Dear Viewer,

Does it feel like Autumn yet? Is it really the middle of September? Goodness, it seems we have "lost" so much time, and yet, here we are BUILDING ministry during a pandemic! Last Sunday, we had our first ministry meetings online, hosted by Larry Rodriguez. Larry put a lot of work into making this happen, so I want to say a big THANK YOU to him! Three groups met online: Kid's Club, Trans*Unity, and our Music Department. What a joy to "see" several folks that I haven't seen in awhile; you are all such a blessing! I pray the meetings were a good start of not only visiting with your ministry group, but to plan how to "build" something new for our church. I look forward to seeing what comes from each group. 

The latest update from Los Angeles County is that we still have quite a ways to go before we can start to gather for worship in person again. As you know, we have had some problems with our transmission of online services at times. Even last Sunday, there were problems in the sanctuary that hopefully didn't disrupt what you were viewing online. While our media equipment has lasted a long time and served us well, the Board of Directors has voted to purchase some new equipment. I will give you more details as we go along, but I'll be calling on you to help us pay for the equipment. Media equipment is very expensive, but considering the dependence we have on it to transmit our services, I am happy to help with this endeavor. I pray you will, as well.

Last week, I continued with our sermon series on Building with a message entitled, What Kind Of Home Are You Building?  This week, I'll continue with the next message in the series: What Kind of Day Are You Building? If you'd like to read ahead, check out Matthew 5:13-16 (Contemporary English Version). As always, I look forward to "seeing" you online this Sunday.

Pastor Keith
Founder's Metropolitan Community Church Announcements for the week of 9-18-20!
Anniversary Photos
Everyone is invited to participate in our Anniversary service coming up October 4th. Throughout this month, we invite you to send in a picture of your and/or your family holding up a sign wishing FMCC a Happy Anniversary! (Thanks to Jalen Bell-Syftestad - and Moby! - for this example!) E-mail your pictures to revkeith@mccla.org.
Census and Voting
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
2020 Census:
All people living in the US must be counted by SEPTEMBER 30th — REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS!
You can watch a video about how to complete the census at*: 
... and you can complete the Census form at https://my2020census.gov

Register to Vote:

Californians must REGISTER BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th TO VOTE on (or before) November 3rdTHE ELECTION OF A LIFETIME!
Register online at https://covr.sos.ca.gov/ 
For US voter information outside California, go to https://www.usa.gov/voter-registration
 Phone: (800) 345-VOTE (8683). 
Tuesday - Evening Vespers at 6:00 p.m. on Facebook Live.
Wednesday - Bible Study at 7:30 p.m. on Facebook Live.
Thursday - Pastor Pop-up at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom.
Friday - Evening Vespers at 6:00 p.m. on Facebook Live
Hospitality - online - after worship!
Don't forget that we have a time of Hospitality after worship each Sunday. The link is at the top of the first page of our website and included here. Come and have some fun with your church family!

Tithes & Offerings
Tithes and General Offerings: for 9/13/20 $3,925.00
(Paypal, Credit Cards, Checks, in person giving)

Designated Funds Income:

Building Fund- $25.00

Designated Fund Grand Total: $25.00




Grand Total of all Income: $3,950.00

Thank you to all who have given so generously through our online giving portal. Our church cannot function without your generosity!! Feel free to continue giving through our website (on PayPal) or simply sending a check in the mail (4607 Prospect Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027). Again, thank you.
AIDS Walk LA
AIDS Walk LA, like many other things, went virtual this year. They superseded their expectations, and we join them in thanking everyone who participated!

Queer God,
  
We are Your LGTBQIA+ prophets, Your Queer Church;
And by the grace of your Spirit within us we would awaken that which we have too often let slip into depths of comfort’s slumber:
That is, the transformational proclamation of the Gospel truths that we have been uniquely shaped to effectively share and manifest.
 
Let us neither wait upon nor seek the approval of our progressive siblings in the Faith, O God, as they wound their own over questions of virtual Eucharist, the definition of "defund", or how to affirm that black lives matter without having to capitalize those words.
 
Let us not wait for our mainline friends, whom we love as co-laborers even as we recognize their confessional allegiance to theologies that could not compel within their forebears the revolutionary Christ Spirit in opposition to Modernity’s imperial impulses embraced by the Global North nations they found themselves in.
 
Rather let us revive within our collective will the sense of our destiny and partnership with the wild way of Your Spirit just as She moved within the imaginations of our 12 forebears gathered in courageous response to Her leading nearly 52 years ago.
 
Those who knew, if only in the subconscious inner space that we rightly call the groanings of Your Spirit, that You were preparing them for a work that must be free from the bondage of western ways of God-talking.
 
Those who answered Your call with our liberation in mind, alongside other liberation-minded faith movements answering that same call.
 
Those who built a global movement that created space for the development of queer theologies for queer people to speak of a wonderfully queer God of radically inclusive love.
 
In this time of crisis and plague,
Remind us who we are and what we have come through.
 
In this season of tyranny and oppression,
Remind us to what we have been called and for what we have been empowered.
 
As justice cries out for breath under the suffocating weight of self-serving lies,
Revive our queer testimony of Truth’s liberating power to set your people free.
 
As hope is beaten down by avarice and silenced by its bedfellow, indifference,
Let us once again exchange our deadly silence for the life-giving noise of acting up.
 
Reawaken the urgency of our ordination as your Queer Body of Christ distinctly formed for this moment that itself is “queering” the very foundations of our assumptions about how our world is ordered and what we might expect from it.
 
Place the coal upon our lips once again, Holy One.
Speak to us of Your liberating intentions from the unquenchable fire, great I AM.
Commission us anew, God with us, that we may work to extend the realm of your heavenly reign in our communities, our nations, and throughout our shared world.
 
We are Queer, we are here, we are MCC/ICM;
And we are once again ready to risk it all with You to bring the Good News of Your justice-love to all whose cries have reached Your ears.
 
Let it be done to us according to Your word. Amen.

PRAYER SUBMITTED BY

REV. TY BRADLEY
Minister of Justice
Sunshine Cathedral, Florida, USA 
Global Justice Institute


Founder's Metropolitan Community Church Board Of Directors
Rev. Keith Mozingo (Moderator)

Dean Coffey (Vice Moderator)

Oyie Esguerra (Treasurer)

Jenni Nichols (Clerk)

Antonio Martinez (Member)

Bob Stayton (Member)

Dave Crocker (Member)

Founder's Metropolitan Community Church Address And Contact Info:

4607 Prospect Ave, Los Angeles CA 90027 | 323-669-3434
E-mail: info@foundersmcc.org
Website: www.foundersmcc.org