
testimony to the power of faith in the lives of many gay and lesbian Christians."

Virginia Ramey Mollenkott said, "If courage, honesty, and insight are   beautiful, then this is one beautiful book. . . . I rejoice that in this book   all the gay men and lesbian women who have been robbed of their spirituality   are issued an urgent invitation: Come home!"

"Come Home!" by Chris Glaser offers a vision of faith, hope, and affirmation inviting gay men and lesbians to come home to their spirituality through Christian faith and community. Order your copy today!

"Come Home!" costs $19.95, $14.95 each for 6 or more copies, plus S & H

5. Promissory Notes Still Available.

We still have some Promissory Notes still available. The Chi Rho Press Board of Directors is issuing $1,000 Promissory Notes at 8% simple interest. The term of these notes is two years and they will be repaid in quarterly installments of about $140 each quarter.

e-mail Adam DeBaugh at ChiRhoPrss@aol.com for the text of the Note. Upon receipt of your check for $1,000, we'll send you the signed Promissory Note and payment schedule. Please include your mailing address (snail mail) and telephone number. Send checks for the Promissory Note to Chi Rho Press, Inc., P.O. Box 7864, Gaithersburg, MD 20898.

6. The Last Word

I apologize for the delay in getting this out to you. We hope to publish the
Chi Rho Press eNewsletter on the 1st and 15th of each month.

This edition is delayed because on Thursday, May 27, I flew down to Tampa, Florida, and helped my best friend drive to back to Maryland in a rented truck, towing his car, with all his worldly goods! My friend Caeb will be starting law school in the autumn.

We took our time, stopped on St. Helena Island, SC, for the beautiful wedding of two Gay men whom Caeb knows from his work as an LGBT activist. We spent a day there, sailed, watched dolphins, ate wonderful low country food, and I got sunburned on the beach. Then we drove back to the DC on Memorial Day, safe and sound.

Thanks for your patience!

Well, that wraps up our third eNewsletter. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We hope our publications will be of use to you in your life and
ministry.

We will talk with you again in about two weeks.

Grace and peace,

Adam DeBaugh

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