Click below to listen to the Sermon for 8/4/19

Reflection: “Dancing In The Street (or Dance Like Nobody’s Watching!)”
Rev. Emma Chattin, Preaching
David cut a rug for God the masses- and with God and the masses!
What does that mean for us?”
In our third Summer Sermon Series, Rev Emma and Rev Lori will explore Dance in the Bible …
Join us this Summer as we reflect on some of these stories through the lens of contemporary issues.

Contemporary Witness: Krissie Harrington
Ancient Reading: 2 Samuel 6:14-22a
Contemporary Reading: Adapted from Frederick Buechner, Sacrament & Ritual

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!
Celebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 7/28/19

Reflection: “Hagar- Mother of a Multitude and Broken Relationships”
Rev. Emma Chattin, Preaching
How do we move past the broken relationships and wilderness places in our lives?
Maybe the answer is that we don’t move past them, but move through them.
In our second Summer Sermon Series, Rev Emma and Rev Lori will be exploring Women of the Bible …
Join us this Summer as we spend some long overdue time with the Women of the Bible,
and try to reflect on some of their stories through the lens of contemporary issues.

Ancient reading: Genesis 16:1-16
Contemporary Reading: Adapted from Father Richard Rohr in “A Spring Within Us”

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!
Celebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 7/21/19

Reflection: “Mary, Mary, Mary: The Love of the Common People”
Rev. Lori McPherson, Preaching
In our second Summer Sermon Series, Rev Emma and Rev Lori will be exploring Women of the Bible … Join us this Summer as we spend some long overdue time with the Women of the Bible, and try to reflect on some of their stories through the lens of contemporary issues.

Ancient Reading: Matthew 4:23-25
Contemporary Reading: Aubade: The Annunciation, by Thomas Merton

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!
Celebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 7/14/19

Reflection: “Lost to History — The Nameless Refugees”
Rev. Lori McPherson, Preaching
In our second Summer Sermon Series, Rev Emma and Rev Lori will be exploring Women of the Bible. Marys, Martha, Deborah, Miriam… and what of some of the lesser known and even unnamed women and stories? Join us this Summer as we spend some long overdue time with the Women of the Bible, and try to reflect on some of their stories through the lens of contemporary issues.

Ancient Reading: Genesis 1:27-29
Contemporary Reading: Adapted from “Home” by Warsan Shire

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!
Celebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 7/7/19

Reflection: “Eve: Lifegiver”
Preaching: Rev Emma
Eve gets a bad rap. And what is Original Sin?
We have the knowledge of Good and Evil. Are we born to sin?

Ancient Readings: Genesis 2:25 – 3:13, 3:20-3:23
Contemporary Reading: Adapted from Rachel Held Evans in “A Year of Biblical Womanhood”

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!
Celebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 6/30/19

Reflection: “The Bible Says…”
Preaching: Rev Emma
The Bible say WHAT?Too many people spend too much time
railing against what they believe is wrong
instead of doing what they know is right.

Ancient Readings: Micah 6:8; and Mark 12:28-31; and John 13:34-35
Contemporary Reading: Adapted from The Collected Sermons of Fred B. Craddock

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!
Celebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 6/23/19

Reflection: Gender Transgressors in the Bible
Preaching: Rev Emma
Who cooked up a stew worth surrendering a birthright for?
Who wore a coat of many colors- and what exactly might it be?
Who directed men into battle- and why is that so remarkable?
And who has a birthright greater than sons and daughters?

Ancient Readings: Genesis 25:21-34 and Genesis 37:2-3 and 2 Samuel 13:17- 18

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!
Celebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 6/16/19

Reflection: “Ruth, Naomi, Boaz: What do We Make of them?”
Preaching: Rev Emma
What do we make of them? A future!
The Bible is filled with wonderful images of unconventional families!
We who often form unconventional and chosen families… OMG
How could we have missed this?
First Reading: Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17
Second Reading: ~ adapted from ‘The Queer Innovation of a Family based on Choice and Necessity’ From SKS, MS on EFNIKS.com (for queer and trans people of color)
Third Reading: ~ adapted from Alexandra Billings, actress, teacher, singer, and one of the first transgender women to portray a transgender character on television
Plus a Special Contemporary Witness by Catherine Krebs!

On Sunday June 16, during our regular worship service, there will be a special blessing for Frank Vance and Cathryn Krebs as they prepare for kidney transplant surgery on June 21 (Cathryn will be donating a kidney to Frank). Following worship, Frank is providing the meal for our hospitality time as a feast of Thanksgiving. All are welcome!

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!
Celebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!