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Reminder
URGENT REMINDER:
Application Process for MCC Moderator
Released: 09 May 2008
This is an urgent reminder from our April 23, 2008, "APPLICATION
PROCESS FOR MCC MODERATOR" announcement. The MCC Elders Nominating
Committee is now soliciting applications for the position of the
Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches, to be elected by General
Conference in 2010; the term of office will expire following General
Conference in 2016...read more!
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MCC is on an ever- evolving journey of strategic thinking and
planning for MCC's future in ministry...
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Community, Inclusion, Social Action, Spiritual
Transformation...MCC!
These are the values that drive our ministries.
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JOB OPENINGS!
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MCC NEWS 
California Supreme Court
Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage
15 May 2008
MCC Founder Rev. Troy Perry has spent a lifetime changing history and
making history -- and today, he did it again. The morning of May
15, the Supreme Court of California ruled in favor of the marriage
lawsuit jointly brought by Troy and his spouse, Phillip Ray De Blieck,
along with MCC friend and LGBT activist Robin Tyler, and her partner,
Diane Olson...read more!
MCC Survey: Active Adult
Retirement Community in the United States
14 May 2008
Executive Director Update: A market research firm in Fort Worth, Texas,
is releasing a nationwide (U.S.) survey to people who may show
interest in our proposed first-ever, faith-based, fully-inclusive Active
Adult Retirement Community in the United States. Participate in
this survey by May 23! Read how!
MCC, "The Human Rights
Church," Is Witness To Human Rights Violations At Moldova's 2008
Pride Events
13 May 2008
LGBT Pride Supporters, Including MCC's Rev. Elder Diane Fisher and
Florin Buhuceanu, Trapped Inside Bus By Mob of 400; Some In Crowd Make
Death Threats; Police Refuse To Intervene...read more!
AROUND THE
FELLOWSHIP
Los Angeles Event Announced
Anticipating California Marriage Ruling
14 May 2008
California Supreme Court will release their decision regarding same-sex
marriage, filed by couples Diane Olson & Robin Tyler and Phillip
DeBliek & Troy Perry. Join the plaintiffs in an Interfaith
Celebration of Thanksgiving on 15 May...read more!
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Learn where MCC Los Angeles now calls home and view pictures of the
beautiful church here!
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Learn Spanish with MCC at
IMAC
13 May 2008
MCC's General Conference is in Acapulco, Mexico. Are you
ready? Hablas Espanol? Find out how you can join with other
MCCers to learn Spanish and be ready to enjoy General Conference 2010 to
the max!
URGENT REMINDER:
Application Process for MCC Moderator
09 May 2008
This is an urgent reminder from our April 23, 2008, "APPLICATION PROCESS
FOR MCC MODERATOR" announcement. The MCC Elders Nominating Committee is
now soliciting applications for the position of the Moderator of
Metropolitan Community Churches, to be elected by General Conference in
2010; the term of office will expire following General Conference in
2016...read more!
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MCC ACTION ALERT!
MCC Survey: Active Adult
Retirement Community in the United States
14 May 2008
Executive Director Update: A market research firm in Fort Worth, Texas,
is releasing a nationwide (U.S.) survey to people who may show
interest in our proposed first-ever, faith-based, fully-inclusive Active
Adult Retirement Community in the United States. Participate in
this survey by May 23! Read how!
MCC PRAYER ALERT
Jamaica
09 May 2008
Join MCC Moderator, Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, in a Pentecost Prayer Alert
for the LGBT people of Jamaica who are still suffering great oppression
and death for their sexual orientation and gender identity...read
more.
ACTION ALERT: Safety, Lives
of LGBT Moldovans Under Immediate Threat
09 May 2008
The safety and human rights of LGBT people in the Eastern European
nation of Moldova are under threat. The government of Moldova is
threatening to arrest Rev. Elder Diane Fisher and Eastern European LGBT
activist Florin Buhuceanu if they hold worship services for the LGBT
community this weekend, and are refusing to provide police protection,
despite numerous death threats made against Diane and Florin and the
LGBT community there...get active now!
MCC & WORLD NEWS
LGBT Rating System for
Hospitals
14 May 2008
from 365Gay.com
(New York City) Just over half of 88 hospitals got top marks under a new
rating system created by two national gay-rights organizations which
hope the standards will result in more compassionate treatment of gay
and lesbian patients.
'Ex-gay' Symposium at
American Psychological Association Cancelled
09 May 2008
from The Washington Blade
An 'Ex-gay' symposium, put together by some American Psychiatric
Association members and titled “Homosexuality and Therapy: the
Religious Dimension” was supposed to take place Monday in
Washington, but protests from APA members and the LGBT community
resulted in its cancellation...read more!
MCCNY's Youth Shelter, Sylvia's
Place, Receives Special Notice
28 April 2008
The New York Times published an article on an amazing
photography
book by Lucky Michaels centered on Sylvia's Place, MCCNY's first
shelter for homeless LGBT youth. Click here to read the article. Click here to see a slide show of the
book. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of
Shelter benefits MCCNY's Homeless Youth Services. To
order a copy of Shelter please e-mail or call 212.629.7440. x
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Open Arms MCC Members featured in New
Book!
23 April 2008
Bess Watts and Anne Tischer, members of Open Arms
MCC and the first couple to seek (and be denied) a marriage
license at Rochester City Hall, are featured in a new book,
Queer America: A GLBT History of the 20th
Century by Dr. Vicki L. Eaklor, a professor of history at
Alfred University. Bess and Anne were married by Rev. Jim Mulcahy
on 24 April 2004.
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