A small group of folks in the Fort Collins Community of Christ congregation came together in April 2008 with a desire to see their congregation officially become a Welcoming Congregation; One that is open and affirming to all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The congregation already had a gay couple attending and they had been warmly welcomed so the newly formed WCN Group felt the time was right for study, dialogue, prayer and discernment within the larger congregation with the ultimate goal of declaring itself publicly as a Welcoming, Open and Affirming Congregation.

One of the original members of the group was on the Board of the Welcoming Community Network which assists Community of Christ congregations in this process.

Some of the activities that have been initiated on this journey to date are listed on the right. We welcome more members into our group as we move forward in our attempt to live out one of the "core values" of our denomination: "The inestimable worth of all persons". To join us contact our webmaster

1. Articles and Announcements in the congregation newsletter "The Communicator"

2. Planed a Sunday morning Worship Service around the theme of Welcome with emphasis on LGBT

3. Showing of the film "For the BIBLE tells me so" and discussion.

4. Adult Sunday School Class the summer of 2008 using the book by Bill Russell, "Homosexual Saints - The Community of Christ Experience"

5. Developed a resolution for the 2008 Rocky Mountain Mission Center Conference in response to a resolution seeking to remove links to WCN and GALA on the mission center website.
(click here to see it)

6. Feb. 2009: Introduced a suggested Welcoming Statement to the congregation in a Communicator article.