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

​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.

2019 Convocation

Open and Affirming:
​In Challenging Times

Thank you for attending our 2019 Convocation, it was a wonderful event! Check out photos of the day here.

Rainbow Camp
​Registration Open!

Registration for the 5th Annual Rainbow Camp is now open! Camp will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019 from 9am - 7pm. See the attached flyer for more information. It's a full day of fun in community, where everyone is recognized as a whole child of God.

Anyone can attend, regardless of religious affiliation, or no affiliation at all. All ages are welcome. Rainbow Camp is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer singles, couples, and families. Straight allies welcome, too.

To register online, visit the DuBois Center website, and look under the "Retreats" menu. 
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Volunteer at Our
​PrideFest Booth!

With this being the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, there is sure to be a record turn out at this year's PrideFest! As ever, the Gateway ONA Pride booth is made possible by the wonderful help and support of our volunteers.

Signing up is easier than ever, as it is all online through Signup Genuis. It is a user friendly website, and is set up to send you a confirmation email and reminder emails a couple days before the event.

Sign Up HERE!

We need 7 regular volunteers and 1 clergy for each of the 2 hour shifts Saturday and Sunday. If you need to change/edit/delete your sign up, just go back into the site and make the change.

Please consider joining us, and spread the word to others! It's always a great time!

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.