St. Louis Area Open & Affirming Congregations of the United Church of Christ

Bulrush:
No Agenda Social Night

Join us Thursday July 18, 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Bulrush, for fun night with great food and drinks!

Please see our Facebook event for more details, and RSVP there.

Pride Night
 at Busch Stadium

Pride Night at Busch Stadium is Friday, July 26, 7:15 p.m.

Pride St. Louis and the St. Louis Cardinals are partnering to present the 3rd Annual Pride Night at Busch Stadium. Join LGBT friends, family, and allies to watch the Cardinals take on the Houston Astros. The evening will include a special performance of God Bless America by the Gateway Men's Chorus! A portion of each ticket sold will be donated to the Wash U chapter of Athlete Ally, which educates athletes at all levels, changes sport policy, and advocates for LGBTQ rights.

Gateway ONA will be getting lower left field seats in Section 171 which is where we were last year. Cost is $50.00 per ticket.

PLEASE, RSVP as soon as possible if you would like to attend. Please respond by email to Lorin at: buckeyeohio@hotmail.com. Thank you!

​Rainbow Comma T-Shirts

Gateway ONA now offers year-round online t-shirt sales! We have a RedBubble account where you can order the classic rainbow comma logo, or the UCC's new "3 Great Loves" rainbow comma logo. Standard shipping is 5-9 days, the products are delivered straight to your home, and we have all sorts of shirt styles as well as mugs and other items!

Classic Rainbow Comma

"3 Great Loves" Rainbow Comma

We are selling the shirts at cost, so Gateway ONA makes no profit on them. You pay only for your shirt and its shipping cost.

Due to limitations in Redbubble's interface, some of the shirt styles allow you to select white or grey background colors. We ask that you choose a "rainbow" color as the background color of your shirt. This is both so that the white writing on the shirt is readable, and so that we look colorful in the PrideFest parade.

Thank you, and please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank You
​To Our
PrideFest Volunteers!
To everyone who volunteered at our Pride booth or in the parade this year, thank you so much! We received 1,540 guests at the booth, and reached countless more in the parade. Thanks for braving the heat to be there with us for a great Pride weekend!

Out, Loud, Proud, and Blessed: A Dinner Benefiting Open And Affirming Churches

This is a fundraising event to support the work of the Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ in the national setting of the Church. Dinner and Trivia will be held in Schroer Commons on the campus of Eden Theological Seminary.

More details to come! Visit the Facebook event for the latest info.

Please RSVP to Lorin Cope at buckeyeohio@hotmail.com if you are planning to attend.

Eden Theological Seminary
475 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves, Missouri 63116

Dinner: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Trivia starting at 6:30 p.m.

Cost is $20.00 per person and includes Trivia!

Gateway ONA Resource line
​(314) 690 - 1435

WE  ARE  UCC

The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a distinct and diverse community of Christians that come together as one church to join faith and action. We believe in a God that is still speaking, a God that is all-loving and inclusive.  We are a church that welcomes and accepts everyone as they are, where your mind is nourished as much as your soul.  Our faith is over 2,000 years old...our thinking is NOT.

WE  ARE  OPEN  &  AFFIRMING

To say that a UCC church is “Open and Affirming” means that it has publicly and specifically declared that those of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions (LGBTQ) are welcome in its full life and ministry. ONA congregations offer a spirit of hospitality and show a willingness to live out that extravagant welcome in meaningful ways.

WE  ARE  GATEWAY

Gateway ONA is a coalition of LGBTQ Open & Affirming congregations of the United Church of Christ (UCC) in the St. Louis area.  We provide support to our member churches, run a resource hotline, host annual events to educate on LGBT issues and have a presence at PRIDE.