Click below to listen to the Sermon for 6/9/19

Reflection: Born This Way
Preaching: Rev Emma
How was MCC born? And what does it have in common with the Pentecostal moment often considered the birth of the early Christian Church?

First Reading: Acts 2:1-21
Second Reading: ~ adapted from Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson in
“Outing The Church: 40 Years [now 50] in the Queer Christian Movement”

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 6/2/19

Reflection: “Misgendering The Creator”
Preaching: Rev Emma
We keep giving God pronouns and calling God “he”. Have we misgendered the Diety?
And what does it mean to be created in the image of a God who self identifies as “I Am”?
[spoiler – It means Good News for the GNB (Gender Non -Binary)].

First Reading: Genesis 1:26 & 27, 31a
Second Reading: ~ adapted from Father Richard Rohr in “On Transformation”
Third Reading: ~adapted from Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber in “Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint”

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MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 5/26/19

Reflection: “God Happens (while we are busy making plans) or
Wandering Jews – All Over The Map”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
Do you have any idea where you are going?

First Reading: Acts 16:6-15
Second Reading: Pilgrim’s Prayer by Thomas Merton
Third Reading: adapted from Father Richard Rohr in
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

A few words about Dan – from Sunday 5/26/19

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MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 5/19/19
Reflection: “Others?”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
Fences, walls, divisions… We put so much distance between us.
Yet Peter was told not to make a distinction between “us and them”. Who’s your Other?

Ancient Reading: Acts 11:1-18
Second Reading:
Adapted from “Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals: Weaving Together the Human and the Divine” by Herbert Anderson, Edward Foley

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MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 5/12/19
Reflection: “Back To Life”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
Tabitha was a disciple. She did good things and made clothes for those in need.
She died. Peter resurrected her.
How on earth do we bring people we need back to life? And how do we resurrect ourselves? Join us May 12th for “Back To Life” as we reflect on the story of Tabitha, with some Rachel Held Evans on the side.

Ancient Reading: Acts 9:36-43
Second Reading: ~ ~ adapted from Rachel Held Evans in “Faith Unraveled”

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MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 5/5/19
Reflection: “Out Of Love – Go Fish”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
When the dust settles from a huge experience that hasn’t gone quite like we imagined, what do we do? Peter went fishing. How about you?

Ancient Reading: John 21:1-19
Second Reading: ~
adapted from Walter Brueggemann in “Reality, Grief, and Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks
Third Reading: adapted from “The Collected Sermons of Fred Craddock”

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MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 4/28/19
Reflection: “Touch of Belief: Presence of God”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
How often do we miss an encounter with God
simply because we are not present in the moment?

Ancient Reading: John 20:19-31
Second Reading: ~ from Andre Debus

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MCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 4/14/19
Reflection: “Risk”
Special Guest Preacher: Rev. Miller Jen Hoffman

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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches