Pride 2025 Around the CPC!
As Pride gatherings throughout the cities of our conference begin to be scheduled, there will be many opportunities to show up in support of our queer beloved ones. They need to know we see them and stand with them. We will try to keep an updated schedule here so that as you travel you can plan ahead. Next month we will have details about our Portland Interfaith participation. If you have more info to publish please send to: paulasohl@gmail.com
Grants Pass Pride
https://www.rogueactioncenter.org/grantspasspride
Saturday, June 21, 2025 11am-5pm
Rogue Community College Redwood Campus, Grants Pass, OR
White Salmon Valley Pride
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576272864923
Saturday, June 21, 2025 6-11pm
Mt View Grange #98, White Salmon, WA
Eugene / Springfield Pride
https://www.eugenepride.org/
Saturday, June 28, 2025 11am-7pm
Lane Events Center 796 W 13th Ave., Eugene, OR
Gorge Pride—The Dalles (and 30 Days of Gay)
https://www.facebook.com/columbiagorgepride/
Saturday, June 28, 2025 10am-3pm
Lewis and Clark Festival Park, The Dalles, OR
Lincoln City Pride
https://www.explorelincolncity.com/events/pride-fest-2025/
Saturday, June 28, 2025 12-5pm
Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln City, OR
Medford Pride
https://www.sohealthe.org/post/all-about-medford-pride-2025
Saturday, June 28, 2025 12-6pm
Rogue X 901 Rossanley Drive, Medford, OR
Beaverton Pride In The Park 2025
https://www.pridebeaverton.org
Sunday, June 29th, 2025 11am-5pm, parade at 11am
4975 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton, OR
Vancouver Saturday in the Park Pride
https://clarkcountypride.com/events
Saturday July 12, 2025 11am-6pm
Esther Short Park 301 W 8th St., Vancouver, WA
Portland Pride Waterfront Festival
https://portlandpride.org
Saturday, July 19, 2025 12-8pm, Sunday, July 20, 2025 11:30am-6pm
Visit Sacred Space hosted by area progressive churches; see invitation below*
Portland Pride Parade
https://portlandpride.org
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Blessing Ceremony at 9am Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 147 NW 19th ave. Portland, OR
Parade begins at 11AM from the North Park Blocks and ends on Naito Pkwy at the Festival. Bring your church’s Pride flags.
*We have an opportunity to march in the parade with other faith groups this year (details here next month about where to meet up as assignments aren’t made until early July) with this announcement as walkers go by:
The Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, The Lutheran Oregon Synod and the Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ advocates for the acceptance, full participation, and liberation of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. We support and embrace the LGBTQIA+ community in all our ministries and programs. We aspire to radical hospitality: this altar is open to everyone - no exceptions!
Boise Pride
https://boisepridefest.org
September 6-7, 2025
Ann Morrison Park Boise, Idaho
Ashland Pride (SOPride)
https://www.sopride.org
October 4, 2025
Lithia Park Ashland, OR
*The congregations of Bethlehem Lutheran and St. Mark’s Lutheran invite you to share in a joint ministry in service to and support of our LQBTQIA siblings here in Portland, Oregon during the Pride Festival. It is a booth called Sacred Space, and in it pastoral and lay volunteers offer a place of quiet where festival participants can receive Holy communion, share their stories, put on a temporary tattoo (and sometimes receive a hug), drink a cup of cold water, and can hear that God loves them. This year it takes place at the Portland Pride Festival at Waterfront Park July 19-20, 2025. There are two ways you can help:
Volunteer time to work a shift in the booth over the two days of the festival. (We will set a training day closer to the event). This could be done by circulating a volunteer signup to your congregation, or by approaching a particular ministry team.The goal is to have one clergy member and 1-2 lay leaders for a two-three hour shift. Those interested in volunteering can contact office@smpdx.org to schedule the training and coordinate sign ups.
Financial support to cover the cost of the booth rental and supplies. Supplies include Communion bread, wine, and juice, bottled water, temporary tattoos, sunblock and stickers. This could be in the form asking your congregation for a special offering, or making a grant request to a ministry or endowment fund. Financial donations can be sent to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, c/o St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 5415 SE Powell Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97206.
Here's the Signup Genius for volunteering at Sacred Space at Portland Pride:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4CA5AE2AABFA7-57141081-sacred
Everyone who volunteers is expected to attend one of the Saturday trainings. Each time slot has a space for a Clergy person as well as lay volunteers. We want clergy in every time slot.
For more information, please contact Jack at deaconjack@wllc.org
🌈 Explore Love is Louder Resources from the UCC Gender and Sexuality Justice Ministries
Some organizations supporting our youth that you can also support include: The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/, PFLAG https://pflag.org/find-a-chapter, Basic Rights Oregon http://www.basicrights.org/, Triple Point Youth in Vancouver https://www.facebook.com/VancouverTriplePoint/, and The Pride Foundation in Idaho https://pridefoundation.org/region/idaho/. In addition to your financial support, find out how you can volunteer as an individual or as a church with your local organization.
