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Reverend Pressley Sutherland's column for thoughts and devotions.

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Would Jesus Discriminate?

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1. Call for Action in the Arrest of Gay Kenyans (About us/News) ... for the partners God has given us. May we build lives of substance and mutual care----a good, blessed and joyful thing to do. Let us value our love with the fulness of sacred promises, resisting ... 2. There comes a time - Solidarity to mark the Trial of Rev. Ecclesia de Lange (About us/News) ... is God’s promise to haunt us, to confront every prejudice of the devout, no matter how respectable or how carefully wrapped in dogma. Time and again since, the Spirit has taken the Church, sometimes ... 3. JWG Reject the Proposed Appointment of Homophobic Journalist Jon Qwelane as an Ambassador (About us/News) ... come to court. We will be carefully considering all options for further action related to this matter. For more information please contact: Emily Craven – JWG – 011 403 5566 The ... 4. MCC Calls for Prayer and Support for Malawian Gay Couple (About us/News) ... people living under the scourge of wars that have raged on eight years, twenty-five year; of advances in health care that are available only to the few — these are the things our governments, legislators ... 5. MCC Impact July 2009 (2) (About us/News) ... MCC Winston-Salem (North Carolina) has begun sending care packages to family members and friends who are serving overseas. The boxes include snacks, candy, gum, foot powder, baby wipes, ... 6. MCC Impact July 2009 (1) (About us/News) ... Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Chicago. Rev. Maria Luna-Wolfe has initiated a ministry focusing on the spiritual needs of the extended care unit at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, ... 7. MCC Impact June 2009 (2) (About us/News) ... Gentle Shepherd MCC (Tallahassee, Florida) is collecting pennies and other change for Big Bend Cares. To begin their ministry at Belle Reve, an assisted living facility for people ... 8. MCC Impact May 2009 (2) (About us/News) ... People learned about the diverse careers of other congregants, while enjoying refreshments, music, and fun prizes. MCC of the Quad Cities (Davenport, Iowa) is collecting children's art and school ... 9. Call Me By My True Names (Spirituality/Word for Word) ... that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about anyone. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him ... 10. Report on State sponsored homophobia throughout the world (About us/News) ... Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and parts of Nigeria and Somalia) punish them with the death penalty. Gloria Careaga, co-secretary general of ILGA: Homophobia is the fear of, aversion to, or ... 11. MCC Impact April 2009 (2) (About us/News) ... Perry Skinner, the son of a member at MCC Richmond (Virginia), is serving in Iraq, so church folks gathered items for care packages to send him and 35 others with him. Included were such ... 12. MCC Impact April 2009 (1) (About us/News) ... during his 50-year career. It is currently airing in the UK and Europe and will be broadcast later in North America. During the Rally on Tally, a day of promoting equality at the ... 13. The Cross (Spirituality/Sermons) ... demonize some. Some of us grew up listening to theologies of the cross that give children nightmares, and were manipulative, so we have to tread carefully, don't we? There is a kind of polarization, ... 14. Save New York City LGBTQI Youth Shelters (About us/News) ... on the DYCD and the City Council to reverse their recent decisions, and offer adequate funding to these shelters as a human rights and youth welfare priority. Why should we care internationally? ... 15. Late - But Not Too Late (Spirituality/Sermons) ... hunger and disease and war. Of homophobic violence. It seems late for kids so damaged by broken foster care systems. Some say it is nearing the end of the world. But, it is always the end of ... 16. A Statement of Ongoing Concern for Substantive Change in Cape Town Pride (About us/News) ... and community partnership. During the past two months, we have worked diligently through a carefully considered collective process to lobby the Cape Town Pride Board for change based on the following ... 17. Spiritual ConNEXTion: Outreach (Spirituality/Sermons) ... you care, because God in you cares. Just someone to keep people connected by E-mailing people a prayer, wish for God's blessings or an uplifted word. Just listening is the best communication tool you can ... 18. MCC Impact January 2009 (About us/News) ... open for the community at MCC Ocala (Florida) three days a week. Valley Ministries MCC (Stockton, California) began the new year with five CARE groups (Connecting with each other, Accepting ... 19. Nigeria: Enough Hatred in the Name of God! (About us/News) ... by well-meaning people of deep faith. Such is the case in the recent citation of 'God's design' in the Nigerian prohibition against same-gender unions. I call on Nigerian legislators who care ... 20. Announcement of MCC Structure Review Team (About us/News) In July 2001, the General Conference of the UFMCC overwhelmingly passed a major restructure plan for Metropolitan Community Churches. The plan had been carefully developed with extensive grassroots consultation ...
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Conviction and Sentencing of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga

The Joint Working Group (JWG), a network Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) organizations throughout South Africa were horrified by this morning’s confirmation that Steven...

Holy Week 2010 at GHMCC

Holy Week Programme 2010 at Good Hope Metropolitan Community Church

Written by Rev. Elder Diane Fisher Adopted by the MCC Board of Elders, 11 August 2008 What is the Human Rights Church? Metropolitan Community Church mission in the world is Tearing Down Walls, and Building...

Invite to AGM on 18 April 2010

Good Hope MCC invites all members and friends of the Church to our Annual General Meeting on Sunday, 18 April 2010 after the Sunday Service. Business packs with reports and the proposed agenda will be...

GHMCC is entering transitioning period

Good Hope Metropolitan Community Church is entering a transitioning period. The Church Council made the following announcement:

MCC around the Globe Congratulate Washington D.C. on this Historic Day of U.S. Marriage Equality

A Journey into Light: Pride Interfaith Service on 2 March 2010

Call for Action in the Arrest of Gay Kenyans

There comes a time - Solidarity to mark the Trial of Rev. Ecclesia de Lange

JWG Reject the Proposed Appointment of Homophobic Journalist Jon Qwelane as an Ambassador

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Call to Protest at the Ugandan High Commission: 17 November 2009

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The Thorn In My Side Is Not Being Gay...

by Reverend Pressley Sutherland The Apostle Paul once wrote that he had a ‘mysterious’ thorn in his side that he struggled with inside himself. I think this is one of those places where...

Call Me By My True Names

Text of a Speech Given by Rev Pressley Sutherland at the Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Gay Hate Crimes Awareness Demonstration and Commemorative Gathering Held On the Eve of the South African General...

An Easter Blessing

How Jesus Became a Morning Person. I confess that I am a morning person. Perhaps, because it does take me a while to wake up, I love my quiet time in the am. I love my quiet house (my partner...

The Cross

Good Friday Sermon by Rev. Nancy Wilson, MCC Moderator Someone wrote to me a while ago, upset with MCC because we do not preach enough about "the cross." I knew what he meant...

Conversations at the Tomb

Easter Message by Rev Elder Glenna Shepherd, Elder Serving MCC Region 4 The Text: John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the...

Late - But Not Too Late

Spiritual ConNEXTion: Outreach

Provision for Every Season

How Great Our Joy

Sermon for World AIDS Day 2008 - Uncommon Hope

I Cry Aloud to God

Experimenting with Christianities

Completed in One Another

Biblical Evidence

No fems? No fairies? (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and 1 Timothy 1:10)

Today's Scripture

Friday, 3rd September 2010

God told Abram: 'Leave your country, your family, and your father's home for a land that I will show you. - I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you.' Genesis 12:1-3 The Message [MSG]