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Purpose of the Coalition

Pride Flag.

The Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches is a collaboration of more than 100 churches and other ministries in the Chicago metropolitan area which welcome and affirm people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We have two goals:

  • To spread the message of our members' LGBTQ-inclusion across the Chicago metropolitan area, mindful that a positive message about sexual and family diversity is a gift to all people.
  • To connect the leaders, members, and guests of our partner churches for fellowship and education, enabling support and resource-sharing for the practices of faithful welcome.

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Design with parts of several pride flags and a fist

Pride Planning Meetings

We had a great kick off meeting to our Pride Season at Resurrection Lutheran on April 25th! We had over 25 people in the room and on Zoom. Thank you to all who joined us and helped us to make some decisions to about this year’s Pride Parade experience.This group helped brainstorm our theme for the Coalition signs for the 2026 parade:

Free + Beloved, That Includes You!

We will also be designing tee shirts that will be available for purchase saying: “Fiercefully Made” on the front and “God is proud of you and so are we!” Keep an eye on your emails to learn more!

Our regular planning meetings will begin this week as we develop other pieces of our Pride season including the Pre-Parade Worship Service, Parade details, and other pre-parade events and opportunities to gather. The dates for our future meetings are: May 6, 20, June 3, 10, 17, 24. We hope you will plan to join us for those meetings.

Our next meeting is this Wednesday, May 6th from 6:30–7:30 p.m.

We will be gathering in person at Broadway Methodist Church (3338 N. Broadway)
AND
On Zoom.

Upcoming Events

Pride in Park Ridge, June 5
Join Pride in Park Ridge on Friday, June 5th in Hodges Park, Park Ridge for an evening of fun for the whole family! Click the link above for more info!

All Ages Pride Party, June 6
Join us at Trinity United Methodist Church (605 W. Golf Road, Mt Prospect), 6:00–8:00 p.m, on Saturday, June 6th
Pack your own picnic, yard games, and a campfire with s’mores!

Many of our partner churches have events open to the public, if you are looking for places to connect with others, we recommend these events. Please Note: these events are not hosted by the Coalition.

If you or your church have an upcoming event you'd like to publicize through the Coalition, please send us the information at info@chicagowelcomingchurches.org.

Photos from Chicago's 2025 Pride Celebration

Building new church signs for the 2025 Pride Parade
Building new church signs days before Chicago's 2025 Pride Parade | Photo by Andrew Bailey
The Pre-Parade worship service outside at Broadway United Methodist Church
Our pre-parade worship service on the lawn at Broadway United Methodist Church | Photo by Charing Wei-Jen Chen
Some of the leaders of the Coalition
Some of the leaders of the Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches before the parade | Photo by Andrew Bailey
Lining up for the 2025 Pride Parade
Walking in Chicago's 2025 Pride Parade | Photo by Emily Vogt
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