A Better Bang for Your Buck! – Sermon Text - Some 49 years ago this week Rev.Troy Perry, led the very first MCC service in his living room. and right from the beginning, MCC was a church that not only welcomed Lesbian, Gay, bi, and trans people but affirmed them, since being gay is something normal now a days, and…
Love Thy Neighbour – Sermon Text - STEWARDSHIP Will you pray with me.. Almighty God thank you for inviting people like us to share in your mission. You gave Paul a vision of a world won for Christ so please show us here in our church how we can play our part in making that vision a…
Come out for Justice! - 21st October 2018 – MCC 1990s ‘come out for justice’ Isaiah 58: So, I’ve got the 90s. Or technically, 1988 to ‘98, because MCC started in ‘68, so that’s our decades. And it seems to me that with the progression of preachers as we do a decade each week, we…
Anniversary Sunday 2018 – Sermon Text - My 34 years with the UFMCC Will you pray with me. Almighty God thank you for inviting people like us to share in your mission. You gave Paul a vision of a world won for Christ so please show us here in this your church how to play our part…
Thank God for wild excitable women! - 16th September 2018 Thank God for wild , excitable women. Exodus 15: 19-21 and 2 Samuel 6: 12-15 So last week I promised I would return to the other great leader of early Israel who is remembered for music, amongst many other things. Miriam. Miriam’s not quite so well-remembered as…
David, not your average King! - David, not your average King! Sermon 9 Sep 2018 by Rev. Peta Evans Sermons at The Village MCC Sermons at MCC are in a variety of formats, from traditional teachings to interviews, poetry and song. Many sermons are given by Rev. Michael Hydes or Rev. Peta Evans, but often there…
This Side of the Rainbow - 19th August 2018 (Pride month) Isaiah 54: 8-10 So, I’ve had a very small disaster this week. Not a major one, just a little one. But, you know, I’m Welsh, what’s the point in having a drama if you can’t make a good story out of it? It could have…
Pride in God! – Sermon Text - A couple of weeks ago Ivor Caplin talked about being yourself and used the story of King David as an example. Remember? Well, I’ve always loved the story so when I found a copy of the film on DVD I was really excited. After all, it’s not just a great…
Believing in Faith – Sermon Text - Martha and Billy were only young, but they were allowed to walk home from Sunday school together. Whenever Martha and Billy walked home from Sunday school they passed a holiday resort for naturists. They’d never actually seen anything as the property had a great big wall around it. They usually…
Live life like an atheist! – Sermon Text - Live Life Like an Atheist – Rev Peta 24th June 2018 So, Rev Michael sent me a particular version of Psalm 73, which is the paraphrase or interpretation or whatever from the Doubter Psalms. Which took me totally by surprise when I read it because it’s so very different from…
God heals the broken hearts – Sermon Text - Lord, we seek the moving of your word as spoken in our bible so please accept my words as my interpretation so we can see new vision as we go on our travel of life. Amen. My chosen Psalms for this series were actually chosen almost 30 years ago when…
Why am I here? – Sermon Notes - What does it mean to be alive? Breathe, be in relationship, think, animated, lively, full of life, alert, active, energetic, vigorous, spry, sprightly, vital, vibrant, vivacious, buoyant, exuberant, ebullient, zestful, spirited, enthusiastic, eager, bouncy, bubbly, perky, sparkling; full of beans, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright and breezy, full of vim and vigour, sparky,…
Making All Things New - Making All Things New. Sermon 20 May 2018 by Rev. Peta Evans Sermons at The Village MCC Sermons at MCC are in a variety of formats, from traditional teachings to interviews, poetry and song. Many sermons are given by Rev. Michael Hydes or Rev. Peta Evans, but often there will…
It is well with my soul, but… - 6th May 2018 ‘It is well with my soul – but…..’ Jeremiah 10:15-18 I’ve only got myself to blame, really. I chose the readings! And last week I gave myself a really easy to answer question, with a fabulously easy answer – what’s the most important thing we’ve got to…
Desire and longing – Sermon Text - The Way It Is by William Stafford There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you…
Love One Another - Sermon, Village MCC, 22nd April 2018 1 John 3 I had a real struggle knowing what to go with for the reading for this week. Because the Psalm for this week is Psalm 23, it’s what I will always think of as the Vicar of Dibley psalm. ‘The Lord is…
What Did I Do Wrong Now? – Sermon Text - There’s these two ministers have a head on car crash on the coast road. Both cars are complete write offs, but the two ministers get out of the wreckage and find they haven’t even got a scratch. “You know” says one, “I can’t believe we’re not both dead. I think…
Walking with Jesus – Sermon Text - Will you pray with me Lord, please help us to discover by these words I bring tonight the inner meaning of our faith which is always active in love. May the words I speak be acceptable to you. In Jesus’s name Amen. Following on the busy Easter, we get the…
The Ridiculous Easter Story – Sermon Text - Once upon a time, there was an old shepherd. Every day he’d take his flock up into the hills, taking his bible with him. He’d sit and read for hours as the sheep grazed. But then came the day when he lost his favourite Bible while he was out with…
Lent Pt 6: Does God hear you? – Sermon Notes - Falling off a cliff, grabbing scree, God says let go, he says is there anyone else up there? – Trusting God is never easy, this is his third temptation Believe what the world told him, or believe what God spoke to his heart. Feed and nurture the presence of God,…
