Upcoming Events
Weekly Lists of Upcoming Events
Week of Sunday, March 20, 2005
This Week
- Mar 17—Joseph Bean: Leather Sex & Spirituality
- Mar 17—Bob's Book Club
- Mar 17— HIV+ Support Group
- Mar 18— Return to Balance: WomenSpirit Equinox Service
- Mar 19—Safety Monitors Needed for SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Concert—NEW ITEM
- Mar 20—Children's Place Dedication Party
- Mar 20—That New Church Fundraiser
- Mar 22— Heart Literacy Yoga Classes
Save These Dates
- Mar 23—Baptism Class
- Mar 31-May 12—LGBT Bereavement Group
- Apr 2—Picnic and Tour of Filoli Gardens—DEADLINE TO REGISTER MARCH 18
- Apr 2—"Loving Is Believing"—Margie Adam in Concert at MCCSF
- Apr 12—Rev. Nixon and MCF Honored by New Leaf Services
- Apr 16—Rev. Nixon on "Faith Under Fire" on PAX TV.—NEW ITEM
Ongoing Opportunities
- Coffee Hour Opportunities for April, May & June—UPDATED INFO
- Women's Health Conference Sponsorship Opportunity
- Design a T-Shirt/Design a Float Contest
- TranSpirit Ministry Forming
- News from the Metropolitan Community Foundation—UPDATED INFO
- MCC Children's Place
 1. Joseph Bean: Leather Sex & Spirituality
Details: Joseph Bean—writer, illustrator and social activist who has worked for many years on the connections between God and sex, especially in the often controversial realm of S&M and leather— will be speaking on Thursday, March 17 at 7pm at MCCSF. His work has appeared in dozens of publications and includes Leathersex: A Guide for the Curious Outsider. He has also contributed to Different Loving, The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices, and Leatherfolk.
Join us as we welcome this much sought after activist, speaker and instructor.
Date: Thursday, March 17, 7pm.
2. Bob's Book Club
Details: What better way to meet people, read a book, and enjoy a lively discussion than by joining Bob's Book Club. The March 17 book is Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, a quick, easy mystery about Richard III.
Date: Thursday, March 17 at 7pm. We meet at 41 Scott Street which is between Duboce and Waller, one block east of Castro/Divisadero.
Contact: AnnTelthorst@hotmail.comfor more information.
3. HIV+ Support Group
Details: If you are a long-time survivor or are newly diagnosed, join the HIV Positive Support Group for a time of fellowship, support and prayer.
Dates: Next meeting is Thursday, March 17 at 6:30pm in Room 108
Contact: Victor at VGonzales@HEWM.com or 415-641-9339
4. Return to Balance: WomenSpirit Equinox Service
Details: The Equinox is that time of year when the earth is at a unique point of balance. This happens two times each year, in the spring and the fall. Day and night are of equal length everywhere on the earth. The extremes found in nature during winter and summer have given way to moderation and balance. Our WomenSpirit community invites you to join us for a service that celebrates our return to balance. As we sing and celebrate together in a playful manner, we will be reminded of our quest for balance in the midst of often funny and provocative life experiences. Come and bear witness to one another's lives and hear one another's stories as we embrace the great need for balance in our lives.
Date: Friday, March 18, 7pm (MCCSF Sanctuary)
Contact: Tessie at tessville@aol.com for more information
5. Safety Monitors Needed for SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Concert
Details: The SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band is giving a concert in Contra Costa county for the first time in a decade. Sadly, their local host, the Crockett Community Foundation, has received a homophobic hate call and their advertising banner has been vandalized. Through the years, the Band has provided a safety zone and positive focus for other groups at countless events. This time they ask friends of the Band to come to Crockett and join local volunteers as monitors around the building and parking area, greeting concert goers, and generally maintaining an atmosphere of safety that evening.
Date: Saturday, March 19, 8pm
Contact: If you can support the Freedom Band, please contact Jadine Louie, artistic director, at artisticdirector@sflgfb.org.
