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Coming Home to Yourself Series: October 7, 14, 21, 2025
Coming Home to Yourself: A Series on Storytelling, Theology, & Identity Calendar info: October 7, 14, 21, 2025 | 7 PM – 8:30 PM | Palmer/Tucker Rooms
Description: What does it mean to come home to yourself? What does Scripture say about knowing ourselves? Whose stories do we listen to, whose do we ignore, and whose are we called to get to know better? Coming Home to Yourself: A Series on Storytelling, Theology, & Identity explores these questions and more. Inspired by the work of the Southern New England Conference’s Becoming a Trans-Affirming Church Affinity Group, Coming Home to Yourself invites speakers from SpeakOUT Boston and First Congregational Church to vulnerably share their stories–and allow you to ask all the questions you didn’t know you wanted to ask. Listen to the stories of LGBTQIA+ folks, people of faith, and allies. Learn about sharing your life and spiritual stories authentically. Workshop your ideas with peers in a brave space. No registration needed. All are welcome. Financially sponsored by FCCW’s Justice Ministry. For more information, contact Rev. Maeve Hammond or Kaye Nash.
Session #1 (October 7): SpeakOUT Boston / Modeling Authentic Storytelling
Learn from the storytellers of SpeakOUT Boston as they model how to authentically tell your story and share the complexity of identity–gender, sexuality, and more.
Session #2 (October 14): Rev. Maeve Hammond / God, Gender, & Sharing Your Spiritual Autobiography
What does Scripture say about gender? Why do we gender God? Who started that, anyways? Where do we see examples of people telling their stories in the Bible? What is a spiritual autobiography? With all of this in mind, what is Maeve’s story, as a queer Christian?
Session #3 (October 21): Kaye Nash / Journey to Becoming an Ally
When Kaye was faced with a difficult decision – to stick with the status quo or to step out – what did she do? How did one decision to choose Love lead her to a life of activism and allyship? How can you do the same?
