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!
Click below to listen to the Sermon for 4/14/19
Reflection: “Risk”
Special Guest Preacher: Rev. Miller Jen Hoffman
Sunday morning worship … Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches
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
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
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
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
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 
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
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
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
Click below to liste to the sermon from 02/24 Sermon
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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