PIE Videos

IDEA: Use the Official PIE Day videos, ministry stories, or screen our short film “What The Hell?”

Check out the four Official PIE Videos!

Brought to you by Affirming Connections and Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble.

Join our pie-loving hosts Stéphane and Pam as they introduce us to PIE and as Affirming ministries tell their stories about their Public, Intentional, and Explicit work and welcome for the LGBTQ2SIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Two Spirit, Intersex, Asexual, +) community.

Reflect on your own recipes and possibilities for further LGBTQ2SIA+ inclusion in your community!

Our four PIE Videos can be streamed or downloaded from our Vimeo channel for use at your event or service during National Affirming Week or year round:

  1. Our FULL LENGTH PIE Video (15 min) complete with a delicious explanation of the acronym, concrete examples, and real life ministry stories from 5 congregations across Canada! Perfect for PIE events, Sunday morning PIE Celebrations (you could use it as part of your sermon!), workshops, Affirming Committee planning, etc!

  2. Our FIVE MINUTE Video gives you a thorough overview of each element of P-I-E, for an in-depth look at what Affirming Ministries can look and feel like! Great to provide an in-depth look at Affirming concepts in a playful and engaging way, at your event, service, Affirming process conversations, and more!

  3. Our SHORT PROMO Video (2 min) is perfect to do a brief and fun intro of PIE and what it means. Great to promo your PIE event, introduce the concepts to your community, play during a service, and put on social media!

  4. Our MINISTRY STORIES Video (7 min) is all about the living out of PIE, from four ministries across Canada, in their own words. They share what their Affirming process and journey has meant to them, and how their community has been inspired by living out their Public, Intentional, and Explicit welcome. A great tool to show what different ministries have tangibly done, the hope that it has given their LGBTQ2S+ and allied congregants, and to invite people into a curiosity about how they can deepen their own faith and ministry! Use in your Affirming committee, show to your Board, Sunday morning service, event, and more!

Examples of questions you can use after you watch or share the video:

  • Did one story or person stand out for you? 

  • How is the ministry or group you're involved in offering a Public, Intentional, and/ or Explicit welcome to LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit people?

  • Where could you widen your welcome? Is one of the letters in PIE more challenging than others? Easier than others? 

  • What are opportunities and needs your community of faith or organization could work with, right here in your own community?

  • Big ideas and small steps are equally important.  

 

Video Credits:

Video concept, script, and design: Pam Rocker and Julie Graham

Directed and Produced by: Downtime Productions

A huge slice of thank you’s to our hosts:

- Stéphane Youdom and Pam Rocker

Affirming Connections is funded by St. Andrews Regional Ministries and the Chinook Winds Region.

Thank you to the Affirming ministries who told your PIE stories and showed us how to keep the Affirming welcome fresh and delicious: