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... transition will be a point for discussion at this meeting. Pressley and the church council will remain behind after the service tonight, should there be anyone who would like to chat. It is a while ...
... its ministry open to persons in faithful same-sex relationship. It will honour and bless their love with the same blessing given to all marriages everywhere. That is as certain as day follows night. ...
... He also testified to being “drunk and unable to walk properly” on the night. It was established that intimidation of the witnesses were rife and that witnesses were warned “not ...
4. MCC Impact July 2009 (2)
(About us/News)
... month Holy Covenant MCC (Brookfield, Illinois) works with the Pilsen Night Ministry in downtown Chicago. They fill gently used backpacks or totes with donated food items, deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, ...
5. MCC Impact July 2009 (1)
(About us/News)
... in the Sun www.ovationsnightclub.com , and Steel Magnolias is being directed by Lee Walker www.adplayers.org. (back to top) Children, Youth and Young Adults   At ...
6. MCC Impact June 2009 (2)
(About us/News)
... Florida) has opened its building to house offices for St. Pete Pride and the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.   On Wednesday nights at First MCC of Atlanta (Georgia) they are ...
7. MCC Impact May 2009 (2)
(About us/News)
... (USD) to Sylvia's Place, a ministry of MCC New York (New York) which houses and provides programs for homeless LGBT youth.   Folks from MCC Melbourne (Australia) participated in the Trivia Night ...
8. Call Me By My True Names
(Spirituality/Word for Word)
... judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for God’s children, who cry out day and night? Will God keep putting them off? 8I tell you, God will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, ...
9. MCC Impact May 2009 (1)
(About us/News)
... Tuesday night last month, Rev. Mike Ellard appeared on Get Real, a cable program in San Jose, California, during which he discussed Prop 8's effect on real estate issues.    Robin Brook ...
10. MCC Impact April 2009 (2)
(About us/News)
...    Under the leadership of Ann Cox and Rev. Lin Stoner, the Michigan churches will be gathering 15-16 May at MCC Detroit with a talent show on Friday night and workshops, worship and healing services ...
11. MCC Impact April 2009 (1)
(About us/News)
... Friday night Bingos, which are very family oriented and well supported by the community at large.  The article also tells of other church programs.  Click here to read the article.   ...
12. 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, ...
... the welfare of LGBTQI youths to be sacrificed. This petition will be delivered to New York City Council Members and the Department of Youth and Community Development. Every night in New York ...
14. Pride Fringe Festival
(About us/News)
...  Sunday, 1 March 2009, 18h00 Good Hope MCC, Zonnebloem College Chapel, Cambridge Street, Zonnebloem, District Six “Out & Proudly Queer” Party Sunday, 1 March 2009, 20h00 Pink Knights Blue ...
15. MCC Impact January 2009
(About us/News)
...    The folks at Spirit of Life MCC (New Port Ritchie, Florida) decided to have their twice monthly Wednesday night service on a weekly basis now.   Rev. Elder Ken Martin and Tom Cole ...
16. MCC Reach January 2009
(About us/News)
... power.)   This celebration is held on the 5th day of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of Magha. Saraswati is the goddess of wisdom, art and music and is believed to endow human beings ...
17. MCC Reach December 2008
(About us/News)
... an abiding role as a bearer of light in the dark Swedish winters. The many Lucia songs all have the same theme: The night treads heavily around yards and dwellings In places unreached by ...
18. MCC Impact November 2008 (2)
(About us/News)
... the Blue Ridge (Roanoke, Virginia) to raise funds during the annual Light the Night Walk sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Participants carried lighted balloons to signify their commitment ...
...  Shawn Kinney Lindsay Kirk Shannon Kitzman Gary Klink Dan Knight Mark Knodell Richard Knoll Bill Knox Doug Koeling Charles Kopp Chas Korpics Robert Kraus Bob Krause Darren Krause Rodolpho ...
20. MCC Impact November 2008 (1)
(About us/News)
... Thursday afternoon for children. The children at MCC Corpus Christi (Texas) enjoyed a movie night and hamburgers, while the adults gathered in another room to enjoy one more on their level! Trunk ...
... as "Midnight" (December 17, 1991) and "La Conchita" (October 2, 1997).   I am calling on community leaders, both in the LGBT community and the wider community, and all who have access to the media, ...
22. MCC Impact
(About us/News)
... 2nd anniversary of House of Rainbow MCC.  They enjoyed a Special Vigil Night of Gospel Praise from 9 pm one evening until dawn.  There was a celebratory worship service including renditions in ...
23. I Cry Aloud to God
(Spirituality/Word for Word)
by Rev. Pressley Sutherland I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that I may be heard. In the day of my trouble I seek the Sovereign; In the night my hand is stretched out without wearying. ...
... night, 20s/30s events, white water rafting, a picnic, a movie night, and the list goes on and on! Divine Peace MCC (Pontiac, Michigan) hosted a Friendship Day.  They not only invited their friends ...
... in Faith" column for the online magazine The Life Poetic .   Rev. Vicky Kowlakowski of MCC San Jose (California) was featured on NBC 11's nightly news.  If elected, she will become the ...
... implement the dream that so many before us have lived and died for.   Tonight, there will be MCCers present on the floor of a stadium where history will be made, and there will be MCCers watching ...
27. What was the sin of Sodom? (Genesis 19 and Jude 7)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... — perhaps because he remembered having been a stranger himself. That night, when the city dwellers learned Lot had welcomed two strangers into his house and into their city, all the people gathered at ...
