... Carry many business cards with local contact information
Have MCC printed materials available in the language of the country if possible and English
If you are clergy , wear your collar
If you ...
... Church in Washington, D.C. Many members of MCC DC played significant roles in making this effort successful, including Clergy Candidate DeWayne Davis who offered testimony before the City Council. ...
... MCC Clergy Credentials to Stephen R. Parelli, the executive director of Other Sheep, one of MCC's ecumenical partners. Other Sheep is a worldwide multicultural ministry dedicated to empowering sexual minorities ...
... Arizona.
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Supporting One Another
Rev. June Norris, our first heterosexual clergy person, turned 87 the last day of June. Why not send her a belated greeting? RevJuneRN@aol.com ...
... Before the parade the LGBT Interfaith Clergy Council of Los Angeles and MCCLA hosted an interfaith worship service on the corner of La Cienega & Santa Monica. The church also had a contingent in the ...
... offerings, a place to post information, and so much more! This is a great site for clergy and those in process. http://www.ofld.mccchurch.org The DVDs from the 2008 PAD Conference are ...
... on the ordination of lesbian and gay clergy candidates and the election of openly lesbian and gay bishops.
Metropolitan Community Churches, the world's largest and oldest Christian denomination with ...
... Bishop Yvette Flunder clergy credentials in MCC in May of this year, as another step forward in deepening our historic connections and mission. Bishop Flunder is now an ordained MCC clergy person, who ...
... AIDS Walk.
MCC Milwaukee (Wisconsin) is encouraging other LGBT organizations and clergy to join their effort.
The Metroplex (Texas) coalition of MCCs is beginning their second year ...
... information.
New Supervising Clergy Rev Kieren Bourne and Rev Janice Bowker have both now completed the Supervising Clergy Course.
The course took place in Dorset on 22nd & 23rd April ...
... Rev. Gordon McCoy is hosting monthly clergy lunches in Chicago (Illinois), which are also being attended by those in nearby states.
Rev. Elder Darlene Garner is offering Board Training on ...
... marginalized, praying for a genuine change of heart in this matter to alleviate the suffering caused by prejudice and the enactment of unjust legislation.
An Open Statement from the Clergy and Congregations ...
... contents of these boxes were distributed amongst the poor, by the clergy , the day after Christmas.
Today, Boxing Day is a holiday in the United Kingdom, Canada, and many other Commonwealth nations. ...
... circle dances that honor the sacred traditions of the world, bringing participants closer to the Divine.
Rev. Rosario Vargas participated with clergy from various denominations and faiths in ...
... REVM in Australia
The Readiness to Enter Vocational Ministry program, a Clergy Retreat, and ordination interviews will be held at MCC Sydney, November 20-22, for anyone who is interested. ...
... the Elders and the denominational budget process. She is leading a revision of the denominational judiciary process and heads the MCC By-laws Team, is the Clergy Judicial Officer and also coordinates MCC's ...
... new book, CRISIS: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America, is now available. This book helps to educate parents, clergy , teachers, politicians ...
... Council, a group of lay leaders from around the world who focus on the needs of the laity (anyone who is not clergy ) in MCC? Members need to have access to the internet for communication and work, ...
... hope of a better world, free of harassment and discrimination because a person was different, kept him motivated."- Dennis Shepard National Clergy Appreciation Day is the day set aside in the ...
... one of their clergy for his work in "the fight against homosexuality."
Nigeria
On September 14, 2008, our own MCC pastor, The Rev. Jide Macaulay and his congregants in Lagos, Nigeria were forced to ...
... Divinity School. Her thesis was Come to the Water: The Queer Congregation as Healing Community.
Melanie Martinez received her M.Div. form Perkins School of Theology and is doing her clergy internship ...
... together we celebrate, as your conference theme declares, "One Table and One Tribe!" It was in this very hotel, then under another name and different management, that I was ordained as MCC clergy ...
... clergy to send a letter to Uganda's president condemning government-sanctioned attacks on LGBT people in that country. Among the notables signing were Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond ...
... train dozens of new ICM lay and clergy leaders. 4) Launching MCC's first... trilingual website (Spanish, English and Portuguese) -- www.mccregion6.net -- as well as planning for a separate site ...
... Nominating Forum will be held during Regional Conference for no more than one hour. 2. The Forum will be open for anyone to attend; one does not need to be a Clergy or Lay Delegate to participate. ...
... couples came before the Oregon legislature, Rev. Wes Mullins, Assistant Pastor of MCC Portland (Oregon) was at the Capitol with other clergy who supported the bills. He was quoted in The Oregonian as saying, ...
