SCUCC to offer gender, sexual orientation course
The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner, with Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ, will present a course entitled, “Questions of Gender and Sexual Orientation,” on Feb. 20 and Feb. 27.
Each will be presented twice, at 10 a.m. and again at 7 p.m., in Fellowship Hall.
SCUCC’s theological studies programs at are free and open to the public.
“To comprehend gender identity and sexual orientation, we need to have some common language, some common understandings,” Danner said. “While the classes will define what it means to be transgendered, lesbian, gay, straight, and cis-gendered, as well as other ways of understanding gender and sexuality, we will not only reflect on terminology, but more importantly on the life stories of folks of differing orientations or identities.”
Danner has trained as a pastoral psychotherapist and he is an American Association of Pastoral Counselors fellow. He began his tenure as senior pastor in 2010. Prior to coming to Sanibel, Danner served churches in the northeast, most recently Connecticut. Ordained in 1980, Danner holds degrees from Bradford College, University of Maine, Bangor Theological Seminary and Boston University.
He is also a graduate of the Shalem Institute of Spiritual Formation. He has contributed to devotional and liturgical resources, like Iona of the Heart, Touch Holiness and From the Psalms to the Cloud.
Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ is at 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.
For more information, call 239-472-0497, or visit www.sanibelucc.org.