RECENT EVENTS

2007

January 3

Andrew Marin was the featured guest on the Gay Christian Network Radio Show. To listen, please visit www.gaychristian.net

January 6

Andrew Marin was the featured speaker at the Moody Men’s Bible Study Prayer and Praise Group

February 9

The next wave of our Track #2 classes for the straight Christian community will begin

March 8

Andrew Marin will speak at the Gay-Straight Alliance for the District 204 High Schools in Naperville, hosted by Neuqua Valley High School

March 9

The next wave of our Track #1 classes for the GLBT community will begin

March 18

Andrew Marin will be conducting a workshop, Building Bridges with the GLBT Community, hosted by Calvary Church Naperville

March 3

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the RELOAD regional conference, as a part of the Urban Youth Workers Institute National Tour, hosted by North Park University, beginning at 8:30am. Andrew will be speaking on Building Bridges with GLBT Youth. If interested in attending, please contact us directly.

March 8

Andrew Marin will be speaking for the Illinois School District 204 Gay-Straight Alliances, hosted by Neuqua Valley High School at 2:45pm. If interested in attending, please contact us directly.

March 9-12

The Marin Foundation’s Weekend Modular Track #1 Classes for the GLBT Community.

March 18

Andrew Marin will be conducting a workshop, Building Bridges within the GLBT Community, hosted by Calvary Church Naperville. If interested in attending, please contact us directly.

April 29-July 1

The Marin Foundation’s Track #1 Classes for the straight religious community, hosted by Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago. If interested in attending, please contact us directly.

April 22

Andrew Marin will be a guest speaker at First Evangelical Free Church Chicago at the 9am and 11am services.

May 16-20

Andrew Marin will be conducting 2 workshops at the Urban Youth Workers Institute National Conference, hosted by Azusa Pacific University in California. Andrew will be speaking on Building Bridges with GLBT Youth, and Self-Replication: How to Implement your own Bridge Building Community.

June 2

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Prime Timers Breakfast at Calvary Church Naperville at 8:30am.

June 16-17

The Marin Foundation will have a booth at the Gay Pride Parade in Grand Rapids, MI. Please contact Greg Gough at greg@themarinfoundation.org for more information and volunteer opportunities.

June 24

The Marin Foundation will be represented at the Chicago Gay Pride Parade.

July 16-20

Andrew Marin and Allison Pizzi from Lawndale Christian Health Center HIV/AIDS Division will be presenting their academic journal article at the North American Association of Christian Social Workers Academic Symposium hosted by Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL.

If you are interested in bringing our Track #1 or #2 classes to your area around the country, please contact us as we are currently in talks to go to Cleveland, OH, Los Angeles, CA and a few locations throughout Michigan.

July 25

Andrew Marin will be speaking to the High School and College Age Group at Good Shepherd Church in Naperville, IL at 7pm.

July 26

Andrew Marin will be presenting, Building Bridges within the GLBT Community, to the staff at Willow Creek Church in DuPage.

July 27-30

The Marin Foundation's Track #2 Classes for the straight religious community will meet at 5243 N. Ashland Ave. 1st Floor, in Chicago:

Friday July 27th from 7-10pm
Saturday July 28th from 2:30-10:30pm
Sunday July 29 from 3-7pm
Monday July 30 from 7-8:30pm

We will provide snacks on Saturday and Sunday, and a full meal on Saturday. The cost is $150/person, or $100/person if registered in a group of 5 or more people. Students are $75/person. The costs are tax-deductible and cover the class materials and the food.

August 11-12

The Marin Foundation will be represented at the Chicago Halsted Market Days collecting participants for the largest national research study ever done in the GLBT and religious communities, Religious Acculturation within the GLBT Community.

August 17-20

The Marin Foundation's Track #1 Classes for the GLBT Community meeting at 5243 N. Ashland Ave. 1st Floor, in Chicago:

Friday August 17th from 7-10pm
Saturday August 18th from 12-8pm
Sunday August 19th from 3-7pm
Monday August 20th from 7-8:30pm

We will provide snacks on Saturday and Sunday, and a full meal on Saturday. The cost is $150/person, or $100/person if registered in a group of 5 or more people. Students are $75/person. The costs are tax-deductible and cover the class materials and the food.

