Talk:Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C.

Possible sources

APK whisper in my ear 19:42, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

History "Historic Context Statement for Washington’s LGBTQ Resources", Louis Berger, District of Columbia Office of Planning "Homosexuals Seek Church: Ecumenical Service Planned Here Homosexual Group Seeks Church Here", WaPo, Betty Medsger, 9/14/70 "Church Greets Homosexuals: City Church Welcomes Homosexuals", WaPo, Martin Weil, 9/28/70 "Bishop's Order Disrupts Homosexual Church Plan", WaPo, David R. Boldt, 2/13/71 "Homosexual-Oriented Worship Service Is Held", WaPo, 2/15/71 "Leader of Community Church in D.C. To Be Ordained at All Souls'Service", WaPo, 3/13/71 "2 Homosexuals 'Wed' in 'Holy Union'", WaPo, William R. MacKaye, 7/9/72 "Church Ponders Homosexuals' Ouster: Congregation Ponders Ouster of Homosexuals", WaPo, Marjorie Hyer, 5/27/74 "Catholic Homosexuals Pressing for Rethinking of Taboo", WaPo, Janis Johnson, 5/20/75 "Lesbian 'Holy Union' Moved From D.C. Church", WaPo, Lynda Richardson, 5/16/90 "Gay Community Breaks Ground for Church: Washington Group May Be First to Construct Its Own House of Worship", WaPo, Jill Nelson, 7/22/90 "D.C. Service Marks AIDS Anniversary", WaPo, Patrice Gaines-Carter, 6/6/91 "Judge in D.C. Rules Out Church Wedding for Gays", Orlando Sentinel, 1/25/92 "Gay Congregation Marks a Milestone With a Cornerstone", WaPo, Patrice Gaines-Carter, 1/28/92 "A Clear View Of Heaven; The Sky-Lit Sanctuary of Metropolitan Community Church", WaPo, Benjamin Forgey, 2/6/93 "Labor of Love", Architectural Record, Stephen Kilment, 10/93 "A Sanctuary, Yes, but This Is Not a Place to Hide", NYT, Herbert Muschamp, 11/28/93 "Larry Uhrig, Pastor to Gay Community", WaPo, 12/28/93 "The Building Blocks of Washington", WaPo, Benjamin Forgey, 3/18/94 "`I Can Be Fully Myself -- Gay and Christian'", WaPo, Laurie Goodstein, 9/29/96 "An Effort to Break With the Past; Black Preacher Opens Dialogue On Gay Issues", WaPo, Carlyle Murphy, 2/28/99 "D.C. Gay March Attracting Big Corporate Sponsors", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Eric Rosenberg, 4/28/00 "Inventing a Marriage -- and a Divorce; Gay Pair Who Wed in '70s Recall Journey Uncharted by Law", WaPo, Susan Kinzie, 4/5/04 "Group Seeks Inclusion of Sites Important to Gay Community", WaPo, Debbi Wilgoren, 1/16/05 "Sermon Reinforces Remarks on Gays; SE Pastor Emphasizes Need for Unity", WaPo, Eric M. Weiss, 7/17/05 "Churches Weigh Access, Security After D.C. Thefts", WaPo, Allan Lengel, 3/15/06 "Saying 'I do' to history in D.C.; First gay couples legally exchange vows in the city", WaPo, Anne E. Marimow & Keith L. Alexander, 3/10/10 "Divine Date", Metro Weekly, Yusef Najafi, 5/5/11 "Metropolitan Community Church of Washington Offers Services in Spanish", NBC4, Naima Pettigrew, 9/7/12 "Stunning 1920s Synagogue Mural Survives Time - But Gentrification Looms", Forward, Michael Kaminer, 6/13/14 "M Street mural a relic of Jewish Washington's past", Washington Jewish Week, Suzanne Pollak, 5/29/14 "In Defense of Suzane Reatig and Her Modernist Buildings", Washington City Paper, Amanda Kolson Hurley, 5/13/16 "45 years of faith", Washington Blade, Joey DiGuglielmo, 5/19/16 "25 must-see buildings in Washington, D.C.", USA Today, 4/4/17 "Memorial service honoring slain trans woman Ashanti Carmon and others will be on May 11", Metro Weekly, John Andres Riley, 5/9/19 "MCC Church founder to donate artifacts to Smithsonian", Washington Blade, Lou Chibbaro Jr., 9/25/19 "1990-1999 Chapter Design Awards Winners", AIADC Awards 2016 Built by Women DC Award 1994 AIA/Concrete Masonry Award 1993 AIA DC Merit Award in Architecture 1993 Masonry Design, Masonry Institute 1993 Excellence in Religious Architecture, Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art + Architecture "Paul Breton", LGBTQ Religious Archives Network "Rev. Dr. Candace Shultis", DC Rainbow History "AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C.", G. Martin Moeller Jr, pg 103 "God's House is Our House: Re-imagining the Environment for Worship", Richard S. Vosko, pg 163 "Transcending Architecture", Julio Cesar Bermúdez, Julio Bermudez, pg 236-238 "Theology in Stone: Church Architecture From Byzantium to Berkeley", Richard Kieckhefer "Theology in Built Environments: Exploring Religion, Architecture and Design", Sigurd Bergmann "The Up Stairs Lounge Arson: Thirty-Two Deaths in a New Orleans Gay Bar", Clayton Delery-Edwards "Lesbian and gay DC: Identity, emotion, and experience in Washington, DC's social and activist communities (1961–1986)" Rebecca C. Dolinsky University of California Santa Cruz dissertation

