We want the list to be provide a safe environment for
subscribers, and for that reason we want to make sure that you will fit
into this list and have a good experience.
You may tell us as much or as little as you like, but if you tell us
very little to share with the list, it will make it difficult for list
members to respond to you. So we hope that you will feel free to share
enough so that we have some idea of who you are and list members will feel
free to share with you. We will subscribe you to both AdventCircle,
the list for specifically Adventist concerns, and the larger
inter-denominational community, GLOWcircle,
when we receive your response below.
[Please note that this list is for family and friends of lesbian, gay
or trans-gendered persons. If you stumbled on this page and would like
support in your own sexual struggles, please check out our GLAdventist
and GLOWfriends lists.]
The first part of our form is pretty
explanatory. We'd appreciate it if you supply your real name, and
then in the Message part give us a pen name that we can use for the
list. (Quite a few of our members use their real names, but a pen
name provides an extra level of security, if that's what you need.)
Please give us the email address you want to use to subscribe to
the list. Often it's best not to use your main email address for
this. (Perhaps you could pick up a free Yahoo email address.) If you
don't yet have a second email address, just give us your main
address, and let us know that you're working on getting another one.
Email:
Just put "AdventCircle subscription" in
the subject line. (We're in the process of figuring out how to do
that automatically in this new script.)
Subject:
In the Message section, please tell us why you would
like to be part of our online community. And how did you find us? It
would be nice if you could share your thoughts on issues surrounding
homosexuality in the Adventist church.
If you have another email address where we can reach
you, we'd appreciate your supplying it here.
Please give us some information we can share with
the community when we introduce you -- things like what you do for
work, for hobbies, approximately what part of the country you live
in, etc. You could tell us whether you live in the city or the
country, what kind of church (if any) you attend. What is your
connection to Adventists? What relationship do you have with gay or
lesbian persons? And, of course, you can tell us anything else you
like.
