CONNECT
with Metropolitan Community Church
and Resources
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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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General Conference Business Meeting |
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General Conference Business Meeting - July 16th*
6:00am PDT, 8:00am CDT, 9:00am EDT, 10:00am BRT, 2:00pm BST,
3:00pm CEST SAST, 4:00pm EEST EAT, 9:00pm PHST, 11:00pm AEST
(*on NZT it will be very early - 1am - Sunday 17th July)
This will be our official Business Meeting. Reports will be received and any previously submitted motions will be formally made. Voting will happen online afterwards with only registered delegates being able to vote. Specific links for voting will be sent via email to each registered delegate.
Business Meeting Registration
You must REGISTER for the Business Meeting separate from your Transformational Weekend registration. Business Meeting registration is FREE. Please register here:
Business Meeting Request to Speak
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We Are MCC!
The new song by Orgena Rose that premiered at General Conference.
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A big thank you to all the hosts and co-hosts of the Kinship Chat rooms and Meet-up groups at General Conference. It was wonderful to see the various groups continue to pop up in the Whova Community over the weekend. Thank you to all the registrants who dropped into your identity specific groups and participated in the chat rooms and meet-up groups.
We will continue to build on the energy and momentum from General Conference to create and maintain community, connection and conversations. Over the next few months, we will be scheduling more Gatherings. Please watch the MCC CONNECT for upcoming groups and dates.
Also, if you created a Kinship Group chat room on the Whova app and would like to continue the group, please connect with Rev. Stedney Phillips, Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator for support to promote it through the Kinship Gatherings announcements. RevStedneyPhillips@mccchurch.net.
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LAST CHANCE
to contribute to the special
General Conference Offerings
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We want to highlight for you several ways in which you can support the special offerings that will be gratefully received throughout General Conference.
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Translations - to enable MCC to communicate more effectively around the world
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MCC Endowment Fund - building the financial foundation for our future
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ACCEPT Romania - our partner organization that is on the ground assisting LGBTQ+ Ukrainian Refugees and their families
To donate now, click the appropriate link below:
Select the fund that inspires you the most, or simply indicate that your gift can be used to support MCC where it is most needed.
We are grateful to you for your faithful support.
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What do you think about the establishment of a
Virtual Theologies Center for MCC?
Rev. Peter Trabaris and Rev. Brendan Boone are co-leading an effort to create an international theological ministry within MCC. The goal of this ministry is to study and learn from our theology/ies, and what they have to teach us, as we learn from each other, and continue the work of “Transforming Ourselves, as we Transform the World.” If you are interested in learning more, and sharing your thoughts, please email:
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Faith Leaders make the moral case for a global just transition away from coal, oil, and gas.
Sign on the letter as an individual or an institution. Our denomination has signed this petition as have some of our local congregations.
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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 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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