Metropolitan Community Church Las Vegas
a/c unit
Spreading the Light

Worship Schedule
Saturday
5:30pm Rainbow
Sunday
9am Joyful Morning
10am Hospitality HOUR
(Join us for fellowship & refreshments during the hour AFTER the first service or BEFORE the second service begins.)
11am NewSong

Rev. W. Wayne Lindsey
Senior Pastor

Rev. David Gillentine
Associate Pastor

Rev. George Balgan
Chaplain












Time Change 11MAR12 
   
Daylight Saving Time Begins
 
Daylight Savings Time begins on March 11th. Remember to set your clocks AHEAD one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night in order to be ON TIME for church the following morning.  
What's Happening @MCCLV / 11MAR12 
   

 
Stewardship Pledge Campaign YOUR pledge to our shared ministry is important and makes a difference as we move forward together. Please take a moment to complete the ONLINE Pledge Form by clicking the blue button below. It is quick, easy and convenient. EVERY pledge helps us to advance toward our goal to continue to change lives and change the world for Jesus Christ.

Victory Goal: $150,000 
Challenge Goal: $200,000 
Hallelujah Goal: $250,000 

  

Pledges received to date:
$79,854.00

This amount represents the total pledges of 38 people
(BOTH members and non-members)
for an average annual gift of $2,101.42 per person.

This represents an average weekly gift
of $40.41 per person.

Individual commitments range
from $300 per year ($5.77 per week)
to $6,500 per year ($125.00 per week)

EVERY gift is important and YOUR gift makes a difference in moving us forward together towards our goal. Consider making a 1st-time commitment to regular giving or increase your current level of support for the Ministry of MCCLV.

And, of course, if your circumstances change (loss of job or a promotion) you can always ADJUST your pledge (up or down) later by notifying the office or a member of the Stewardship Team.

Thanks for your support!

MCC Men's Conference will be held at MCC San Diego March 14-16, 2012 for more info on schedule, hotel and registration, click HERE. Registration is $100.

St. Patrick's Potluck will be held on Friday, 16MAR12 @6pm.

Membership Series has been scheduled for the following Thursdays at 7:30pm.
Membership Class (required) March 22 
Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts (optional) March 29 
Worship Traditions (optional) April 5 
Ask Rev. Lindsey (optional) April 12 
If you are interested in attending and finding out more about MCCLV, then click HERE to register.

Picnic & Easter Egg Hunt will be held Saturday, April 7th at 11am at Justice Myron E. Leavitt Family Park (formerly known as Jaycee Park) located at East St. Louis & Eastern AVE. Bring a SIDE DISH to share. Hamburgers & Hot Dogs will be provided. Sign-up at the info center and come join the fun.

2012 "Pantie Raid" for Mothers (and their children) As part of our Mother's Day observance on May 5th & 6th we are collecting NEW (in the package) underwear & socks for women and children to be donated SafeNest and Shade Tree. Women seeking shelter from abusive relationships often arrive with only the clothes on their backs.

Women's AA Group "Happy, Joyous & Gay Women's AA Group" meets in Suite 303 on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 7:30pm.

Security Ministry Team Help us as we assess & review the process of continuing to keep our ministry complex safe & secure for all of our guests. Experience in law enforcement or corporate security can be useful. If interested, then click HERE.

PowerPoint Ministry Team BOTH operators during worship & designers are needed for this dynamic ministry. Help enhance our services through digital projection. If interested, then click HERE.

Prayer Team Join the Intercessory Prayer Team. If interested, then click HERE.

Fellowship Team Help to create social & fellowship events. If interested, then click HERE.

Worship Volunteers If you are interested in participating in Worship (greeters, ushers, acolytes & communion servers). If interested, then click HERE.

Christmas Eve DVDs are now available for both 2010 and 2011. Get a copy of either one for a donation of $10. Also, makes a great gift for family and friends.

  

Tenant UPDATE Suite 305 is available for lease (contact a board or staff member for info). 

  
Buy-A-Day Consider the possibility of dedicating a day (or several) of the mortgage for our ministry complex in honor of someone or some special occasion. Sponsorship levels include: Gold/$200, Silver/$125 & Bronze/$75. Forms and additional info are available on the slat wall.  

  

Leave a Legacy consider the many ways that you can augment and extend the church's future mission and ministry through your estate planning.

