Love is Louder

What is Love is Louder: Love Your Neighbor OUT LOUD?

Jesus is clear about how to love God and one another: “Love your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” – Luke 10:27, CEB

Love is Louder: Love Your Neighbor OUT LOUD embodies the testimony of Jesus and calls on the Church to be faithful siblings to one another – friend and stranger – for the sake of love.

Love is Louder is a movement where together we can support the spiritual, physical, and mental well-being of LGBTQIA+ siblings! Our initiative offers faith communities with resources and tools for just action and care.

Let’s root ourselves in the spirit of Jesus’s call to love our neighbors as ourselves!

Collage of group photos from Cleveland Pride 2025 — Love is Louder in action across the wider church!

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Love is Louder: The Book of Love first edition is available for free download!

We’re thrilled to extend our Love is Louder offerings to include The Book of Love! Within this first edition are the voices of our wider Church offering their poetry, devotional reflections, and liturgy with the Gospel of inclusion embodied. Our submission platform will remain open below for furture edition releases.

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Love OUT LOUD Together

October 11 is National Coming Out Day and in celebration we’re inviting YOU to share your story of Love OUT LOUD with the wider church! Share your story with us so we can spread the message of an inclusive Jesus for all!

Love OUT LOUD Videos

Share with us your message of how you’re embracing Love OUT LOUD in your communities! We’ll use these videos on October 11, National Coming Out Day & throughout the year to remind each other Love is Louder!

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Love is Louder: The Book of Love

Together we’re creating a tapestry of diverse inclusive voices as an offering we’re calling “The Book of Love!”

Help us fill this Book of Love with liturgy, poetry, and devotional offerings. We’re seeking submissions up to 600 words. Submissions are open now and the book will digitally release October 11!

To submit your entry for the Book of Love, sign the Book of Love Release Form and fill out the informational form on this page.

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Love is Louder Resources

Explore Toolkit #1

This toolkit is for the flourishing of transgender and non-binary siblings. Learn a 5-step process to access ways you can care for trans and non-binary folks well.

Logo Package

Download the “Love is Louder” logo package to use in your own Pride celebration materials!

Buy a Love is Louder Shirt

Purchasing a Love is Louder shirt supports congregations seeking to begin a discretionary fund focusing on the care of LGBTQIA+ Siblings. Purchase your shirt today!

Explore Toolkit #2

Front Cover of "Love Is Louder" toolkit showing a group of people locking arms, each wearing a different color of the rainbow. The text reads "Gender & Sexuality + Our Faith"

This toolkit offers an introduction to what Gender & Sexuality, along with inclusive language practices to love LGBTQIA+ siblings along the Gender & Sexuality spectrum well. Workshop Handout, here.

Facebook and X Banners

Celebrate Pride month by adding a Love is Louder banner to your Facebook or X page!

Advocacy 101 Webinars

Explore Pride OUT LOUD Worship Resources

Explore these Worship Resources curated for Pride Worship and LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Worship!

Download this free resource, here.

Gospel of Love Reflections

At the Genesis of our faith, God creates us in the image of the divine and through Jesus’ wisdom we are reminded of our connection to each other and the Gospel of Love.

To “love God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” – Luke 10:27, NRSV

Journey with our Gospel of Love Reflections:

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Love is Louder Funds

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Today, tomorrow, and always the fluidity of our expression and experiences as trans and non-binary siblings will live on infinitely. Language cannot contain or cease the Spirit. Queer individuals and the diversity spectrum of our humanity has always existed and will no matter what policies attempt to do. From our faith, I know, Trans and non-binary siblings are made in the image of God – period.
Rachael Ward, they/them, Minister and Team Lead for Gender & Sexuality Justice Ministeries

Read more from this offering & receive helpful care practices in this moment, here.

Questions?

For questions, please contact Rachael Ward, Team Lead & Minister for Gender & Sexuality Justice Ministries, at wardr@ucc.org or (216) 736–3217.