This month we will be focusing on ‘keeping it simple’. How do you make your life complicated? What is out of your control? What could you give thanks for? We’ll be setting up prayer stations and creating space for you to think, pray and talk through what ‘keeping it simple’ means to you. We will […]
An event run by Church in Progress – A dinner with conversation. Can guarantee … good conversation, food and an opportunity to share any prayer needs. We’ll provide a few plates of food to share and you can buy whatever you fancy to share or to pig out on your own 😉 We’ll be there […]
Darlene and Candy are MCC legends! They are visiting from American for only a few days. Don’t miss this opportunity to get to know them and find out about the incredible work they do. They are here to get to know you and what we do as Church in Progress – so let’s show them […]
Church in Progress aims to create spaces to connect with God and with one another. All Church in Progress events are open to all – no matter how you identify or what your age or status might be. ALL are welcome and affirmed. Keep scrolling down for details of events you can come along to. […]
Explore Church in Progress’s Statement of Faith. It was prepared by a group of MCC people from around the globe and affirmed at the General Conference in Canada in 2016. Preamble Metropolitan Community Churches is one chapter in the story of the Church, the Body of Christ. We are people on a journey, learning to […]
Source: CPAG asks, what’s changed since Park Up For Homes? • Child Poverty Action Group 16 June 2017 June 16 marks the anniversary of the inaugural event for the Park Up For Homes movement which took place at the Mangere town centre, Auckland. A year on, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) asks, what does […]
You are invited to be part of a creative time of sharing, prayer, conversation and food! This month we will be praying and thinking about reconciliation. We all have relationships that break down – with family, lovers, spouses and neighbours. We know God loves being in relationship with us and wants us to be in […]
An event run by Church in Progress – A dinner with conversation. Can guarantee … good conversation, food and an opportunity to share any prayer needs. We’ll provide a few plates of food to share and you can buy whatever you fancy to share or to pig out on your own 😉 We’ll be there […]
MEDIA STATEMENT FROM Communities Against Alcohol Harm – 11 May 2017 LIQUOR STORES MUST TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY IN FACE OF ROBBERIES There have been a number of reports recently in the media about robberies of liquor stores in Mangere and Otahuhu. Most recent was the robbery at Liquorland Mangere Bridge. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/92402870/liquor-‐store-‐manager-‐tells-‐of-‐robbery-‐ordeal “While we […]
Join in the MCC weekly call to prayer. This one was crafted by our friend PJ from MCC Sydney.
Join the weekly call to prayer with MCC Elders
On Saturday 6th of May there is an emergency protest in central Auckland, “Rally for Peace – No War – Welcome Refugees”. (Find out more here) Church in Progress meets once a month in part, to make space to attend social justice events and be out in our community. We are conflicted as this rally […]
On Anzac Day 2017 a group of nearly 200 people gathered in the Auckland Domain to pray for peace. Church in Progress wants to acknowledge Auckland Peace Action for making this gathering possible. Below is an outline of what was shared. We will endeavour to get notes from each speaker to add to this record. […]
Auckland Peace Action Press Release: An alternative Anzac day event called Prayers for Peace is happening on Tuesday, 25 April at 11am at the Band Rotunda at the Auckland Domain. It is a pro-peace, anti-war event that has been organised to provide a balance to the pro-war State-sponsored Anzac events. The Rev Emily Worman of […]
Global Justice Institute – Metropolitan Community Churches Call for Swift Action on Behalf of Chechnyan Detainees April 2017 — Early this month, journalist Elena Milashina, writing for the opposition paper, Novaya Gazeta in Russia, broke the collaborated story of the unlawful detention and torture of gay men in Chechnya, a semi-autonomous region in Russia. According to […]
