from Gathering participants...
"I am honored to be among this group of women! And I can think of no more urgent work than confronting issues of racial justice and border-crossing in queer communities. Thank you for making this a priority. What a great joy to be in this fabulous feminist intergenerational space.”
“Grateful for singing, laughing, praying, tears, stories, pain, joy, sisterhood, and finding my tribe.”
“It was a blessing!!”
“I’m thankful to be with a group of women who share their truths even if their voices tremble.”
“CLOUT offers and creates a place for integration where the complex identities of race, gender, sexuality can exist in wholeness.”
“To my fellow sisters of CLOUT. I am very grateful to be in this number and have been loved by God herself. Thank you. May we all be blessed and see one another each and every day. Being a member has given me more understanding and courage and confidence.”
“I have learned so many things this weekend! Patience, Joy, and Gratitiude and most importantly how to ask AND accept offers of assistance! God bless CLOUT and peace be to all my sistas!
“I am thankful that I have been agitated this weekend. I was almost a “living dead” “dry bones,” and now I feel this unsettling in the pit of my belly that will re-light the fire and get me moving again.”
“The women gathered at the CLOUT conference came fully open to the Spirit of growth and nurture. And among them I found a place to belong. Thank you!"
“This has been a wonderful opportunity to find new sisters in the journey.”
“There are no words for this. Just breathing space.”
“I encountered the Holy Spirit, a rushing spring in a dry land, and found sisterhood to once again be powerful."
“I am thankful for the music and preaching and laughter of worship together. I am thankfully challenged by the truth-telling. I have been enlivened by insights of sisters and mothers and friends."
“I am glad to have met some women and trans folks whom I otherwise might not have met.”
“What a warm and welcoming space for honoring the Spirit of women-loving women!”
“It is a joy to know that God speaks so boldly to the She’s of this world!
"CLOUT helped to open my eyes and ears more widely—not only to others different from myself—but to God’s calling.”
Gathering Quotes
