A day-long seminar for queer deacons and pastors will provide a sacred and safe space for renewal, connection, and encouragement. Through Jeff Chu’s presentations and heartfelt conversations with one another, participants will find strength in shared experiences and mutual support. Colleagues will offer guidance on navigating ministry with authenticity and resilience, while spiritual practices will nurture inner peace. Fellowship and prayer will remind attendees that they are not alone in their calling, no matter the challenges they face. As the retreat
concludes, each person will leave empowered, refreshed, and ready to continue their journey with renewed faith and courage.
Speaker Jeff Chu is an award-winning journalist, author, preacher, and teacher. He serves as an editor-at-large at Travel+Leisure, teacher in residence at Crosspointe Church in North Carolina, and parish associate for storytelling and witness at the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley in California. Jeff is the author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America (Harper, 2013) and the forthcoming Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand (to be published by Convergent/Penguin Random House in March 2025). He is also the co-author, with the late Rachel Held Evans, of the New York Times bestseller Wholehearted Faith. Jeff is a former Time staff writer and Fast Company editor whose work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Modern Farmer. In his weekly newsletter, “Notes of a Make-Believe Farmer,” Jeff writes about spirituality, gardening, food, travel, and culture. An ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America, he lives with his husband, Tristan, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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