Stay after Church this Sunday, to help us put away the Christmas Decorations. We promise it can be fun (We hope)!!

Come join us in UN-decorating our sanctuary for the new year! We will be un-decorating after service.

Join us on Saturday, December 21 at 6pm at MCCGSL for the Blue Christmas Service.

This year we will hold our annual Blue Christmas Service on the longest night of the year, Winter Solstice. This non-traditional holiday service is especially for those who are stressed, hurting, lonely, or grieving during the holiday season. This unique service, like all our services, is open to the public.

If you are interested in attending virtually, please sign up below!

Come iceskating with us at Kiener Plaza - Downtown St Louis. We will be iceskating at 2pm and enjoying the holidays together.

Ice skate rentals are $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 3 to 15. Bring your own skates and skate for free!

On Thursday, December 19th at 7pm, enjoy the beauty of the Missouri Botanical Garden at night with MCCGSL friends, old and new, at the annual Garden glow.

Celebrate the season with nearly two million dazzling lights, fun new experiences and traditional favorites! While walking, keep warm with s’mores, festive drinks, and make a lasting memory with great photo opportunities that will delight all ages.

We have secured 15 Tickets! And tickets are at an incredible discount of $10 dollars. Purchase your tickets below.

Join the MCCGSL Choir and soloists as we celebrate the season with music and spoken word. As always our concert is free to our community! You may join us in person or livestream.

The deadline for our Christmas toy drive for families is need is the evening of Sunday, December 15th! You can bring the items to the church and place them under the tree in the lobby. A list of suggested toys and clothing is available in the back of the room and on our website under programs.

Thank you to everyone who has brought gifts so far!

Join the MCCGSL Choir and soloists as we celebrate the season with music and spoken word. As always our concert is free to our community! You may join us in person or livestream.

Come join us in decorating our sanctuary for the holidays, we will have Christmas music and treats available. Come as you are, all are welcome.

Join us for Friendsgiving at MCCGSL, we will gather for food and fellowship around the holidays. Feel free to bring a dish or simply bring yourself. All are welcome, come exactly as you are. Afterwards we will decorate the sanctuary for Christmas.

If you have been attending for a while, want to learn more about our church, or have been thinking about becoming a member of our church, this class is for you!

You will "Meet MCC," by learning about our mission, vision, history, values, justice work, and more! It is also a chance to meet the Pastors and have them get to know you! All are welcome!

The class will begin immediately after worship. A light lunch will be served.

Change moves at the speed of relationships – and don’t we need change in our community? To help start with some of that change, MCCGSL and Glory to Glory are hosting a dinner right here in our church with some of the churches in the neighborhood to get to know them better. The dinner is intended to reveal that we all have a lot more in common than we do our differences. Come ready to engage in deep and meaningful conversation, and perhaps make some new unexpected friendships along the way. Have a friend you don’t see eye-to-eye with? Encourage them to come to the dinner too! 

We are returning to Metro-East Pride on Saturday, October 5 from 11am to 8pm on West Main Street in Belleville, IL. Sign ups online or in the Narthex. Please see Jerry McGinty-Gayer with questions. Volunteer to hand out our "Loved by God" buttons at the booth on the link below. The buttons are made, the only thing missing is you.

Would you like your pet or stuffed animal to receive a blessing? Join us anytime between 5:30-7:00 pm for your animal to receive a blessing. Pets of all kinds are welcome, but we do ask that you be mindful of the need for the pets to do well around other animals since we will have a number of pets gathered in close proximity. If you have a pet that does not do well around other animals, you can bring their collar or leash and get a blessing on their behalf!

 What: Ten mile float on the Meramec River

Where: Bass’ River Resort, 204 Butts Rd, Steelville, MO 65565

When: Monday, September 2

Cost: $44/person

Sign up by Sunday, September 1

Join your friends for one last summer hurrah on Labor Day, Monday, September 2 as we enjoy a ten mile float down the Meramec River. Come prepared to laugh and have a great time as we relax and get to know each other a little better. Please bring sunscreen, plenty of water, and a lunch. A bus will pick us up at the "take out spot" at 9:30 a.m. and drive us up river 10 miles. We will float back down to our vehicles. They will not hold the bus for late arrivals. Carpooling is encouraged. If you are interested in carpooling, we will need to meet at the church at 7:30 a.m.

Do you love Opera? Join us for a late summer Concert on the stage at Edwardsville City Park for its annual outdoor spectacle. High notes and high drama will celebrate high summer with selections from grand opera and the golden era of musical theater.

Join Cheryl and Pat for the Opera Edwardsville on August 23, 2024 at 8pm for this free community concert at Edwardsville City Park! Come early for a picnic dinner at 6:30pm. Sign up below so we know how big of a space to reserve.  

