Our 11AM Sunday Worship is live-streamed on the MCC of Northern Virginia Facebook Page! Join us Online or inPerson.
Afterwards, we upload our videos to youtube.com/@MCCNoVA25
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Luke 1:26-34
Second Reading ~ from Christy McLish in “What’s Your Problem?”
Rev Emma Chattin – Preaching
Every Miracle Begins With A Problem
How can Humanity and Divinity exist in the same place at the same time? 
MCC NoVA – celebrating 44 Years of Pride in Fairfax! (April 2025)
Celebrating 57 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide! (Oct 6, 2025)
Join us in-Person Sunday at 11 AM-ish at the Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia, or live-streamed on our FaceBook page.
Archived Services available on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/@MCCNoVA25
You Better Watch Out!
🕯
Advent is Coming!
(Latin buffs pardon the repetition)
We will be doing something different this year.
Christmas Stories
Join us as we journey through the holiday season this year with stories and specials from the past!
Did someone say Grinch? Charlie Brown? Rudolf? Frosty?
What do our stories, new and ancient, have to teach us about Christmas? About Miracles? About the Incarnation?
Find out as we relive heartwarming moments and tunes with old friends and lessons to be treasured.
PS
Try to watch as many of the above holiday specials as you are able this year!
Starting with Rudolph! 🦌
======================
Bring a Friend to Church!
======================
Old Fashioned Pot-Luck Sunday Nov 30th
Our after-service social hospitality will be Potluck!
If you have been blessed with an overabundance of Thanksgiving leftovers– bring them! Tired of turkey and stuffing? Bring whatever dish you are craving!
If you don’t have anything to bring –just bring your appetite!
No sign-ups–this is a real potluck! (emphasis on ‘luck’)
Darwin Dale Bradshaw
August 3, 1958 – October 17, 2025
FROM LEE SHADWICK
On October 17, 2025, the love of my life, Dale Bradshaw, became an angel after a brave multi-year battle with stage 4 cancer. Dale was more than a husband—he was a mentor, a cherished friend, and a beloved pageant coach whose light and love touched countless lives. His absence leaves a profound void, but his spirit continues to shine brightly through all of you.
We invite you to join us for Dale’s Grand Celebration of Life on January 10, 2026, at 2 p.m., at the Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams Street, Manassas Park, VA.
Attire: Formal—crowns, banners, sequins, and all the sparkle Dale adored are welcomed as we bid him farewell to heaven with the pageantry he so richly deserves.
The service will be followed by a Dessert Reception and fellowship.
In lieu of flowers, there are two meaningful ways to honor Dale’s legacy:
Support the Celebration of Life and assist with expenses by contributing:
HERE
Donate to the Dale Bradshaw Scholarship, sponsored by the Margaret R. Baker Foundation, which will continue Dale’s legacy by investing in the young women who meant so much to him. This annual scholarship will be presented to a contestant in the Miss Virginia Scholarship Competition whose actions and character best reflect Dale’s enduring legacy of compassion, encouragement, and radiant positivity.
HERE
Click “Make a Donation.” Donors will receive a receipt from the Foundation treasurer in January 2026 for tax purposes.
Lastly, we would be honored to include your photos in the Celebration of Life.
Please upload them to our google drive:
HERE
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your love, support, and for helping us celebrate Dale in the way he would have wanted—full of grace, glitter, and gratitude.
All My Love, Lee
MCC NoVA PRAYER AND CARE
Rev. Emma or a Care Minister will make use of FaceTime or ZOOM in order to have a time of individual conversation and/or prayer with you. Just ask and we will schedule a time for this.
If you have any special needs or prayer requests,
please send them to Rev. Emma with CARE REQUEST in the subject line. Rev. Emma or a Care Minister will respond accordingly in order to have a time of individual conversation and/or prayer with you. Just ask and we will schedule a time for this.
Sarah Was In Town!
We LOVE it when friends drop in for worship, hospitality, and reconnection!
Online & Paper Sign Up for Social Hospitality and Monthly Birthday Cake!
Did you ever forget when you volunteered to provide Social Hospitality? Or forget to sign up while you were at church? You can now access the schedule and sign up online at
Meal Train® for MCC-NoVA’s Social Hospitality.
You can also use it to volunteer to bring the monthly birthday cake. And we’ll continue to have the paper sign-up sheet at church.
Contact Jen Yi if you have any questions.
Homeless Ministry Service – First Sunday of Every Month
We need your warmth to help provide warmth to this underserved community!
