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... for his church, but we had no idea how great. The backlash was ferocious, and one of the most common protests was from devout Dutch Reformed members who accused their leaders of betrayal : ‘You are ...
... leadership, in building a healthy relationship; and in getting to know and appreciate our differences and our similarities, our common vision of radical inclusivity.   As many of you know, I offered ...
4. MCC Impact May 2009 (2)
(About us/News)
... Does the Bible Condemn Homosexuality? and Is the Bible the Word of God?  Share these with your friends who need to hear these messages.   Uncommon Hope, a DVD enhanced curriculum for local ...
... of all hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity. We want the prosecutors and magistrates to oppose all efforts to blame the victims as is so common in rape trials.   We ...
6. MCC Reach January 2009
(About us/News)
... and religious rituals in all the Sikh Gurudwaras. On the eve of Maghi falls the common Indian festival called the Lohri when bonfires are lighted in Hindu homes and alms are also distributed. The largest ...
7. MCC Reach December 2008
(About us/News)
... Children & Young People  1998 - Force for Change: World AIDS Campaign With Young People   To read the Sermon for World AIDS Day 2008 - Uncommon Hope the First Sunday in Advent ...
... Mark, in the midst of the first persecutions and sufferings, calls that first community of radical Christians to an uncommon hope: to be alert, awake, and watchful as God prepares to act. In some ways, ...
9. I Cry Aloud to God
(Spirituality/Word for Word)
... we can find common ground in the belief in mutual dignity and the right to live without fear of violence. To understand why people of minority sexualities and genders would risk their lives to worship, ...
... must ensure that the generations to come have a real opportunity to know our collective history.  Our stories, our memories are the keys to unlocking the lessons of the past, the uncommon hope in ...
11. No fems? No fairies? (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and 1 Timothy 1:10)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... of God. Since we know Paul was not talking about the Pillsbury Dough Boy, we have to ask what he meant. This common Greek word had different connotations depending on the context in which it was used. ...
12. What was the sin of Sodom? (Genesis 19 and Jude 7)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... must think I’m cute!” Tyler knows the man is angry — maybe angry enough to brutalize him. From archeological records, we know it was also a common practice in the Near East during ancient times for soldiers ...
13. Israel's Holiness Code. (Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... migrated when they left Egypt. It follows, therefore, if we can determine what type of homosexual behavior was common among the Canaanites and Egyptians, we will better understand what these verses ...
14. Idol Worship and Rejection of God. (Romans 1:21-28)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... passage, it will be helpful to pause briefly to remind ourselves of some basic, common- sense rules for understanding and interpreting human language. Perhaps it will help to draw an analogy from Jeff’s ...
15. David loved Jonathan more than women. (II Samuel 1:26)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... a very different situation.” Why can’t we use the same common sense today? Why are some Christians so determined to condemn what God has so clearly approved in Scripture? Remember, David is not some ...
16. The early church welcomed a gay man. (Acts 8:26-40)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... has as much need for a woman as a fish has for a bicycle. Instead, eunuchs were commonly associated in ancient culture with sexual interest in men. For example, the Kama Sutra (an ancient Eastern sacred ...
17. Jesus said some are born gay. (Matthew 19:10-12)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... and were thought by Rabbi Eliezer to be subject to “cure” (just like modern gays). Moreover, as we have also seen, eunuchs were commonly associated with homosexual desire. (For a complete discussion of ...
18. Jesus affirmed a gay couple. (Matthew 8:5-13)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... the property of the husband, with a status just above that of slave. Moreover, in Jesus’ day, a boy or girl was considered of marriageable age upon reaching his or her early teens. It was not uncommon ...
... to assist with your planning. Jamaica Embassies and High Commissions NOTE: "High Commission" indicates the embassy of a British Commonwealth nation that is located within another British Commonwealth ...
... Liturgical Calendar and Lectionary for the Church Year, which began with the first Sunday in Advent is available from Chi Rho Press. It is based on Year A from the Revised Common Lectionary and features ...
... who loves us deeply."  The article went on to state, "There are Metropolitan Community Churches all over the world (www.mccchurch.org ) working to dissuade others from the common Christian ...
... to participate in Good God Questions, a study at MCC Corpus Christi (Texas). The Summer Sermon Series at MCC San Francisco (California) is Diverse Beliefs, Common Values. MCC United (Tulsa, Oklahoma) ...
... of faith, the way of decency, the way that best honors our common humanity is the way of love and non-violence, not judgement and condemnation. While in Jamaica, I met with more than 30 denominational ...
... through the web-site www.floridabaptistwitness.com -- let him know that you are praying that God will remove the walls of separation between us and build up hope for a common and glorious future. Grace ...
25. Devotional by Rev. Steven Pace
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... clergy in this denomination. For 25 years of that time, I have also worked with HIV/AIDS. For all of those years, I have been in active ministry What we have in common today is leadership - we share ...
26. The Letter from Jude
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))
... multiplied. (3) Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered ...
27. Paul's Letter to Titus
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))
... Savior; (4) to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. (5) I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would ...
28. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))
... "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands); (12) that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, ...
29. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))
... has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able ...
30. The Acts of the Apostles
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))
... things in common. (45) They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need. (46) Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking ...
31. The Good News According to Mark
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))
... at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."' (37) Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly. (38) ...
32. The Good News According to Matthew
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))
  Matthew Chapter 1 (1) The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ , the son of David, the son of Abraham. (2) Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the ...
33. Jeremiah's Letter
(Bible/Old Testament (World English Bible))
... on display, they make crowns for the heads of their gods. (10) Sometimes also the priests steal gold and silver from their gods and bestow it upon themselves. (11) Yes, they will give from it to the common ...
34. Ezekiel
(Bible/Old Testament (World English Bible))
... things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned ...
35. Proverbs
(Bible/Old Testament (World English Bible))
... gold. (2) The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. (3) A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. (4) The result of humility ...
36. The First Book of Samuel
(Bible/Old Testament (World English Bible))
... and said, "There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women." (5) David answered the priest, and said to him, "Truly, ...
37. Numbers
(Bible/Old Testament (World English Bible))
... If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh hasn't sent me. (30) But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, ...
38. Leviticus
(Bible/Old Testament (World English Bible))
... sin, and he will be forgiven. (27) "'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty; (28) if his sin, which ...
... before 1 December 2006, then the common-law definition of marriage in the Marriage Act will both be changed so as to allow same-sex couples the right to marry as per the ruling of the Constitutional Court. ...
40. Call to Action: Same Sex Marriages
(Resources/Same Sex Marriages)
... before 1 December 2006, then the common-law definition of marriage in the Marriage Act will both be changed so as to allow same-sex couples the right to marry as per the ruling of the Constitutional Court. ...
... self-sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous common life with those who have trained you, sharing all the good things that you have and experience.   "Don't be misled: No one makes a ...
... is the most common of all life-threatening genetic diseases and affects 12.5 million people worldwide. Wedding bells! MCC Toronto (Ontario, Canada) and Hudson Nuptials, a company dedicated to facilitating ...
43. G Speak Press Release - Gay Marriage
(Resources/Same Sex Marriages)
... which found that the common law definition of marriage in the Marriage Act of 1961 was unconstitutional "insofar as it failed to give the same status, benefits and responsibilities to same sex unions ...
... society”, to open up the debate beyond the normal “two sides of the story”, and to break through to a deeper level of  understanding, and acceptance, of our common humanity. Programme 8:30-8:50:  ...
... In Canada, provinces determine only who can do the marriage and how it will be registered. A legal difference that affects long-term strategy is that Canada has strong  common law marriage rights ...
46. MCC Marriage Equality Newsletter
(Resources/Same Sex Marriages)
... In Canada, provinces determine only who can do the marriage and how it will be registered. A legal difference that affects long-term strategy is that Canada has strong  common law marriage rights ...
47. Meditation on Love - I Corinthians 13
(Spirituality/Sermons)
... writings however, eros is held to be a common desire that seeks transcendental beauty-the particular beauty of an individual reminds us of true beauty that exists in the world of Forms or Ideas (Phaedrus ...
... Council, are serving as daily volunteers at The Commonwealth Games. Angels of Hope MCC (Appleton and Green Bay, Wisconsin) has launched a mortgage retirement campaign to retire the final $16,970 (US) owed ...
49. Gender Diversity
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Simply male or female? Sometimes it's not as easy as that: gender variations are more common that most people suspect, because many people hide their true nature out of fear for their safety and security. ...
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A Journey into Light: Pride Interfaith Service on 2 March 2010

