{"id":2701,"date":"2017-10-21T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T01:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2017-10-27T07:24:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T12:24:38","slug":"pentecost-20-at-mcc-nova-oct22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=2701","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost 20 at MCC NoVA &#8211; Oct 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/sermons\/2017\/102217_Sermon.mp3\">10\/22 Sermon Posted (Click to listen)<\/a><br \/>\n<strong> Sermon:  &#8220;The People for Today&#8221;<br \/>\nRev. Elder Rachelle Brown, Preaching <\/strong> <!--\n\n<blockquote><em> \nThe MCC NoVA Board has suggested an intentional time of prayer as we prepare for our Stewardship Campaign in November.  Toward that end, we will celebrate October with a special Sermon Series reflecting on Prayer. <\/em><\/blockquote>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/7ed73837001\/50be1f7e-402a-4d08-9de4-c889ee5d45b6.pdf\"><br \/>\n1st Reading:  1 Peter 2:9-10<br \/>\n2nd Reading: ~ from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/Rachelle-Communion.jpg\" height=460 width=\"600\"><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>MCC Interim Moderator, Rev. Elder Rachelle Brown, will be preaching at MCC NoVA Sunday Oct 22 worship service.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Brown was ordained with MCC in 2007, and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, and Master of Communications degree from Missouri State University. Rev. Brown is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Theology, Ethics, and Human Sciences at Chicago Theological Seminary. She has served as an Intentional Interim Minister, North Central U.S. MCC Network Leader, and MCC Emerging Church Specialist.<\/p>\n<p>As a theologian and educator, Rev. Brown said she explores queer ethics, human sciences, and intersectional theology with a deep connection to modern religious thought and practices. Rev. Brown said her passion for ministry began in the bayou country of Southern Louisiana and developed through various faith experiences reflecting the diversity of MCC.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome her presence, and those members of other MCCs in attendence!<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10\/22 Sermon Posted (Click to listen) Sermon: &#8220;The People for Today&#8221; Rev. Elder Rachelle Brown, Preaching 1st Reading: 1 Peter 2:9-10 2nd Reading: ~ from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community MCC Interim Moderator, Rev. Elder &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=2701\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sunday-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2749,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions\/2749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}