WORSHIP NOTES Given the level of COVID cases in our area, the decision has been made for worship to remain on-line only with a small Worship Team for January 30. The Board will reevaluate the decision weekly based on the best information available at the time.
We are hopeful that next week we will return to our pre-Omicron worship guidelines. Stay Tuned.

eWeek 98 – Join us online Sunday at 11AM – https://www.facebook.com/pg/MCCNoVA/
Afterwards, watch the archived video of the service at https://www.facebook.com/MCCNoVA/videos/
Sunday Program/Order of Service is here (PDF file with songs)
Readings:
First Reading ~ Jeremiah 1:4-10
Second Reading ~ Luke 4:18-24
Rev. Lori McPherson, Preaching: Beginnings

Sunday morning worship … Join Us ONLINE at 11AM on Sunday Morning!
MCC NoVA celebrated its 40th Anniversary in April 2021!
Celebrating 53 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

NEW MEMBERS/SEEKERS CLASS – We will be having a New Members/Seekers class in February! Yay! This class will be held via ZOOM, and is for anyone who is interested in finding out more about the denomination of Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) worldwide, MCC of Northern Virginia, and the spiritual community we are building here.
Whether or not you are interested in becoming a member, this class is a good way to find out more about what we’re all about! If you are interested, please send an email to Rev. Emma with “New Members Class” in the subject line.

Star Words – In the past, we have offered “StarWords” during Epiphany, words that you may take with you and meditate on during the coming year. It is a spiritual practice that encourages us to seek the profound in the ordinary. Usually you would pluck one out of an offering plate. This year, you may request one by e/mail. Simply send an email to Rev. Emma with “StarWord” in the subject line, and a word will be plucked out of a virtual basket and sent to you. What is a Star Word?

MCC NoVA Stewardship – A New Year ~ New Possibilities
MCC NoVA’s vision for the future is to continue outreach and ministry to marginalized communities, and to become an LGBTIQQ Community Center in the Heart of Fairfax City!

Help us to make these real in 2022 & 2023! This is a link for receiving on-line giving.

You may also mail a check directly to the church office:
The Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia
10383 Democracy Lane
Fairfax, VA 22030

We are grateful for your continued generosity as we move forward into the future- a future with deep needs, and boundless possibilities for our community!
Blessings and Thank You!

CHURCH – What Does It Look Like? (updated 01/29)
Church work looks like many different things. It can look like liturgy, it can look like Bible Study, it can look like reaching out to connect with others.
Sometimes … it looks like this

What’s going on AROUND MCC NoVA? ​(updated 1/29)
University One Development
The next time you visit MCC of Northern Virginia, the surrounding area will look very different. Construction of University One is under way and progresses daily. This is a development designed to house over 800 people, the vast majority being George Mason University Seniors and Graduate Students, along with a parking deck to accommodate over 700 vehicles.
LOOKING FORWARD and Getting Together –
Next Steps
Attendance in the facility during worship requires advance “check in” to let us know you are coming. Why? Our Seating is limited.
There is physical distancing. Masks are required. We are also requesting folks be fully vaccinated (if that is an issue, please let me know). Until we have some better data, there will be no congregational singing. Finally, we are providing enhanced airflow and filtration (the motion of air reduces the risk of COVID-19 transmission).
While all reasonable safeguards are taken, there will always be some measure of risk, and each person will need to make their own determination as to what is best for them. SO GET READY! CHECK IN!
Let us hear from you!
Send an email to RevEmmaChattin@gmail.com with “I’ll Be There” in the subject line if you plan to attend as soon as the option is available. “Not Yet” if you are getting closer, but not quite there yet.
A big thank you to all who have responded thus far! –>

WORSHIP NOTES Given the level of COVID cases in our area, the decision has been made for worship to remain on-line only with a small Worship Team for January 23. The Board will reevaluate the decision weekly based on the best information available at the time.

