Don Rull (Treasurer - Board of Directors) has attended St. Luke's since 1998 when he moved to The First Coast from Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Don has been an active volunteer in the gay and lesbian community including serving at Western Michigan University in the Alliance for Lesbian/Gay Support (ALGS) in Kalamazoo, Michigan for many years where he also founded the first ACT-UP and Queer Nation groups in that city.  He was an active member of the original planning committee for the 1993 March on Washington, in Washington, District of Columbia.  Don was a member of the Honolulu Gay Men's Chorus while residing in Honolulu, Hawaii and was invited to perform at a special engagement during Sedona, Arizona's pride celebration with this chorus.  He was also a member of the Lehigh Valley Gay Men's Chorus while living in Easton, Pennsylvania.
 
Don and his husband, Robert (St. Luke's Deaf Ministries Leader and ASL Interpreter), have been together since 2004 and had their Holy Union (Spiritual Wedding) ceremony at St. Luke's in 2005 under Rev. J. Seward.  They were legally married in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2006 and own a home in Ortega Farms with their beautiful daughter, Halle. Their family also consists of their Yellow Labrador Retriever, Caesar, their long haired Chihuahua, Sophie, and ferret Zazu. 

Don brings to his position as Treasurer of the St. Luke's MCC Board over 19 years of experience as a business owner and consultant in the hospitality and service industries as well as a life-time working in family owned and operated businesses.  His vision is to help play a part in bringing Jacksonville's GLBT faith communities together, along with partnering with the non-GLBT communities, and to live as an example for his family and community.

Don’s family is currently undergoing significant and systematic discrimination by the 4th Judicial Circuit Court of Northeast Florida for living his life openly and honestly.  Don asks that you keep he and his family, as well as all other victims of oppression, in your prayers.

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

- Martin Niemöller (1892—1984), Protestant pastor