Welcome to MCC Flourish Leadership

Flourish strives to support the Mission of UFMCC by:

● Providing Respite/Retreat/Rest

● Ensuring Equitable Resources

● Mentorship

● Convening Spaces

● Creating Infrastructure allowing Flourish to be woven into the fabric of UFMCC

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Learn How MCC Is Achieving Its

Goals Through Flourish

In the September Newsletter:

Fellowship Sunday: MCC Leadership Development
How will your Fellowship Sunday Donations support the Mission of MCC?
Partners In Hope: What is it and How can you get involved?
A Special Message from Rev. Wanda Floyd on Emerging Churches and Spiritual Communites.
Training Opportunities:
PodCast with Marie Tasker and Rev. Wanda Floyd: Low Hanging Fruit
Holding Difficult Conversations
GC2025 Transformational Weekend
Celebrating MCC Churches and Leaders: MCC of the Quad Cities, USA
Grant Support
Resources for Clergy and Lay Leaders
Important Links and Information

Fellowship Sunday

Learn How Your Gifts Make a Difference!

MCC Flourish Leadership Development Program

Planting Seeds Around the World!

Fifty-eight years ago, Rev. Troy Perry dreamed of a church where everyone could experience God’s love and be welcomed just as they are. Today, that vision has grown into a global movement sharing inclusive love and working for social justice around the world.

Each October, we celebrate Rev. Troy Perry’s vision and the ministry we share as Metropolitan Community Churches. Fellowship Sunday is an opportunity to celebrate our journey, give generously, and invest in MCC’s future.

Together, we honor the vision, celebrate our shared ministry, and help build a strong and vibrant future for MCC.

To learn more about how your donations make a difference, please use visit the UFMCC website at the link below.

Learn More about MCC Flourish Leadership Development and Fellowship Sunday

What is Partners in Hope and

How can you become a member?

Partners in Hope are people who have committed to making regular monthly gifts—above and beyond what they give to their local churches—because they believe in helping MCC thrive beyond the walls of their own church, community, network, or country.

Because of the generosity of our Partners in Hope, MCC can provide resources that help churches and individuals share the radically inclusive love of God with LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people around the world.

Your monthly gift helps lay the foundation for transformation, inclusion, and justice across our global MCC community.

Partners in Hope make MCC's ministry

possible every month.

Through faithful monthly giving, Partners in Hope provide 9.2% of MCC's annual operating support. Together, these gifts provide the dependable resources that allow MCC to serve our churches, clergy, lay leaders, and communities around the world.

9.2% of MCC's Operating Support

More than one out of every eleven dollars supporting MCC's annual operating budget comes from Partners in Hope. Your monthly gifts provide a strong and dependable foundation for our shared ministry.

Almost $7,000 Every Month

Together, Partners in Hope provide approximately $6,934 each month to sustain MCC's ongoing work. Recurring gifts give MCC the stability to plan ahead, respond to emerging needs, and invest in ministry throughout the year.

Supporting Churches and Leaders

Your generosity helps MCC equip congregations, support clergy and lay leaders, develop resources, strengthen networks, and provide guidance when churches need assistance.

Connecting a Global Community

Partners in Hope help sustain the people, communications, technology, translation, and relationships that connect MCC across countries, cultures, and communities.

You can download the PiH brochure using this LINK below to learn more. Please consider becoming a Partner in Hope member as we contiune supporting the important work of MCC around the world.

Together, we can help share MCC’s vision of inclusive

love, community, and justice and make a

difference in lives around the globe.

Use this LINK to become a Partner!

A Special Message from Rev. Wanda Floyd

Emerging Churches and Spiritual Communities: The Impact Partners in Hope Are Making Around the World

Take a moment to hear how being a Partner in Hope can help the Mission of MCC and watch the video from Rev. Wanda Floyd.

What is an Emerging Church and Spiritual Communities?

Emerging Churches in MCC

An Emerging Church in MCC is a developing ministry that has received official authorization to begin forming a new MCC congregation. It moves through a structured process of discernment and formation—beginning with an initial concept and small-group gatherings, growing into community building and public worship, and ultimately preparing for affiliation as a recognized MCC church.

