Celebrate Pride Update
The City of Chicago has imposed many changes on the 2024 Chicago Pride Parade, including new restrictions on the number of participants per parade entry. As a result, the Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches has limited its partner organizations, including the Diocese of Chicago, to bringing only four marchers who must be registered in advance. Anyone who would like to submit to be one of the four marchers for the diocese can email Jen Boyle Tucker with their name, congregation, and phone number.
In place of marching together, St Peter’s Episcopal Church (617 W Belmont) have invited all members of the diocese to join them in their ministry of welcome and hospitality on the steps of the church along the parade route. St Peter’s doors will be open from 9 a.m. until the parade ends, and volunteers will hand out cold water, direct visitors to the parish's accessible, all-gender bathrooms, and demonstrate the diocese’s shared commitment to welcome and inclusion.
If you can join this ministry of presence at St Peter's, please make your way to the church steps on June 30 beginning at 9 a.m.
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