All-purpose, all-in-one Valentine's Day update

When I got up this morning, I discovered the Valentine Fairy had come in the middle of the night, for what did I find on my desk?

( Valentine goodness )

And when I arrived home after a tiring, if uneventful, day at work, a package was waiting. Return address? From ottawabill! Another surprise!

( Behold! )

And now for the meme-age that's been going around. I'll pass on the Johari window, thank you very much, but the rest of them? Yeah, I can do that.

( avanta7 as an old woman )

( Guilty pleasures )

Oh! Oh! OH!

I think I found it, I think I found it!

After reading ottawabill's thoughts on going to a Sacramento church and treating the drive as a time of meditation and spiritual renewal, I got on line and looked around at UMC congregations there. And I believe I found what I've been looking for. I just didn't know it had a name.

The church is St. Mark's UMC and it is a reconciling congregation.

I found the following statement in the February 15 church newsletter:
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( Reconciliation Statement )

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This is what I've been looking for! Although my previous church home, Quapaw Quarter UMC, is not an official reconciling congregation, it practiced these same principles.

Now. If only the place lives up to my expectations. Heck, if it even meets them halfway! I'm planning on attending Sunday morning to check things out.

(One question. I know what LGBT in "LGBTI" stands for, but the I? Anyone care to enlighten me?)