Welcome to the 2021 Citywide Pride Service!

Join us for the 3rd Annual Citywide Pride service!

Guest Speaker: Rev. June Joplin
Premiering: Sunday, September 5, 10am MDT

This year's service: Coming Out Together, In Faith, is presented by Affirming Connections and Calgary's Network of Affirming Faith Communities. Affirming This interfaith LGBTQ2S+ service is brought to you by over 30 Affirming faith communities and dozens of individuals. We are honoured to share diverse offerings of songs, scriptures, sacred texts, prayers, and reflections.

Our fantastic guest speaker is Rev. June Joplin!

Junia “June” Joplin began serving in church ministry over twenty years ago, at nineteen years old. She has served congregations in the U.S. and Canada, currently serves as Associate Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto. She holds degrees from Appalachian State University and the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. June made international headlines last summer when she came out as a trans woman and was subsequently fired by her Baptist congregation in Mississauga. Acclaimed as an inspiring preacher, June was recently recognized as one of Canada's top 25 Women of Influence for 2021.

We’re very glad you’ve chosen to join us for this service, as we affirm that you are loved as you are! We fully affirm that all LGBTQ2SIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit, Intersex, Asexual) people are accepted and wanted as they are, and that we are created to flourish in the fullness of who we are.


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Thanks to all of the ministries and leaders in the Calgary area who contributed to this service:

St. Andrews United Church and Deer Park United Church
Knox Presbyterian Church
Lutheran Church of the Cross
McDougall United Church
Robert McClure United Church
Lakeview United Church
Woodcliff United Church
YYC & Lutheran Campus Ministries
Christ Church Anglican
St David's United Church
St. Laurence Anglican Church
St. Thomas United Church
Calgary Inter-Mennonite Church
Calgary Queer Church
Affirming Connections
Northminster United Church
Temple B’nai Tikvah
Calgary Unitarians
Ralph Connor Memorial United
Rundle United Church
Scarboro United Church
Hillhurst United Church
Chinook Winds Region Indigenous Ministries
Temple Beth Tzedec
Red Deer Lake United Church
Okotoks United Church
Calgary Unity Mosque
Wild Rose United Church
Symons Valley United Church
Knox United Church
St. Stephen’s Anglican Church