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Ward leaves MCC after nine months

Metropolitan Community Church pastor the Reverend Gavin Ward will serve his last day on January 31. Ward will leave the gay and lesbian-positive church after just nine months of service. He ... Read more
Wed January 20th, 2010 - 8 Comments
MCC’s Christmas invitation

by GAVIN WARD MCC SYDNEY Christmas — the bells are ringing, children singing, chestnuts roasting and we all run around merrily in the snow. Well, that’s what we’re told anyway. It has ... Read more
Wed December 9th, 2009 - No Comments
Church leads a global push

Metropolitan Community Churches have supported the American Episcopalian Church in its move to allow the ordination of gay clergy and Bishops Â-” a decision which is already proving to have ... Read more
Tue July 21st, 2009 - 1 Comment
MCC welcomes new pastor

Rev Gavin Ward was officially installed as pastor of MCC Sydney on Sunday in front of a crowd of about 130 people. Regional Elder Ken Martin travelled from the US to ... Read more
Tue May 19th, 2009 - No Comments
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MCC ponders new era

Sydney's Metropolitan Community Church congregation is set to vote on whether to accept Rev Gavin Ward as its new pastor. The newly-ordained minister was unanimously nominated by the Petersham-based church's board ... Read more
Wed February 4th, 2009 - No Comments
MCC congregation splits

Sydney's Metropolitan Community Church has splintered and is without a pastoral leader following former interim pastor Karl Hand's last sermon on Sunday. Rev Hand and some members of the congregation's Crave ... Read more
Wed October 15th, 2008 - 37 Comments
HREOC to scrutinise religious freedoms

The Human Rights Commission is to scrutinise how freedom of religion is used in Australia's culture clashes such as debates about homosexuality and artificial reproduction. Launching a discussion paper last week, ... Read more
Wed September 24th, 2008 - No Comments
It just gets better with age

by STEVE OSTROW Mature Age Gays I announced the date, 16 September 1991, for the first meeting of what I called MAG, the Mature Age Gay Men's Group, in my regular article ... Read more
Wed September 17th, 2008 - No Comments
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Velvet in the garden

A new burlesque and cabaret show, The Velvet Garden, showcasing the debut work of up-and-coming performers will feature at the Red Rattle Theatre on Friday, March 19. With playwright Wayne Tunks as host, the ... Read more
PFLAG outrage: Shame on you, Tony Abbott
Parents, friends and relatives of gay and lesbian people are being encouraged to register ... Read more
We were wrong
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says a deal was struck to to force a vote ... Read more
Change to BGF service structure
Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) clients will be asked to take more responsibility for their ... Read more
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re shovel-ready!
The shriek of whistles pierces the air, dykes tease the crowd with their purring ... Read more
HIV+ migrant inquiry
Some of the nation’s peak AIDS bodies have used an inquiry into migration by ... Read more




