Church for LGBT - Open Table MCC - Philippines

Volunteer Lay Preacher:Bro. Sean Malang “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because [...]Read More...

Volunteer Lay Preacher:Bro. Jun Torres “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place [...]Read More...

Volunteer Lay Preacher:Bro. Ralph Sarza Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were [...]Read More...

Volunteer Lay Preacher:Bro. Rhick Esteves When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his [...]Read More...

Guest Preacher:Rev. Sis. Wowa Ledamaof Iglesia Filipina Independiente Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, [...]Read More...

This Good Friday, we remember Jesus’ death on the cross. We remember how he was betrayed by one of his own disciples, how he was arrested, beaten, and mocked by soldiers, and how he was sentenced to death by crucifixion. We remember how he carried his own cross to Golgotha, where he was nailed to [...]Read More...

This Maundy Thursday, we remember Jesus’ last meal with his disciples before his death. We remember how he took bread and wine, blessed them, and gave them to his disciples saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” We remember how he washed his disciples’ feet, showing us that [...]Read More...

Tenebrae (meaning ‘darkness’ or ‘shadows’) is a prayer service which involves extinguishing candles one by one as we remember Christ going through his passion. Scripture Readings: Matthew 26:17-29 – The Last Supper Matthew 26:36-56 – Jesus is betrayed and arrested Mark 1 5:1-5 – Jesus before Pilate Mark 1 5:16-32 – Jesus is crucified Matthew [...]Read More...

We want to believe or guarantee our safety if we just eat right, take the right vitamins, marry the right person, and pray the right prayers. But the truth is, we can’t. Sometimes, we do everything right and still get sick, still get into an accident, still lose the person we love. Pain is not [...]Read More...

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works [...]Read More...