Original article is by Anna Mendoza and Michelle Rennex, from Buzzfeed, Australia. Click here to read the original article. The original article has been paraphrased. Filipino-Australian couple Ann and Rica traveled to the island of Boracay to hold their wedding ceremony. The wedding is officiated by MCC Quezon City’s very own interim pastoral leader, Pastora Kakay Pamaraan. While […]
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2015 Christmas Messages from Rev. Elder Troy Perry and Rev. Nancy Wilson [Video]
Watch the special 2015 Christmas messages of Reverend Elder Troy Perry, the Founder of Metropolitan Community Churches, and Reverend Nancy Wilson, the Global Moderator of the Metropolitan Community Churches. MCC Quezon City, together with the wider Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, wishes you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Continue the true spirit of Christmas by giving hope and kindness to the world, just as what our Parent God did when Jesus was brought into the world. […]
Sunday Preaching: God Asks – “What Are You Doing?”
Violence in the ancient times are more ethical in the sense that people really fight for land and territory, people fight for what they believe and the fighting is only between armies. Sometimes its between the champions of two or more rival armies. If you lose, your entire nation submit to the authority of the other nation or kingdom. No blood spilled. Also, less casualty in terms of civilians. Yun nga lang, pag natalo kayo, then the winning army will pillage your country, rape your women, kill your first born and enslave the elderly, the young and the rest of the women. In a way mas violent din nuon kasi nga ang gamit na weapons are swords and axes. So it means chain saw massacre and peg. Ethical in a way kasi may rules and traditions of war nuon na sinusunod pero mas violent kasi talagang ubusan ng lahi at talagang oppression pag natalo kayo. […]
Lectio Divina in the midst of Typhoon Lando – A Sunday Preaching Alternative
Last Sunday (October 18, 2015), we as MCCQC were not able to gather together physically due to the dangerous weather caused by Typhoon Lando, but with the help of today’s communications technology, we are able to connect mentally and spiritually together, through the practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina (Latin for “Divine Reading”) is a traditional Benedictine […]
VAKLASH: LGBT+ Backlash against Hate and Injustice
This October 11, 2015, we will mark the 1st year of Jennifer Laude’s murder. A year has passed yet justice remains elusive. And even as we wait for the wheels of justice to turn in favor of Jennifer, cases after cases of hate crimes pile up. The absence of a pro-LGBTQ legislation that address discrimination […]