 

Buy-A-Day Gold Level Sponsor $200    

Lenten Offering Folders  
Lenten Offering Folder

Our spiritual discipline during the 40 days of Lent (Ash Wednesday to Easter) includes setting aside $1 per day to help people who are in emergency situations through our Benevolence Fund. Pick-up your FREE offering folder TODAY. We will consecrate and bless them as part of our Easter Vigil on April 7th and Easter Sunday Celebration on April 8th. 
Elder Diane Fisher speaking 18MAR12   

The Rev. Elder Diane Fisher will be coming BACK to Las Vegas and will be speaking at the 9am & 11am worship services on March 18th. Come and be blessed by her dynamic and powerful witness.

Good Friday Service 06APR12   

Join us at 6:30pm on April 6th as we observe the Passion of Jesus and begin the final leg of our Lenten Journey towards Easter.

U can ¢HANGE Uganda    


During 2012 MCCLV is working with UFMCC's Global Outreach to end oppression, persecution and create a safe haven in the African country of Uganda. Our goal is to raise $1,500 to support this important and life sustaining ministry that seeks to counter the negative influences of the American Religious Right. Our Moderator, The Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson writes: We are making great alliances there, and working to help establish safe space, and also helping to establish an "enterprise zone" so that the young people there who are coming out also have a means of support, can have jobs and support themselves as they fight for human rights and try to stay in their country safely. . . . For additional information on the history and current status of the oppression in Uganda, click HERE. Consider giving an additional gift of $20, $50, $100, $250, $500 or any amount above and beyond your regular giving to this important outreach. Or pick-up one of the FREE coin banks at the info center/slat wall and start collecting your spare change.
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Registration for 2013 General Conference is now OPEN 


The next international conference for MCC will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, July 1-5, 2013.

 

Two Promotional Rates are available for early registration: 

 

The first allows you to register for conference at an incredibly low rate of USD $250.This is a savings of USD $200 if you register by 30 April 2012.  

 

If you want to spread out the registration rate into monthly payments, you can register now under the Payment Plan option. Hurry! You must register before 28 February 2012 to take advantage of this option.


Start planning now for this wonderful event.For more information and for regular UPDATES of the latest information, visit the special General Conference web page by clicking HERE. 
Thank YOU! 

We give thanks to Annette Verdolino for doing a wonderful job of leading the NewSong singers and band last week.

March Prayer Partner 
 

Pastor Ty Bradley
Resurrection Beach MCC
Costa Mesa, CA  

Each month MCCLV prays for someone and their ministry--beyond our local church. During the month of March we are praying for Pastor Ty Bradley and Resurrection Beach MCC. His specific prayer requests are:

  • We will have our inaugural event for the Queer Cultural Center ministry that Andy shared about at Network Gathering when we were in Las Vegas. It is a fun night of piano bar singing of soul/r&b classics and readings from the writings and speeches of Bayard Rustin to commemorate his 100th birthday on March 17th. We are hoping this will be a successful first foray into this area of outreach to the underchurched segment of our community, particularly the 20-30 crowd. Please pray for this event and the growth and success of the Queer Cultural Center as an integral part of the OC [Orange County] queer scene going forward.
  • Please pray for our growing partnership with the Long Beach/OC Strength for the Journey HIV/AIDS camping retreat ministry. Our involvement with this ministry has been integral to our growth and mission and we are hoping that God continues to allow this relationship to bear powerful fruit for both our church and the campers themselves.
  • We are inaugurating our 2nd service in March.  Prayer, Praise and Power (or P3) will provide a charismatic, experiential time of worship, healing and edification that will be more free-flowing and spontaneous than our current contemporary/blended worship service. We are hoping that God grows this service by attracting not only those in our congregation who have expressed a desire for this kind of service, but also by appealing to the large number of non-denominational charismatic people of faith who have been recently disposessed/displaced in their home churches due to their sexual identities/orientations. Please pray that this service enjoys the anointing of Holy Spirit and the drawing of those who long to experience God in this way once again.
  • When we recently moved into our own space and then hired me on as part time pastor, we knew we would need to rely on our cash reserves for a period of time until we grew and expanded our revenue streams to cover the additional expenses we took on. Please pray that God continues to bring us along in this regard through consistent and sustained increase in our congregation's stewardship, growth in our numbers and identifying additional sources of revenue through renting our facility out to community organizations, and even another church.
Metropolitan Community Church Las Vegas
1140 Almond Tree LN
Las Vegas, Nevada 89104

Three Decades of
Spreading the Light!
Metropolitan Community Church is the largest and oldest Christian
church in Las Vegas with a primary affirming ministry to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons, along with their families, friends, and allies. Known as "The Human RightsChurch," MCC congregations are located in 27 countries around the world.