Justice as Worship and Entertainment

 

In this world of TikTok, Instagram, and other social media, how do we capture the attention of the people in our community? I believe we raise awareness and engagement by creating worship spaces that live at the cross roads of entertaining, meaningful, and relevant.

I have worked with a highly diverse population of peoples across our country. They varied based on sex, gender, religion, politics, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and religion. What I discovered in my work is that people who have been hardened by propaganda can be better reached using messages of justice and change through the arts, entertainment, and worship.

Our first year opening as a church, we created Drag Me 2 Church. We wanted to create a worship service that was run by drag artists around Eastern Washington, a notoriously conservative area. We wanted to start a conversation that touched on the inte

Our first year opening as a church, we created Drag Me 2 Church. We wanted to create a worship service that was run by drag artists around Eastern Washington, a notoriously conservative area. We wanted to start a conversation that touched on the intersectionality of sexuality, gender, religion, and resiliency.

In the height of the Trump administration's persecution of Mexican Immigrants and Mexican American citizens, our church centered worships around the bilingual multicultural nature of our very community.

In the height of the Trump administration's persecution of Mexican Immigrants and Mexican American citizens, our church centered worships around the bilingual multicultural nature of our very community.

Part of offering worship is making it fun and approachable. Any time we can make people laugh and enjoy their time together, I strived to make that happen.

Part of offering worship is making it fun and approachable. Any time we can make people laugh and enjoy their time together, I strived to make that happen.

Our second Drag Me 2 Church was our last blowout before going into quarantine in 2020. We doubled the number of drag artists coming from as far away as Idaho to perform. Our attendance doubled, and we started streaming it via Facebook. People loved t

Our second Drag Me 2 Church was our last blowout before going into quarantine in 2020. We doubled the number of drag artists coming from as far away as Idaho to perform. Our attendance doubled, and we started streaming it via Facebook. People loved the performances and the Q&A afterwards in which we got discuss the bigger issues between sex and religion.

Part of my ministry comes in the form of church signs. This is the original sign that went viral on TikTok and Instagram. In Conservative Lewis County, WA I encouraged people to stay home at the height of Omicron.

Part of my ministry comes in the form of church signs. This is the original sign that went viral on TikTok and Instagram. In Conservative Lewis County, WA I encouraged people to stay home at the height of Omicron.

Our church leadership had a passion for drama and theater. We created our own troupe casted from the local community and our casting process was race and gender blind. We performed for free in the main park of Walla Walla with a large attendance!

Our church leadership had a passion for drama and theater. We created our own troupe casted from the local community and our casting process was race and gender blind. We performed for free in the main park of Walla Walla with a large attendance!

Our Dia de los Muertos worship featured an offrenda that contained the names and faces of every trans person murdered in 2019. It was a deeply moving service, and a chance to put names and faces to a statistic.

Our Dia de los Muertos worship featured an offrenda that contained the names and faces of every trans person murdered in 2019. It was a deeply moving service, and a chance to put names and faces to a statistic.