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From Metropolitan Community Churches
2003 Intensive in the Practice of MCC Ministry
July
7-15, 2003
Click links below to download Intensives Brochure
in .doc format
Click links below to download Registration Form
in .doc format
in .PDF format
Join us in 2003:
The Intensive in the Practice of UFMCC
Ministry is held every year and is an
important part of your experience as a clergy
candidate.
MCC embraces many expressions of Christianity,
spirituality, sexuality and gender through our
Global ministry. At Ministry Intensives we
create a learning environment in which future
Clergy can experience and celebrate the
diverse realities of MCC the communities we
are called to serve.
You’ll meet
colleagues from around the world who, like
you, are preparing for ministry.
Logistics:
You will need to contact the hotel directly
and make your own reservations.
Our host hotel will be:
Holiday Inn Select Dallas/Northpark
10650
N. Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75231 United States
Local Phone: 1-214-3736000
Reservations: 888-477-7829
Rooms are $72 per night for 1- 2 people. Please contact them directly to make your reservation; you must
make your reservation by June 16, 2003 in order to get the special rate that
we’ve negotiated with the hotel. You
can check out Holiday Inn’s website
www.sixcontinentshotels.com for more
information about the hotel. The hotel
provides a shuttle to any destination within a 5 miles radius, giving students
easy access to a variety of restaurants and stores.
Schedule:
Each day will begin and end with a chapel
service, led by instructors and student
groups. You must be present for all class
sessions to complete the program. Do not
schedule flights leaving before 3:00 pm. on
Tuesday, July 15.
- Monday, July 7, 7:00pm – 9:00pm.
- Tuesday, July 8, 8:30am – 5:00pm.
7:00 – 9:00pm.
- Wednesday, July 9, 8:30am – 5:00pm.
optional eve event
- Thursday, July 10, 8:30am – 5:00pm.
- Friday, July 11, 8:30am – 5:00 pm.
optional eve event
- Saturday, July 12, 1:30pm. – 4:30pm. and
evening activities
- Sunday, July 13, Various times (church
visits) & 6pm-8pm.
- Monday, July 14, 8:30am – 5:00pm.
- Tuesday, July 15, 8:30am – 12:00 noon
Preparation:
Please read carefully the assigned books:
Required Reading:
Read
and then write a one page reflection paper on
each of the following:
Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration
in Vocational Holiness,
Eugene H. Peterson (ISBN 0852442181)
Trans-Gendered Theology, Ministry and
Communities of Faith,
Justin Tanis (ISBN 0829815287) Available
May 2003
Letter from Birmingham Jail,
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Select
one of the following 2 books: after reading
it, select a passage that you would use for
preaching and a parallel passage from the
Bible:
The Story of the Night,
Colm Tóibín (ISBN 0805058257)
The Secret Life of Bees,
Sue Monk Kidd (ISBN 0142001740)
Write
a 2-5 page paper on each of the following
topics:
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Your Statement of Faith
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Your Call to Ministry
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Recommended Reading
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice
of Vocation
Parker J. Palmer (ISBN 0-787943350)
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism
John Shelby Spong (ISBN 0060675187)
The War on Terrorism and the Terror of God
Lee Griffith (ISBN 0802839355)
The New Rabbi: A Congregational Searches for
its Leader
Stephen Freid (ISBN 0-553-80103-1)
Tuition for the Intensive is $600;
students coming from
outside of North America should contact the office of Leadership Development
for a reduction in tuition based on the cost of travel to the program.
Tuition covers the costs of putting on the program
and does not include travel, housing or food.
You must be a clergy candidate, or have completed candidacy, at the time
of the program in order to participate.
For registration information, contact:
Carlos Chavez 310.360.8640 x210 or
carloschavez@mccchurch.org
Click links below to download Registration Form
in .doc format
in .PDF format
Please include a résumé with your application.
If you have questions, please contact the
Office of Clergy Development:
-Carlos Chavez, x210
carloschavez@mccchurch.org
-Jim Mitulski, x229
jimmitulski@mccchurch.org
We’re looking forward to having you join us
and will be praying for you as we prepare for
this program.
In Peace, 2003 Faculty and Staff:
Rev. Kharma Amos, Rev. Paul Graetz, Rev.
Robert Griffin, Rev. Jim Mitulski, Rev. Justin
Tanis, Rev. Mona West and Mr. Carlos Chavez
For Additional Information about MCC, Contact:
Jim Birkitt
MCC Communications Director
8704 Santa Monica Boulevard, Second Floor
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tel. (310) 360-8640 Ext. 226
E-Mail: info@MCCchurch.org
