AllianceQ

Let the gaymes begin — Pride Month Matching Gift Council Competition

Let the gaymes begin -- Pride Month Matching Gift Council Competition

Beginning Wednesday, June 23, several AllianceQ council members will launch personal fundraisers on their Facebook pages.

A DONOR WILL MATCH THE TOTAL RAISED from the council member with the highest giving to their FB fundraiser. Fundraisers must end July 7. The total raised between June 23 – July 7 is eligible for the matching gift in this friendly fundraising competition.

Join in the gaymes

Donate to a council member’s personal fundraiser for AllianceQ.

Go big and create a personal fundraiser on your own FB page. Use this link to begin creating your own fundraiser for AllianceQ:  https://www.facebook.com/fund/AllianceQ/

  • Feel free to use our video trailer
  • Connect to Pride, share what Pride month means to you
  • Tell people about AllianceQ and why you care about this ministry

Why fundraising matters

Individual donations provide the largest part of our funding. You make this holy ministry happen.

“People have been hurt; people are burnt-out on church. People [like me] are not really sure if they have a place at the table. People are not really sure if they are loved by God. As Disciples, as a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world, we are called to extend welcome and offer belonging to others.” Alysha Laperche (they/them) Vice Moderator, AllianceQ Council

“We are the body of Christ. We are the instruments of God’s love and justice. When people look into our faces, they see God smiling back at them. When we embrace another, they feel engulfed in the love of Christ. When the collective body moves together, lives are transformed, and the world is changed for the better. Every body is valuable. Every body is needed. I thank you for partnering with us in this sacred work. May God bless and strengthen you for the days ahead.” Rev. Luther Young (he/him) Moderator, AllianceQ Council

The Mission of the Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance – AllianceQ is to join in God’s work of transforming the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) into a just and inclusive church that welcomes persons of all gender expressions and sexual identities into the full life and leadership of the church. AllianceQ is setting a place at the table for all, so all can flourish. AllianceQ focuses its work on the following: Open & Affirming Ministry, Intersectional Justice, Education, Worship, and Pastoral Care.

It was at the 1977 General Assembly in Kansas City that the late Carol Blakely of Caldwell, Idaho, a Disciple mother of a gay son, broke silence and called all Disciples to name the reality that LGBTQ+ and affirming persons are our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, [siblings], parents, congregants, pastors and staff. General resolutions GA-1327 and GA-1929 called the church to widen the welcome. We have the challenge and opportunity to live into this call today.

Your support of AllianceQ will equip us to engage more directly and deeply with congregations and clergy with expanded resources and capacity for meaningful connection so churches and queer clergy can live fully into their respective calls for ministry. Join us in widening the welcome.

Will you donate to help the Alliance share God’s limitless love? 

Please partner with us — we seek your financial gifts and prayer.

Let the Pride Month fundraising gaymes begin…