28. Idol Worship and Rejection of God. (Romans 1:21-28)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... attraction to men during his fourth year of college, it was not during a search for unbounded sexual pleasure or in the context of pagan worship rituals. It was during a night of intense prayer when ...
29. David loved Jonathan more than women. (II Samuel 1:26)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... find out what his father was thinking. If his father had cooled down, he would let David know it was safe. One night, at the royal table, the subject of David came up, and Jonathan spoke on his behalf. ...
... The night before, they held a Stonewall Dinner -- and everyone dressed in their best outfits from 1969! They wore their "Would Jesus Discriminate?" t-shirts in the Pride march! Rev. Marge Ragona ...
... Mall Date Time Cine 1 Time Cine 3 Time Cine 5 Thu 04/09 19h30 Out at the Wedding + Beyond Hate Crimes Opening Night - by invitation only Fri 05/09 19h00 Where ...
32. Gay Cinema : Coming of Age
(About us/News)
... love story and teenage angst to thriller and documentary – each character wrangles with life questions from individual perspectives. The opening night Out at the Wedding is the perfect example. Indeed, ...
33. Shaking The Foundations!
(Spirituality/Sermons)
... into the deepest recesses of a dungeon, and locked in chains. And that's where today's scripture begins. The Bible says that at midnight, Paul and Silas were singing hymns. I know Jim Mitulski ...
... for $3,735 (USD) for their building fund. All Saints' MCC (Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand) had a social night of a finger food potluck followed by volleyball, boules, and other outside games. The ...
... of Dallas. MCC South London (England) raised over £300 for children with HIV/AIDS in Africa and an additional £80 has gone to MCC North London to help with food for their night shelter. Missions ...
... the violence. On Tuesday night, January 29, 2008, an anti-gay mob invaded a private home in Greenvale, Manchester (Jamaica). The mob attacked three gay men inside, beating them and hacking them with machetes. ...
... the Living the Questions series in place of the sermon during worship.   Rev. Renee McCoy is teaching the Wednesday Night Bible Study at MCC Detroit (Michigan). (back to top) MCC Resources The 2007-2008 ...
... about the happenings in Nigeria. http://www.revrowlandjidemacaulay.blogspots.com/ WOW!!! Call Me Troy was the only film shown on the Opening Night for the Austin (Texas) Gay and Lesbian Film Fest. Both ...
... Purple Bra Brigade in the Atlanta 3 Day walk for breast cancer. They will walk each day, participate in great entertainment each evening, and sleep in a (very comfy) tent city at night.   MCC Louisville ...
... Ivor Holmans, Evelyn Kinser, Bobbi Powell, Jackson Hall, JoNee Shelton, Jimmi Irving, and so many more.   Here at this General Conference, here in this room tonight, there are so many stories. You ...
... this year with the Out In Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and is proud sponsor of the Opening Night Feature "Anyone and Everyone".   Anyone and Everyone , directed by Susan Polis Schutz, is ...
... including a workshop on the Change Cycle, a fellowship dinner, and a special worship service with Rev. Margaret Walker preaching. As an outreach project, they take part in Friday Night Movies at the Dennis ...
... public speech, I had been told I could answer one-on-one questions from individuals. So for the next three hours, from 9 PM to midnight, I answered one individual question after another. Of course, I was ...
... to make two-hour visits to nightclubs and dance clubs that want to be boost their popularity by boasting about her presence. She is an entrepreneur and earns millions off of her celebrity status. She's ...
45. No Place Like Home
(Spirituality/Sermons)
... to make that re-connection. Of the two, I got the best one!"   Marlene died just two weeks later. But I will never forget her words that night, and her gratitude for the God who yearned to make ...
... of Melbourne (Australia), was the guest speaker at MCC Melbourne’s Stonewall Service. The previous night the church hosted the Stonewall Winter Christmas Dinner. Rev. Elder Troy Perry, MCC Founder, ...
... extraordinary vesper service, the Kneeling Prayer, happens on the night of Pentecost. There are three sets of long poetical prayers, the composition of Saint Basil the Great, during which everyone makes ...
... Easter Sunday. They also hold  Prayer Meetings on Monday nights. Rev. Elder Jim Mitulski spent Easter with the congregation at MCC Topeka (Kansas). The congregation at Living Springs MCC (Bath, England) ...
... Season: Reflections for Lent by Sarah Parsons is the study used in Living Room Groups meeting in homes at Church of the Trinity MCC (Sarasota, Florida). They also have a Friday Night Fish Fry each week. ...
... MCC New York (New York) celebrated their 35th Anniversary with a Midwinter Gallery Night of art for sale, music, and hors d'oeuvres; a workshop for church leaders led by Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson; a ...
TRIANGLE PROJECT Is proud to host the opening night of the much acclaimed theatre production  ‘IN BRIEFS’  Please note tickets are available ONLY from Triangle Project for the opening night R100.00 ...
52. Happy Hour
(Calendar event/Ministry)
Our spiritual discussion group with a difference. The group will meet tonight at the Church Hall for a Video Screening of the General Conference.  ...
53. Maundy Thursday
(Calendar event/General)
... of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, and the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot, events that took place on the night before Jesus\' crucifixion.  ...
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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

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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...

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I Cry Aloud to God

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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]

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