Lent Pt 5: The 2nd Temptation – Sermon Text - Sermon 18th March 2018 – The Second Temptation So, the Second Temptation. Or the third, depending on which gospel you’re reading! But, we’ve taken this version, so this is the second one. Last week, Jesus was tempted with the ordinary – bread. To be satisfied with the same as everyone…
Lent Pt 4: Bread of Life – Sermon Text - So, Jesus is leaving the desert and he is tempted by the devil. The devil knows that he’s famished after his fasting and says ‘If you are the son of God why don’t you turn this stone into bread?’ Jesus says ‘No, I don’t want bread, I want a Macdonalds’…
Lent Pt 3: The Way of the Child – Sermon Text - ‘The Way of the Child’ – Lent part 3 4th March 2018 Matthew 18: 1-3 And DH Lawrence’s poem ‘Shadows’ Chris was saying last week that with this series of sermons what we really need is one of those little recaps, like you get at the beginning of one of…
Lent Pt 2: The Desert – Sermon Text - Spaceballs, Joan rivers,, etc. Captail Lone Star (Bill Pullman) – Water, Dot Matrix (Joan Rivers) Oil, princess Vespa – room service. The Desert. Moses, The Israelites, Isaiah, Jesus, All driven by the wolf. Some by the teeth of the wolf, (Moses by his crime, Israel by the Egyptians, Isaiah by…
Lent Pt 1: The way of the wolf - Sermon 18th February 2018 Text: Matthew 3: 16-17 and 4:1a, followed by Robert W Service’s poem The Land God Forgot Michael’s Introduction: Today is the first Sunday in Lent, and we begin our Lent series… a 6 sermon series which Rev Peta and I are sharing which looks at Lent…
Do we have PTSD? – Sermon Text - The Village MCC is a church that’s rooted in the LGBT+ communities, called to serve those same communities. How come? There are lots of churches that welcome LGBT+ people to varying degrees. Why would God call us to provide a church that has such a strong identity? After all some…
Chill Out! Sermon Text - Chill Out! Sermon Village MCC, 4th February 2018 Mark 1: 29-39 Jesus Heals Many at Simon’s House 29 As soon as they
Spotting bible misuse – Sermon Text - Believe that God loves you just the way you are. Believe that it’s Ok to be LGBT. You hear some preacher say it’s wrong, get a horrible twinge and wonder, what if they’re right? What’s happening only makes sense if you understand the way the bible is being used. –…
Ooh!!! – Sermon Text - Ooh!!! Sermon 7th Jan 2018 by Rev Peta Evans Matthew 2: 1-12 I really like the story of the Magi, wise men, three kings, whatever you want to call them. Probably weren’t three, or kings, but never mind. I like it because I liked it when I was a small…
Blessed are the Cheesemakers! - Rev Kate Harford, 5th Nov 2017 I absolutely adore this passage in Matthew, and enjoy using it at times of change. So, Peta actually read this at our wedding, and so when I was at home talking to my wife about what I should read and what I should preach…
The Gift – Sermon Text - God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good. (never a southern baptist around when you need one). I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; – with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. I declare that your steadfast love…
A Christmas Hope – Sermon Text - A Christmas Hope. Sermon 3 Dec 2017 by Robert Douglas Will you pray with me…Help us lord to penetrate beyond the outer structure of Christianity, and to discovwer the inner meaning of our faith which is always active in love.May my words tonight lead us ever more adventurously into a…
Action not Words – Sermon Text - Thank you for inviting me- and for the reading of Desiderata- “You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it…
There’s Still Hope! – Sermon Text - Stewardship, 22 October 2017 Introduction I’m delighted and honoured to have been invited to share some thoughts with you this evening. Thank you, Rev Michael, for that opportunity. I’ve been asked me to talk about stewardship, a term which can mean many different things to different people. For me,…
Stewardship and the Samaritan – Sermon Text - Stewardship and the Samaritan. Sermon 15 Oct 2017 by Daniel Cheesman Chief Executive Officer Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG 01273 234009 (Office Only) 01273 204 050 (Helpline – Mon 6:30pm-9pm, Thurs 3-9pm, Fri 6:30pm-9pm Sat 5-7pm, Sun 1pm-7pm) www.switchboard.org.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LGBTswitchboard Sign…
How Much Do You Need? – Sermon Text - 8th October 2017, The Village MCC Tonight, you may be happy to hear, I’m going to talk about very little. About having very little. Needing very little. Being very little – no, wait, that’s just me. I’m also going to talk about a lot. A huge amount, An infinite amount.…
Water – Sermon text - We have covered all the elements this month in our sermans starting with Earth then Sarah brought us wind and last week our pastor Michael brought us Fire bringing us to the last one tonight which is Water,
Probably the most important of the elements and this is the one, nobody can live without and really pleased I have this for my serman.
Are you the pussycat or the firefighter? – Sermon text. - Sermon 17 Sep 2017 by Rev. Michael Hydes My Husband said to me, “How do you like the idea of a little role play?” I said, “Ok yeah. What do you suggest?” Police officer, doctor, secret service agent, fire fighter. Ooooh! I said, I can be in distress, and you…
The wind of the Holy Spirit – Sermon Text - The wind of the Holy Spirit. Sermon 10 Sep 2017 by Sarah Barber Please join me in prayer…. God be in my words and open our ears and our hearts to hear what you would have us hear. Amen This month we are looking at the elements, earth, wind, fire,…
LGBTQ Jews and Christians reclaiming the bible and embracing ourselves with Pride – Sermon Text - Hello everyone and thank you for inviting me to address you this evening. I’ve been asked to speak to you about LGBTQ Pride from a Jewish perspective. As we gather here together at this Village MCC Church, I’m sure we are very conscious that our identity encompasses, both, being LGBTQ…