JOIN THE MCCDC STEWARDSHIP TEAM
Stewardship means investing your time, talent and treasure. If you have a generous heart, creative ideas, and a willingness to serve, we are looking for you. The stewardship team will assist in coordinating congregational events, activities and communications related to our stewardship. If you are interested, please contact Rev Cathy Alexander for more information.[email protected] or 202-638-7373.
LANDSCAPING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
March 29, 9am-2pm
Please join us as we do some landscaping to clean up and beautiful our Church's grounds ahead of Holy Week and Easter. We rake, prune, spread mulch and install new plants to enhance and beautify the grounds. Please bring rakes, brooms, trowels, clippers, gloves and, most importantly, your spirit. Please RSVP to Greg Snyder at [email protected] or 202-427-6313.
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH GATHERING SET FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 16
Mark your calendars. The women will gather on Sunday, March 16 from 12:30-2:30pm to celebrate women's history month and to tell our stories. Please bring a canned good to donate to a local shelter. Please contact Rev Cathy for more information at [email protected] or 202-638-7373.
ADVERTISE YOUR COMPANY/SERVICE IN THE MCCDC BUSINESS DIRECTORY
There are many members and friends of MCCDC who own businesses and/or provide professional services. As a way of acknowledging this and encouraging one another, MCCDC invites church members and friends to participant in the 2014 MCCDC Business Directory.
The MCCDC directory of businesses and services of church members and friends will be printed and released during the Easter season. MCCDC does not intend the directory to be an endorsement of any particular business or service but is only intended to help inform the congregation of such businesses owned and services offered by members and friends of the church. Net donations from the directory will benefit the General Fund.
If you are a business owner and/or provide professional services you would like included in the directory for one (1) year, please read the following information and submit the requested information no later than Sunday, March 9, 2014.
Any questions should be directed to Johanna Hardy ([email protected]) or Mark Kornmann ([email protected]).
CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP YOUR BUSINESS ONLINE.
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR NEW STUDY ON BARRIERS TO CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV
What is the purpose of the study?
The purpose of this study is to understand the reasons that people choose to get HIV medical care in Washington, DC.
Your eligible if:
- Are 18 years of age or older
- Are HIV positive but have not received HIV medical care in the past 12 months
- Have ever received HIV medical care at one of the following clinics: Family Medical and Counseling Inc, GW Medical ,Faculty Associates, Whitman Walker Health
What will participants do?
Participants will be asked to complete a short survey and/or interview covering the topic.
For more information about the study or to make an appointment, contact us at [email protected].
All emails are confidential. Eligible participants will be compensated $25 in American Express gift checks and receive a $5 metro card for completing the survey and/or interview.
CALL FOR KEEPSAKES:
CONNECTING THE LIVING WITH THE LOST
Someone died and now you have their things. Or maybe just one thing. It might not even be valuable. An old spoon or a glove. But you can't bring yourself to throw it out. You can leave it here.
Post your photos to Instagram with the hash-tag #InTheseBoxes. Or send to[email protected]
Visiting musician- artist Dudley Saunders asks us to reach out locally in DC for photos of the objects people have inherited from loved ones and can't let go of. This performance incorporates images collected from local communities, particularly those who have lost loved ones too soon in part because they led lives in some way marginalized by society.
"In the fall of 1991, my two ex-lovers died of AIDS within two months of each other. What made it worse was realizing that nobody who remembered us together was still alive. The hidden meaning in ordinary objects haunted me."
Your personal contributions -gathered from our communities- will be incorporated into video art for Dudley's DC performance of IN THESE BOXES at Bloombars; a combination of video, song and stories that imagines the lives of lost people through the objects they left behind.
More about the project here: http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/los-angeles/dudley-saunders-in-these-boxes.html
When: Saturday, March 8, 2014 8:00 pm Where: BloomBars 3222 11th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, 202-567-7713
LITURGICAL DANCE MINISTRY TO SPONSOR A SIX-WEEK DANCE WORKSHOP  "Have you ever felt the Spirit calling you to worship through movement, through dance? Liturgical dance is a powerful, passionate
and transformative form of worship but often we allow things like
technique or body image to hold us back. Josie Hoover, a Doctoral candidate at Wesley Theological Seminary, will be joining us for six weeks to demonstrate how powerful the ministry of liturgical dance can be in the life of worship. The start date is Thursday, March 13 at 6:30pm. We'll meet downstairs in the Music room. The prayer is to show/teach/remind dancers how liturgical dance is a worshiping arts ministry, how it is a calling and how to nurture
their calling in dance (physically, spiritually, mentally).
No previous dance experience is necessary and we hope that you will
take this opportunity to worship with us and perhaps awaken new
spiritual gifts within yourself. This opportunity is open to the
ENTIRE congregation.
TONIGHT!! PASTOR'S GROUP TO EXPLORE THE LIFE, WRITINGS, AND RELATIONSHIPS OF HOWARD THURMAN, THURSDAY, FEB. 27  In honor of Black History Month the Pastors discussion group will explore the life, writings and relationships of Howard Thurman. Howard Thurman, who was born on November 18, 1899 and died on April 10, 1981, was an influential African American author, philosopher, theologian, dynamic preacher, educator and civil rights leader. He was Dean of Chapel at Howard University and Boston University for more than two decades, and in 1944 helped found a multicultural church.
