Coming Out...Coming In

On April 18, 2015, I went to St. Louis with a Greenville College COR class (Beth Watkins did the inviting) to see Bishop Gene Robinson at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church.  During the event “Coming Out…Coming In”, Bishop Gene Robinson shared his story with us about him becoming the first (openly) gay Bishop and the trials that came along with it.  We asked questions, had great food, and got to meet other people at the event who wanted to bring LGBTQ inclusion within the churches.  The environment was calm, there was a wide variety of people, especially older people. The event was memorable and exciting, as I have never been to an event like that before and it was a lot of fun.  The event went as expected, plus some.  For the most part it was what I thought it would be, but it was a lot more fun and interesting than I thought it would be.  I really enjoyed it, I loved hearing Gene’s story and the hardships that he went through to make him who he is today, and what we can do to include LGBTQ people in the church and make them a part of our Christian community.  There was honestly not one thing I did not enjoy, I personally thought it was excellent overall.  I would definitely attend something like this again, and recommend other people to attend if Gene has any other events like it!