Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Soul Safari As part of LGBT History Month, Soul Safari will explores LGBT spirituality at the B Right On LGBT Community Festival (BRO LGBT CF). B Right On celebrates LGBT History Month, is organised by the volunteers of the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum and will take place at the Phil Starr Pavili By Besi • 1 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: Free big screen showing of ‘The Shack’ The Village Metropolitan Community Church will host a one-off screening of The Shack as part of the Soul Safari day of events during this year’s B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Open Mic II – ‘The Gift’ – Christmas Eve service with The Village MCC There are many Carol services with amazing choirs in gothic churches all over the city – The Village MCC enjoy doing something different! Last year they held an Open Mic Christmas Eve service filled with music of all kinds. It included beautiful quartets, torch songs, Jazz pieces, original music, a By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Village MCC – guest preacher, Rev Kate Harford Rev. Kate Harford, will be the guest preacher at the next Village MCC service on Sunday, November 5. Rev. Kate Harford, a priest of the Metropolitan Community Churches is a chaplain at Oxford Brookes University. She studied archaeology, classics, and classical art at UCL in London and theology at th By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Rainbow Chorus Chair to speak at The Village MCC this Sunday Finola Brophy, the retiring chair of the Rainbow Chorus will be the guest speaker at The Village Metropolitan Community Church on Sunday October 29. Finola lives in Worthing with her partner of nearly 30 years, Liz, though she spends a lot of time and energy in Brighton committed to improving Bright By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Brandon Robertson book launch at The Village MCC The Village MCC will host Brandon Robertson again as he visits the UK to promote his latest book “Our Witness: The Unheard Stories of LGBT+ Christians”. The event will feature readings from Brandon whose personal story is contained in the book, a presentation about the harm of non-inclusion and the By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Village MCC members raise £300 for the Peter Tatchell Foundation Members of The Village MCC Brighton and Hove (Village MCC) raised £300 for the Peter Tatchell Foundation during Brighton Pride. Peter was the guest speaker at their annual Pride service at the Somerset Day Centre on Sunday, August 6, part of the Pride Voices series of speakers. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News PREVIEW: PRIDE VOICES with Rev Jide Macauley The Village Metropolitan Community Church host Rev. Jide Macauley as part of their PRIDE 2017 celebrations. Rev. Jide Macauley will take to the pulpit of The Village Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of Brighton & Hove as part of their PRIDE VOICES series on, August 13. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News MCC Brighton at Trans Pride Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Brighton, once again challenged the pre-conceptions about churches by bringing together many different faiths for this year’s Trans Pride Interfaith Corner at Brunswick Gardens on Saturday, July 22. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News ‘Accessibility Matters’ to work with The Village MCC at Brighton Pride Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) join with the Village Metropolitan Church this year to deliver some activities taking place within the Access tent/area for Accessibility Matters at Brighton Pride. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News IDAHOBIT demonstration brings St James Street to a standstill The public vigil marking International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) was moved indoors to the Dorset Gardens Methodist Church yesterday due to the pouring rain. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Brighton IDAHOBIT Vigil moves indoors due to adverse weather forecast Brighton & Hove marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. IDAHOBIT commemorates the day in 1990 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases and this year will give everyone in the city the oppo By Besi • 2 min read