MCC NoVa Calendar of Events 4 May 2008, Sunday Morning Worship Time: 11:00am Reflection: Queering Church First Reading: Matthew 9:14-17 Second Reading: From Rev. Elder Dr. Nori Rost in her thesis, Speaking to the Rock: Transformation Opportunities for Metropolitan Community Church MCC stands [as a church] at the threshold of transformation. We have, within reach, an opportunity to become incarnational community again. We have the ability to make a different choice, to consider if maybe, just maybe, God is calling us to be a church that is different than the one formed almost 40 years ago; to consider whether or not God is calling us to step into the unknown chaos of transformational movement. We have been led out of captivity, the chains of oppression and bigotry loosed. However, in many ways it seems we are still wandering in the desert, going around in circles. I believe MCC can be a place where people can receive life-giving water that refreshes and nourishes the whole person. My hope is that, as we come around once again to this place of holy possibilities, [we] will step through [our] fear and beyond the familiar patterns of what is comfortable, and with the confidence that God is standing before us, speak with confidence to the rock so that the life-giving waters of transformation will gush forth in a new way for a new generation. Facility Reserved 6 pm Time: 6:00pm Upstairs Library For questions regarding this calendar, please contact: Emma Licensed To: TheWebGal, Ltd.