Thurman was a prolific author, writing 20 books of ethical and cultural criticism. The most famous of his works, Jesus and the Disinherited (1949), deeply influenced Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders, both black and white, of the modern Civil Rights Movement. He served as spiritual advisor and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Please join us on Thursday, February 13 at 7PM in the Welcome Hall. Contact Rev Cathy for additional information at [email protected] or 202-638-7373.
THIS SUNDAY!!
WORSHIP ARTS MINISTRIES TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH CULMINATING IN A CONGREGATIONAL CONCERT MARCH 2, 3PM
 Each Sunday in February the Worship Arts Ministries will be celebrating Black History Month through special music and spoken word. Black History Month with culminate on Sunday March 2nd @ 3pm with our Celebration of Black History Month Concert. We will be joined by special guests B.E.L.I.E.V.E - an ASL (American Sign Language) performance group.
Please plan to stay after services on Sunday March 2nd for a time of food and fellowship followed by our annual Celebration of Black History Month! OLDER ADULTS MINISTRY SPONSORS MICROSOFT OFFICE COMPUTER CLASSES The Older Adults Ministry will be sponsoring Basic Microsoft Office Classes. Microsoft Powerpoint 2003 Essentials will take place March 8 and 22 from 10am-12noon, and Microsoft Excel 2003 Essentials will take place April 19 and May 3 from 10am-12noon. Sign-up sheets are at the Information Station or contact the church office at [email protected] or 202-638-7373. THIS SATURDAY!! CPR AND AED CLASS OFFERED SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 12-4PM Come out and receive quality CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and AED (Automatic Electric Defibrillation) training and get certified in a fun and relaxed atmosphere taught by a Professional Instructor / Registered Nurse, Jacqueline Collins, RN, BSN. The class is scheduled for Saturday, March 1 from 12-4PM and the cost is $10 to cover the cost of materials. Please call the church office to sign up at [email protected] or 202-638-7373. THANK YOU MCCDC WE HAVE SOLD ALL 10 TICKETS! MCCDC RUBY RED SPONSOR AT MAUTNER PROJECT GALA MCCDC will be a Ruby Red Sponsor at the Mautner Project Gala, March 8, 2014. The Gala will be at the JW Marriott. MCCDC has 10 tickets for the Gala.  READY TO CARE? WILLING TO SERVE? Do you have a flexible schedule with time to commit? Do you have a consistent prayer life? Are you able to honor confidentiality? Are you on the journey of spiritual maturity? Are you comfortable visiting hospitals and care facilities? Are you able to set healthy boundaries? Is I Corinthians 13 one of your favorite scriptures? If you answered yes to the above questions maybe PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY is for you! UPCOMING PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY MEETINGS: Informational Meeting Thursday, March 6th Training and Discernment Meetings March 20th & April 10th Commissioning for 1 year term Sunday, May 4th "These are the words of the Lord God: Now I myself will ask after my sheep and go in search for them . . . and rescue them, no matter where they were scattered in dark and cloudy days . . . I will search for the lost, recover the straggler, bandage the hurt, strengthen the sick, leave the healthy and strong to play." ~Ezekiel 34:11-12, 16; NEB
MCC's TRANSFORMATIONAL SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM
Creating a Life that Matters is a three-course curriculum which explores ways to rediscover relationship with the Sacred, with my Self, and with my Passion.
These three courses correspond to the spiritual experiences of being changed, gifted and called. Graduates of Creating a Life that Matters will have been challenged to broaden their understanding of all that is Sacred; integrate their self-awareness into being authentic, aware leaders; and live their passion intentionally through the life and work of the church.
Creating a Life that Matters integrates art, scripture, music, film, journaling, and diverse spiritual resources to augment our exploration of the Christian path. A Program of Metropolitan Community Churches � 2006 Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
Courses are starting soon at MCCDC in partnership with MCCNOVA. If you are interested in becoming a part of this amazing event, please contact Rev Cathy at [email protected] or 202-638-7373.
 SHARE PROGRAM
MARCH SCHEDULE
"If you have food, share it with those who are hungry."
Luke 3:11b (The Message Bible)
With great excitement, the Pastoral Care Ministers of MCCDC will offer food value packages through the "SHARE" Food Network Program. Everyone is invited to participate. You can purchase one of these wonderful food value packages, by seeing one of our Pastoral Care Ministers.
You also can become a caring share financial sponsor for someone else. Let one of the Pastoral Care Ministers know if you want to provide a tax deductible donation to MCCDC's "Share" Program Ministry. Volunteers are needed to assist with picking up the food subsidy items, from the Share Warehouse. The food distribution will take place, here at the MCCDC.
This "SHARE" Program Ministry is also a great opportunity for high school students to receive community service credit hours. The Pastoral Care Ministers received official training in providing the forms and verification high school students to receive credit for community service hours.
The MARCH Share Program schedule is listed below:
Sunday, March 16-Place your orders
Sunday, March 23-Pay for your orders
Saturday, March 29-Pick-up your order in the MCCDC Welcome Hall-10:30am
For more information, please contact a Pastoral Care Minister or James Newkirk at [email protected].
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