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!


Sunday July 23, 2023 – PrideTide 8

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Deuteronomy 23:1, 3-4
Second Reading ~ Isaiah 56:1-8
Third Reading ~ Matthew 19:12
Fourth Reading ~ Acts 8:26-40

Rev. Emma Chattin Preaching

Queer Eye for The Bible: A Pride Summer Sermon Series
This Week: Subject To Change
(The Bible Grows On You)
Humanity’s understanding of God
increases as time passes
and the Bible actually grows.
The question to ask:
Are we still growing?”

Planned Sermon Series Schedule

Lee Shadwick and Rev Emma co-consecrate the Elements for Communion …


MCC NoVA; celebrating 42 Years of Pride!

Celebrating 54 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


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Sunday July 16, 2023 – Pridetide 7

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Matthew 8:5-13
Second Reading~ adapted from Father Richard Rohr

Rev. Emma Chattin Preaching

Queer Eye for The Bible: A Pride Summer Sermon Series
Planned Sermon Series Schedule
This week: Faith, Love, and Possibilities – (You Gotta Have Faith)

Jesus said Nothing about Gay Folk –
That we know of …
Yet He may have encountered such a relationship
and still said nothing.

MCC NoVA; celebrating 42 Years of Pride!

Celebrating 55 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide October 2023!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


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Sunday July 9, 2023 – Pridetide 6

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Acts 16:9-15
Second Reading ~ adapted from Rev. Nadia Boltz-Webber in “Pastrix: The Cranky Beautiful Faith or a Sinner and Saint”

Rev. Emma Chattin Preaching

Queer Eye for The Bible: A Pride Summer Sermon Series
Planned Sermon Series Schedule
This week: Have You Met Lydia?

Talk about unconventional.
She was head of a household.
And it may have been all women.


MCC NoVA; celebrating 42 Years of Pride!

Celebrating 54 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


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Sunday July 2nd, 2023 – PrideTide 5

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Genesis 37:2-3, 18-20, 23-24, 28-32
Second Reading ~ adapted from Father Richard Rohr in “Following The Mystics: Seeing God in All Things”

Rev. Emma Chattin Preaching

Queer Eye for The Bible: A Pride Summer Sermon Series
Planned Sermon Series Schedule
This week: Color Outside The Lines

We were made to be unique. Be that.


Rev Emma and Andrea co-consecrate the Communion …


MCC NoVA; celebrating 42 Years of Pride!

Celebrating 54 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


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Sunday June 25, 2023 – PrideTide 4

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Ruth 3:2-5, 4:13-17
Second Reading ~ adapted from Pema Chadron

Rev. Emma Chattin Preaching

Queer Eye for The Bible: A Pride Summer Sermon Series
Planned Sermon Series Schedule
This week: We Are Family

There are families you are born into, and there are families you make.


Our humble choir continues to grow …


MCC NoVA; celebrating 42 Years of Pride!

Celebrating 54 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


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Sunday June 18, 2023 – PrideTide 3

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Genesis 25:21-34
Second Reading ~ Judges 4:4-10

Rev. Emma Chattin Preaching

Queer Eye for The Bible: A Pride Summer Sermon Series
Planned Sermon Series Schedule
This week: Gender Transgressors

Have you ever felt as if you were coloring outside the lines around your gender? You are in good company!

MCC NoVA members staffing the booth at Reston Pride Celebration June 3rd, 2023! Bravo!


MCC NoVA celebrated its 42nd Anniversary on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023!

Celebrating 54 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


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Sunday June 11, 2023 – PrideTide 2

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Matthew 19:11-12
Second Reading ~ adapted from Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson in “Outing The Bible: Queer Folks, God, Jesus and the Christian Scriptures.

Rev. Emma Chattin Preaching

Queer Eye for The Bible: A Pride Summer Sermon Series
Planned Sermon Series Schedule
This week: Not The Marrying Kind; Born That Way


MCC NoVA members staffing the booth at Reston Pride Celebration June 3rd, 2023! Bravo!


MCC NoVA celebrated its 42nd Anniversary on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023!

Celebrating 54 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


June 4th, 2023
In and Around MCC NoVA PRIDE sometimes Looks Like THIS…
And Sometimes looks like this! (updated 6/10)


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Sunday June 4, 2023 – PrideTide

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Genesis 1:26-27, 31a
Second Reading ~ from a poem by Rev Asher O’Callahan

Rev. Emma Chattin Preaching

Queer Eye for The Bible: A Pride Summer Sermon Series
Planned Sermon Series Schedule
This week: Misgendering the Deity



MCC NoVA celebrated its 42nd Anniversary on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023!

Celebrating 54 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


HVAC FUNDRAISER

MCC NoVA needs a new Pair! Not Shoes, but a new Heat Pump/Air Handler Pair!
And YOU Have Done It!!!
Thanks to the generosity of so many folks as well as our wonderful double matcher, you have enabled MCC NoVA the ability to purchase the new HVAC pair maintaining the comfort of our facility!
In the coming weeks we will say farewell to the 20 year old Carrier pair that has served the Social Area well,
and will have a brand new pair!
Thank You So Much for making the possibility a reality!


Cleanliness is Next to… well, you know!

Big Thanks To Denise Carson who paid for a professional deep cleaning of the MCC NoVA Sanctuary, Social Area, Sacristy, and Bathrooms!

Everything Shines and has that New Church smell! Thanks Denise!



MCC NoVA PRAYER AND CARE
There are special care and prayer needs during this time. 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 RevEmmaChattin@gmail.com 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.


VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Homeless Ministry: Feed The Homeless of Fairfax Virginia!
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 have recently resumed our more active contribution by physically assisting with the feeding of the homeless in Fairfax City
thanks to Team Leaders: Dale & Lee.
If you would like to volunteer to help support this monthly work,
please contact RevEmmaChattin@gmail.com

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
We also seek volunteers to assist with cleaning, upkeep, and facility matters.
We want you! Please contact RevEmmaChattin@gmail.com


MCC NoVA’s Mission is to minister and reach out to marginalized communities, Click this link for on-line giving.
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 the future- a future with deep needs, and boundless possibilities for our community!
Blessings and Thank You!


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Saturday June 3rd – Fairfax City Pride Dance and Event

The City of Fairfax and George Mason University are thrilled to host its inaugural “Fairfax Pride” event on June 3rd, 2023! MCC NoVA and TGEA will be staffing a table there.

Click image to go to Fairfax City website for more details!


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Sunday May 28, 2023 – Pentecost

Sunday Worship is live-streamed at 11AM on the Facebook Events Page of MCC of Northern Virginia. Join us In-Person or OnLine. Afterwards, you can watch the archived video of the service here.
Order of Worship and readings are here (PDF file with songs and Readings)
First Reading ~ Numbers 11: 24-25
Second Reading ~ Acts 2:1-4

Rev. Lori McPherson Preaching

What’s Love Got To Do With It?


MCC NoVA celebrated its 42nd Anniversary on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023!

Celebrating 54 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!
Join Us at 11AM IN-PERSON or ONLINE for Sunday Morning Worship!


May 28, 2023
In and Around MCC NoVA
Sometimes Looks Like… (updated 5/27)


MCC NoVA’s Mission is to minister and reach out to marginalized communities, Click this link for on-line giving.
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 the future- a future with deep needs, and boundless possibilities for our community!
Blessings and Thank You!


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