Event Details

Doors open at 5pm; Trivia starts at 6pm!

5850 Elizabeth Avenue, St. Louis MO 63110

Reistration: We are now allowing up to 10 people per table: You may register:

• as an individual (up to 10 people) for $25/person

• Regular Table for 8 for $250

• Regular Table for 10 for $300

• VIP Table for 8 for $300

• VIP Table for 10 $375

Golden Ticket Raffle: $25 a ticket to select your choice of any of our Live Auction Items (see list below! The winning ticket will be drawn at Trivia Night, but you do NOT have to be present to win. Only 100 tickets sold. 

Mulligans: 4 for $20, 8 for $40 or 16 (max) for $75 …up two mulligans per round. (VIP tables start with 8 mulligans and can purchase an additional 8.)

Silent Auction: opens on Sunday, July 28 after church and closes at 7:30 p.m. on the night of the event. More details to come!

Balloon Pop: $20 to pop a balloon, and win great prizes ranging from $20-$50!

Costume Contest: dress up in costume for a chance to win a prize! Come as your favorite game show contestant, icon, or anything related any type of games (video, board, TV, etc.)

50/50 Raffle: ($1 – 1 ticket, $5 - 6 tickets, $20 – arm length of tickets) 

Sponsor: Become a sponsor!

• Presenting Sponsor

• Rainbow Sponsor

• Round sponsorships

Still have questions? Email trivia@mccgsl.org

Live Auction Items:

• Wild Game Trip – three night getaway to either Las Vegas or Seattle (or comparable destination) with airfare for two and hotel included

• Eat, Drink and be Merry Game -   a chocolate tasting at Kakao Chocolate in Maplewood and 20 bottles of alcohol to stock your bar

• Reindeer Games – Praise Team Christmas Caroling

• Murder Mystery Game & Dinner – theme game night hosted by staff at church

• Seasonal Games – an activity each quarter to include a gaming adventure (more details to follow)

MCCGSL’s 2024 Trivia is Presented by:

MCCGSL’s 2024 Trivia Rainbow Sponsors are

We are starting a new walking group for those not able or willing to do rugged walks. The objective of the group is to spend some time with other people outdoors one Saturday a month. The planned walks will be at local parks with paved paths. The idea is to stroll together with or without our dogs and notice things about nature. Plan about an hour per walk.

Our next walk is at Laumeier Sculpture Park on Saturday, July 27th at 10am. We're planning to walk the Art Hike Trail: 0.77 miles / 45 minutes. Dogs who are friendly on leash and with people and other dogs are welcome. 

LGBTQIA+ people have been part of St. Louis from the beginning. But until recently, their lives, struggles, and contributions have often been overlooked. In Gateway to Pride, the Missouri History Museum will present the first-ever full-scale exhibit on St. Louis’s fascinating and powerfully relevant LGBTQIA+ history. Join us on Sunday, June 9 at 3pm as we enjoy the exhibit. The exhibit is free.

Join Fr. Jerry Kleeba on the Black History Bus Tour. The tour will meet at St. Cronan church at 9:45am. Fr. Gerry Kleba has served as a St. Louis diocesan priest for 55 years. During this time, he has been a hospital chaplain, a university professor, a retreat master, but mostly a parish priest in a variety of parishes from rural to sprawling suburban, but predominantly in economically depressed, largely black, communities. He has written four books, the one about inner-city ministry is THE PEOPLE PARISH, A MODEL OF CHURCH WHERE PEOPLE FLOURISH. There will be an optional brown bag lunch and discussion following, for those interested. The cost for the tour is $10, paid at the time of the tour.

Additional Instructions:

1. Please arrive at the parking lot across the street from St. Cronan Parish Church at 9:30 am.  (1202 S. Boyle Ave. 63110)  The pre-tour gathering and brief primer will be on the sidewalk next to the parking lot beginning at 9:45 am. We will then board the bus. The tour will be from 10 am to 1 pm.

 2. Bring:  

·  your own beverages (water bottles) for the bus tour. 

·  $10.00 cash for the bus/driver cost (we won’t have change)

·  your lunch if you are staying after the tour for the discussion

3. Optional Lunch:

·  After the tour ends at 1 pm, for those who are interested there will be a brown bag lunch (bring your own food/drink) and discussion with Fr. Kleba. It is an opportunity to ask questions and share our thoughts and reflections on the tour. The lunch will be held in the café room of the Mid-Town Services building that is adjacent to the parking lot.  The lunch will run from approximately 1:15

to 2:30 pm. ·  If you bring a lunch, you can keep it in your car while we are on the tour.

4. Miscellaneous

The bus will make one stop at a gas station during which you may deboard the bus for a break, visit bathrooms, and buy snacks.