Unclobbering the Bible – In Person
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Unclobbering the Bible – In Person
October 15, 2025 – 6:00-7:30 PM
No fee to attend. Your donations to OutFront Minnesota help to advance LGBTQ equity and create a state where all people are free to be who they are, love who they love, and live without fear of violence, harassment or discrimination: https://www.outfront.org/support-outfront-minnesota
Our Allyship Training dives deeper into how congregations and people of faith can be in closer relationship with the LGBTQIA2S+ community and best practices in allyship. We will also walk through an assessment of your congregation, reflecting on the ways you welcome queer folk and steps you might take as a congregation to welcome more widely.
Presented by Matt Lewellyn-Otten of OutFront Minnesota.
Matt joined the OutFront team in the fall of 2021 as the Religious Organizer. Before joining the team, Matt spent the majority of their career in Youth Ministry working in the United Church of Christ, Episcopal, and Presbyterian churches. In their current role as the Director of Religious and Community Organizing, Matt works with faith communities across the state to bring them along in the advocacy and inclusion of queer people in all faith practices. Additionally, he works with communities across the state to build power of the LGBTQIA+ community, listen deeply to the needs of queer people and their allies, educate the public on issues affecting the queer community, and mobilize communities to create systemic change.
Matt is a Minnesota transplant originally from South Carolina, where he attended Erskine College and studied Bible and Religion. Later, Matt earned their Master of Public Administration degree from the College of Charleston and their Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology. In his studies and career, Matt has sought ways to build better understanding across communities and create spaces of connection and growth.
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Location: Assisi Heights (1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901) Click here for map.
Registration for all classes closes two (2) days prior to the scheduled event to allow adequate preparation time. We encourage you to register early to secure your spot.
Welcome to this in person program at Assisi Heights! Please refrain from attending if experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illness or have been exposed to any persons infected with COVID-19. Please park in the lot in front of Assisi Heights and enter through the main entrance.
Other dates for this training series are as follows:
July 30 – Your Faith Community & 2SLGBTQIA+ Identities
August 27 – Your Faith Community & Allyship