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!


Pentecost 9 at MCC NoVA – Aug 6

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Reflection: Mountains of the Bible: The Mountains of Ararat (A Place To Rest)
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin


Where do you come to rest in life?
Where are the places that remind you of who you are
and how you were meant to live?

Join us this Sunday, August 6, at 11 AM, for “Mountains of the Bible:
The Mountains of Ararat (A Place To Rest)”, as we reflect on these
things through the lens of Genesis 8:1-12 (with a few words from
Richard Templar tossed in for good measure).

First Reading: Genesis 8:1-12
Second Reading: ~ adapted from Richard Templar in
“The Rules of Life: A Personal Code for Living a Better, Happier Life”

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Pentecost 8 at MCC NoVA – July 30

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Reflection: Beaches of the Bible: Shipwreck Beach
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin


Have you ever hopped into something you thought
would take you were you needed to go,
but it didn’t quite turn out the way you planned?

Join us this Sunday as we reflect on Acts 27
and Shipwreck Beach.

First Reading: Acts 27: 21-29, 33-44; 28:1-2

Second Reading:
~ adapted from Linda Evans Shepherd in
“When You Don’t Know What To Pray: How To Talk To God About Anything”

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Pentecost 7 at MCC NoVA – July 23

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Reflection: Beaches of the Bible:
Fishers Beach II (Fish For Breakfast)

Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin


When something new ends, do you ever get confused and
want to go backwards instead of forward? It’s easy to do.
Join us this Sunday we reflect on John 21
and Fish for Breakfast.

First Reading: John 21:1-17, 19b

Second Reading: ~ adapted from Leonard Sweet
in “From Table to Table: Where Community is Found
and Identity is Formed”

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Pentecost 6 at MCC NoVA – July 16

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Reflection: Beaches of the Bible:
Fishers Beach (You Follow Me?)
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin


Do you ever feel a little slow on the uptake
when it comes to all this ‘God Stuff’,
that you may not be fully following everything?
You are no less so than the first followers,
who were very quick to leave their livelihood,
but a little slow to fully follow
what was going on and what came next.

First Reading: Matthew 4:18-22

Second Reading:
~ adapted from A.J. Swoboda in “Messy: God Likes It That Way”

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Pentecost 5 at MCCNoVA – July 9

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Reflection: Beaches of the Bible: Jonah’s Beach
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin


Sometimes we discover what we are running from
on the very path we took to avoid it.
Join us as we reflect on Jonah’s Beach (Jonah 2).

First Reading ~ Jonah: 2

Second Reading ~ From Parker Palmer in Let Your Life Speak: The Voice of Vocation

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Pentecost 4 at MCCNoVA – July 2

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Reflection: Beaches of the Bible: The First Beach”
(And It Was Good)
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin


There are some places where we may become aware of something
much larger than ourselves,
something unfathomable, in motion, and mysterious.
Join us as we reflect on The First Beach, Genesis 1:1-10.

First Reading: Genesis 1:1-10

Second Reading: from Matthew Fox in “Original Blessing”

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Pentecost 3 at MCC NoVA – June 25

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Reflection: “Family Disunion: Too Close For Comfort”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin


Why is it that we always seem to have the most challenges
with those closest to us? Join us as we reflect on those who may
be just a little ‘too close for comfort’ through the lens of Genesis 21:8-21.

First Reading:
Genesis 21:8-21

Second Reading:
~ Adapted From Kahlil Gibran in “The Prophet”

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Pentecost 2 at MCC NoVA – June 18

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Pentecost 2 – PRIDETIDE – FATHER’S DAY

Reflection: “The Second Half of Life”
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin

First Reading:
Genesis 18:1-15

Second Reading:
~ adapted from Sister Joan Chittister in
“Between the Dark and the Daylight: Embracing the Contradictions of Life”

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Pride Sunday at MCC NoVA, June 11

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Reflection: “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”
Preaching: Wendy Hamilton, Clergy Intern

First Reading:
Psalm 139:13-18

Second Reading:
~ adapted from Dr. Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise”

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Pentecost at MCC NoVA: June 4

Sermon Posted (Click to listen)

Reflection: What Does This Mean?
Two Voices, One Reflection –
Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin & Duane Bowers

Exciting, disorienting, amazing, disturbing… That Pentecost
long ago was experienced as any one or all of the above.
What does it mean for us today?

First Reading:
Acts 2:1-21

Second Reading:
~ adapted from Marjory Bankson in “How Does Spirit Work”

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