Monday, October 11th at 7:00 PM
Candlelight Vigil at Morningside Park (map)
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Rev. Judith Maynard will join Albuquerque Pride as one of the key speakers for this event.  National Coming Out Day is an internationally-observed civil awareness day for coming out and discussing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersexed and questioning (LGBTIQ) issues. Come join our LGBTIQ communities and our allies at Morningside Park in Albuquerque on Monday, October 11th at 7:00 PM for a candlelight vigil.

In light of the recent suicides and bullying of our LGBTIQ youth, it is important for us to encourage all people, of all sexual orientations, to “take your next step” in living openly and powerfully on this October 11th.

We encourage you, on this day, to wear clothing and jewelry that utilizes gay pride symbols and colors. Our goal is to raise awareness of the LGBTIQ community among the general populace in an effort to give a familiar face to our LGBTIQ rights movement.

Lent is the period of time leading up to Easter.  It is a time of preparation of the believer for the annual commemoration during Holy Week where we reflect on the Death and Resurrection of Jesus. Lent is forty days long, and represents the time that Jesus spent in the wilderness before the beginning of his public ministry.

Who can say what passes through our hearts on Christmas Eve?
Strange thoughts.
Undefinable emotions.
Sudden tears.

Christmas Eve is a time to be quietly glad.
It is a time to wonder, to give thanks,
and of quiet awakening to beauty
that still lives on through the strife
of a war-torn world.

And Christmas Eve is also a time for memories and remembering.

For some, the memories are of loved family members
who have died, and the festive season
makes the pain of those losses ever more real.

For others, the memories are of happier times than we know now,
felt as the anguish of broken relationships,
the insecurity around employment,
the anxiety of illness or poor health,
or the emptiness of loss after drought or bushfire.

All these feelings are with us this night as we gather in this sacred place.
Here we are safe to feel what we feel:
to acknowledge our sadness,
to share our concern,
to release our anger,
to face our emptiness,
and still to know that God by what ever name,
is made present in the caring thoughts and deeds of others.

So let us be and share and remember and receive,
assured that we are not alone in our life experiences as we gather for worship this Christmas Eve.

You are invited to join with us for worship on Thursday, December 24 at 10 pm, as we make that journey which leads to a manger, which leads us to God’s love.  Invite your family and friends to come and experience the miracle of Christmas.

World AIDS Day is Tuesday, December 1st and MCC of Albuquerque will Host a World AIDS Day Interfaith Service at 7:00 pm. The Service will remember those we have lost from AIDS and those who are living with AIDS.

Bring a picture of someone you know who has passed away from AIDS and during the service we will take time to remember them.

Metropolitan Community Churches MCC’s 2009 Effort for World AIDS Day needs YOU! This year’s World AIDS Day is a community effort. The MCC HIV & AIDS Global Ministry will provide a series of resources for this year’s remembrance, activism and worship. Yet, the best resources are already in the field…and are in need everywhere. Please consider offering the best of your World AIDS Day resources from your community and local church. Help us to work together to remember those who have suffered, aid those who continue to fight, and honor a loving God who offers us an Uncommon Hope for the future. To participate – Fill out any one of the following forms to offer your worship element, event announcement and/or resource for use in our global community. World AIDS Day 2009 A Letter from Rev. Nancy Wilson, Moderator Metropolitan Community Churches   As we observe World AIDS Day this year, we are aware that there are many reasons for hope: . Progress is being made for a vaccine . The travel ban to the US, for those with HIV/AIDS is being lifted . In the US, Ryan White funding is being renewed, just barely! . Through the generosity of the Elton John Foundation, MCC was able to offer the seminar, Deconstructing Meth, to many churches and communities in North America this year… http://www.mccgham.org/?p=123 Come together and share in an Uncommon Hope through World AIDS Day!