eWeek 97 – Join us online Sunday at 11AM – https://www.facebook.com/pg/MCCNoVA/
Afterwards, watch the archived video of the service at https://www.facebook.com/MCCNoVA/videos/
Sunday Program/Order of Service is here (PDF file with songs)
Readings:
First Reading ~ Ecclesiastes 43:4-14
Second Reading ~ “This World” by Mary Oliver
Rev. Lori McPherson, Preaching: Creation

Sunday morning worship … Join Us ONLINE at 11AM on Sunday Morning!
MCC NoVA celebrated its 40th Anniversary in April 2021!
Celebrating 53 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

Star Words In the past, we have offered “StarWords” during Epiphany, words that you may take with you and meditate on during the coming year. It is a spiritual practice that encourages us to seek the profound in the ordinary. Usually you would pluck one out of an offering plate. This year, you may request one by e/mail. Simply send an email to Rev. Emma with “StarWord” in the subject line, and a word will be plucked out of a virtual basket and sent to you. What is a Star Word?

NEW MEMBERS/SEEKERS CLASS
We will be having a New Members/Seekers class soon! Yay! This class will be held via ZOOM, and is for anyone who is interested in finding out more about the denomination of Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) worldwide, MCC of Northern Virginia, and the spiritual community we are building here.
Whether or not you are interested in becoming a member, this class is a good way to find out more about what we’re all about! If you are interested, please send an email to Rev. Emma with “New Members Class” in the subject line.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
We are grateful for your continued support during the past 96 weeks of online worship! It is only through your generosity and faithfulness that we are able to continue our ministry and tend to our community building while building community!
We ask for your continued prayers.

What’s going on AROUND MCC NoVA? ​(updated 1/22)
University One Development
The next time you visit MCC of Northern Virginia, the surrounding area will look very different. Construction of University One is under way and progresses daily. This is a development designed to house over 800 people, the vast majority being George Mason University Seniors and Graduate Students, along with a parking deck to accommodate over 700 vehicles.
LOOKING FORWARD and Getting Together –
Next Steps
Attendance in the facility during worship requires advance “check in”
to let us know you are coming. Why? Our Seating is limited.
There is physical distancing. Masks are required. We are also requesting folks be fully vaccinated (if that is an issue, please let me know). Until we have some better data, there will be no congregational singing. Finally, we are providing enhanced airflow and filtration (the motion of air reduces the risk of COVID-19 transmission).
While all reasonable safeguards are taken, there will always be some measure of risk, and each person will need to make their own determination as to what is best for them. SO GET READY! CHECK IN!
Let us hear from you!
Send an email to RevEmmaChattin@gmail.com with “I’ll Be There” in the subject line if you plan to attend as soon as the option is available. “Not Yet” if you are getting closer, but not quite there yet.
A big thank you to all who have responded thus far! –>

WORSHIP NOTES Given the high level of COVID cases in our area, the decision has been made for worship to remain on-line only with a small Worship Team for January 16. The Board will reevaluate the decision weekly based on the best information available at the time.

eWeek 96 – Join us online Sunday at 11AM – https://www.facebook.com/pg/MCCNoVA/
Afterwards, watch the archived video of the service at https://www.facebook.com/MCCNoVA/videos/
Sunday Program/Order of Service is here (PDF file with songs)
Readings:
First Reading ~ Romans 10: 18-21
Second Reading ~ from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s Eulogy for the Four Young Girls killed at Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church
Rev. Emma Chattin, Preaching: Voices
Star Words In the past, we have offered “StarWords” during Epiphany, words that you may take with you and meditate on during the coming year. It is a spiritual practice that encourages us to seek the profound in the ordinary. Usually you would pluck one out of an offering plate. This year, you may request one by e/mail. Simply send an email to Rev. Emma with “StarWord” in the subject line, and a word will be plucked out of a virtual basket and sent to you. What is a Star Word?

