Metropolitan Community Church Sydney
Welcome Home
A Blessing For You
A warm welcome to Worship, especially visitors and new folk among us. May God’s grace and peace be with you.
- Multiple DatesSun, 20 Oct20 Oct 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pmBrighton Cafe, 49 Palace St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
- Sun, 03 Nov03 Nov 2024, 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm AEDTMetropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia03 Nov 2024, 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm AEDTMetropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, AustraliaRepeat of the Leadership Development for Worship Service leaders and participants. If you missed the previous Training or if you haven’t been involved in worship before but feel you would like to take part then come to this one-day training course.
- Multiple DatesThu, 17 Oct17 Oct 2024, 10:30 am – 11:30 am AEDTMetropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
- Multiple DatesSun, 13 Oct13 Oct 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm AEDTMetropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
- Multiple DatesSun, 13 Oct13 Oct 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDTMetropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
- Multiple DatesSun, 06 Oct06 Oct 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm AEDTMetropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
- Multiple DatesSun, 06 Oct06 Oct 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDTMetropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
Metropolitan Community Church Sydney
is an affirming Christian Church for all people, and especially LGBTIQA+ identifying people.
As a progressive Christian church we are open to all people who want to learn more about God. We give thanks to God for people of all genders, sexualities, ages and cultural backgrounds. At MCC all persons have value and worth, and are uniquely gifted to share the Good News with others. So no matter what, you are welcome at MCC Sydney.
We invite you to come as you are, whether you
identify as Christian, come from another faith background or are of no prior faith tradition.
Location: 96 Crystal St, Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Email: office@mccsydney.org
Our Services
Contemporary Worship
Every Sunday 6.30pm.
In this contemporary worship service the music is modern, the worship style is flexible and different aspects of faith and spirituality are explored. This service is a unique blend from many different backgrounds and traditions and is for both young and old!
Fellowship
After the morning service or before evening service we invite everyone to join together for fellowhip at our pantry in the building. During this time we announce who's having a birthday that week & celebrate.
Venue For Hire
If you are looking to hire a well-maintained air-conditioned auditorium in Sydney's inner-west, MCC Sydney is available as a venue for your wedding or other events.
FYI, you don't need to be a member of our church, or of any other church, in order to get married with us.
Please contact us at office@mccsydney.org
Educational Articles & Videos
Upstairs Inferno Trailer
9 July 2021
Camina Entertainment
This is a trailer. As featured in major media outlets including The New York Times, Advocate Magazine, NPR, Attitude Magazine and CNN, the award-winning documentary, UPSTAIRS INFERNO, chronicles one of the deadliest attacks on the LGBT community: the 1973 New Orleans Up Stairs Lounge arson. This event was considered the "Largest Gay Mass Murder in U.S. History" for over four decades.
Content Warning: the following video contains material that may be harmful/ traumatizing/ offensive/ disturbing to some audiences. It may contains violence, blood, or graphic images.
Homosexuality is Not a Sin
28 Feb 2021
Rev Greg Smith
In our Judeo-Christian society, the documents known as the Bible serve as the primary guide on most issues. It is interesting that many Christians take literally the references to homosexual acts while interpreting other text with great flexibility. One person reported listening to a nationally known woman speak in her campaign against homosexuality. She spent much time quoting impressively from Leviticus. The listener accepted much of what the speaker had said until realizing that by Levitical standards, the crusader had herself broken many biblical laws: women speaking in church, women teaching men, wearing a dress made of cotton and polyester, and probably many others as well.
What does the Bible really say about homosexuality?
What People Say
About Us
Sydney Star Observer (SSO) interviewed Peter Webster one of our members in 2015:
SSO: "As LGBTI people become more accepted in heterosexual society, why should places like MCC Sydney continue to exist?"
“We could go to a gay-friendly church, and there’s a number of them, and we can take communion. (But) We can’t do it together. We can’t kiss. We can’t hold hands. No matter how open and affirming, and that’s the official term, ‘affirming’, churches are, there are limits.”
“In MCC Sydney, my partner and I take communion,” Webster said.
“We go down there together. We hold hands. We give each other the bread and the wine. We kiss. Then we go for prayer with the pastor… then at the end of that we kiss again".
Article link:
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven/139112