August 23-26

The Marin Foundation team will be in Louisville, KY to support our dear friend Becky Olszewski who will be competing in the IRONMAN Competition to raise money for The Marin Foundation. The IRONMAN consists of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 miles bike and a 26.2 mile run. To find out more information, please visit http://januscharitychallenge.kintera.org/ky07/beckyo .

Sept. 7-8

Track #2 Seminar in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

September 28 – October 1

The Marin Foundation's Track #2 Classes for the Straight Religious Community meeting at 5243 N. Ashland Ave. 1st Floor, in Chicago:

Friday September 14th from 7-10pm
Saturday September 15th from 12-8pm
Sunday September 16th from 3-7pm
Monday September 17th from 7-8:30pm

We will provide snacks on Saturday and Sunday, and a full meal on Saturday. The cost is $150/person, or $100/person if registered in a group of 5 or more people. Students are $75/person. The costs are tax-deductible and cover the class materials and the food.

October 10-14

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) National Conference in St. Louis, MO on Building Bridges within the GLBT Community.

October 19-22

The Marin Foundation's Track #1 Classes for the GLBT Community meeting at 5243 N. Ashland Ave. 1st Floor, in Chicago:

Friday October 19th from 7-10pm
Saturday October 20th from 12-8pm
Sunday October 21st from 3-7pm
Monday October 22nd from 7-8:30pm

We will provide snacks on Saturday and Sunday, and a full meal on Saturday. The cost is $150/person, or $100/person if registered in a group of 5 or more people. Students are $75/person. The costs are tax-deductible and cover the class materials and the food.

Oct. 26-27

Andrew Marin will be the guest lecturer at North Park University's Center for Youth Ministry Studies. This is a undergraduate college credited course, and if you are interested please register through the admission department at North Park University.

November 2-14

The Marin Foundation Chicago will be closed.

December 7-10

The Marin Foundation's Track #2 Classes for the Straight Religious Community meeting at 5243 N. Ashland Ave. 1st Floor, in Chicago:

Friday December 7th from 7-10pm
Saturday December 8th from 12-8pm
Sunday December 9th from 3-7pm
Monday December 10th from 7-8:30pm

We will provide snacks on Saturday and Sunday, and a full meal on Saturday. The cost is $150/person, or $100/person if registered in a group of 5 or more people. Students are $75/person. The costs are tax-deductible and cover the class materials and the food.

2006

May 2

GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) sponsored dinner/discussion with Michael Leppen from the Hoover Foundation and Neil Giuliano, President of GLAAD

May 8-9

Andrew Marin will be the featured speaker, presenting on: Scriptural Interpretations of Homosexuality, along with garnering new research participants at the Empire State Pride Agenda National Conference in Albany, NY

May 12

Select members of The Marin Foundation have been invited to a documentary movie premier, For The Bible Tells Me So, by director Daniel Karslake

May 21

Andrew Marin will be speaking at First Evangelical Free Church at 5249 N. Ashland in Chicago at the 9 am and 11 am services

June 2

Andrew Marin was a featured guest on national radio, station WMBI. This interview will be posted soon on our website.

June 4

Andrew Marin was a featured guest speaker at Moody Memorial Church, Chicago.

June 10

First Evangelical Free Church and The Marin Foundation will be at the Andersonville Chicago Midsomarfest from 10am-11pm.

June 11

Andrew Marin will be a featured guest speaker at Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park (931 Lake St.). Services begin at 8:30 am, 10:00 am and 11:30 am.

June 25

The Marin Foundation will be attending the Gay Pride Parade in Chicago, garnering further participants for our current research study. July 11: Andrew Marin will be holding a one night training class at Moody Bible Institute (Sweeting Center Room 219, 6:30-8p.m.) for the Gay Games Volunteers.

July 13

Andrew Marin will be a guest on radio station WMBI, Prime Time Chicago with Collin Lambert, at 3:30 Central Standard Time.

July 15 - 22

The Marin Foundation team will be at each athletic site throughout the week for the Gay Games garnering participants for our current research study.

July 16

The Marin Foundation in sponsorship with Human Rights Campaign and others will be hosting the Faith and Fairness Event during the Gay Games at the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.) from 12-4p.m.

