How Gather Conference is Changing Lives (with Emilee Cutler & Spencer David Smith)

All Out in the Open

All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this special episode of THE Exclusive, Ben Schilaty is joined by Emilee Cutler and Spencer David Smith to talk about the upcoming Gather Conference, taking place this June in Provo, Utah. Now in its third year, the conference creates a Christ-centered space where LGBTQ+ individuals and those who love them can connect, learn, and feel seen. Emilee shares her personal journey from fear to peace as the mother of a gay son, and how listening to LGBTQ+ stories helped transform her heart. Spenc...

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0:00.0	Welcome to All Out in the Open. I'm Ben Shalati, and I know we aren't supposed to have any empty chairs,
0:04.5	but today we have an empty chair because Charlie sadly couldn't make it today. But I am joined today by my
0:09.4	friends Emily and Spencer. And we're talking about the Gather Conference. The Gather Conference is
0:13.7	Christend support for LGBTQ people and those who love them. It's going to be, uh, the conference will be this June, June 27th and 28th in Provo, Utah.
0:22.7	This is our third year. The last few years we've had over a thousand people come. And it is
0:27.6	such a wonderful experience. And we are very excited to have another all in the open live event,
0:32.6	uh, that Friday night. So come join us for that. If you want to learn more about the conference,
0:36.4	uh, you can go to gather dash conference.com. That's gather dash conference.com. And listeners to the podcast can
0:43.6	register for 20% discount. And that discount code is all out. Just one word, all out, a L-L-O-U-T.
0:51.1	And I can't wait for you to hear from my friends Emily and Spencer and the experiences
0:54.9	they've had to gather.
1:05.6	Emily, Spencer, so excited to have you guys here today.
1:08.1	Happy to be here.
1:08.9	We're excited.
1:09.8	Well, I want to know who you are. So,
1:11.1	Emily, could you just tell us a little bit about you? My name is Emily. I am a mom. I'm a wife.
1:17.5	I have a son who came out as gay about three and a half years ago. And it has been a blessing in my
1:26.0	life. All right.
1:28.0	Can I ask you some questions about that?
1:29.6	Yes.
1:30.1	What was it like for you when your son came out?
1:32.4	How did that happen?
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