Church of Our Savior, MCC, Christian church building with LGBTQ outreach in Boynton Beach, US.
Church of Our Savior, MCC, occupies a former Pizza Hut at 2011 S. Federal Highway in Boynton Beach. The congregation converted the restaurant into a sanctuary, doing most of the renovation work themselves. Its fourteen stained-glass windows fill the former restaurant windows: twelve were made by McMow Art Glass of Lake Worth, and two by a congregant for whom stained glass was a hobby. Five of the windows include a rainbow.
The congregation began in 1990 as an extension of an existing church in Fort Lauderdale and received official Metropolitan Community Church status in 1992. This growth reflects the emergence of a network designed to serve those rejected by mainstream religious institutions.
Worship blends many faith traditions, as former pastor Renwick Bell described, and the Eucharist is celebrated weekly with open communion, so visitors need not be members of any church to participate. Long-term choir director Vivien "Miss Vicki" Keller led the music. Five of the fourteen stained-glass windows include a rainbow, which the congregation reads as inclusiveness of human variety.
The building sits on a main commercial road with parking available for visitors. Services feature open communion, meaning anyone can participate regardless of membership or religious background.
The building was once a fast-food pizza restaurant before being converted into a house of worship. This ordinary structure became a meaningful home for people who found no welcome elsewhere.
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