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Are you registered for General Conference? Don't miss the Transformational Weekend!
Registration - Schedule - Plenary Speakers' Bios - Business Meeting
Register to have access to all resources for six months!
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Business Meeting Registration
Clergy and Lay Delegates (all those eligible to vote) must REGISTER for the Business Meeting separate from your Transformational Weekend registration. Business Meeting registration is FREE and is now open. Please register here:
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Discussion Circles
This week
Join in a facilitated conversation ahead of the Business Forum and Business Meeting. These Circles are a time to ask questions and suggest changes. Your ideas will be passed on to the authors of the motions or reports. Any modifications they make to the original will be presented at the Business Forum. This is an opportunity to move us towards consensus as we come to General Conference Business.
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HELLO from YOUR Church
During the Live Welcome of General Conference, we have an opportunity to travel the world with a virtual roll call! Submit your video (less than 20 seconds) with your church saying "Hello from ____ with people from your church waving hello! Just give the name of your church or community, city and country. Please video in Landscape or widescreen mode.
SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO ASAP!
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An Update from the Council of Elders |
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The Council of Elders has made a change in the frequency of the Call to Prayer. Until Advent, the Council of Elders will share a monthly, rather than weekly, Call to Prayer. This will provide some relief to our volunteer translators and staff who have been preparing the weekly prayers. In Advent, the Elders will provide a weekly video and written prayer reflection.
Thank you to everyone who has submitted a prayer over the last several years and to those who have shared the prayers with their congregations. Thank you also to our volunteer translators in Portuguese, Spanish and German for all of their work, and to MCC staff member, Janine McCarthy, who has prepared the prayers and distributed them.
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Juneteenth Service and Celebration
Wednesday, June 15th
at 7pm EDT
MCC Church of the Trinity in Sarasota, Florida is hosting a Juneteenth Service and Celebration in collaboration with Greater Hurst Chapel AME. This event will be onsite and live streamed on Facebook.com/TrinityMCC
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FREE 5-Day Online Summit on Digital Ministry.
June 27th - July 1st
The Digital Ministry Summit provides an in-depth look at hybrid worship, online church, virtual community, and more. During the summit, we will explore how to do online digital ministry well. You will hear from 20 of our leading digital ministry experts who will share practical, tactical insights that you can apply in your own setting. While the Summit is FREE during the dates it is LIVE, you can purchase a lifetime access to all sessions for $149.
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REVM - ONLINE - August 5-7, 2022
Readiness for Entering Vocational Ministry
This weekend offers a time of exploration and information for those who are discerning a call to vocational ministry in MCC.If you are interested please contact Rev Cathy Alexander at [email protected] .
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APPLY NOW for the next THRIVING IN MINISTRY Cohort Training! New Dates Aug 24-26, 2022
Receive instruction and hands on learning opportunities to be a mentor or a mentee. Join us and experience unique chances to grow as an individual and as a team. This is for USA Clergy only as it is funded by a grant from the Lily Foundation. Request an application and more information from [email protected].
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Learning to Live Well
with Difference Course
This is an online course designed for lay and clergy church leaders who would like to better equipped to recognize and respond well to differences, change and conflict in our churches. The course will be offered twice. Each has a maximum capacity of 16 attendees.
First Offering: September 6, 13, 20, 27 - 9:30 am UK, 8:30 am UTC, 6:30pm AEST, 4:30am EST
Second Offering: October 25 and November 8, 15, 29; 10:30am-1pm ET, 3:30 UK, 2:30 UTC
A flyer with more information may be downloaded here.
If you have questions or would like to register, please contact Rev. Cathy Alexander [email protected].
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Crafting Spiritual Communities Beyond COVID
October 28-29, 2022 | 3D Interactive Virtual Conference
Our spiritual communities have forever changed these past few years.
COVID has luminated the best (and worst) aspects of our spirituality, perhaps forever changing how communities will gather, communicate, and offer support to their members and beyond. Spirituality, at its best, offers personal growth, inner peace, and indomitable hope. How will our spiritual communities meet these needs and communicate to the broader world that our faith based hubs are committed to such healing work? Some of the best progressive spiritual leaders of our time will help us envision a spiritual message and mission for the needs of our day rather simply recycling the ways and words of the past.
Sunshine Cathedral Lumination: The Visioning Conference will create a space for exploration, conversation, and crafting of visions of what our spiritual communities will look like after COVID.
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Tea Time with the Elders!
THIRD TUESDAY MONTHLY
5pm EDT / 9pm GMT
Join us via Zoom
Meeting ID: 248 584 328
Password: 469464
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Sanctuary Online
Tuesdays
5pm Pacific / 6pm Mountain / 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern
Sanctuary's Zoom Room:
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Lectionary Discussion Group for Preachers
Wednesdays 11am EDT / 3pm GMT
https://zoom.us/j/92606189026?pwd=UFNONnpVOEF2WnFXb3cyTG5tQVoxdz09
Join in conversation with other preachers to share ideas and questions that will help shape your sermon.
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Prayer Time with the Moderator
Most THURSDAYS
at 5:15pm EST / 9:15pm GMT
Join the Moderator for a time of reflection and prayer on Facebook Live.
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MCC Clergy Connection Call
2nd Thursday Monthly
1pm EDT / 5pm GMT
This is a peer initiated, peer led, focused monthly support group.
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MCC Resource Bank - for Clergy, Lay Delegates, Board Members, and Worship Planners. New resources are added all the time so check back often!
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Check out all the great classes and resources still available at Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) including MCC specific classes. Yes, we no longer have the OFLD (Office of Formation and Leadership Development) but SSOL classes are still available.
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