St. Mark’s Rainbow Alliance
(LGBTQ+)Our Mission & Vision
Our Rainbow Alliance
The St. Mark’s Rainbow Alliance has been a catalyst for progressive social change as well as a space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning or non-binary to connect, organize and find community. As part of the United Methodist Reconciling Ministries Network, St. Mark’s is active in welcoming and challenging the LGBTQ+ community to seek God, share their spiritual journey with others, grow in faith and celebrate the gifts that are the sexual orientation and gender identity that God bestows on each individual.
Serving as an entry point into St. Mark’s, this ministry group seeks to integrate the LGBTQ community into the various programs and activities that are at the heart of the life and ministry of St. Mark’s church.
The activities and ministries of this group include:
Holiday Celebrations: Christmas, Easter and other festive occasions
Summer Brunch Series Support: meal preparation and food service on select Sundays during the summer months to encourage and celebrate church-wide interaction
Sacramento Pride Support: a coordinated parade contingent and a booth exhibitor in the festival that follows
HIV/AIDS Run/Walk Support: coordination of a parade contingent to promote faith and healing
St. Mark’s Rainbow Alliance sponsors fundraisers for the Sacramento LGBTQ+ Community Center regularly.
Sacramento Pride
LGBTQ+ and straight alliance members from St. Mark’s participate in Sacramento’s annual Pride celebration, both at the parade and festival. Church leaders and church attendees are committed to demonstrate to the LGBTQ+ and Sacramento communities that St. Mark’s is an open and welcoming Christian community for ALL people.
St. Mark’s participates in the annual Sacramento Pride Festival & Parade to demonstrate there are Christians who love and accept the LGBTQ+ community as they are and welcome them into God’s family with arms open wide.
For more information on Sacramento Pride events, go to sacramentopride.org. If you wish more information on the St. Mark’s Reconciling Ministries, contact the Church Office.
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Pastor Alan became the Pastor at St. Mark’s in July of 2011. Previously he served in pastoral capacities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sierra Leone (West Africa) and London with cross-cultural and cross-racial appointments.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Robert Rouch studied Organ Performance at Ball State University under Kirby Koriath and Raul Prieto Rameriz.
Pam serves as the Faith Community Nurse at St. Mark’s. She is committed to the physiological and spiritual well-being of the extended St. Mark’s community. The services that she provides are made possible through procurement of grant funding secured by the United Methodist Women. Pam joined St. Mark’s in October of 2010.