September 22

Andrew Marin will be presenting to HIV/AIDS physicians at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Lawndale Christian Health Center

September 27 - October 1

Andrew Marin will be presenting at the Christian Community

December 1

Andrew Marin will be attending the World AIDS Day prayer breakfast held at the Arrowhead Golf Course Club House sponsored by the Mosaic Initiative
UPCOMING EVENTS

January 6

Andrew Marin will be speaking at First Evangelical Free Church Chicago (5249 N. Ashland Ave.) at their 10am service.

January 6

Andrew Marin and representatives from The Marin Foundation will be attending the Dignity Chicago Annual Dinner – www.dignitychicago.org

January 13

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the GLBT Ministry Cabin Meeting in Oswego, IL at 6:30pm

January 18

Andrew Marin will be the featured guest on WMBI’s Prime Time Chicago radio show from 3-4pm Central Time. Call in questions are welcomed.

January 28

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Covenant Denomination National Convention – Youth Workers Connection at the Hyatt O’Hare hotel from 8:45-9:45 am in International Room D on Building Bridges with Gay and Lesbian Youth

Feb. 8-10

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Urban Youth Workers Institute RELOAD National Tour in Dallas, TX on Youth Focused Bridge Building within the GLBT Community, hosted at The Oaks Fellowship Church Dallas. For more information please visit www.uywi.org.

March 2

Andrew Marin will be speaking at Willow Creek Community Church DuPage
Campus from 6-8:30pm (www.willowcreek.org/dupage). For more information please contact us directly at info@themarinfoundation.org.

March 9

Andrew Marin will be speaking at Naperville Covenant Church (www.napervillecovenant.com) from 5-7pm. Further details coming soon.

March14-17

The Marin Foundation's Track #2 Classes for the straight religious community will meet at 5243 N. Ashland Ave. 1st Floor, in Chicago:

Friday July 27th from 7-10pm
Saturday July 28th from 2:30-10:30pm
Sunday July 29 from 3-7pm
Monday July 30 from 7-8:30pm

We will provide snacks on Saturday and Sunday, and a full meal on Saturday. The cost is $150/person, or $100/person if registered in a group of 5 or more people. Students are $75/person. The costs are tax-deductible and cover the class materials and the food.

March 29

The Marin Foundation will be speaking at the Urban Youth Workers Institute RELOAD National Tour in San Diego, CA on Youth Focused Bridge Building within the GLBT Community, hosted at Horizon Park Chapel San Diego. For more information please visit www.uywi.org.

March 26-30

Andrew Marin will be in Paris, France working on the European leg of The Marin Foundation’s research study

April 5

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Urban Youth Workers Institute RELOAD National Tour in Chicago, IL on Youth Focused Bridge Building within the GLBT Community, hosted at North Park University. For more information please visit www.uywi.org.

April 9-11

Andrew Marin will be at the Q Conference at Gotham Hall, NYC hosted by the Fermi Project and UnChristian author Gabe Lyons.

May 14-17

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Urban Youth Workers Institute National Conference at Azusa University. The sessions will be on Answering the Tough Questions on Sexual Identity and Building Bridges into the GLBT Community. For more information visit www.uywi.org.

June 1-July 7

Andrew Marin will be on Sabbatical while writing the upcoming book, Love is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community by InterVarsity Press to be released April 2009.

July 17

Andrew Marin will presenting to Demoiselle 2 Femme (www.demoiselle2femme.org) at their organizational training week at the Wyndam Hotel Chicago.

August 5-6

Andrew Marin will be attending a Federal Government Grant Writing Training Class in Milwaukee, WI.

August 16

Andrew Marin will be playing for WMBI Radio in the 3rd Annual Charity Softball Game against WYLL Radio. Please bring a backpack that will be given to Chicago youth for the new school year. The game will be held at Benedictine University in Lisle, IL beginning at 1:30pm.

