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[[File:MCC Brighton Logo v2.jpg|thumb|MCC Brighton logo]]'''MCC Brighton''' (previously known as '''Brightwaves MCC''') is one of the [[Brighton]] & Hove branches of the [[Metropolitan Community Church]]. | [[File:MCC Brighton Logo v2.jpg|thumb|MCC Brighton logo]]'''MCC Brighton''' (previously known as '''Brightwaves MCC''') is one of the [[Brighton]] & Hove branches of the [[Metropolitan Community Church]]. | ||
− | + | MCC Brighton was founded as Brightwaves in May, 2002, by Debbie Gaston. Following Debbie's ordination in December that year it was instituded as a congregation of Metropolitan Community Church. | |
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+ | Its first official venue was in the heart of Brighton's Gay Village but later moved to what was Clermont URC in Cumberland Road, near Preston Park, very handy for post-Pride services. Following Clermont it met for sometime at the United Reformed Church in [[Portslade]]<ref>http://pinkuk.com/venues/mixed-gay-group/brighton-east-sussex/portslade/mcc-brighton. Accessed: 2016-02-21. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fTIIOS2K)</ref> before moving in 2015 to the Brighthelm URC & Community Centre in central Brighton.<ref>http://www.mccbrighton.org.uk/news/. Accessed: 2016-02-21. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fTQhMS0y)</ref> | ||
[[File:Inclusivity Cross.jpg|thumb|left|Brighton MCC's Inclusivity Cross]] | [[File:Inclusivity Cross.jpg|thumb|left|Brighton MCC's Inclusivity Cross]] | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 13:25, 1 October 2018
MCC Brighton (previously known as Brightwaves MCC) is one of the Brighton & Hove branches of the Metropolitan Community Church.MCC Brighton was founded as Brightwaves in May, 2002, by Debbie Gaston. Following Debbie's ordination in December that year it was instituded as a congregation of Metropolitan Community Church.
Its first official venue was in the heart of Brighton's Gay Village but later moved to what was Clermont URC in Cumberland Road, near Preston Park, very handy for post-Pride services. Following Clermont it met for sometime at the United Reformed Church in Portslade[1] before moving in 2015 to the Brighthelm URC & Community Centre in central Brighton.[2]
References
- Jump up ↑ http://pinkuk.com/venues/mixed-gay-group/brighton-east-sussex/portslade/mcc-brighton. Accessed: 2016-02-21. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fTIIOS2K)
- Jump up ↑ http://www.mccbrighton.org.uk/news/. Accessed: 2016-02-21. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fTQhMS0y)