Welcome to MCC NOVA!

Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia is committed to creating a vital and adventurous spiritual community for all people, preparing for our work in the world through an engaged and growing spirituality that is relevant 24/7. We are a welcoming and affirming progressive spiritual community with a specific outreach to LGBTQI people and our allies who are seeking authentic spirituality and renewal through varied celebration experiences, educational and social enrichment opportunities, and tangible expressions of love through social justice and outreach opportunities.

Whether you are a current member, attender, or a old friend, we would love to see you.
Our worship begins Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m.

Be sure to check the coming events page for happenings in our community!


April 7, 2019 – Fifth Sunday in Lent

Click below to listen to the Sermon for 4/07/19
Reflection: “Eliminating Distractions: Trolls and Hypocrites”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin

Lent is about more than giving up chocolate or wine.
Sometimes it looks like fasting from that which tempts us away from our better self.

Ancient Reading: John 12:1-8
Second Reading: ~ “Salvation From the False Self”,
adapted from Father Richard Rohr in Things Hidden, Scripture as Spirituality


Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches

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April 6, 2019 – MCC Eastern Network Gathering at MCC DC

The Spring 2019 MCC Eastern Network Gathering will be held at MCC DC on April 6 from 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM. Join us as we in the east gather together prior to the Denomination’s General Conference in July! You may register for the Eastern Gathering at the following link:
Eastern Network Gathering Registration Form

MCC DC is at 474 Ridge Street, NW Washington, DC 20001

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Mar 31, 2019 – Fourth Sunday in Lent

Click below to play the sermon from Sun March 31, 2019

Reflection: “Giving Up Distractions: The Past”
Guest Preacher: Frank Vance
Lent is about more than giving up chocolate or wine.
Sometimes it looks like fasting from that which tempts us away from our better self.

Ancient Reading: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
Second Reading: ~ Adapted from Marquita Herald in
“Until You Let Go of the Past, You’ll Never Be Free”


Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches

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March 24, 2019 – Third Sunday in Lent

Click below to listen to the sermon from Sunday 03/24/19

Reflection: “Giving Up Distractions: Bad Theology and the Yearning to Belong”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
Lent is about more than giving up chocolate or wine.
Sometimes it looks like fasting from that which tempts us away from our better self.

Ancient Reading: Luke 13:1-9
Second Reading: ~ Adapted from Father Richard Rohr in “A Toxic Image of God”
Third Reading: ~ Adapted from “Creative Transformation” in Living The Questions



Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches

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Monday March 18, 2019 – 7-9PM – Faith on Tap

Bring your questions, perspectives, and friends! Facilitated by Rev Emma Chattin, Pastor of MCC NoVA and Executive Director of TGEA of Greater Washington.
“Let’s talk about God, gender, and what role the church has/can/should play in celebrating the wide gender diversity with which we are created. How has the Christianity been harmful in perpetuating gender stereotypes, and how can we reclaim a celebration of gender fluidity and empowerment?”

This was hosted by Arlington Commons Church, at O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub in Clarendon

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March 17, 2019 – Second Sunday in Lent

Click below to listen to the sermon from Sunday 03/17/19

Reflection: “Giving Up Distractions: Fears”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
Lent is about more than giving up chocolate or wine.
Sometimes it looks like fasting from that which tempts us away from our better self.

Ancient Reading: Luke 13:31-35
Contemporary Reading:~ adapted from Paulo Coelho


Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches

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March 10, 2019 – First Sunday in Lent

Click below to listen to the sermon from Sunday 03/10/19

Reflection: “Giving Up Distractions: Temptations”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
Lent is about more than giving up chocolate or wine.
Sometimes it looks like fasting from that which tempts us away from our better self.

Ancient Reading: Luke 4:1-13
Contemporary Reading: ~ adapted from Francis Weller in
“The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief”

Don’t forget to set your clock to Spring Forward on Saturday Night!

Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches

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March 3rd, 2019 – Transfiguration Sunday

Click below to listen to the Sermon from Sunday 03/03

Reflection: “Trans What? All In One”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin
Sometimes transformation is simply an awareness of that which already is.

Ancient Reading: Luke 9:28-36
Contemporary Reading:~
adapted from Father Richard Rohr in “Hope Against Darkness:
The Transforming Vision of Saint Francis in an Age of Anxiety”


Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches

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Sunday February 24th, 2019 – Epiphany 7!

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Reflection: “Another Way: The Hard Way”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin

When people say, “There is no other way!”… there is ALWAYS another way!
They just may not like it.

Ancient Reading: Luke 6:27-38
Contemporary Reading: ~ adapted from Henri Nouwen in
“Turn My Mourning Into Dancing: Finding Hope In Hard Times”


Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches

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Sunday February 17th 2019 – Epiphany 6

click to download 02/17 Sermon “Reflection: Another Way: A Different Perspective”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin

Jesus turned the world upside down in so many ways. He had a different perspective and he encouraged it in others. The last will be first, and the first will be last. The poor will be rich and the rich will be poor. How he saw life, and the Dominion of God, mattered to how he lived life. Join us this Sunday as we reflect on “Another Way: A Different Perspective” through the lens of Luke 6:17-26, the “Sermon on the Plain” (not The
Sermon on the Mount).

Ancient Reading: Luke 6:17-26 – Sermon on the Plain
Contemporary Reading: ~ adapted from Eckhart Tolle


Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches

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