Sermons & Pastoral Resources

Read from a continually expanding number lectures and sermons on marriage (and on same-sex marriage and civil unions in particular), and check out our pastoral resources on marriage.

• Marriage Equality and the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, A Statement by the Rev. John H. Thomas, General Minister and President, June 28,2005
   
• The Bible and Same-Gender Marriage, a lecture by Mary A. Tolbert, Wisconsin's for Marriage Equality Conference, December 4, 2004
   
• Marriage Equality, a lecture by Rev. Dr. Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan, San Francisco, California, August 8, 2004
   
• Loving in Dangerous Times: The Crisis and Opportunity of Same-Sex Marriage, a lecture by Dr. Karen P. Oliveto, Sacramento, California, May 16, 2004
   
• You Are My Beloved Ones, on Whom My Favor Rests!, a sermon by Rev. Ruth Frost
   
• Sitting Up Front With Jesus, a sermon by Rev. Susan Russell
   
• Holy Book, Holy Vows, a sermon by Rev. Johanna Nichols
   
• On Saving Marriage, a sermon by Rev. Rich L. Smith
   
• Gay Marriage: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, a sermon by Rev. Chris Schriner
   
• Signs of Love, Prophets of Hope: A Homily for the Celebration of a Same-Sex Union in a Liturgy of Holy Communion, by Rev. Jay Emerson Johnson
   
• Keeping the Faith, a sermon by Mary A. Tolbert
   
• Jesus Interprets the Scriptures, a sermon by Rev. L. William Countryman
   
• Why Gay Marriage Matters, a sermon by Rev. Fred Small

Pastoral Resources

• Resolution passed by the National Convention of the United Church of Christ (UCC)
  July, 2005
   
• A Blessing for the Marriages for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Couples Following their Marriages at City Hall,
  from St. Francis Lutheran Church, San Francisco, California [PDF format]
   
• Pastoral Thoughts on Holy Unions, from Methodist Pastor Greg Dells, September 13, 2000
   
• Policy Regarding Legal Weddings and Holy Unions, from the Broadway Methodist Church, Chicago, Illinois
   
• Claiming the Blessing, A theology statement published in anticipation of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church (Summer 2003)
   
• Liturgy Planning Report, from The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Berkeley, California
   
• The Wedding Ceremony of Anita Cadonau and Dana Huseby, Saturday, April 6, 2002