Fall Speaker Series
Since 2022 Burlington Lutheran has been hosting a Fall Speaker Series. Speakers typically come from within an easy drive of Burlington, and offer their wisdom and personal experience. Topics are important to the church and wider community, and address issues that affect those on the margins. If you have an idea for a series topic, please contact us; we'd love to collaborate!
2024: "Generations Skagit: Unburying our Histories"
Thanks to a grant, BLC and Underground Ministries are teaming up for this year's speaker series. Details are still emerging, but we anticipate Skagit-County-centric history-telling (and its effects), from a variety of ethnic perspectives. Save the dates: Nov. 7, 14, 21
2023: "Understanding Gender"
With the snowballing anti-trans legislation, the 2023 speaker series was a no-brainer: what is (and isn't) gender about, and how can we support gender rights and the well-being of those who are non-gender conforming? Co-hosted by PFLAG Skagit, we had two speakers, two panels, and the timing dovetailed with BLC hosting Transgender Day of Remembrance, and a showing of the Every Body movie at the Lincoln Theater.
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2022: "Faithfully Queer (and Allied)"
With the hire of BLC's first openly LGBTQ+ pastor, it made sense to host this important series. Starting with an insightful conversation about the nature of Scripture and what it says (or doesn't say) about queerness, we also had the privilege of local leaders and nationally-acclaimed Jennifer Knapp. This success of this series laid the foundation for future speaker endeavors.
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