Joy Metropolitan Community Church (JOY MCC) is a spiritual home in Orlando, Florida, dedicated to inclusivity and the teachings of Jesus Christ. With “LOVE WINS” as our mantra, we’re not just keeping up with the times — we’re shaping them. Join us as we explore the boundless possibilities of faith, guided by the timeless message of love.
God’s radical love is our guide as we welcome, nourish, and advocate for all, spreading acceptance, justice, and JOY in our community.
As you browse our website, we hope you’ll discover ways to worship, connect, and stay informed. You can join us on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am and 10:45 am EST. If you are unable to attend in person, our 10:45 am service is also available online.
At Joy MCC, we celebrate diversity in all its forms because we believe that each unique perspective enriches our collective experience. Our doors are always open to those seeking solace, solidarity, and spiritual transformation. Together, we fill searching hearts, fight for justice, and feed hungry souls, embodying the transformative power of love in action.
Our mission is taking the doors off the church and the church to the streets.
Our vision is to fill searching hearts, fight for justice, and feed hungry people.
That’s the question we have been asking all year long-in fact it’s a question we have been asking for over 45 years at JOY. The answer to that question over the past 45 years has led to JOY making a difference in the community, to JOY feeding the hungry, and to help thousands understand that in the midst of struggle and social injustice LOVE WINS, LOVE HEALS!!
Come dream a Joy Christmas dream, Saturday, December 14 at 7:30pm at Joy Metropolitan Community Church, 2351 South Ferncreek Ave, Orlando, Florida. The night will be filled with holiday music, inspiration, and in this season an opportunity to Dream a Joy Christmas!!!
Before the Concert, join us for a VIP Dinner at 5pm. You will have the opportunity to have dinner with concert musicians, music director Alvin Giles, and Senior Pastor Rev. Terri Steed Pierce.
We understand that weekends can get crazy. But don’t worry – we’re here for you! Feel free to tune in to any of our sermons below and become a part of our church community.
Join us for either of our Sunday worship services, where we come together in community and prayer. We also host Wednesday sessions for a deeper exploration of the word of God.
You have the power to make a difference. Your contributions allow Joy MCC to spread messages of acceptance, tolerance, and inspiration. We offer many ways you can help.
At Joy MCC, we maintain an active ministry dedicated to lifting daily prayer requests. Handled with confidentiality by our LIFE team, we invite you to entrust us with all your prayer needs.
Joy MCC believes that true happiness is found not in receiving, but in giving and serving one another. Join us as we take the doors off the church and bring our mission to the streets, creating a community where happiness and peace abound through mutual support and love.
“Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.”
Romans 15:7
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
Ephesians 4:2-3
“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”
Galatians 5:13
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:31-32
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
John 13:34
At Joy MCC, inclusivity means welcoming and embracing people of all backgrounds, identities, and walks of life without discrimination. It's about creating a safe space where everyone feels valued and accepted.
Our food pantry is open every Thursday from 9 am to 1 pm, excluding holidays.
If you're unable to attend services in person, there are still many ways to support our mission, including attending online services, participating in virtual events or discussions, donating online, and spreading the message of inclusivity and God in your community.
Everyone is welcome at Joy MCC regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, or spiritual background. Our doors are open to all who seek community, support, and spiritual growth.
Joy MCC fully embraces and supports LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships. Whether you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer allies, we welcome you and advocate for equality and inclusion within our church and beyond.
To discover volunteering opportunities or to sign up, please click here. We offer various volunteer roles within our church and the community, such as our food pantry or other community and church events.
At Joy MCC, inclusivity means welcoming and embracing people of all backgrounds, identities, and walks of life without discrimination. It's about creating a safe space where everyone feels valued and accepted.
Our food pantry is open every Thursday from 9 am to 1 pm, excluding holidays.
If you're unable to attend services in person, there are still many ways to support our mission, including attending online services, participating in virtual events or discussions, donating online, and spreading the message of inclusivity and God in your community.
Everyone is welcome at Joy MCC regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, or spiritual background. Our doors are open to all who seek community, support, and spiritual growth.
Joy MCC fully embraces and supports LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships. Whether you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer allies, we welcome you and advocate for equality and inclusion within our church and beyond.
To discover volunteering opportunities or to sign up, please click here. We offer various volunteer roles within our church and the community, such as our food pantry or other community and church events.
Here are some stories of faith, belonging, and transformation from those who call Joy MCC home.
Contact us today to learn more about becoming a volunteer at Joy MCC. Together we can make the world a better place because LOVE WINS.
Joy Metropolitan Community Church Accessibility Statement
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to