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IN THIS ISSUE, you will find:
- New Job Openings
- New Events offered by MCC and by others who share our values
- Ongoing weekly or monthly events
- Reminders
- Resources.
Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom where our Mailing Address is listed. Some servers clip or truncate emails and you might have to click a link to "view entire message."
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IS GOD CALLING YOU?
Check our listings for Pastoral Positions and laity positions. JOB OPENINGS
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Applications now being accepted for
Lead for Operational Development, Fundraising Development and Assessments Co-ordinator.
Explore the job description here. Complete the application form here. Interested candidates must submit a CV, application form, as well as the Diversity and Inclusion form found here. Applications should be sent to recruitment@MCCchurch.net Closing date is Sunday 30th October 2022
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Applications now being accepted for
Administrative Assistant to the Darlene Garner Institute for Leadership Formation in Latin America
The job description may be found here. Fluency in Spanish is required. Candidates must submit their Cover Letter, curriculum/CV/Resumé and brief proposal of an action plan. Deadline for submission is midnight October 20, 2022, in your time zone. Applications can be made in Portuguese BR, Spanish or English. Send applications to: Rev. Cathy Alexander revcathyalexander@mccchurch.net
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Monkeypox
A Panel Discussion – What You Need to Know
Monday, October 17, 2022 7pm – Live Over Zoom
Monkeypox is a growing health concern within the LGBTQ community. All churches, congregants and friends are invited to participate in this live panel discussion with two health experts to discuss this growing community concern. Together, let’s break the silence, stigma and shame!
Live Q&A with our Experts:
Phil Griffin, Public Health Official - Recently retired, Director of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control State of Kansas
Rachel Guran, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC - System Director, Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Memorial Healthcare Systems
This event is open to all of MCC. It is sponsored by the MCC Florida (USA) Network.
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How do we preach hope, peace, joy, and love
in these hot mess times?
October 17-20, 2022
Listen in as a dozen of the nation’s most prophetic preachers reflect on the upcoming Advent season and how they will approach the familiar lectionary texts in our perpetually unprecedented times.
Voices include:
Cláudio Carvalhaes, Daniel Brereton, Rob Lee, Brandan Robertson,
Emily McGinley, Adrienne Thorne, Andrea White, Amanda Meisenheimer,
Debie Thomas, and Josh Scott.
12 Voices
4 Days
More than 10 Hours of Content
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More Than Thoughts and Prayers
October 19th - 7pm ET / 4pm PT / midnight GMT
Everytown for Gun Safety is hosting a national webinar with faith leaders and policy makers on the importance of faith communities taking action locally, state wide, and nationally to address gun violence. Faith leaders from a wide range of backgrounds will be talking about how faith communities can be one of the difference makers on the need for urgent action.
Participants will include:
– Rev. Hannah Atkins Romero, Rector, Trinity Episcopal Church Midtown
– Meredith Jacobs, CEO of Jewish Women International
– Shane Claiborne, President of Red-Letter Christians
– Sharmaine Brown, Everytown Survivor Network Fellow
– Rev. Jason Carson Wilson, Founding Executive Director, Bayard Rustin Liberation Initiative
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API Kinship Gathering
October 21 – Friday
6pm PDT / 7pm CDT / 9pm EDT / 2am BST / 1am GMT
Meeting ID: 854 6117 3187
Passcode: 701186
Mental Health Kinship
October 22 – Saturday
8am CDT/11am EDT/4pm BST
Meeting ID: 960 3045 3266
Passcode: 806106
Trans Kinship Gathering
November 5 – December 3 (first Saturday of the month)
11am PDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT / 7pm BST / 6pm GMT
Meeting ID: 839 4427 5180
Passcode: TransMCC
God-Talk:
Conversations about the Divine Kinship Gathering
Rev. Peter Trabaris and Rev. Brendan Boone invite you to join this new Kinship Group. The goal of this ministry is to study and learn from our theology/ies, and what they teach us, as we learn from each other, and continue the work of “Transforming Ourselves, as we Transform the World." Having begun during General Conference, this is a continuation of the discussion. If you are interested or have any questions please contact: revpetertrabaris@gmail.com or Rev.Brendan.Boone@gmail.com.
November 19 – Saturday
9am PST / 10am CST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT
Meeting ID: 874 4689 7024
Passcode: 106074
No meeting in December
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Crafting Spiritual Communities Beyond COVID
SUNSHINE CATHEDRAL LUMINATION: THE VISIONING CONFERENCE – October 28-29, 2022
This virtual conference is only $75 and features world class spiritual leaders. This conference is for anyone interested in the health and relevance of spiritual communities in a post-pandemic world. For more info, please click the . The event will be recorded and anyone who registers will be able to watch any part of the conference at any time. Speakers include Diana Butler Bass, Sheila McKeithen (UFBL), Rebecca Voelkel, and Rabbi Rami Shapiro.
