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11. good point

my episcopal parish lost some members over gay unions, but we are still a vibrant, fun and loving church. we have some members who disagree with the Church's position on gay unions but stayed. a dozen adults, including myself were confirmed on mother's day so although we lost some members we are still gaining others. it is still a net loss, but as our bishop said, Episcopalians are never going to be in agreement on everything, but the glue that holds us together is our desire to live like Christ and to treat the least among us as we would Our Lord Himself. we raised a good bit of money with our car wash this weekend to fund a youth mission to help the elderly poor in Houston fix up their homes and clean up their yards.

we don't proselytize except through our actions - setting a Christ like example. we don't go around calling others sinners and condemning them, as such would be blasphemous to us.