2017 City of Tempe Diversity Awards winner Dayspring United Methodist Church

Date2017

MediumPaper

Dimensions8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Catalog number2017.19.2

DescriptionColor photo of 2107 City of Tempe Diversity Awards Community Group/Organization winner Dayspring United Methodist Church.
Dayspring United Methodist Church strives to be a church for all people and challenges itself to stay aware of areas of concern for people's dignitary and worth. While iclusion has been a tenant of Dayspring for more than 20 years, in 2016 alone they have added many new programs and services. During 2016, a five-week sermon series on "What Christian Can Learn from Other Religions" was give. The sermons focused on Judaism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. Concurrently, a Wednesday evening class was offered with speakers from each of the religions and a Sunday morning series called "The Jesus Fatwah: Love Your Muslim Neighbor as Yourself" was presented. Another five-week class was offered in the spring, entitled "Who is my Neighbor?" The speakers included a person with undocumented immigration status, a transgenered person, a veteran, a Muslim, and a person in long-term addiction recovery. Two years ago, Dayspring became part of the Reconciling Congregation Network, an organization working for full protection of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. In 2016, Dayspring signed the Unity Pledge from One Community identifying iself as "Open for Worhship" as a church supporting workplace equality and equal treatment in housing and public accommodations. In April, clergy and members of the congregation marched in the Pride Parade in Phoenix.

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