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Dates/Times: November 4 (1-6pm) and November 5 (9am-5pm)
Location: Online
Instructor: Sarah Monroe
As the religious landscape in the United States shifts with growing speed, chaplaincy has grown in importance across institutions and disciplines. This course explores how chaplains could be a vital presence in poor communities, as poverty grows with equal speed. Taking lessons from The Poor People’s Campaign, grassroots movement building around the country, and hospital and jail chaplaincy, students discuss how chaplains could lead a movement to end poverty.
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MCC's Disaster Relief Fund
Disaster Relief efforts are still underway in those areas impacted by Hurricanes Ian and Fiona. You can contribute to MCC's Disaster Relief Fund.
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CLERGY LICENSE RENEWAL TIME
SAVE WITH THE EARLY BIRD RATE!
From Oct 1, 2022 through Nov 30, 2022 midnight PDT the fee is USD $175.
From Dec 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023 the fee is USD $325.
Both the form and the payment must be received for your license to be completed.
Treasurers and Clergy, please put the Clergy person's name on the check or on the PayPal information.
For the USA and Canada, Complete instructions for using the online Clergy Renewal Form may be found HERE.
Once again, this year, there is One Fillable Form. Please visit the Licensing Folder in the Resource Bank and open the 2023 Clergy License Folder to download the appropriate form for your Protocol.
In your reporting for CEU hours for 2022, please report the required 9 units (9 contact hours) including the 2 contact hours of anti-racism, anti-oppression or anti-colonialism. If you attended General Conference 2022 or any of the numerous workshops or classes offered in 2022 please note them as appropriate.
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GOVERNING BOARD REPORTS and Financial Information
You can find past and current reports, minutes, and financial reports in the Resource Bank. Check here: Governing Board
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Looking for something on the website?
It might be in the Resource Bank now.
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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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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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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 EDT / 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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Bilingual Praise worship hosted by Joy MCC (Orlando, Florida, USA) Thursdays at 7pm ET/midnight GMT
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Military hymn download for Veterans Day now available
Planners for the services, ceremonies, and observances of Veterans Day 2022 now have a new resource to consider: a military hymn entitled, “Ever Faithful to the Call.” The hymn can be reviewed and downloaded free for nonprofit use at www.everfaithfultothecall.com
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Small Churches Find Growth Online
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CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL
Do you have Children’s Church or Sunday School? Are you looking for curriculum? MCC of the Lehigh Valley, this fall, is offering Seeking Justice Together. “This is a wonderful peace-oriented curriculum under the Shine umbrella from the publishing ministry of the Church of the Brethren, Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada.”
What curriculum have you used that you found to be well-suited to our diverse and inclusive MCC context? Let us know so we can share with others! Resources@MCCchurch.net
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Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
How do we handle gratitude during these times? When we don't feel grateful? In a 6-part video and discussion course based on her book, Grateful, Diana Butler Bass takes us into a journey to understand what gratitude is, how it can strengthen us as individuals and in community, and the surprising ways in which it subverts hopelessness and injustice. In addition to lectures and mini-practice sessions, Diana will be joined by other writers in conversation about how giving thanks has made a difference in their own lives.
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In Case You Missed It... FINANCIAL FACTS
A report co-authored by Dr. Sean Payne of the Presbyterian Church (USA), Dr. David King of Lake Institute on Faith and Giving, and Dr. Susan Barnett of the Presbyterian Church (USA) sheds light on trends in the financial futures of congregations based on data from our Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2020 study.
The report focuses on economic trends in U.S. faith communities and offers deeper insight into how congregations receive, manage, and spend resources. In addition to looking at finances in relationship to congregational size and religious tradition, the report also looks at online giving trends, an increasingly important source of income. Comparisons are also offered across 20 years of FACT studies, which demonstrate how the financial health of faith communities has changed over time.
Among the many interesting findings the report reveals are:
- Most congregations are small and have budgets under $100,000.
- Slightly more than half of American worshipers (51%) attend large congregations with budgets over $1,000,000.
- The median income or gifts was $120,000, which is a 20% decline from 2010.
- Congregational budget size is closely tied to attendance and participation.
- Smaller congregations have larger per capita incomes and expenses.
- Congregations with shrinking attendance have much higher per capita incomes and expenses than stable or growing congregations.
- Eighty-five percent of revenue is from participant contributions.
- Salaries are the largest share of expenses at 44%. Buildings make up another 26% of expenses.
Explore the full range of trends, data points and comparisons in the full report:
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Remember, we also have our visitor website https://visitmccchurch.com/
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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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