September 16-19

Andrew Marin and The Marin Foundation is partnering with Urban Youth Workers Institute, Global Lifeworks, Catalyst Community and Kingdom Causes, called The Coalition, to start systemic bridge building between the Conservative Christians and the GLBT community in Southern California. This first event is a Pastor’s Roundtable for Conservative Christian pastors to be held by Newsong Church in Irvine, CA. For more information please contact either The Marin Foundation or John Lewis at john@uywi.org.

www.uywi.org
www.globallifeworks.com
www.ourcatalystcommunity.org
www.kingdomcauses.org

September 22

Andrew Marin will be teaching at Moody Graduate School in the Urban Studies Department about Immersion into the Gays and Lesbian Community: 6-8:50 pm Sweeting Center Room 349.

September 26

The Marin Foundation will be hosting the Fall OUT! NIGHT. For more information please email info@themarinfoundation.org.

October 10-13

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention in Sacramento, CA. For registration information please visit www.nywc.com. Times as follows:

October 10

General Session with Shane Claiborne (Jesus for President) and Jarrett Stevens (The Deity Formerly Known as God) 7:30-9:45pm

October 10

Individual Talk Back Session from 10:15-11:15pm

October 11

Building Bridges with Gay and Lesbian Youth (8- 9:30am)

October 12

How to Productively Answer the Tough Questions about Sexual Identity (3:30-5pm)

October 15

The Coalition will be hosting the 2nd Pastor’s Roundtable, this time for the Progressive Inclusive Christian pastors to be held in Southern California. For further information please contact either The Marin Foundation or Eric at twoworldcollision@yahoo.com.

October 17-19

Andrew Marin will be officiating a Wedding

October 22-26

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) National Conference in Miami, FL. For registration information please visit www.ccda.org.

Thursday October 23

from 3-4:15pm and Saturday October 25 from 1-2:15pm

October 31-November 3

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. For registration information please visit www.nywc.com. Times as follows:

October 31

General Session with Margaret Feinberg (The Sacred Echo and Organic God) and Soong-Chan Rah (Growing Healthy Asian-American Churches) 7:30-9:45pm

October 31

Individual Talk Back Session from 10:15-11:15pm

November 1

Building Bridges with Gay and Lesbian Youth (8- 9:30am)

November 2

How to Productively Answer the Tough Questions about Sexual Identity (3:30-5pm)

November 10-12

Andrew Marin will be speaking at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. For more information please visit www.ethosdallas.org.

November 14-16

The Coalition will be hosting the 3rd event in the Southern California Series. This is an all-day training open to the public to bring the Conservative Christians and the GLBT community together. Further details to arrive shortly. For more information please contact either The Marin Foundation or John Lewis at john@uywi.org.

November 21-24

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention in Nashville, TN. For registration information please visit www.nywc.com. Times as follows:

November 21

General Session with Shane Claiborne (Jesus for President), Tony Campolo (Eastern University) and music by the David Crowder Band 7:30-9:45pm

November 21

Individual Talk Back Session from 10:15-11:15pm

November 22

Building Bridges with Gay and Lesbian Youth (8- 9:30am)

November 23

How to Productively Answer the Tough Questions about Sexual Identity (3:30-5pm)

December 9-11

Andrew Marin will be in Philadelphia, PA attending The Gathering hosted by Tony and Bart Campolo at the National Christian Conference Center.

The Year 2009

February 10-13 Andrew Marin will be presenting two workshops at the National Pastors Convention, hosted by Zondervan and InterVarsity Press, located at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, CA. Additional presenters include Brian McLaren, Bill Hybels, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne, Gabe Lyons, Margaret Feinberg, Cathleen Falsani, AJ Jacobs and others. For registration information please visit www.nationalpastorsconvention.com.

March 6-9

Andrew Marin will be officiating a wedding in Kansas City

April 2009

My new book, Love is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community, will be nationally released by InterVarsity Press! Please visit your local bookstore, or go to www.ivpress.com or www.amazon.com. Watch out for the Love is an Orientation Tour coming to a city near you!

April 15

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the North Park University Chapel service from 10:30-11:30am, with a Q&A to follow. For more information please visit www.northpark.edu/umin.

April 26-29

Andrew Marin and The Marin Foundation team will be participating at the Q Conference in Austin, TX hosted by Gabe Lyons and the Fermi Project.

May 13-16

Andrew Marin will be speaking at the Urban Youth Workers National Conference at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, CA. More information to follow.

May 28-31

Andrew Marin will be officiating a wedding in Iow
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