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4worldlovers:

We greet you in the name of the God of compassion and justice.

As leaders in the United Church of Christ, we want every person of transgender or nonbinary binary experience to know this: you are beloved by God. No earthly power can separate you from God’s love. God created you perfectly: your gender identity or expression is God’s gift to you and the world.

Yet, across America, laws and executive orders are criminalizing the lifesaving treatment that transgender youth need to complete their journey to wholeness and, at the same time, are depriving parents of the right to make medical decisions for their children. These laws, enacted or proposed in states across the country, are part of a broader campaign to reverse basic rights for LGBTQ+ Americans. Alabama, Arkansas, and Arizona already ban medical care for trans youth. In Texas, the state government has defined gender-affirming care as “child abuse.” Fifteen states have banned participation by transgender youth in school sports. Six states have adopted “don’t say gay or trans” laws that have erased any mention of LGBTQ+ people from school life.

The harm done when governments seize control from parents of their freedom to provide care for their own children is obvious. Even more dangerous is the message states are sending to transgender and nonbinary youth: “Your lives don’t matter.” Suicide is an epidemic among LGBTQ+ youth* and has been for years. When politicians stigmatize children and teenagers who simply wish to live their lives with integrity, the cost of mental suffering is egregious. The ripple effect of this stigma and discrimination reverberates throughout the whole community.

Jesus said: “I came that you may have life and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10) The lives of trans and nonbinary people are precious. They are God’s beloved children, our siblings, created like all of us for a life free from hatred and recrimination. The church cannot be silent while our trans and nonbinary youth and their parents are subjected to abuse and exposed to public defamation.

And so we are not silent. To our transgender and nonbinary siblings: we offer you our encouragement, support, and love. We will remain at your side as long as others threaten your dignity and worth. We honor your courage and your faith. The world needs you not as others want you to be, but as you truly are.

To the congregations and ministry settings of the United Church of Christ: We ask you to surround persons of transgender or nonbinary experience and their families and loved ones with compassion and care. Do not be silent when this wave of persecution threatens human life. This is a time to love – not behind closed doors but out in the open, with word and action. Your visible witness demonstrates that all who struggle against defamation and hatred have a home in the United Church of Christ.

As we celebrate Pride month we are reminded that “coming out” is a powerful moral force that transforms lives. This is true not only for LGBTQ+ people but also for churches. This is a time when congregations are called to come out to show the world that love is stronger than hate.

The Council of Conference Ministers of the United Church of Christ

Rev. Dr. Traci D. Blackmon, Associate General Minister, Justice and Local Church Ministries

Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, Associate General Minister, Wider Church Ministries and Operations, Co-Executive for Global Ministries

4worldlovers: Find out why we are Inland Valley's top top music school!

The Temecula Conservatory of Music music educators take pride in both our beginner and experienced students. In fact, many of our advanced students made their first notes with us at the age of 6.

What keeps a student practicing? It must be a fun experience. And as the previous saying puts it, if a student is having fun they want to practice more. At TCM we like to build little Fun Fires under our students to inspire them to practice their instruments.

Students who have weekly one-on-one instruction from one of our qualified instructors have the tools to improve every week.

Our awards systems inspire in so many ways. With giant chocolate bars, gold pins and colorful wristbands each student can have fun with each stop of the ladder as they improve from one award to another.

When a student has the opportunity to perform as a soloist in one of our semi-annual recitals or with a group in one of our orchestras or string quartets they feel a sense of accomplishment that affects them in all areas of their life giving them more confidence and thus helping them to have more fun in life.

Experienced players have no limits at Temecula Conservatory of Music. We have the very best of teachers in Riverside County to challenge them in their lessons every week. We have a top tier Chamber Orchestra that requires all auditionees to play at at least a Suzuki Book 5 level just to audition. Our top kids are regularly challenged with advanced level music from composers such as Vivaldi, Mozart, Corelli, Brahms, Beethoven and Bach.

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