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Our Mission:

Water of Life Metropolitan Community Church walks with Christ to make disciples of all peoples in order to bring our community into oneness in love and compassion.

Our Values:

We will work together be Christ-centered, Biblical, Faithful, Compassionate and Grace filled.  Our ministry to the world will be a Visionary, Word Based, and Evangelistic Team that is accepting of everyone.

Our Vision:

Water of Life Metropolitan Community Church is a Christ-centered Bible based inclusive body of believers who spread God's unconditional love and infinite mercy to all people. Love is not a word but an action.


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Water of Life MCC is an inclusive spiritual community for all of God's people. Whatever  your faith background might be, you will find Water of Life a place where you can strengthen your faith journey.

Water of Life offers many opportunities for you to connect with others. You can join WOLMCC Choir, join our Lunch Program, help out in our beautiful Rose Garden, or join any of the many other ministries that will refresh your spirit.

When you do come for a visit, you'll find many people waiting to welcome you. Join us following each worship service for a time of fellowship and getting to know us better.

We are saving a place for you!

Blessings,

Water of Life MCC

Water Of Life MCC History

In the fall of 1970 a business man named Russel Cerf was living with his spouse Buzz here in Tucson.  Russel had long been a respected member of this community.  His Adorable Flowers florist shop had grown to three branches, and he was always willing to help new people in town.  Many lesbian and gay people have memories of their first job in Tucson working for him.  Through friends of his in Los Angeles, he heard about a new church that had formed there, that was mainly an outreach into the gay and lesbian community.  This sparked his interest, because he had often dreamed of such a church here in Tucson.  Russel traveled to Los Angeles and attended a worship service of the mother church, MCC LA. After the service he met the young dynamic pastor of the church, the Reverend Troy  D. Perry, and asked if it were possible for a branch parish of MCC to be founded in Tucson.  As was the case in those early years, Troy said yes, go do it, and God bless you!  Troy also told Russ that he might be able to get some help from the then fledgling MCC in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

The leader in the Phoenix church at that time was Reverend Robert Cunningham.  Bob was a former Baptist minister working toward his license in the UFMCC.  He proposed that Russel become a deacon in the Phoenix church to which he agreed.  After putting out flyers in the two gay bars, and renting a meeting room at the Ramada Inn, he held the first worship service of MCC Tucson on December 12, 1970.  Although the details of this service are obscured by time, we are still in possession today of the cross hung on the wall during that initial service.

 

During the next few years, MCC Tucson would be aided in its ministry by MCC Phoenix sending various deacons and exhorters (today called student clergy), to lead worship, as well as financial assistance.  Some of those early Worship Coordinators were Kris Dodds, Bob Cunningham, Josie Bernard, and Michael Nordstrom.  Various meeting places were the Tucson Women's Club, the Little Chapel of All Nations, and various congregant's homes.  Much of this time in our church's history has been obscured by the passage of time.


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