The money that is received from the Holy Union is pooled together in the Church’s official bank account. No person or leader from the Church receives any Holy Union money, partially or as a whole by hand or by money transfer issued in any person’s name. The Union fee is sacred in the sense that […]
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How LGBT+ Weddings Are Also an Act of Advocacy
I often tell couples that their decision to have a blessing with family and friends through a wedding ceremony is both fortunate and unfortunate.Unfortunate because it is still not legally recognized here and not yet socially accepted. It is fortunate because, even though the couple may have simply decided and planned it for themselves, whether […]
Watch: Gay Wedding Trailer Will Make You Teary-Eyed
A gay couple from the Philippines made a video trailer for their upcoming wedding in Tagaytay this coming August. They even made a website for their upcoming wedding, twogroomstwogardens.com – supposedly a pun on the venue name, which is Two Gardens. The same-sex wedding, or “holy union“, will be officiated by Open Table MCC – an […]
Mass Holy Union 2018: Register Now!
Open Table MCC – Metropolitan Community Church is once again offering a Mass Holy Union (Same-Sex Wedding) for LGBT+ Couples on 2018. Fee is Php 400.00 ONLY. This is also open to straight couples who wish to have a purely religious blessing without any legal effect. This is mainly to answer the need of same-sex […]
Check Out These LGBT-Accepting Wedding Suppliers in the Philippines
Are you a lesbian couple or gay couple or LGBT+ couple looking for wedding suppliers in the Philippines who accepts same-sex clients? We know it’s a daunting task to search for suppliers for your wedding ceremony or holy union ceremony, only to find out that they won’t give you the wedding services that you need […]
This Gay Christian Wedding Proves Love Conquers All
Jayson and Morris met 10 years ago in a bus journey to Manila. They have been together ever since. And after a decade of love, loyalty and all the struggles as well as joys of a loving relationship, they decided to celebrate their love with family and friends through a blessing of the rite of […]
This Lesbian Wedding in Boracay Should Be Your #WeddingGoals
Filipino-Australian couple Ann and Rica went to Boracay Island in Visayas, Philippines to hold their wedding ceremony. The couple were afraid that they wouldn’t find wedding suppliers in the Philippines that accepts same-sex couples as their clients. However, once they started liaising, the suppliers gave them nothing but “unwavering support, encouragement and love.” Ann and […]
Gay Wedding: Love Beyond Race, Gender, and Borders
What is a vow, but an intention spoken out before the world so that the world, in hearing, might take part in aspirations of the willing heart? In our coming here today to join and bless the joy of your becoming wed, may we enter in the truth of the words you’ve said, “I do.” […]
Mass Lesbian Wedding Will Make You Believe #LoveWins
The Mass Union of Open Table MCC last Nov 26 was organized and officiated for several reasons: As thanksgiving for the Holy Unions throughout the years that financially sustained the operations and ministry of Open Table MCC. The recently concluded mass Union was subsidized by the funds of the Church with very minimal cost to […]
Lesbian Couple Celebrates Wedding Ceremony in the Philippines
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. – Lao Tzu A Holy Union is a wedding ceremony, which is a spiritual joining of two persons regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. It is a celebration of love witness and affirmed by their friends, family, and the Church. […]