Metropolitan Community Church Edinburgh

							Metropolitan Community Church Edinburgh
Love Liberates


	Christmas is Coming - MCC to hold Christmas Fayre - Saturday 22nd November 2008
	MCC Edinburgh will be holding a Christmas Fayre on Saturday 22nd November 2008 from 10.00am - 2.00pm at Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL. Cards, jewllery, home baking, jams and seasonal fayre will be available. Kick off your festive season with this not to be missed church fete with an LGBT twist. For further information contact Dot Boyle.
	10th Transgender Remembrance Day - Saturday 22nd November 2008
	MCC Edinburgh will be marking the 10th Transgender Remembrance Day with a non-religious vigil on Saturday 22nd November 2008 at 3.00 - 4.30pm at MCC Edinburgh, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL. Transgender Remembrance Day was founded on 20th November 1998 to mark the death of Rita Hester, an American transwoman. Since then the day has developed into a global event with vigils and actions held to remember transgender people throughtout the world who have lost their lives due to transphobic hate crime. Each year the names of those known to have died are gathered and spoken as a symbol of our resistance to the continuation of hate crimes due to gender identity. The vigil is jointly organised by MCC Edinburgh, the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing, Transmen Scotland, LGBT Youth Scotland and the Equality Network. For further information contact Lewis Reay
	Creating a Life that Matters starts 16th October 2008
	MCC's new spiritual development programme - Creating a Life that Matters (CLM) - started on 16th October 2008. This programme, over 18 weeks, explores our relationship with the Sacred, with ourselves, and our passions. 10 members of MCC Edinburgh's congregation started CLM, the first programme to be run in the UK. Associate Pastor, Rev Maxwell Reay said "We are very excited to be starting this journey together, and are looking forward to the coming sessions." If you are interested in finding out about CLM and joining the waiting list for the next course please contact Rev Maxwell Reay onRevMaxwell@mccedinburgh.org.
	MCC Edinburgh celebrates 13th Birthday
	We are celebrating our 13th Birthday on Sunday 20th July. We hope that you will join us on Sunday 20th July 2008 at 6pm to celebrate our journey together at MCC Edinburgh, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
	Rev Johnathan Jones takes up post as Interim Pastor
	MCC Edinburgh is delighted to announced the appointment of Rev Johnathan Jones to the position of Interim Pastor. He takes up his post on Sunday 20th July 2008. Rev Jones has been serving as the Pastor of MCC Anchorage in Alaska for the last four years. We hope that you will join us on Sunday 20th July 2008 at 6pm to welcome Rev Johnathan to Scotland at our evening service at MCC Edinburgh, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL. For further information email Dorothy Boyle.			Rev Johnathan Jones
	Rev Elder Nancy Wilson visits MCC Edinburgh
	MCC Edinburgh hosted the first visit of Rev Elder Nancy Wilson to Scotland. MCCers from across Scotland gathered to hear Rev Wilson's inspiring message about the place of MCC as a global movement for change bringing God's inclusive love to all people. She spoke about her history with MCC from the early 1970's and how the denomination has responded, first, to the full inclusion of women, and then how the denomination was responded to HIV. The role of young people in MCC is now crucial as they are our future leaders, and it is true that our future is in their hands. Rev Elder Wilson is the Moderator of Metropolitan Community Church an inclusive Christian church that affirms and welcomes all people including the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. During her visit to the UK she was a guest speaker at the conference of the European Forum of Lesbian and Gay Christians.			Rev Elder Nancy Wilson
	Church Retreat - 20th - 22nd June 2008
	Join us for our annual Church Retreat. Once again we will be staying at Wiston Lodge and our weekend will be facilitated by our new Interim Pastor - Rev Johnathan Jones. The theme for the weekend is 'Building a Community of Faith' This is an opportunity to get to know people, explore your own personal spiritual journey and get away for weekend. Please consider joining us for what will be an important event in our community as we move forward together into the next phase of our journey. Booking forms are available at church or email treasurer@mccedinburgh.org

MCC Edinburgh, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL | Tel: 0131 226 1691 | Scottish Charity: SC026033

Love Liberates