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MCC OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED
DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST
In gratitude for their dedication and hours in preparing for and supporting our first virtual General Conference Transformational Weekend and online Business Meeting, most of the MCC Staff will be off the first week of August. Those working that week will take time later. Please be patient with any delays in responding to your inquiries.
Please visit the new InsideMCC.org website and the Resource Bank. There are quick access links on the new website.
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Nancy Wilson's Ministry Jubilee: 50 years of service and not done yet!
Watch here for news of how you can help celebrate Rev. Elder Dr. Nancy Wilson's 50 years of ministry with MCC.
For those newer to MCC, Nancy Wilson was the second Moderator of our denomination. As we celebrate her, you will learn more about her influence and contributions to MCC.
SAVE THE DATE and consider joining her and the folk of Suncoast MCC (Florida, USA) for a celebration dinner Saturday, September 24th. You can register now for the dinner although details are yet to be announced. Register Now.
The Sunday, September 25th guest preacher at Suncoast MCC will be Florida State Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby, who is an out lesbian and person of faith.
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Trans Kinship Gathering
August 6 – December 3 (first Saturday of the month)
11am PDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT / 7pm BST / 6pm GMT
Zoom Link:
Meeting ID: 839 4427 5180
Passcode: TransMCC
HIV/AIDS Kinship Gathering
August 13
8 am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST / 3pm GMT
BIPOC Kinship Gathering
Next Meeting Aug 9, 2022 08 pm CDT / 9 pm EDT / 10 pm BRT / 1am Aug 10 GMT /
We invite everyone who identifies as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to join us to develop authentic intergroup connections and relationships.
Frequency: Monthly
API Kinship Gathering
August 12 Friday 6pm PDT / 8pm CDT / 9pm EDT
August 13 Saturday 9am (GMT +8) Manila/Singapore
Zoom Link:
Meeting ID: 854 6117 3187
Passcode: 701186
If you do not see a specific Kinship Gathering listed please check the next MCC Connect, or email Rev. Stedney Phillips:
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People of African Descent (PAD)
Tuesday August 23 - 7pm EDT, 11pm GMT
Saturday, August 27 - 12pm EDT, 4pm GMT
If you identify as a Person of African Descent, our gathering calls for August will be Tuesday, August 23 and Saturday, August 27. These are safe/brave spaces for PAD to gather and talk and share. The link for both calls is: Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82988838304
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Created for you, the members and leaders of MCC! Visit the site and familiarize yourself with the menu and easy to access blocks. Use the quick link to get to the Resource Bank where you can search for the tools you need.
Remember, we also have our visitor website https://visitmccchurch.com/
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Interested in a Virtual Theologies Center for MCC?
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REVM - ONLINE - August 5-7, 2022
Readiness for Entering Vocational Ministry
Let us be in prayer for all those who will be participating, leading and facilitating! For more information or to register please contact Rev Cathy Alexander at revcathyalexander@mccchurch.net .
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Worship Planning Retreat - on location and online
August 14-17 with Marcia McFee and Jason Moore
At This Retreat...
1) Rejuvenate your passion for your work
2) Plan your worship themes for the liturgical year
3) Design alternatives for rhythm-flexible worshipers, both in-person and online
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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 MarieTasker@MCCchurch.net.
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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.
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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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Bilingual Praise worship hosted by Joy MCC (Orlando, Florida, USA) Thursdays at 7pm ET/midnight GMT
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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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