•  Worship services at The Rock MCC  are created to provide an environment for spiritual expression for people of diverse backgrounds. In our services we sing, pray, read the Bible, listen to the sermon and share in the Eucharist.
   
•  Worship Service,   Sunday, 11am 

   

Eucharist  (Holy Communion Service):

•  Every Sunday service includes the celebration of: The Lord's Last Supper (Holy Communion, or Eucharist).
   
•  We in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches  practice this because Jesus Christ said, "Do this in remembrance of me."
   
•  The early Church in the book of The Acts of the Apostles  included this as the central part of every Church gathering and we continue in that tradition, celebrating in the way enjoyed by the Church in the last two thousand years.
   
•  This sharing of the bread and drink strengthens us in our faith, in our service to God, and to each other as sisters and brothers in the family of God.
   
•  We at The Rock MCC  use non-alcoholic grape juice  exclusively.
   
•  In every Metropolitan Community Church  we celebrate an "open communion." You need not be a member of The Rock MCC,  or any other Church, nor of any other faith community, but only have the desire to celebrate life with Jesus, who is the host at this most holy of meals. We are all invited to share at this table, not just as His guest, but as His sisters and brothers in Christ.
  
   
   
   

•  The Rock Metropolitan Community Church (The Rock MCC) was founded in 1988 and is a commissioned Church of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC ) denomination  [shorter name is: Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC)], which was founded in 1968 in Los Angeles, CA  by The Rev. Troy D. Perry.
   
  {This local MCC church original name was: Metropolitan Community Church of Chattanooga (MCCC), which was first founded as an extended parish of the MCC Knoxville (TN) church.}.
   
•  The Rock MCC  is a Christian church  open to all. We strive to be an inclusive  fellowship of believers in Jesus Christ  that are seeking to make the Gospel relevant to all  people.
   
•  God's Word is brought to us each week in a dynamic, positive sermon that is geared toward a happier, more confident life in Christ.
   
•  Our love for each other is surpassed only by our love for Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.
  
  See also:  Our Local Church History      Our Church Profile      About Us
   
   
   

The Rock MCC and Sexuality:

•  The Rock MCC  believes that sexuality is a gift from God.
   
•  We see homosexuality (being gay) as a divine gift from God  in the same way that heterosexuality (being straight) is a divine gift.
   
•  We urge our faith community to be responsible in the stewardship of sexuality.
   
•  As part of our ministry we offer a ceremony of commitment for same-sex couples that we call a Holy Union.  (Rite of Holy Union / Holy Matrimony)
   
•  Intensive efforts are made by The Rock MCC  to let everyone study exactly what the Bible does and does not say about homosexuality.
   
•  Good scholarship concludes there is no condemnation  of lesbians or gay men in the Bible.
   
•  We need not fear a genuine exegesis  of the Scriptures of the Holy Bible.

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  MCC's Statement of Faith...
   
  This is the simple declaration of what MCC believes, as stated in our By-Laws, and accepted by our General Conference:
  
  Christianity is the revelation of God in Jesus Christ and is the religion set forth in the scriptures. Jesus Christ is foretold in the Old Testament, presented in the New Testament, and proclaimed by the Christian Church in every age and in every land.
  
  Founded in the interest of offering a church home to all who confess and believe, Metropolitan Community Churches moves in the mainstream of Christianity.
  
  Our faith is based upon the principles outlined in the historic creeds: Apostles and Nicene.
  
  We believe:
   
  -In one triune God, omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient, of one substance and of three persons: God - our Parent-Creator; Jesus Christ the only begotten son of God, God in flesh, human; and the Holy Spirit - God as our Sustainer.
  
  -That the Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God, showing forth God to every person through the law and the prophets, and finally, completely and ultimately on earth in the being of Jesus Christ.
  
  -That Jesus...the Christ...historically recorded as living some 2,000 years before this writing, is God incarnate, of human birth, fully God and fully human, and that by being one with God, Jesus has demonstrated once and forever that all people are likewise Children of God, being spiritually made in God's image.
  
  -That the Holy Spirit is God making known God's love and interest to all people. The Holy Spirit is God, available to and working through all who are willing to place their welfare in God's keeping.
  
  -Every person is justified by grace to God through faith in Jesus Christ.
  
  
   
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