I once had a student who was severely dyslexic. One day, while building a 3D scale model of our classroom out of folded cardstock paper, a couple of my students and I were puzzling about the placement an internal window when the dyslexic student came over, and with only a glance, told us exactly what we needed to do. Turns out his handicap gave him a unique perspective particularly useful in solving our problem. Using my uncommon perspective as a transgender woman and calling on my southern heritage as a storyteller, I want to take a look at some of our common experiences and offer what I hope will be useful insights.

Meredith Guest, guest speaker; Rachael Newman, Worship Associate; Jesus Contreras, Music Director; Suzanne Kimmel, Director of Religious Education

Worship and Children’s Religious Education at 11:30 am; Social Time at 11:00 am and 12:45 pm. 825 Middlefield Drive, Petaluma

Meredith Guest is an educator who lives on an acre and a quarter just outside Petaluma, which, with the help of her partner, has become a mini-wildlife sanctuary. She is an out and visible male-to-female transsexual, and in a life long ago and far away, she was a Southern Baptist minister, proving that God does have a sense of humor – and a wicked one at that. When not trying to rescue butterflies, she teaches and writes – lies when she can, the truth when she must. You can find more about Meredith and read her blog at: www.meredithguest.net, or you can buy her memoir, “Son, I Like Your Dress.”