... theological standpoint scored him a 0! He was ordained and pastored a church during which time he brought LGBT people into his church and spoke on justice issues at synod meetings. Clergy peers were ...
... of New Spirit Community Church (MCC/UCC/DOC, Berkeley, California), who were married on October 13. Rev. Karen Foster officiated and Rev. Jack Hoggatt was the musician. The service was opened by 17 clergy ...
We are looking for an affirming pastor with clergy experience and an understanding of LGBTI issues, liberation theology and inclusive language. The pastor will be the leader of the worship team, ...
... the Candlelight Vigil, and their clergy facilitated two of the workshops. Harbor MCC (Galveston, Texas) was invited to cosponsor their city's first Gay Pride Festival on October 27, the day an all ...
... Service, focusing on praise music and utilizing different musicians. Gary Collier, who served over 20 years as clergy in the Church of God in Christ and now is volunteer staff at MCC Hartford, and KC Redmon ...
... openly gay clergy person in Malaysia, who were part of the recent MCC team. They are working hand-in-hand with national and regional activists to further social and spiritual justice across Southeast Asia." ...
A Message from the MCC Moderator Rev Elder Nancy Wilson announcing the MCC Theologies Team: Dear MCC Friend: Since the earliest days of Metropolitan Community Churches, clergy and lay leaders alike ...
... SANGAT, and Second Unitarian Church of Chicago (UUA). Rev. Mark Pridmore was one of the clergy officiating at a mass Commitment Ceremony in Dayton, Ohio, for 50 couples. Ken and Teddy McLaughin-Tredick ...
... additional parking, and a private garden for the parsonage. Rev. Mel White, Founder of Soulforce and an MCC clergy person, appeared on both Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN cable news to ...
... the AIDS crisis in the '80s." Left unsaid in many news reports is this part of the story: The gay man interviewed by Tammy Faye was Rev. Dr. Steve Pieters, a clergy person with Metropolitan Community ...
... Council of Churches and ask them to call on clergy across the island to use their pulpits to spread good will not more violence. Write to them today at jchurch@cwjamaica.com .
Action step three ...
... of the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Rev Kerri Mesner, Pastor of MCC Edinburgh, presided at Communion, the first time an MCC clergy person has participated in a worship service there. ...
... recently cited Metropolitan Community Churches as the best resource for people dealing with issues of homosexuality and religion. The column included MCC's website and mailing address. MCC clergy person ...
... Classes and Retreats Attention!!! People who are permanently disabled, over 65, low income, Clergy Candidates, or Students in Formation, this reminder is for you! You may register for General Conference ...
... minute discussion included the Bible, education, politics, gay youth, and MCC Richmond (Virginia). To listen to the interview, go to www.WRIR.org. Fifty clergy , pastoral leaders, church planters, and lay ...
... of what the numbers are showing us; the more detail we shared, the more we learned. We acknowledged somewhat painfully that we clergy have sometimes let our desire for success inflate our numbers -- "minister ...
... clergy in this denomination. For 25 years of that time, I have also worked with HIV/AIDS. For all of those years, I have been in active ministry
What we have in common today is leadership - we share ...
... GLSEN; outstanding Clergy and Regional Conferences; publication of "Around the Fellowship;" Martina Navratilova and Gretta Camemeyer partnering with us in new ways; and unprecedented funds raised for seminary ...
... GLSEN; outstanding Clergy and Regional Conferences; publication of "Around the Fellowship;" Martina Navratilova and Gretta Camemeyer partnering with us in new ways; and unprecedented funds raised for seminary ...
... appreciated. revwynn@yahoo.com The Human Rights Campaign released a new weekly online resource designed to provide a LGBT-affirming view of religious texts for both clergy and lay people. Out in Scripture ...
... of mine was fond of saying to clergy students, "If you can do anything else other than pastor, do it, but if you can't then you'll make it." His point was that pastoral ministry is hard enough when ...
... and was featured on The Advocate's newsmagazine on MTV's LOGO network last month. MCC Clergy Candidate Boon Lin Ngeo, a prolific Chinese author, debuted his newest book, a coming out story, during ...
... issues, clergy /liturgical information and more. Email RevMWalker@sbcglobal.net or to obtain a CD of this study guide, contact RevSharonBezner@MCCchurch.net. Creating a Life That Matters is a new spiritual ...
... church growth, clergy development, organizational leadership, building church infrastructures and building coalitions and relationships.
Revising Intimacy
There will be a one-day conference at the ...
... Session, we will have the next Considerations Series session on 29 April, Wednesday, 19h30, in the Zonnebloem College Chapel Hall. Rev. David Cooper, a distinguished Methodist clergy person from Ireland, ...
