Being the Light

Dear Friends, This Sunday we’ll be talking about why we call The Village MCC home, and a few folks will be sharing some of their thoughts. Is there anything you’d like to say? (Hopefully nice things!) If so then please email me and I’ll include your words in the service,…

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Anglican Primates’ Shame

Dear Friends, All this week I’d felt encouraged by the voices I’d heard come from the Anglican Church. There was an open letter sent to the bishops, signed by over 100 prominent church members , in support of LGBT inclusion and condemning the actions of the past. … we, the…

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Happy New Year 2016

Dear Friends, This year has been one crazy year! Our very first worship service was on February 1st and we have consistently held worship every Sunday throughout the year. We worked with MCC Brighton and MCC North London to provide an LGBT safe spirituality resource at Trans Pride. We held…

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More Christmas Eve

Dear Friends, Christmas Eve has always been the worship service of the year for me.  Besides the music there’s the nativity story, and it never fails to touch my heart. If I’m in the mood to celebrate then there’s a chorus of angels; if I’m depressed then there’s poor Mary…

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Christmas Eve‏

Dear Village, Just a couple of days and it’s Christmas eve. It’ll be our very first Christmas Eve service, and I’m looking forward to it. I hope that you’re able to come, and please feel free to invite family and friends. When I was young I so wanted to be…

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Leading to love, not hate.

Philippians 4:8King James Version (KJV) 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. America…

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