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C./GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 06:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Starts GA Review; the review will follow the same sections of the Article. -- Whiteguru (talk) 06:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

• Thanks for taking the time to review the article. APK whisper in my ear 19:30, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

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Lead

1. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. Consider Since MCCDC's founding, several other denominations to read Since MCCDC's founding, several other Christian churches
   2. Use of LGBT people is relevant as it refers to the period circa 1970; the term is different today, but the history should remain so.

I changed it to "Christian denominations", but if you think "Christian churches" is still more appropriate, I can change that as well. To me it would read as churches as in stand alone congregations, not groups aka denominations (ex: United Methodists, Presbyterians, etc.), which is what I'm conveying. APK whisper in my ear 04:15, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

History

Early years

1. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. History gives a well thought out account of congregation growth, ordination of pastors, and development of pastoral care.
   2. Inclusion of the UpStairs Lounge arson attack is appropriate; it is a reminder of hate attitude of the times, and perhaps, self-hate. ===Church growth===
2. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. The search and settlement for a permanant place of worship is noted;
   2. The interfaith aid to the Jewish egalitarian community is an important inclusion,
   3. The changes in leadership with pastors leaving to open congregations in other cities is an indicator of growth nationally;

AIDS Epidemic

1. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. The role of the Church commumnity in holding AIDS forums is noted;
   2. The attempts to attract people of colour in 1983 is a worthy initiative;
   3. Hosting of funeral services for free and other forms of pastoral care is observed.

New Sanctuary

1. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. Overcrowding at the rowhouse is part of the needful community development
   2. growth of the gay religious community and change in mentality is an historical moment;
   3. attention to women, people of colour and the music delate terms of community growth and its needs ...

LGBT Rights

1. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. I am concerned that the first three paragraphs in LGBT rights don't directly address rights but rather, give history.
   2. The rights coverage commences in the 4th paragraph.
   3. What impact does the LGBT rights movement have on the MCCDC Congregation, its steadiness, its service to the community and its growth?
   4. You need to develop a narrative in this section about how we get to result of other denominations finally accepting LGBT people or move it to a new section.
   5. Check back with me if this is unclear.

The second paragraph discusses LGBT rights, but yeah I can see what you mean about the others. I'm trying to figure out to reword/reorganize the section. I might change the heading since it's more of a history section. APK whisper in my ear 07:40, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

What about renaming the section something like "Later history" because reading over the article LGBT rights is mentioned throughout the history section. APK whisper in my ear 08:05, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Building

Architect

1. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. The introduction to Reatig is good, the United House of Prayer for All People situates her as an architect with some form of sacred building history;
   2. Criticism that she uses heaps of concrete and heaps of glass is fair, given this leads to the outcome;
   3. Not fastening the seats to the floor is a brilliant inclusion, given the space parking can demand;
   4. The end result with glass and light is theologically sound given the order of the Credo.

 

• This is a review in progress, it is not complete. -- Whiteguru (talk) 23:56, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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End Matter

See Also

1. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. Allows people to find other ecclesial communities catering to LBGT faith needs, and faith-based resources.

References

1. Is it reasonably well written?
   1. References are appropriate and restrain the history of this church, its community and development;

External links

1. 1. All examined.

Is it is Broad in its coverage?

1. 1. Yes, it is a good narrative of the pastoral care and the expanding response to the LGBT community of DC
   2. It is broad and an inclusive article that keeps to the topic.

More End Matter Stuff:

1. Does it follow the neutral point of view policy?
   1.   Absolutely

1. Is this page stable?
   1. Page created on 30 July 2020 and has had 49 edits.
   2. 103 page views in the last 60 days.
   3. There are 35 links to this page and 76 links from this page.
   4. Top editors are APK who has done 100% of the editing for this page;
   5. There is no evidence of edit warring, page is considered stable.

1. It is illustrated by images ?
   1. Yes, plenty of images, all appropriate and well placed.

Overall

1. 1.  GA on hold   pending resolution of queries raised. -- Whiteguru (talk) 00:15, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
   2. Queries resolved satisfactorily
   3. ✓ Pass --Whiteguru (talk) 23:05, 30 October 2020 (UTC)