6. Children's Place Dedication Party
Details: Children's Place has a brand new space!! Children from 0 to 100 are invited to join us for our dedication party in Room 108 after the 11 am service on Palm Sunday, March 20. Every child will have the opportunity to decorate a quilt square for the Children's Place memory quilt, which will be revealed on Easter morning. Come check it out the room, beautifully decorated and “rebuilt” by our own Joe Darling, and join us for delicious refreshments of cupcakes and punch (or coffee) in Room 104.
Date: Sunday, March 20, 12:30pm
7. That New Church Fundraiser
Details: Please join Rev. Penny Nixon, Rev. Karen Foster and Rev. Terri Echelbarger at the New Ministry Fundraiser for That New Church on March 20 from 5-6:30pm. The event will be followed by the evening service at MCCSF. Cees Van Aalst is catering, and there will be a short program at 5:30pm.
Date: Sunday, March 20, 5-6:30pm
Contact: For the address of the event please RSVP to Grieg at ggorman@mccsf.org by Sunday, March 13
8. Heart Literacy Yoga Class
Details: Charles Jasper, MCCSF Congregant and Vipassana meditation practitioner, will conclude his series of Yoga classes based upon the mindfulness traditions of Buddha as well as personal training principles, to achieve creative flow in the practice of a yoga that is suited for the Western mind. The practice is integrated with questions, ideas and dialogue that are carefully designed to create literacy of the heart. We’ll focus on reading the words of the Spirit as they are written in our inward parts. The program is donation based. All you have to bring is a yoga mat, your curiosity, and your good intentions! Some yoga experience would be helpful, but is not required.
Dates: Tuesday, March 22, 7-8:30pm
9. Baptism Class
Details: Baptism over the centuries has seen many transformations in the Christian tradition, and Baptism at MCC San Francisco has come to represent its own special meaning and symbolism. Some who attend MCC have never been baptized. It is not a requirement for participation here, yet many have expressed a desire to be baptized now as an expression of the transformation of their lives, or to be baptized again with a new name or as a symbol of a new identity or purpose – a recommitment to their spiritual connection to the Divine. To know more about what Baptism means, join our Baptism class during Holy Week, Wednesday, March 23 after the Taizé service. Should you choose, Baptisms will be performed on Easter Sunday.
Date: Class—Wednesday, March 23, 8pm; Baptisms—Sunday, March 27
Contact: Rev. Joe McMurray at 415-865-2740 or jmcmurray@mccsf.org
10. LGBT Bereavement Group
Details: A Grief Group for LGBT persons who have lost a partner or other significant person will be held at MCC San Francisco beginning Thursday, March 31. The group will meet weekly for seven weeks from 6:30-8pm and be facilitated by Barbara Buckley, LCSW. Barbara, an MCC member, is a clinical social worker at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center where she leads several support groups, including an LGBT Caregivers Group.
Dates: Thursdays, March 31-May 12, 6:30-8pm.
Contact: If you are interested in joining this group, please call Barbara at 415-885-7623 (days) or email at mccsfbjb@aol.com
11. Picnic and Tour of Filoli Gardens
Details: Join us for a picnic lunch and tour of the breathtaking Filoli Gardens in Woodside, 30 minutes south of San Francisco. We will meet at 11:30am at Edgewood Park, about four miles east of Filoli Gardens, for a bring-your-own picnic lunch; then we'll convoy to the Gardens for the 1-3pm tour of the historic house and formal gardens used in the movie "Heaven Can Wait" and in the TV series "Dynasty." Admission is $12 per person ($10 if more than 12 sign up).
Date: Saturday, April 2, 11:30am picnic, 1-3pm Garden tour
Contact: Richard Falls, richardfalls@yahoo.com or 415-871-7970 before March 18 to register. Please let Richard know if you need a ride or can provide a ride, and the general location of your residence.