Sunday morning worship … Join Us ONLINE at 11AM on Sunday Morning!
MCC NoVA celebrated its 40th Anniversary in April 2021!
Celebrating 53 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

NEW MEMBERS/SEEKERS CLASS
We will be having a New Members/Seekers class soon! Yay! This class will be held via ZOOM, and is for anyone who is interested in finding out more about the denomination of Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) worldwide, MCC of Northern Virginia, and the spiritual community we are building here.
Whether or not you are interested in becoming a member, this class is a good way to find out more about what we’re all about! If you are interested, please send an email to Rev. Emma with “New Members Class” in the subject line.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
We are grateful for your continued support during the past 96 weeks of online worship! It is only through your generosity and faithfulness that we are able to continue our ministry and tend to our community building while building community!
We ask for your continued prayers.

CHURCH – What Does It Look Like? (updated 1/14)
Church work looks like many different things. It can look like liturgy, it can look like Bible Study, it can look like reaching out to connect with others.
On the week of January 16… it looks like this.

WORSHIP NOTES Given the high level of COVID cases in our area, the decision has been made for worship to remain on-line only with a small Worship Team for January 9th and 16th. The Board will reevaluate the decision weekly based on the best information available at the time.

eWeek 95 – Join us online Sunday at 11AM – https://www.facebook.com/pg/MCCNoVA/
Afterwards, watch the archived video of the service at https://www.facebook.com/MCCNoVA/videos/
Sunday Program/Order of Service is here (PDF file with songs)
Readings:
First Reading ~ Matthew 2:1-12
Second Reading ~ from “So Many Gifts”, By Hafiz of Shiraz (c. 1320-1389)
Third Reading ~ from Tony Campolo
Rev. Emma Chattin, Preaching: Gifts
Star Words In the past, we have offered “StarWords” during Epiphany, words that you may take with you and meditate on during the coming year. It is a spiritual practice that encourages us to seek the profound in the ordinary. Usually you would pluck one out of an offering plate. This year, you may request one by e/mail. Simply send an email to Rev. Emma with “StarWord” in the subject line, and a word will be plucked out of a virtual basket and sent to you. What is a Star Word?


Sunday morning worship … Join Us ONLINE at 11AM on Sunday Morning!
MCC NoVA celebrated its 40th Anniversary in April 2021!
Celebrating 53 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

eWeek 94 – Join us online Sunday at 11AM – https://www.facebook.com/pg/MCCNoVA/
Afterwards, watch the archived video of the service at https://www.facebook.com/MCCNoVA/videos/
Sunday Program/Order of Service is here (PDF file with songs)
Readings:
First Reading ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Second Reading ~ Luke 2:16-22

Rev. Emma Chattin, Preaching: a long journey: THERE IS TIME


Sunday morning worship … Join Us ONLINE at 11AM on Sunday Morning!
MCC NoVA celebrated its 40th Anniversary in April 2021!
Celebrating 53 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!

WORSHIP NOTES
Given the rapid acceleration of COVID cases in our area, and out of an abundance of caution for our community, the decision has been made to return to on-line only worship for the next two weeks. The Board will reevaluate the decision at that time.

eWeek 93 – Join us online Sunday at 11AM – https://www.facebook.com/pg/MCCNoVA/
Afterwards, watch the archived video of the service at https://www.facebook.com/MCCNoVA/videos/
Sunday Program/Order of Service is here (PDF file with songs)
Readings:
First Reading ~ First Reading ~ Luke 2:8-15
Second Reading ~ from Father Richard Rohr in “Everything Belongs”

Rev. Emma Chattin, Preaching: a long journey: FEAR NOT
It is very often the journey
that prepares us for the destination,
and the ending of one journey
is almost always
the beginning of another.

Sunday morning worship … Join Us ONLINE at 11AM on Sunday Morning!
MCC NoVA celebrated its 40th Anniversary in April 2021!
Celebrating 53 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!