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Call for Action in the Arrest of Gay Kenyans

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

Address at a Service of Solidarity to mark the Trial of Rev. Ecclesia de Lange by Rev Prof Peter Storey DD.LLD.DHL Rosebank Methodist Church, 8 February, 2010 There comes a time. It’s as simple...

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

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MCC Calls for Prayer and Support for Malawian Gay Couple

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

Zoliswa Nkonyana Murder Trial Update

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Joint Working Group calls for justice in Hate Crime cases in September

MCC Impact July 2009 (2)

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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

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How Great Our Joy

Sermon for World AIDS Day 2008 - Uncommon Hope

I Cry Aloud to God

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Biblical Evidence

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

Today's Scripture

Friday, 12th March 2010

-If you're abused because of Christ, count yourself fortunate. It's the Spirit of God and his glory in you that brought you to the notice of others. If they're on you because you broke the law or disturbed the peace, that's a different matter. But if it's because you're a Christian, don't give it a second thought. Be proud of the distinguished status reflected in that name! -It's judgment time for God's own family. We're first in line. If it starts with us, think what it's going to be like for those who refuse God's Message! If good people barely make it, What's in store for the bad? So if you find life difficult because you're doing what God said, take it in stride. Trust him. He knows what he's doing, and he'll keep on doing it. 1 Peter 4:14-17 The Message [MSG]

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