Episode 462: Cheryl Hill, Lesbian, Out of the Church for 30 Years, Returned.

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

My friend Cheryl Hill shares her remarkable journey to be rebaptized into the Church in 2017 after nearly 30 years out of the Church. Cheryl talks about her relationship with Jesus which led her back into the Church in Georgia through many miraculous experience and incredible Church members. Cheryl is joined by her therapist, Jennifer Kuck, from Georgia (who flew to Utah for the podcast) and shares insights into Cheryl’s courage to deal with the pain/trauma of prior Church experiences that needed to be addressed to help Cheryl come back into the Church. Cheryl, who moved to Utah, is joined by her current Bishop, Nate Manning, who talks about helping Cheryl feel loved and welcome in the Ward. Bishop Manning and Cheryl talk about returning to the Temple and all the friends who supported Cheryl that day. This is a remarkable story of Cheryl's courage to rejoin the Church and the many people who love, believe in, and support Cheryl. Thank you Cheryl for being on the podcast. You are awesome. Your story will help so many. Keep being you. We all love you! ** Please Check Out My Book At: ** Deseret Book: www.deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1462135773

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.9	We have a great podcast for you.
0:13.0	There are three guests in my home.
0:15.6	The first guest is really the central part of this story.
0:18.7	Cheryl Hill.
0:19.5	Welcome to the podcast, Cheryl.
0:21.2	Thank you. Cheryl is in welcome to the podcast, Cheryl. Thank you.
0:22.4	Cheryl is in her early 50s.
0:24.8	She was adopted into a Mormon family, and we won't have time to get into that.
0:32.1	She served a mission in her early 20s, came out as gay, were lesbian, and left the church. Roughly in 1990, eventually
0:40.0	had her records removed in the 1990s and spent until really 2017. I can't do the math
0:46.6	that quickly in my head. I think that's 30 years. 27. 27 years, thank you. Cheryl, out of the church.
0:53.7	And then Cheryl reconnected to the church.
0:55.9	And that's where we'll really pick it up.
0:57.3	We could probably do three podcasts just getting to that point.
1:00.8	But we're just going to start in 2017 with Cheryl living in Georgia and how she reconnected to the church.
1:10.5	And her therapist has come all the way from Georgia to be part of this podcast, Jenny
1:15.6	Cook, K-U-C-K. Welcome to the podcast, Jenny.
1:19.6	Thank you.
1:20.4	Happy to be here.
1:21.7	Supporting, Cheryl.
1:23.3	Jenny is a marriage and family therapist.
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