08/20/2026
❤️🌈 No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey — YOU ARE WELCOME HERE. 🌈❤️
Come as you are.
Not as someone told you to be.
Not as someone tried to shape you.
Not as someone shamed you into becoming.
Just… you.
Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, mixed, whatever — welcome.
No kids? Welcome.
Raising kids? They’re welcome. 👶
Yes, even your crying baby is welcome!
Special needs? Welcome.
Neurodivergent, neurotypical, ADHD, autistic, dyslexic, or simply wired differently — welcome.
Foster family? Welcome.
Adopted? Welcome.
Adoptive parents? Welcome.
Single parent? Welcome.
Blended family? Welcome.
Chosen family? Welcome.
Single? Welcome.
Divorced? Welcome.
Widowed? Welcome.
Remarried? Welcome.
Living together? Welcome.
Child-free? Welcome.
Longing for a child? Welcome.
Grieving a child? Welcome.
Bring your baby, your kids, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your spouse, your partner, your whole family — welcome.
Live in an apartment? Welcome.
Live in a house? Welcome.
Live with family? Welcome.
Homeless? Welcome.
Living in your car? Welcome.
Rich, poor, struggling to make ends meet, comfortable, unemployed, working three jobs — welcome.
Disabled, able-bodied, fat, thin, tall, short — welcome.
Tattooed, pierced, anxious, depressed, joyful, grieving — welcome.
Addicted, recovering, gambling, drinking, smoking, struggling, healing — welcome.
Quiet, loud, introverted, extroverted, certain, uncertain — welcome.
Christian, another faith, no faith, questioning your faith, searching, skeptical, doubting, or unsure — welcome.
From another church, from no church, from a church that hurt you, or never set foot in one before — welcome.
LGBTQ+, straight, questioning, learning, growing, becoming — welcome.
Parents, grandparents, guardians, siblings, friends, loners, wanderers — welcome.
Young, old, in-between, successful, starting over, rebuilding, breaking, rising — welcome.
If you’ve been told you aren't a “good Christian” — welcome.
If you've been hurt by Christians or by the church — welcome.
If you’ve made mistakes — big ones, small ones, the kind you still think about at 3 AM — welcome.
If you’re ashamed of your past, welcome.
If you’re proud of your growth, welcome.
If you’re still figuring it out, welcome.
There is no “but what if I…” that can separate you from the love of God.
Not addiction.
Not depression.
Not anxiety.
Not your past.
Not your mistakes.
Not your doubts.
Not your identity.
Not your questions.
Not your scars — visible or invisible.
You are not an exception.
You are not an interruption.
You are not a burden.
You are not “too much” or “not enough.”
You are a beloved child of God.
And you are welcome here — fully, loudly, joyfully.
The United Church of Ware says:
There is room for you here.
There is love for you here.
There is belonging for you here.
There is hope for you here.
We recognize God’s image in you.
And nothing — nothing — can erase that.
Christ's arms are wide open.
Jesus welcomed everybody. So do we.
So if you're reading this and wondering…
“Do they really mean me?”
Yes. We mean you.
You don't have to earn your way in.
You don't have to explain yourself first.
You don't have to become someone else before you belong.
Come as you are.
There's room for you here. ❤️🌈
