MCC Polity and Queer History classes are offered to
interested clergy transfers and seminarians/students. MCC
Polity is provided semi-annually through MCC's online university,
TAP. Queer History classes are offered in both online and
on-campus environments, as available.
Current Polity Classes
MCC Polity – Online - Set I
Class Meeting Dates: March 3, 10, 17, 31
Time: 7:00 -8:30 PM (EST)
Description: This course will consider the history, structure and
governance of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) as well as the
values, theologies and cultures that have shaped MCC. MCC will be
explored in the context of LGBTQ liberation movements and the larger
religious landscape. This course is designed to fulfill the MCC
ordination requirement for polity. Course material will be provided.
Course Instructor: Reverend Robert Griffin - Rogertg@aol.com
Course Fee: $100.00
Register Online Here!
MCC Polity – Online - Set II
Class Meeting Dates: March 1, 8, 15, 29
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 AM (EST)
Description: This course will consider the history, structure and
governance of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) as well as the
values, theologies and cultures that have shaped MCC. MCC will be
explored in the context of LGBTQ liberation movements and the larger
religious landscape. This course is designed to fulfill the MCC
ordination requirement for polity. Course material will be provided.
Course Instructor: Reverend Robert Griffin - Rogertg@aol.com
Course Fee: $100.00
Register Online Here!
Current Queer History
Courses
Queer Events and Changing Identities –
Online
Class Meeting Dates: Six sessions - April 7, 14, 21 and May 5, 12,
19
Class Times: 7:00 - 9:00 PM (EST)
Class Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Tom Bohache - Pastor@mccrehoboth.org
Description: "Queer Events and Changing Identities": will explore
the history of GLBTQ peoples from romantic friendships and the early
homophile movement through gay liberation and lesbian feminism to
today's queer identities. Emphasis will be upon recognizing and
understanding the social construction of sexuality and how it was played
out in historical events and movements. Main texts are Odd Girls
and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th-Century America
by Lillian Faderman (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991) and Out
of the Past: Gay & Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present by Neil
Miller (New York: Vintage/Random House, 1995), with additional readings
and writing assignments to be arranged.
Course Fee: $100.00
Register Online Here!
Queer History Course: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender history and Culture in the United States
1968-2008
Location: Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA
Class Dates: June 16 - 20, 2008
Class Faciltator: Rev. Elder Jim Mitulski
Description: “Gay is Good” was the startling slogan of
the homosexual rights movement. While some historians say the fuse was
lit at the Stonewall Bar in Greenwich Village in 1969, this movement has
roots in the African American Civil rights movement of the 1950’s
and 60’s, and the Women’s movement of the 60’s, with
centers of activity on both coasts. This class will trace the evolution
of the movement, from “Gay” to “Queer”,
from the Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society, to Act
up and Queer Nation to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and
will hear about the women and the men from all races and
classes who gave the movement its strength and identity. We will
examine how the political agenda has shifted from seeking sexual freedom
to that of seeking marriage equality, and the role religion has played
in this debate from the very beginning.
Required Texts: Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights
Movement in America by Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nadourney
and The Church with AIDS by Letty Russell
Biblical Spiritual Formation
Location: Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA
Class Dates: June 16 - 20, 2008
Class Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Mona West
Description: The course will explore ways of reading and
encountering the biblical text for spiritual formation. Often we read
scripture for information. We want to know what the bible says
about homosexuality, women in ministry, war, creation, etc. When we read
the Bible for our formation as people of faith, we encounter Christ the
Word, in the words of scripture. The Bible reads us.
Required Text: Shaped by the Word: The Power of Scripture in Spiritual
Formation by M. Robert Mulholland, Jr.
If you have specific questions about Lancaster
Theological Course please contact Dr. David Mellot at LTS, davidmellott@comcast.net or
visit the LTS Summer Academy website here: http://www.lts.org/continuing_ed/summer_academy.htm.
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