Glide Memorial Methodist Church - Revision history

Ccarlsson: added photos from Tenderloin Times

2026-03-17T04:59:40Z

added photos from Tenderloin Times

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	In 1929, Methodist philanthropist Lizzie Glide founded the Glide Foundation as a memorial to her millionaire cattleman husband, H.L. Glide of Sacramento, and built the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church at the corner of Ellis and Taylor Streets. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then Glide has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. This downtown Methodist church with a small congregation was transformed in 1962 when the board of its endowment fund hired the Rev. Lewis Durham.		In 1929, Methodist philanthropist Lizzie Glide founded the Glide Foundation as a memorial to her millionaire cattleman husband, H.L. Glide of Sacramento, and built the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church at the corner of Ellis and Taylor Streets. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then Glide has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. This downtown Methodist church with a small congregation was transformed in 1962 when the board of its endowment fund hired the Rev. Lewis Durham.

	[[Image:Cecil ~~williams 1967 pic 5 3~~.jpg\|~~right~~]]		[[Image:Cecil-Williams-and-Janice-Mirikitani-Oct-1988-Lance-Woodruff-for-Tend-Times-AAT-1381.jpg\|Cecil-Williams-and-Janice-Mirikitani-Oct-1988-Lance-Woodruff-for-Tend-Times-AAT-1381.jpg]]

	'''Cecil Williams ~~organizing in the Tenderloin~~, ~~1967~~'''		'''Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani, October 1988'''

	''courtesy ~~Glide Memorial Church~~''		''Photo: Lance Woodruff for the Tenderloin Times, courtesy San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, AAT-1381''

	Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.		Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.
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	The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with [[Poverty, Social Isolation, Transsexuality\|gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts]] and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.		The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with [[Poverty, Social Isolation, Transsexuality\|gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts]] and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.

			[[Image:Cecil-Williams-by-Lance-Woodruff April 1988-from-Tenderloin-Times-AAT-1312.jpg]]

			'''Cecil Williams at Glide Church, April 1988.'''

			''Photo: Lance Woodruff for the Tenderloin Times, courtesy San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, AAT-1312''

	By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.		By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.

Ccarlsson: added photo

2021-04-18T03:37:27Z

added photo

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	''courtesy Glide Memorial Church''		''courtesy Glide Memorial Church''

			[[Image:Cecil-Williams.jpg]]

			'''Cecil Williams at Glide Memorial Church in an iconic photo from the early 1970s.'''

			''Photo: courtesy Randy Shaw''

	The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with [[Poverty, Social Isolation, Transsexuality\|gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts]] and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.		The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with [[Poverty, Social Isolation, Transsexuality\|gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts]] and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.

Ccarlsson: added posters and categories

2020-05-27T23:17:58Z

added posters and categories

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	By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.		By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.

	[[category:Tenderloin]] [[category:Churches]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:LGBTQI]] [[category:African-American]]		[[Image:UFW Glide-Church.jpg]]

			[[Image:Glide-Church-Nicaragua-solidarity-poetry-reading-1978.jpg]]

			'''Both posters produced by the [[Legacy of the Neighborhood Arts Program\|Neighborhood Arts Program]], 1970s.'''


			[[category:Tenderloin]] [[category:Churches]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:LGBTQI]] [[category:African-American]] [[category:Literary San Francisco]] [[category:Nicaraguan]][[category:Labor]]

Ccarlsson at 05:31, 3 May 2020

2020-05-03T05:31:31Z

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	''courtesy Glide Memorial Church''		''courtesy Glide Memorial Church''

	Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.		Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.

	[[Image:Cecil-and-Jan-early web1.jpg\|left]]		[[Image:Cecil-and-Jan-early web1.jpg\|left]]

Ccarlsson at 05:31, 3 May 2020

2020-05-03T05:31:07Z

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	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	In 1929, Methodist philanthropist Lizzie Glide founded the Glide Foundation as a memorial to her millionaire cattleman husband, H.L. Glide of Sacramento, and built the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church at the corner of Ellis and Taylor Streets. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then Glide has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. [[Image:Cecil williams 1967 pic 5 3.jpg\|right~~\|thumb\|~~'''Cecil Williams organizing in the Tenderloin, 1967'''; ''courtesy Glide Memorial Church''~~]] This downtown Methodist church with a small congregation was transformed in 1962 when the board of its endowment fund hired the Rev. Lewis Durham.~~ Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.		In 1929, Methodist philanthropist Lizzie Glide founded the Glide Foundation as a memorial to her millionaire cattleman husband, H.L. Glide of Sacramento, and built the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church at the corner of Ellis and Taylor Streets. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then Glide has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. This downtown Methodist church with a small congregation was transformed in 1962 when the board of its endowment fund hired the Rev. Lewis Durham.

			[[Image:Cecil williams 1967 pic 5 3.jpg\|right]]

			'''Cecil Williams organizing in the Tenderloin, 1967'''

			''courtesy Glide Memorial Church''

			Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.

			[[Image:Cecil-and-Jan-early web1.jpg\|left]]

			'''Cecil Williams and his wife Janice Mirikitani in early 1970s'''

			''courtesy Glide Memorial Church''

	~~[[Image:Cecil-and-Jan-early web1.jpg\|300px\|left\|thumb\|'''Cecil Williams and his wife Janice Mirikitani in early 1970s'''; ''courtesy Glide Memorial Church'']]~~ The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with [[Poverty, Social Isolation, Transsexuality\|gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts]] and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.		The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with [[Poverty, Social Isolation, Transsexuality\|gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts]] and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.

	By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.		By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.

