Community Compass
Community Compass is a service of OITM. GLBT organizations from around the state are invited to provide brief — 200 words or less — descriptions of recent or upcoming activities and events. Send your submissions to us by email by the 15th of the month.
Samara Says Thanks with Song
Samara Foundation Thank You! Celebration is taking place this Friday September 12, 2003 at the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier from 6:00 - 8:30pm. Join Samara supporters for hors d’oeuvres to celebrate Samara's 2003 Scholarship and Grant recipients and the many people who make it all possible. This year’s celebration will feature Francois Clemmons singing American Negro Spirituals in a special House Chamber performance. Please RSVP by September 8 to ted@samarafoundation.org or 802.860.6236.
MCC Worship Begins Next Month
Metropolitan Community Church worship services begin at 2 PM Sunday, 5 October 2003 at R.U.1.2? Center in Burlington.
The Metropolitan Community Church is a denomination with a special ministry with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community where everyone is welcome. MCC began in a living room in Los Angeles on 5 October 1968, 35 years ago. Help us celebrate by attending worship with us on this anniversary.
The MCC group has conducted community forums in Vermont to discern the location for a congregation. We have found that there are sufficient numbers of LGBT community members in Greater Burlington to begin services.
At first services will be held every other Sunday at R.U.1.2? Center. As attendance is determined, the congregation will move to larger quarters and services will be held each Sunday. Sunday afternoon has been chosen because of its appropriateness for winter time driving.
Dates of MCC Services for the remainder of 2003 are as follows: 5 & 19 October, 2, 16 & 30 November, 14, 28 December. Please join us for worship this fall.
For information call 802-728-7071 or mccvt@innevi.com.
UVM Queer Alumni Picnic
UVM’s 2nd Annual LGBTQA Welcome Back Picnic: Alumni, faculty and staff members and students all turn out for an afternoon of great food, fun, and conversation. Join us on Saturday, September 13th, from 12 - 4 pm at Allen House, 461 Main St. on the corner of Main and S. Prospect. Plenty of parking available. Free.