Always God's Children is an LGBTQ+ spirituality group that meets monthly in the Nashville area.
Our Purpose
We provide an emotionally safe place for LGBTQ+ Catholics and people of faith, their families and friends to pray, share experiences, find compassion, and build kinship.
2025 Pilgrimage to Italy
Join Always God’s Children on an 11 day pilgrimage through the shrines of Italy—Milan, Padova, Venice, Florence, Assisi, and Rome, October 7-17, 2025. Being LGBTQ+ and religious can be a difficult space. Family and friends often cut ties, step away and respond in ways far from the "respect, compassion and sensitivity" called for in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Always God’s Children works to bring healing to those wounds, so this pilgrimage includes the LGBTQ+ Catholics, people of faith, their family, friends and allies. You can join us on a journey modeled after the way of Jesus and encouraged by Pope Francis, in his words, "with closeness, compassion and tenderness" in "the style of God." Father Dexter Brewer is serving as Spiritual Director accompanied Greg Walton, a pastoral musician, and travel show duo Christin Baker and Stacey Powell, part of AGC Nashville.
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Our Name
Our name, Always God's Children, is inspired by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops pastoral message, "Always Our Children,” considered one of the more compassionate statements from the Catholic Church with regard to LGBTQ+ people and their families. We affirm that all are "Always God's Children.”
A Generous Space
If your sexuality or gender identity has made you unsure of your relationship with God, we are here for you. If experiences with the Church have fallen short of the “respect, compassion, and sensitivity” called for in the Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC 2358], we are here for you. We are not about changing people or changing doctrine. Respecting how each person integrates their gender and sexuality with scripture and tradition maintains our solidarity. We lean in, as Pope Francis encourages LGBTQ+ Catholic pastoral ministries, with “closeness, compassion, and tenderness,” opening our hearts and arms in the “style of God.” We follow the model of Jesus himself, who with love and compassion, took delight in those left out by the societal norms of their time. All of us are Always God’s Children.
Resources
Support for parish ministry, prayer and more.
Making LGBTQ+ Parish Ministries Work
Greg Walton
A 3 part series by Always God's Children founder, Greg Walton, "Making LGBTQ Parish Ministries Work," based on his 2022 workshop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles at its annual Religious Education Congress. This workshop features the experiences of other Catholic LGBTQ Ministry leaders and what Greg has learned accompanying his LGBTQ+ children and young people displaced by religious families who rejected them.
Rainbow Prayer Books
Steve Wolf - IDJC Press
The Liturgy of the Hours is the primary inspiration for these prayer books. Four books here (RAINBOW PSALMS in 30 Days, the abridged RAINBOW PRAYER, DAWN & DUSK RAINBOW for ORDINARY TIME, and DAWN & DUSK RAINBOW PRAYER) were compiled especially with Catholics who are LGBTQ+ in mind.
Outreach.faith
Outreach is an LGBTQ Catholic resource. It offers news, essays, resources and community for LGBTQ Catholics and those who minister with them in the Catholic Church worldwide. Outreach also highlights welcoming parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations.
JesusGlue Ministries, Inc.
The mission of JesusGlue Ministries, Inc. is to foster encounter with divine love through belonging, prayer, word, and song.
Always God’s Children is part of JesusGlue Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit registered in the United States under EIN: 36-3881847.
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