	[[category:Tenderloin]] [[category:Churches]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:LGBTQI]] [[category:African-American]]		[[category:Tenderloin]] [[category:Churches]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:LGBTQI]] [[category:African-American]]

Jeff: Text replacement - "category:Gay and Lesbian" to "category:LGBTQI"

2018-10-16T15:09:05Z

Text replacement - "category:Gay and Lesbian" to "category:LGBTQI"

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	By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.		By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.

	[[category:Tenderloin]] [[category:Churches]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:~~Gay and Lesbian~~]] [[category:African-American]]		[[category:Tenderloin]] [[category:Churches]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:LGBTQI]] [[category:African-American]]

Ccarlsson: moved Glide Methodist Church to Glide Memorial Methodist Church

2015-07-21T00:54:22Z

moved Glide Methodist Church to Glide Memorial Methodist Church

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(No difference)

Ccarlsson at 00:53, 21 July 2015

2015-07-21T00:53:49Z

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	By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.		By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.

			[[category:Tenderloin]] [[category:Churches]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:Gay and Lesbian]] [[category:African-American]]

Ccarlsson at 00:52, 21 July 2015

2015-07-21T00:52:42Z

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	In 1929, Methodist philanthropist Lizzie Glide founded the Glide Foundation as a memorial to her millionaire cattleman husband, H.L. Glide of Sacramento, and built the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church at the corner of Ellis and Taylor Streets. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then Glide has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. [[Image:Cecil williams 1967 pic 5 3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|'''Cecil Williams organizing in the Tenderloin, 1967'''; ''courtesy Glide Memorial Church'']] This downtown Methodist church with a small congregation was transformed in 1962 when the board of its endowment fund hired the Rev. Lewis Durham. Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.		In 1929, Methodist philanthropist Lizzie Glide founded the Glide Foundation as a memorial to her millionaire cattleman husband, H.L. Glide of Sacramento, and built the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church at the corner of Ellis and Taylor Streets. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then Glide has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. [[Image:Cecil williams 1967 pic 5 3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|'''Cecil Williams organizing in the Tenderloin, 1967'''; ''courtesy Glide Memorial Church'']] This downtown Methodist church with a small congregation was transformed in 1962 when the board of its endowment fund hired the Rev. Lewis Durham. Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.

	[[Image:Cecil-and-Jan-early web1.jpg\|300px\|left\|thumb\|'''Cecil Williams and his wife Janice Mirikitani in early 1970s'''; ''courtesy Glide Memorial Church'']] The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.		[[Image:Cecil-and-Jan-early web1.jpg\|300px\|left\|thumb\|'''Cecil Williams and his wife Janice Mirikitani in early 1970s'''; ''courtesy Glide Memorial Church'']] The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with [[Poverty, Social Isolation, Transsexuality\|gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts]] and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.

	By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.		By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s\|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space\|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.

Ccarlsson: Created page with '''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Chris Carlsson'' 720px '''Glide Memorial Churc...'

2015-07-21T00:51:40Z

Created page with '''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Chris Carlsson'' 720px '''Glide Memorial Churc...'

New page

''' Historical Essay '''

''by Chris Carlsson''

[[Image:Glide.jpg|720px]]

'''Glide Memorial Church at corner of Ellis and Taylor.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

In 1929, Methodist philanthropist Lizzie Glide founded the Glide Foundation as a memorial to her millionaire cattleman husband, H.L. Glide of Sacramento, and built the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church at the corner of Ellis and Taylor Streets. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then Glide has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. [[Image:Cecil williams 1967 pic 5 3.jpg|right|thumb|'''Cecil Williams organizing in the Tenderloin, 1967'''; ''courtesy Glide Memorial Church'']] This downtown Methodist church with a small congregation was transformed in 1962 when the board of its endowment fund hired the Rev. Lewis Durham. Durham hired three other young clergymen, Ted McIlvenna, Cecil Williams and Don Kuhn, to develop and staff programs for the Glide Urban Center. At the time, Glide had lots of money from its endowment, but no programs. This made Glide an ideal location for new programs.

[[Image:Cecil-and-Jan-early web1.jpg|300px|left|thumb|'''Cecil Williams and his wife Janice Mirikitani in early 1970s'''; ''courtesy Glide Memorial Church'']] The fabric of U.S. life was unraveling in the early 1960s, the accepted norms under severe stress from new behaviors and expectations. Progressive clergymen took to the streets to connect their ministries with marginalized persons. The Glide Urban Center in San Francisco exemplified this new urban ministry. The pastors at Glide Foundation and the church saw themselves as missionaries, who did the work important to those in the neighborhood. This included working with gays, sex workers, “young chickens,” youth, hippies, gangs, drug addicts and others. Because the pastors saw themselves as missionaries or “enablers,” as Lewis Durham called it, they listened to people to determine what the church needed to address. The unexpected focus on sex and sexual identity emerged from these consultations as the Glide missionaries realized nobody was dealing with it.

By the 1970s, Glide Church was a go-to venue for all sorts of political and social organizations and campaigns. Poets from the burgeoning “Third World” political movements staged benefit readings at Glide, notably a [[The New Diversity—The Early 1970s|memorial reading]] for slain Chilean president Salvador Allende and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda. The early women’s liberation movement was given a safe haven at Glide too, where [[Sudsofloppen: Consciousness-Raising and the Small Group as Free Space|consciousness-raising meetings]] were held in all their confusing and disorganized glory. An activist from that time remembered, “You knew where the women’s movement was: it was at Glide church at 7:30.” While the San Francisco Women’s Liberation (SFWL) meetings featured widely unfocused and extraordinarily broad discussion, the very fact of their happening attests to the shared hope that women could find a unifying terrain of thought and action—if they talked long enough.