The Welcoming Congregation Program is a completely volunteer program for congregations that see a need to become more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people. It consists of a series of workshops developed by the UUA. The goal of the workshops is to reduce prejudice by increasing understanding and acceptance among people of different sexual orientations. A second level of this program, called "Living the Welcoming Congregation" for congregations who have become welcoming congregations is also available.
To learn about the history of the Welcoming Congregations program, how the program works, find resources and to learn more about UU involvement in GBLT issues please visit the UUA website's Welcoming Congregations Program page.
There are 36 OMD congregations who have completed this program. OMD welcoming congregations have this symbol on their page:
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Jamestown, NY - July 2004
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, OH - November 1999
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens, OH - March 2009
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Ohio Valley, Bellaire, OH- September 1995
- Maumee Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Bowling Green, OH - April 2009
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Canton, OH - July 2003
- Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland, OH - April 1997
- First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, OH - January 1991
- Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, OH - January 1997
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Blanchard Valley, Findlay, OH - September 2009
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent, OH - December 2003
- East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Kirtland, OH - May 2001
- North Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Lewis Center, OH - April 2010
- First Unitarian Universalist Church of Marietta, OH - June 1998
- Olmsted UU Congregation, North Olmsted, OH - June, 2010
- Southwest Unitarian Universalist Church, North Royalton, OH - December 1999
- Oberlin Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Oberlin, OH - May 2007
- West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Rocky River, OH - July 1993
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Erie County, Sandusky, OH - July 1998
- First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, Shaker Heights, OH- July 1993
- First Unitarian Church of Toledo, OH - December 2007
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County, Wooster, OH - June 2001
- First Unitarian Universalist Church of Younstown, OH - June 2008
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, PA - April 2001
- First Unitarian Universalist Church of Indiana, PA - April 2006
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ligonier Valley, Ligonier, PA - August 2007
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Meadville, PA - December 2003
- East Suburban Unitarian Universalist Church, Murrysville, PA - October 2005
- Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church, Pittsburgh, PA - March 2007
- First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, PA- February 1996
- Unitarian Universalist Church of the North Hills, Pittsburgh, PA - July 2003
- Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills, Pittsburgh, PA - April 2006
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Smithton, PA - September 1999
- New River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Beckley, WV - October 2008
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Charleston, WV - August 2006
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Morgantown, WV- June 1998
