Upcoming Events
A Break for Chuseok (no service Sept. 23rd)
With this weekend being the weekend of the Chuseok, the Korean Autumn Harvest Festival, it seems as though the whole country is on the move, including almost all of our regular attendees. Therefore, in recognition of the fact that many will be using this extra long weekend to go to many different places, in Korea and abroad, we'll be taking a break from our regular schedule for this Sunday, September 23rd. Pastor Craig will be holding a short devotional service on Facebook Live on Sunday at our regular time, 1 p.m., and all of our Facebook group members are welcome to join online.
We will return to our normal schedule of lunch at noon, worship at 1 p.m., next Sunday, September 30th, as we celebrate the last Sunday of the Season of Creation. We hope you'll join us then. In the meantime, we wish everyone a safe and happy Chuseok holiday!
We will return to our normal schedule of lunch at noon, worship at 1 p.m., next Sunday, September 30th, as we celebrate the last Sunday of the Season of Creation. We hope you'll join us then. In the meantime, we wish everyone a safe and happy Chuseok holiday!
We Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC)
Fifty years ago, on October 6th, 1968, in the living room of a house in Huntingdon Beach, California, USA, a defrocked Churchof God pastor and gay man named Troy Perry gathered with 12 people to begin a new church with a specific outreach to the gay/lesbian community. He called his new congregation the Metropolitan Community Church.
Fifty years later, Metropolitan Community Churches now have over 200 faith communities (Affiliated Churches, Emerging Churches, and Oasis Communities) in 33 different countries. During the month of October, we intend to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of MCC with a series of special services that highlight our core themes and ideals:
October 7th - The Open Table
October 14th - Love
October 21st - Justice
October 28th - Hope
November 4th - Faith
Interestingly, the final service in this series coincides with the 7th Anniversary of our congregation, Open Doors MCC! We look forward to this time when we can celebrate the anniversary of a movement which has stressed the unconditional love of God for all people, regardless of who they are or who they love, and the anniversary of our faith community, which is a proud part of this worldwide movement! Join us!
September 2018: The Season of Creation
In the month of September, we pause to give thanks for and appreciate the wonder and complexity of the created order. Our prayers, our songs, and our messages will have a creation-centered focus. Given the many signs we have seen this year of the stress within creation, it is perhaps extra important for us to consider what genuinely caring for creation means in this time. We hope you'll join us for these services throughout September.
August 19, 2018 - June Fellowship Service: Potluck!
In the busyness of trying to be 'church', we sometimes miss the need to also create a sense of 'community'. At ODMCC, we're trying to be sensitive to that, so for one Sunday a month, we'll have a more informal service which allows people to get to know each other and share things from their lives so that we can be a source of support for each other.
At this month's fellowship service on Sunday, August 19th, it's potluck! Please bring along a dish that you can share with everybody (vegetarian options are welcome). We'll enjoy the summer weather (or the air-conditioning if it's raining), and share where we're at in our lives. Come along and join the fun!
At this month's fellowship service on Sunday, August 19th, it's potluck! Please bring along a dish that you can share with everybody (vegetarian options are welcome). We'll enjoy the summer weather (or the air-conditioning if it's raining), and share where we're at in our lives. Come along and join the fun!
Back to Normal for (Anything but) 'Ordinary Time'
We've recovered (more or less) from the heat of the day and the mass of humanity at the 2018 Seoul Queer Culture Festival. We're getting back to normal, and we're happy to inform you that our regular service schedule will resume on Sunday, July 22, with lunch at noon and worship at 1:00 p.m. We will be exploring themes that emerge from the readings in the long season that is unfortunately called 'Ordinary Time'. No time in the church is ordinary, and during this long season after Pentecost is intended to get us thinking about, and preparing to do, the church's mission. Our messages during this time will be focusing largely on this theme.
We hope to see you throughout the summer, and into the autumn!
We hope to see you throughout the summer, and into the autumn!
July 9, 2018 - June Fellowship Service: Potluck!
In the busyness of trying to be 'church', we sometimes miss the need to also create a sense of 'community'. At ODMCC, we're trying to be sensitive to that, so for one Sunday a month, we'll have a more informal service which allows people to get to know each other and share things from their lives so that we can be a source of support for each other.
At this month's fellowship service on Sunday, July 9th, it's potluck! Please bring along a dish that you can share with everybody (vegetarian options are welcome). We'll enjoy the summer weather (or the air-conditioning if it's raining), and share where we're at in our lives. Come along and join the fun!
At this month's fellowship service on Sunday, July 9th, it's potluck! Please bring along a dish that you can share with everybody (vegetarian options are welcome). We'll enjoy the summer weather (or the air-conditioning if it's raining), and share where we're at in our lives. Come along and join the fun!
