Open Table MCC - Metropolitan Community Church

04/02/2026

02/02/2026

Martin Luther King on Priesthood

For thus it says in 1 Peter 2[:9], "You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a priestly royalty." Therefore we are all priests, as many of us as are Christians. But the priests, as we call them, are ministers chosen from among us. All that they do is done in our name; the priesthood is nothing but a ministry. This we learn from 1 Corinthians 4:1, "This is how one should regard us. Servants of Christ, and stewards of the ministries of God."

Let everyone therefore who knows himself to be Christian be assured of this: that we are all equally priests. That is to say, we have the same power and respect to the word and the sacraments. However, no one may take use of this power, except by the consent of the community, or by a call of a superior. For what is the common property of all. No individual may arrogate to himself, unless he is called.

And therefore, this sacrament of ordination, if it is anything at all, is nothing else than a certain right, where by one is called to the ministry of the church.

Furthermore, the priesthood is properly nothing but the ministry of the Word; the Word, I say; not the law, but the gospel.

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Joel 2:28-29 (NRSVUE)

Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female slaves, in those days I will pour out my spirit.

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Matthew 3:4-9 (NRSVUE)

Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance, and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

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ONLINE WORSHIP SERVICES
Worship with us online every Sunday at 4PM:
YouTube: https://opentablemcc.ph/youtube

COMMUNITY CONNECT
Join our online community:
Zoom: https://opentablemcc.ph/cconnect

PODCAST
You may also listen to the preaching / message, available via our podcast:
Spotify: https://opentablemcc.ph/spotify
Apple Podcasts: https://opentablemcc.ph/applepodcast

DONATE
If you believe in the ministry of Open Table Metropolitan Community Church, we welcome you to give what you can to further our advocacy work:
https://opentablemcc.ph/donate

VOLUNTEER
Open Table MCC is always looking for committed volunteers for our church community that has a welcoming ministry for the LGBT+. We're looking for singers, musicians, writers, multimedia personnel, and graphic artists who can contribute to our ever-growing ministry.
https://opentablemcc.ph/volunteer

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Open Table MCC is a church in Metro Manila, Philippines, that has a welcoming ministry for the + ( ***an, , , , ***r).

Find out more about our advocacy by visiting our website:
https://opentablemcc.ph

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01/02/2026

Join us via online for our Sunday Service. 💟✨️💯🌿

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

31/01/2026

What is unique in our faith as MCCers?

Watch the full video with Closed Captions available in English and Filipino:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/66bP4a59fP0
Facebook: https://fb.watch/EZizDian61/

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30/01/2026

You are invited. 🌈💟✨️💯🌿 Kitakits mga mahal!

28/01/2026

We remember

26/01/2026

MCC Statement of Faith

Metropolitan Community Churches is one chapter in the story of the Church, the Body of Christ. We are people on a journey, learning to live into our spirituality, while affirming our bodies, our genders, our sexualities. We don’t all believe exactly the same things. And yet in the midst of our diversity, we build community, grounded in God’s radically inclusive love for all people. We are part of an ongoing conversation on matters of belief and faith, shaped by scripture and the historic creeds, building on those who have come before us. Our chapter begins when God says to us: “Come, taste, and see.”

“Come, taste, and see.” Jesus Christ, You invite all people to Your open table. You make us Your people, a beloved community. You restore the joy of our relationship with God, even in the midst of loneliness, despair, and degradation. We are each unique and we all belong, a priesthood of all believers. Baptized and filled with Your Holy Spirit, You empower us to be Your healing presence in a hurting world.

We expect to see Your reign on earth as it is in heaven as we work toward a world where everyone has enough, wars cease, and all creation lives in harmony. We affirm Your charge to all of humanity to care for the land, sea, and air. Therefore, we will actively resist systems and structures which are destroying Your creation.

With all of creation we worship You—every tribe, every language, every people, every nation. We know You by many names, Triune God, beyond comprehension, revealed to us in Jesus Christ, who invites us to the feast.

Amen.

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ONLINE WORSHIP SERVICES
Worship with us online every Sunday at 4PM:
YouTube: https://opentablemcc.ph/youtube

COMMUNITY CONNECT
Join our online community:
Zoom: https://opentablemcc.ph/cconnect

PODCAST
You may also listen to the preaching / message, available via our podcast:
Spotify: https://opentablemcc.ph/spotify
Apple Podcasts: https://opentablemcc.ph/applepodcast

DONATE
If you believe in the ministry of Open Table Metropolitan Community Church, we welcome you to give what you can to further our advocacy work:
https://opentablemcc.ph/donate

VOLUNTEER
Open Table MCC is always looking for committed volunteers for our church community that has a welcoming ministry for the LGBT+. We're looking for singers, musicians, writers, multimedia personnel, and graphic artists who can contribute to our ever-growing ministry.
https://opentablemcc.ph/volunteer

---

Open Table MCC is a church in Metro Manila, Philippines, that has a welcoming ministry for the + ( ***an, , , , ***r).

Find out more about our advocacy by visiting our website:
https://opentablemcc.ph

Subscribe to our newsletter:
https://opentablemcc.ph/subscribe

Learn more about our advocacy on :
https://holyunion.opentablemcc.ph
https://www.facebook.com/OpenTableMCCHolyUnionMinistry

Follow us:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/opentablemccph
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/opentablemccph
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/opentablemcc.ph
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/phlgbtchurch
Discord: https://opentablemcc.ph/discord
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/opentablemccph
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/opentablemcc.ph
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/
YouTube: https://opentablemcc.ph/youtube
Spotify: https://opentablemcc.ph/spotify
Apple Podcasts: https://opentablemcc.ph/applepodcast

26/01/2026

No to mining that destroys mountains, communities, and generations.

25/01/2026

Sunday Service. Come. Taste. And See.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

24/01/2026

The concept of Trinity is actually q***r.

Watch the full video with Closed Captions available in English and Filipino:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/RDlKIO11amI
Facebook: https://fb.watch/EPZ5RpZMQb/

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23/01/2026

MCC Faith Revealed
12 January| Sunday | 4PM

We continue with our Faith revealed series this coming Sunday by learning a little more about the history, context, and the theological insights of the 2016 UFMCC Statement of Faith. More importantly, let us learn together how this "Prayer of Faith" is relevant and useful to us today as Filipino progressive Christians living and serving in the Philippines. Come and join us for our worship service in our chapel or via Live-streaming in our youtube. Happy weekend mga mahal!
Stay safe and fabulous!

21/01/2026

Open for 6 hours starting 7pm Ph Time.
Global MCC vigil for peace.

Join the Council of Elders for an online Prayer Vigil for Peace.

The virtual doors will be open for 6 continuous hours and you are welcome to join us for as short or as long a time as you wish. Just come along when you can and stay for as long as you want.

This time will be an opportunity to:
➡️ just be
➡️ to share prayer requests
➡️ to be fed by music, scripture, ritual and art
➡️ to pray for peace to break out around the world

We invite you to light a candle when you join us, to light up the world with peace.

Schedule:

• Starts at 24th January - 3am PT, 4am MT, 5am CT, 6am ET, 8am BRT, 11am GMT, 12pm CET, 1pm SAST, 7pm PHT, 10pm AET

• Ends at 24th January - 9am PT, 10am MT, 11am CT, 12pm ET, 2pm BRT, 5pm GMT, 6pm CET, 7pm SAST, 25th January - 1am PHT, 4am AET

REGISTER NOW: https://forms.gle/XdeQF9Rh71Zr6Z5k6