Chi Rho Press eNewsletter
Vol. 1, No. 7
15 August 1999

Welcome to our seventh eNewsletter! Thanks to all of you for your support. Oursubscription list continues to grow and 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. All other e-mail should be directed to
ChiRhoPress.com. See the end of this eNewsletter for a complete list of e-mail addresses at ChiRhoPress.com.

We are glad you're with us.

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

Contents

1. Graphic Artist Needed
2. Featured Link of the Month
3. Special Offer
4. Book of the Month
5. The Last Word

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1. Graphic Artist Needed

We need the volunteer services of a graphic artist to create some relatively
simple diagrams for a new book. Please e-mail Adam@ChiRhoPress.com or call 301/926-1208. Thanks!

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2. Featured Link of the Month

We want to offer you a Link to a wonderful web page we value each month. These links are web pages of religious organizations and individuals who serve the lesbian/gay community.

Whosoever.com is a wonderful on-line magazine for LGBT Christians, edited and published by Candace Chellew out of Atlanta.

Here is the URL: www.whosoever.org

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3. Special Offer

In honor of the UFMCC General Conference and 30th anniversary, we are offering a sale on "What a Fellowship" by Jean Gralley. MCC's first cartoon book, "What a Fellowship" is the work of an extremely talented graphic artist. Jean Gralley, formerly from Michigan, has recently settled in the Washington DC area.

"What a Fellowship" features hilarious cartoons which are also thought-provoking, packed with theology, and have an off-beat charm. Not only for MCC members, "What a Fellowship" is sure to amuse and delight people from all religious backgrounds.

Normally $8.95, "What a Fellowship" is on sale to the readers of this eNewsletter until the end of August for $7.95 each, plus shipping and handling from Chi Rho Press.

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4. Book of the Month

We are pleased to feature the first anthology Chi Rho Press published, "Called OUT -- The Voices and Gifts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trangendered Presbyterians," edited by Jane Adams Spahr, Kathryn Poethig, Selisse Berry, and Melinda McLain. Published in 1995, "Called OUT" features the stories of 40 LGBT people telling their stories of their lives in, and for some of them, out of the Presbyterian Churches.

William P. Thompson, former Stated Clerk, United Presbyterian Church (USA), said, "Presbyterians should read 'Called OUT' within the year." This is an important book, an exciting book, a heart-wrenching book, and a deeply moving book. You will read the stories of women and men who have been called by God to serve in ministry. They have had what they believe to be the glory and what some may choose to believe is the misfortune of being called out to ministry within the Presbyterian Church. They have been challenged, blocked, and denied in their pursuit of God's clear call on their lives because of their sexual orientation.

These are the words of God's Gay people in the Presbyterian Church, their anger, their despair, their hope, their dreams, and their call for justice. Celebrate with us the wildly inclusive Gospel of Jesus Christ. These stories effect more than Presbyterians and are riveting reading for all people of faith and for all LGBT people.

Here are some of the sexual minority children of God who wish to share their stories with you. They will make you weep, laugh aloud, become angry and sad with them, and be joyful.

Included in this remarkable volume are articles by all four editors (the Rev.
Jane Adams Spahr is a Lesbian evangelist and heads up That All May Freely
Serve), and other notable Presbyterians including Lisa Bove, Lawrence Reh,
Rodger Wilson, Marvin Ellison, Daniel Smith, Charlotte Sindt writing about her late son David, Doug Calderwood, Scott Anderson, Kathleen Buckley, Robert Ochoa-Schutz, Lisa Larges, Chris Glaser, James Anderson, George Link, Dick Hasbany and Craig Machado, Laurene Lafontaine, Howard Warren, Winifred Legerton, Will Smith, Jim Earhart, Georgeann Wilcoxson, Kathryn Cartledge, Walter Jay Kleine, Jr., Barbara Lynn Smith, Merrill Proudfoot, Martha Juillerat and Tammy Lindahl, Charles Collins, Lorna Shoemaker, Susan Leo, James Graves, Kathleen Morrison, Bill Silver, Bet Hannon, Diana Vezmar-Bailey, and Sandy Brawders.

"Called OUT" also includes "A Brief History of the Movement for Full Inclusion of LGBT Persons in the Presbyterian Church" and "A Brief Introduction to 'Presby-Speak,'" both by Melinda McLain, a Chronology by Jim Anderson, and a Bibliography.

"Called OUT" is 273 pages, paper back, and is available from Chi Rho Press for $15.95 plus shipping and handling. Write Orders@ChiRhoPress.com to order your copy.

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5. The Last Word

Washington area people! We are looking for a part time office assistant to help with filling orders, returning phone calls, filing, and possibly some on-line marketing. The person needs to be near Gaithersburg, Maryland, and available evenings and weekends to start. We may want to add day time hours later, but we will be very flexible about hours. Please e-mail Adam@ChiRhoPress.com or call me at 301/926-1208.

Promissory Notes at 8% interest are still available. Write Adam@ChiRhoPress.com for more information.

Well, that wraps up our seventh eNewsletter. Please continue to enjoy the
summer, despite the drought in our part of world.

Please 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 a couple of weeks.

Grace and peace,

Adam DeBaugh

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Chi Rho Press, Inc.
P.O. Box 7864
Gaithersburg, MD 20898

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