... to the realities and differences in establishing churches internationally
To only go where we are invited:
MCC is approached by people and organizations from around the world asking for our assistance ...
"Metropolitan Community Churches worldwide offer our hearty thanks to God and congratulations to the Mayor and City Council of Washington D.C. as Marriage Equality becomes law in the Capital City of the ...
... testifying before US Congressional Committees in Washington, DC or working with passion on the ground in churches , hidden cell groups or NGOs in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and South Africa, they are ...
... learn. When we have listened, the Spirit has used the Church to be the conscience of the world – as some churches were used in the dark apartheid years – but when we have been obdurate and blind, then ...
... ways around the world, especially in support of LGBTQI struggles.
Come learn why the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches is known as “The Human Rights Church” in many countries. ...
Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches Calls for Prayer and Letters of Support for Malawian Gay Couple Arrested for Engagement Ceremony “God has sent me to proclaim freedom ...
International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.
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We're Going ...
International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.
In this Issue
On Churches and People
Children, Youth and Young Adults ...
... Our Savior MCC (Boynton Beach, Florida) and MCC of the Palm Beaches (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) were among the churches and faith groups participating in an interfaith Pride service. ...
International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.
In this Issue
Justice and Social Action
We're going Green
Would ...
The international movement of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) today affirmed its support of its sister denomination in Christ, the Episcopal Church in America, in lifting the de facto moratorium ...
International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.
In this Issue
Justice and Social Action
We're going Green
Would Jesus ...
International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.
In this issue
On Churches and People
Children, Youth and Young Adults ...
International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.
In this Issue
Justice and Social Action
Would Jesus discriminate? ...
... I know that I speak on behalf of our Moderator and the entire Board of
Elders when I thank you, too, for your prayers for our recent meeting.
And now, some news from Region 4 churches and ...
International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.
In this Issue
On Churches and People
Children, Youth and Young Adults
Ministry ...
... Amen Grace and Peace, + Nancy Rev. Nancy Wilson Moderator Metropolitan Community Churches ...
... isn't there? Between those who make the cross the center of the Christ Event, the atonement as the be-all-and-end all, with the resurrection as a footnote; versus those of us who grew up in churches for ...
... co-ordinates the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches ' Global Justice Team , and is the Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of New York (MCCNY) , the sponsoring organisation ...
... Lutheran church in Liberia to pray for peace. Then the whole church began to pray, and neighboring churches , and soon it was like a wildfire, and churches all over Liberia were praying. Then the demonstrations ...
... net looking for all the material I could find that would just thrill hearts, inspire souls and create a wondrous desire for volunteerism within our churches . There is such an overwhelming amount of material ...
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Spotlight on Churches and People
Children, Youth and Young Adults
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Transitions ...
... religion
- Bishop Glenna Shepherd
22 January 2009, Cape Town - Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) in Africa urge Nigerian President Musa Yar’dua to reject “The Same ...
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 ...
... conferences, churches and grass-roots human rights gatherings. He is also a co-founder of Beyond Ex-Gay, a survivor’s support network.
“The work of Peterson is not to be taken only as comedy, or the ...
... in the Eastern Churches . He gave monasticism a theological content and transformed it into an intellectual movement from simply the popular and evangelical movement it had been before. Basil's monasteries ...
Rev. Nancy L. Wilson, Moderator Metropolitan Community Churches Greetings to all of you in Metropolitan Community Churches and outposts throughout the world today. This is MCC's 40th Christmas ...
Delivered by Rev. Nancy L. Wilson, Moderator Metropolitan Community Churches December 12, 2008 Gaudete Sunday, Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Scripture 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18:
Rejoice ...
... you do in your churches and communities. Take some time to celebrate God's mystery and have a wonder-filled holiday season.
A Few Facts About the Month of December
December is the twelfth ...
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We're going Green
"Would Jesus Discriminate?" Campaign Update
Ecumenical ...
First Sunday in Advent by Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, Moderator, Metropolitan Community Churches Mark 13: 24-37:
But in those days, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened, ...
... and Literacy Program Director www.mccchurch.org
Metropolitan Community Churches AIDS Memorial
Greg Abbe Wat Abbot Donald Abbott Fred Abercrombie Jim Adams Lew Adams Vic Adams ...
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Blessing the Animals
Children, Youth and Young Adults
Ministry Ideas ...
... the reign of God, for which we pray in our churches and our houses of faith, and in our hearts. Together, our prayers transform our memories into our motivation.
Remarks by The Rev. Nancy L. Wilson ...
Rev. Elder Darlene Garner will serve as Vice-Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches for 2009.
In announcing the appointment, Rev. Elder Nancy L. Wilson, MCC moderator, said, "Rev. ...
International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches In this Issue
Justice and Social Action
We're going Green
"Would Jesus Discriminate?" Campaign Update
Ecumenical ...
... global Christian renewal movement toward greater openness and understanding of diversity. House of Rainbow is a new work of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches . UFMCC began as a ...
Dear Friends and Family of Metropolitan Community Churches , We have just learned from our friends at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) that on November 8, 2008, The Museum ...
Dear Beloved Community, Metropolitan Community Churches have stood on the forefront of HIV and AIDS since the very beginning of the pandemic. We committed ourselves to serving the lives of ...
We invited readers to submit ideas for a new name for Around the Fellowship since many people do not associate "the Fellowship" with MCC any longer, rather with Bishop Yvette Flunder's association of churches . ...
... hate and the lack of love and compassion for LGBTI persons who are excluded from expressing their faith in their birth churches . We call upon the URC to remain true to the principles of the Belhar Confession ...
... from MCC churches around the world in celebration of our 40th anniversary as well as the oral histories of many of our founders. Take time to tell your own story! This site will now receive and archive ...
Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches calls for Action Against Global Anti-LGBT Violence
Your help is urgently needed to stem the wave of international violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, ...
The MCC newsletter reporting from congregations all over the world...
In this issue
Rev Elder Jeri Ann Harvey Remembered
Spotlight on Local Churches & Leaders
Congratulations to our ...
... on the beauty and plan of creation: diversity. What I find myself dreaming about tonight is all the ways Metropolitan Community Churches can become a force for greater peace, greater wholeness, ...
... rejection and free to commit to love whom they will, our work is not done. Welcome to MCC. MCC Statements of Vision, Purpose, and Direction MCC Statement of Vision Metropolitan Community Churches are ...
... historic needs assessment survey of the LGBT community in Windsor-Essex County. The survey, funded by a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (which rarely makes grants to churches ), was the first ...
... acceptance has triumphed over the alienation and rejection endorsed by their churches . Adding intellectual fuel to the fire, the filmmaker debunks myths surrounding homosexuality through a cartoon ...
... facilitated by The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, a broad international network of churches and Christian organizations cooperating in advocacy on global trade and HIV and AIDS.
Love will also speak ...
by Rev Pressley Sutherland
We are living in a time of great exile. Our churches and many faith communities feel like agents of exile and suffering to many, many people. I dont know about you, but when ...
The MCC Church Denomination with news, resources and links to other congregations around the globe.
Good Hope MCC will Celebrate "Fellowship Sunday", joining other MCC congregations in 22 countries as Pacesetter Churches , marking the 38th anniversary of MCC's founding in 1968.
Click here for directions. ...
... acceptance has triumphed over
the alienation and rejection endorsed by their churches . Adding
intellectual fuel to the fire, the filmmaker debunks myths surrounding
homosexuality through a cartoo ...