Please bring items to the church and we will store until that time.
Just an FYI-we serve between 104-125 meals each time we do this service. Let’s give generously!
Join us at our monthly feeding of the homeless on Sunday, Dec 7th 2025.
Our first meet up location is at 7:45am at the Home Depot on Blenheim Blvd (near Fairfax Circle). Our second stop is just down the street at Christ and St Luke’s church. Both are in Fairfax. We can always use extra hands!
While MCC NoVA has always contributed financially to FACETS, a nonprofit that aims to help meet the needs of those who suffer the effects of poverty and homelessness in Fairfax, we also actively contribute by physically assisting with the feeding of the homeless in Fairfax City, as well as helping to provide for their other needs, thanks to Team Leaders … and perhaps you? Volunteers welcome!
HOMELESS MINISTRY NEEDS:
Bananas, Applesauce Cups, Apple Juice, Tangerines, Feminine Toiletries, Socks, Wash Cloths, etc.
Please bring these items to the church by the end of this month so they can be distributed the 1st Sunday of next month.
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH IS CAKE SUNDAY!
If you have a Birthday during the month
let us celebrate with you on the First Sunday (Dec 7th)!
Big Thanks to Lee and the Cake Team!
2026 Stewardship
It’s not Noah’s Ark! It’s MCC NoVA’s STEWARDship!
Help MCC NoVA Sail Into 2026!
Climb aboard HERE!
Let us know how you hope to support MCC NoVA in the coming year! This will help us to plan for 2026!
It’s not just finances, but all the ways you hope to support!
(you know… swabbing the decks, handling the sails, working the galley…)
The form can be changed, revised, and modified at any time.
This just helps us to plan ahead.
Download the form, fill in, and return by snail mail or e/mail.
Then let us know what animal you would like on the STEWARDship!
The week In and Around our Community – Looked like THIS!
Nov 23rd
Nov 16th
Nov 9th and
Nov 2nd
2026 Stewardship
It’s not Noah’s Ark! It’s MCC NoVA’s STEWARDship!
Help MCC NoVA Sail Into 2026!
Climb aboard HERE!
Let us know how you hope to support MCC NoVA in the coming year! This will help us to plan for 2026!
It’s not just finances, but all the ways you hope to support!
(you know… swabbing the decks, handling the sails, working the galley…)
The form can be changed, revised, and modified at any time.
This just helps us to plan ahead.
Download the form, fill in, and return by snail mail or e/mail.
Then let us know what animal you would like on the STEWARDship!
M.E.E.T. – Meeting, Entertainment, Event Team!
Got ideas… ?
About getting people together to do things?
Got the energy to make those things happen?
Then this is the Team for you!
Contact Rev Emma
Community Announcements
ANNUAL BUDGET FORUM Sunday November 30
AND
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Sunday December 14
The Board of Directors will be holding a Budget Forum on November 30 and a Congregational Meeting on December 14. Both will be conducted in the Sanctuary following worship.
The Budget Forum will be an opportunity for the Board to present the 2026 Budget, and for folks to ask questions.
At the following meeting, on December 14, the Budget will be voted on by Members.
Members and friends are welcome to attend both meetings, however, only Church Members present at the Congregational Meeting will be called upon to vote.
If you are unsure of your member status, please contact Rev. Emma.
In addition, Church Members will be voting on two Board Members. The Board terms of Margot Scheiffley and Ken Williamson expire at the end of 2025. Both have indicated a desire to serve another term, and have completed an application for reelection.
If you are are interested in serving on the Board of Directors and would like to apply for consideration by the nominating committee, please contact Rev. Emma.
Worship Participation Invited
We have so many gifted people who participate in worship! And we always seek more folks to draw the circle wider!
Are you interested in participating in Worship as an Usher, Communion Prep, Reader, Offering Invitation,
or in the Consecration of Communion?
Facility Care
Seeking supportive volunteers to assist with cleaning, upkeep, facility matters, and building maintenance. If interested in any of these opportunities,
please contact the acting Facility Manager: Rev. Emma
We are here to serve YOU, the community!
MCC of Northern Virginia continues outreach and ministry to marginalized communities,and serves as an LGBTIQQA+ Community Center in the Heart of Fairfax City, standing Out and Proud as an essential counterpoint to less affirming voices.
Especially in times such as these when we feel needed more than ever before, we are grateful for your continued support!
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!
Your support makes this possible.
Link for on-line giving via Paypal
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 a future with deep needs and boundless possibilities for our community!
Blessings and Thank You!
Join Email List
