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Pastor Laurie Shares in Regional Emmy Win!
The 30-minute film, "Coming Out, Coming In: Faith, Identity, Belonging," which aired last year on
WUNC-TV, is about gay Christians coming to grips with their faith and their orientation, their love
of God and their longing for Christian community.
It was selected by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as the outstanding Topical Documentary of the year.
"This Emmy is a dream come true," said Hays Coffman. "It's one more way to help the world see what beautiful gifts God has invested
in gay Christians, and what a waste [it is] when churches are afraid to bring those gifts to light."
She and the other three, Susan Acker-Walsh, Andy Baxter and Keith Martin, were 2001-03 William. C. Friday Fellows,
a program of the Wildacres Leadership Initiative designed to equip emerging leaders of North Carolina with human
relations skills for practicing integrity, intention and inclusion. The video was a project they produced during
that time along with Minnow Media, a multimedia group in Carrboro led by Georgann Eubanks and Donna Campbell.
Copies of "Coming Out, Coming In" may be ordered through the Web site where a preview clip may be seen:
www.coming-out-coming-in.net.
Pastor Hays Coffman is available for screenings and dialogue in community groups and local congregations. She can be reached at
688-7138 or pathway2grace@calvarync.org.
Pictured below are some of our very own
Calvary members who participated in this year's CROP Walk
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