Directions to Edgewood Park (Picnic) http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/smc/department/home/0,,5556687_12305995_12328420,00.html
When coming to Edgewood from the north ( San Francisco), use Highway 280. Turn off at the Edgewood Road exit. Turn eastbound on Edgewood Road (towards San Carlos and Redwood City). Proceed approximately 1.5 miles. The main park entrance will be on the south side of the road.
Directions to Filoli Gardens (Tour):
http://www.filoli.org/visitor_how.html
When coming to Filoli from the north ( San Francisco), use Highway 280. Take the Edgewood Road exit. Go right on Edgewood Road until it dead ends at Cañada Road. Turn right again and go 1.25 miles until you see the second chain link gate on the left. There's a small building with a guard who can then direct you into the property
12. "Loving Is Believing"—Margie Adam in Concert at MCCSF
Details: Margie Adam is a singer-songwriter-activist whose commitment to human rights has defined her career for the past three decades. Her music has been recorded by other artists, used by filmmakers and radio programmers across the country. Recent projects include work with the labyrinth and being associate producer for "Radical Harmonies: A History of Women's Music" and "No Secrets Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon." She is a performer with a brazenly smart wit, an intimate performance style and politically astute commentary. More about Margie Adam at: http://www.margieadam.com/. This concert will be a benefit for MCC Music Programs.
Date: Saturday, April 2, 8pm
Contact: Eric at 415-865-2749 or online at http://www.mccsf.org/concerts/. Tickets are $25 for General Admission, or $100 for VIP Seating + Reception with Margie.
13. Rev. Nixon and MCF Honored by New Leaf Services
Details: Rev. Dr. Penny Nixon and MCF are being honored by New Leaf Services for Our Community on Tuesday, April 12 at their annual Gala. The event will be held at Teatro ZinZanni and will feature Leslie Jordan (from NBC’s “Will and Grace”) as Master of Ceremonies.
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 6-9:30pm
Contact: For complete details and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.newleafservices.org/events/gala.htm
14. Rev. Nixon on "Faith Under Fire" on PAX TV
Details: There will be a ten minute segment of Penny dialoguing with the head of the Southern Baptist Seminary, Saturday, April 16 on PAX TV. On Comcast cable, the show airs at 10pm on Channel 16, but on other systems it may show as early as 7 pm.
Date: Saturday, April 16, 10pm.
15. Coffee Hour Opportunities for April, May & June
Details: For many people, the sense of being in community is an important aspect of their MCCSF experience. One great way to be in community, to invite others into community and to help nurture and strengthen community is to help in hosting the coffee hour that happens after each Sunday service. MCCSF provides coffee and paper supplies. You simply provide sweet treats, make the coffee and set up/clean up the room.
Dates: The following dates are available to host coffee hour: 9AM—April 3, 10, 24; May 1, 8, 22, 29; June 5, 12, 26 11AM—April 10, 17, 24; May 8, 15, 22; June 12, 19, 26 7PM—April 10, 17; May 8, 15, 29; June 12, 19
Contact: If you would like more information about hosting coffee hour, or if you would like to sign up to host, please contact Eric at ecole@mccsf.org or 415-865-2749 or go to http://www.mccsf.org/worship/socialhour/index.html
16. Women's Health Conference Sponsorship Opportunity
Details: The Lesbian Health Research Center at UCSF is soliciting sponsors for their annual conference to be held on June 18 at the Women's Building in San Francisco. The theme is "A Day of Complementary Care" and will focus on the benefits of alternative therapies when used in conjunction with western medicine. MCC San Francisco would like to sponsor the event at the $500 level.
Date: Deadline for contributions: March 30, 2005
Contact: If you are interested in donating toward this sponsorship, please contact Rev. Paul Fairley at pfairley@mccsf.org or 415-865-2741. Thank you!
17. Design a T-Shirt/Design a Float Contest
Details: Calling all creative souls (even if you think you’re not!) In celebration of our 35 th birthday, MCC San Francisco will be sporting new t-shirts for the 2005 Pride Celebration and will enter a float in this year’s Parade. We are seeking your ideas for both designs. The theme of the parade this year is “Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Proud.” We are looking for an imaginative incorporation of this theme, as well as our 35 th birthday (2005 is also the 35 th Anniversary of SF Pride). The designs should be submitted to Eric Cole in the church office by Easter Sunday, March 26, and the winning designers will receive recognition and cash prizes.
