Join us April 14 when we welcome guest Patrix Carmen Daugherty from Kaleidoscope and Roberts Park UMC. After the service, there will be a presentation on #SelfMade, an innovative new service designed for transgender and non-binary individuals.

Pastrix Carmen Daugherty serves as Executive Director of Our Kaleidoscope Community, Inc., a newly formed nonprofit organization and the first extension ministry of its kind in the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. Kaleidoscope’s mission is to prioritize and elevate queer voices, celebrate the vastness of human diversity, and reclaim our trust in Love by gathering in intersectional community. 

Pastrix Carmen lives in central Indiana and received their Masters of Divinity from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. They serve under appointment at the pleasure of the Bishop at OKC as well participate in the life of Roberts Park UMC as their connectional church.

Pastrix* Carmen and her partner were college sweethearts and they have three amazing children together. They have a set of rainbow twins, a girl and boy, born 14 minutes apart from different uteri, in different hospitals, and a younger daughter. They are very proud of their queer and diverse family! In her spare-time, Pastrix Carmen enjoys throwing pottery, gardening, getting tattoos and everything queer.

*Rev. Carmen Daugherty embraces the title, "Pastrix", which author Nadia Bolz-Weber reclaims in her book, Pastrix, a messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional life of faith. The term Pastrix (pronounced “pas-triks”) has historically been used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors. (Source here)