MCC Spiritual Communities

MCC Spiritual Communities are small gatherings where people come together to find connection, belonging, spiritual nourishment, and care.

Training Opportunities

“Low-Hanging Fruit”

MCC Flourish Podcast Series

Join Rev. Wanda Floyd as she sits down with Marie Tasker for a conversation about practical ways to stay engaged and connected with your congregation!

Discover simple, meaningful ways to nurture relationships, strengthen connections, and stay engaged with the people you serve.

Holding Difficult Conversations: A Workshop for Clergy and Lay Leaders

MCC Flourish is excited to sponsor the second workshop in our Conflict Resolution series, offering clergy and lay leaders practical tools for navigating difficult conversations with confidence, compassion, and care. Everyone is welcome, whether or not you attended the previous webinar.

Learn to approach tough conversations with honesty and courage, raise concerns constructively, listen for deeper needs, and maintain relationships through challenging moments.

This workshop is free to participants, with registration costs covered by MCC Flourish.

When:

17 October 2026

2:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Please check the time-zone chart on the registration form for the time in your area.

Registration Commitment

I understand that by registering for this webinar, MCC Flourish will be reserving a spot for me. If I am unable to attend, I agree to notify MCC Flourish as soon as possible so that someone on the waiting list may have the opportunity to participate.

Use this LINK to register.

GC2025 Transformational Weekend Workshops –

Now Available On-Demand

The GC2025 Transformational Weekend workshops are now available on-demand, allowing you to learn at your own pace and revisit valuable content from presenters across MCC and beyond.

You can register through Eventbrite using the links below. A nominal fee is charged to help cover the costs of publishing and hosting the workshop recordings. If financial assistance is needed, please contact Flourish@mccchurch.net for support.

To view the complete list of workshops, presenters, and session descriptions and register, please use this LINK.

Celebrating MCC Churches, Clergy and Lay Leaders for their work in the community!

MCC Flourish is honored and excited to highlight the leadership within MCC. The work of MCC is not confined to a building; it reaches into communities and extends around the globe.

We invite you to share your story and your work—or to lift up someone whose contributions should be recognized—by emailing Flourish@mccchurch.net.

This month, we recognize

Rev. Elder Rich Hendricks

Senior Pastor (He/Him)

and

MCC of the Quad Cities

As you heard in Rev. Wanda’s video, MCC is growing around the world!

Each Emerging Church is partnered with an established church to help provide mentorship, support, and encouragement as they grow toward becoming an affiliated church within MCC.

Rev. Elder Rich and MCC of the Quad Cities have taken on this role by partnering with Shalom MCC, an Emerging Church in Western Uganda, Africa, led by Pastor Johnprosper Kyomujuni.

Through this partnership and mentoring relationship, both churches have the opportunity to learn and grow together while providing the support needed as Shalom MCC works toward becoming an affiliated church within MCC.

Please keep both churches, their leaders, and their congregations in your prayers.

If you have questions about Emerging Churches or would like to learn more about how you can support them, please contact Rev. Wanda Floyd at Rev.WandaFloyd@mccchurch.net.

Thank you, Rev. Rich and MCC of the Quad Cities, for taking on this important role of leading more people toward the open, affirming, and inclusive love of MCC. Your ministry and commitment help create a place where everyone can feel welcomed, valued, and loved.

Grant Support Information

Is your church looking for funding for a special project to support your ministry

and community?

Flourish will partner with you in researching and give guidance in writing a grant to support your ministry and community impact.

If you would like assistance with grant research or the application process, please download the form below and send the completed form to Flourish@mccchurch.net.

Grant Support Request Form

Formulario de solicitud de ayuda económica

Formulário de Solicitação de Apoio Financeiro

Resources

Ways Flourish can Support the work of MCC in your Church, Network and Community

Mentoring
Flourish will partner with you in researching and give guidance in writing a grant
Respite for Clergy and Lay Leaders
Spiritual Direction
Strength Finder training
Board Training
Individualize programming meeting your needs as a leader.

Important Information and Links

Learn how MCC is advancing the mission and goals of the denomination through Flourish by downloading the information page found HERE.
Request funding to SupportMCC Networks and Kinship Groups: LINK
Respite/Retreat/Rest Program: LINK
Flourish Staff Information:LINK