Oasis Invite:
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Mark World AIDS Day
@ Grace Cathedral
 Wedensday, Dec. 1, 2010!2:10 P.M.The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus Presiding
For more info sign up to our
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Photo: 2008 Pride Parade Participants
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NAES Works to Protect LGBTQ Students from Bullying In Church Schools
 The Rev. Daniel R. Heischman, Executive Director of the National Association of Episcopal Schools, (NAES) reports four steps marking progress in protecting LGBTQ students who attended schools affiliated with the Episcopal Church. In a letter to Oasis California, Fr. Heischman writes: Thank you so much for your letter regarding a concern we very much share with you: the alarming rates of suicides among gay and lesbian young people and how many of those tragedies stem from peer bullying in schools. NAES and its member schools have made some important progress in this regard. Read full letter here. For more information sign up for our LGBTQ Youth Projects e-mail list on this subject.
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Oasis asks you to attend one of
these workshops this week
We need your help in bringing an important opportunity for healing and reconciliation to LGBT within our church and across the Bay Area. Please attend one of these "Healing in the Diocesan Family" workshops: - Thursday, November 18, 6 to 8 p.m. in the Church of the Epiphany, 1839 Arroyo Avenue, San Carlos
- Friday, November 19, 6 to 8 p.m. in the Church of Our Saviour, 1011 Harrison Street, Oakland
- Saturday, November 20, 9 to 11 a.m. the Church of Our Saviour, 10 Old Mill Street, Mill Valley
To stay in touch with this project please sign up for our Healing of Memories in LGBT Community e-mail list
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Oasis expands e-mail updates
|  Oasis California is offering a series of e-mail updates to help you stay informed. At http://tinyurl.com/279fxf9 you can sign up for a regular (sent at most weekly) summary of news as well as issue specific updates (sent as needed) on: - LGBTQ Youth Projects: as needed updates on youth specific issues.
- Healing of Memories in LGBT Community: as needed updates on Healing the Diocesan Family and extending this ministry to our community.
- 2011 LGBT Faith and Aging Conference: as needed updates on a 2011 conference in Oakland.
- 2011 Activism & Training Conference: as needed updates on a 2011 conference in Oakland.
- World AIDS Day: as needed updates this annual observance.
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From The Oasis News Blogs
For more news see the Oasis News Blog.
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Bishop Gene to Retire In 2013
 Many were surprised when the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson announced he will retire in 2013. But we shouldn't have been: Bishop Gene has been under content strain since his election. Watching how the Church of England's leadership (and many bishops) treated Gene at the 2010 Lambeth Conference was a lesson in how personal cruelty can be clothed in Biblical text. Here is some of the media coverage about Bishop Gene's announcement.
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International Campaign Seeks to Stop Anglican Covenant
 LONDON - An international coalition of Anglicans has been created to campaign against the proposed Anglican Covenant. Campaigners believe the proposed Covenant constitutes unwarranted interference in the internal life of the member churches of the Anglican Communion, would narrow the acceptable range of belief and practice within Anglicanism, and would prevent further development of Anglican thought.
The Coalition's website (noanglicancovenant.org) will provide resources for Anglicans around the world to learn about the potential risks of the proposed Anglican Covenant. "We believe that the majority of the clergy and laity in the Anglican Communion would not wish to endorse this document," according to the Coalition's Moderator, the Revd. Dr. Lesley Fellows, who is also the Coalition's Convenor for the Church of England. "Apart from church insiders, very few people are aware of the Covenant. We want to encourage a wider discussion and to highlight the problems the Covenant will cause."
The idea of an Anglican Covenant was first proposed in 2004 as a means to address divisions among the member churches of the Anglican Communion on matters ranging from human sexuality to the role of women. The current draft of the Covenant, which has been unilaterally designated as the "final" draft, has been referred to the member churches of the Communion. The proposed Covenant establishes mechanisms which would have the effect of forcing member churches to conform to the demands and expectations of other churches or risk exclusion from the Communion. MORE
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