Date: Sunday, March 26—submission deadline
Contact: For more information please contact Lisa or Maya at ml49@hotmail.com.
18. TransSpirit Ministry Forming
Details: Anyone who identifies as Transgender, or is questioning their gender identity is welcome to participate with us as we begin exploring The Journey of Gender. We hope you’ll join us as we explore the movement of Spirit among us. On a regular basis we will gather together, share a meal, and share our hearts as we grow spiritually in community. There will be laughter, and undoubtedly there will be tears. But most of all, there will be love.
Contact: For information, or to participate, call Dawnne Woodie at 415-748-2396, or email her at sf_dawnne@yahoo.com .
19. News from the Metropolitan Community Foundation
Many, many thanks to:
Greig Gorman , for creating the beautiful new MCF bulletin board in the MCC hallway
The vanLobenSels/RembeRock Foundation for its recent grant of $5,000 to MCF in support of the Shower Project
Free money for MCF – every time you shop! MCF is planning to start a music program at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy this fall, and with your help, we can. Sign up today for eScrip, and you will be raising money for this new program every time you shop at places like Safeway and Macy’s. Signing up is easy and takes less than 5 minutes. All you need is MCF’s ID: 500000052 and a few moments to visit: http://www.escrip.com. Questions? Contact MCF Acting Executive Director Lea Brown at (415) 865-2752 or lbrown@mccsf.org.
Buying or selling a home? Call Realtor Katharine Holland! Katharine Holland has been a member of MCC/SF for a number of years. She is grateful for the opportunity to work with people with whom she has such a strong community connection, and she would like to give back to the church through the Metropolitan Community Foundation.
Katharine has given an initial contribution of $500 to MCF, and will contribute another $250 for each completed real estate transaction that results from a referral from the MCC congregation (either buying or selling). If someone you know is looking to buy or sell a home:
- Tell your friend, co-worker or family member about Katharine, and give them her phone number, OR
- Call Katharine at (415) 447-8849 to give her the referral’s name and number, and mention MCC.
MCF will receive a $250 contribution when the transaction is complete. Katharine specializes in San Francisco and can also refer to LGBT realtors all over the Bay Area. Each completed referral will also result in a $250 donation to MCF.
Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy ’s (HMCRA) Annual Silent Auction : MCF’s partnership elementary school HMCRA will be holding its annual silent auction on Saturday, March 19 th from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the school auditorium. Items up for bidding include restaurant meals, entertainment, hotels, gift baskets, goods and services. There will be excellent entertainment throughout the day and food will be sold. Bidding stops at 4:00 p.m. HMCRA is accepting donations of goods and services now until March 18 if anyone wants to donate – contact Principal Sande Leigh at sleigh@muse.sfusd.edu for more information. Childcare and free parking provided. Free admission.
Donate Your Car to MCF: If you have a used car that you no longer need, let someone else take care of all the details (towing, appraisal, selling, etc.) while you support the work of MCF at the same time. The foundation will receive 70% of the net proceeds from the sale of your vehicle. Your phone call to MCF Acting Executive Director Lea Brown at (415) 865-2752 will help us reach our goal to sell 10 vehicles in 2005.
20. MCC Children's Place
Details: As a response to the rising numbers of MCCSF children, we have created the MCC Children's Place - a safe space for children - as one of our priorities this year. If you are a parent or guardian, your child, from toddler age on up, is welcome to share in community with other children from queer families during the 11:00 am Sunday service. If you are bringing a child for the first time, please arrive 5 to 10 minutes early to get acquainted, register, and acquaint the children with the new space. For more details about the program, go to the MCC home page and click on MCC Children's Place.
Contact: Michelle Kirby at michellenabba@yahoo.com or call 510-384-5089 with questions or concerns.
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