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MCC of Corpus Christi

E – Newsletter

November 13, 2010

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Support MCC of CC with your everyday purchases! Turn your everyday spending into meaningful donations. With our custom credit card, cash donations for every purchase you make—plus a $50 first purchase bonus—will be donated to MCC of CC. There is an introductory 0% financing.  Go to https://www.cardlabconnect.com/mccofcc to apply or learn more!  If you get this card and use it once, then pay it off and cut it up, MCC of CC will still get the $50!

The Current Board of Directors as elected by the Congregational Meeting on October 31^st, 2010 is as follows:

Vice Moderator:  Mary Jo Smith   

Clerk: Thomas Dollard  clerk@mcccorpuschristi.org  

Treasurer:  Russell Young   

At-Large: Chris Pettis  

At-Large:  Sharon Scott  

 

Coming Soon

Rev. Dr. Ken Ehrke will be starting his one year term as our interim pastor on Wednesday, September 17^th, 2010.  His first Sunday preaching will be the 21^st of November, 2010.  Make plans to come and welcome our new interim pastor on this day.

This Month

Locher Food Pantry: The Locher Food Pantry is starting to collect the fixin's for Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. Bring in any canned vegetables and gravies, gravy mixes, boxed mashed potatoes and stuffing mix, etc.  All donations are greatly appreciated.

Ongoing

Bible Study! – The Bible Study is going strong! Wednesday Evenings at 6:30 PM folks will gather at the church to study the Bible.  Come join us to increase your knowledge of the scriptures.

Movie Night – On the 2^nd and 4^th Saturday night of every month, we will gather at the church to watch a movie.  If you have a suggestion for a movie to watch, See Howie or Lisa or write it on the clipboard.

Transgender Support Group—A monthly transgender support group meets here.  Each third Saturday of the month, our Transgender brothers and sisters are invited to come and learn more about who we are as people of faith.  This is a closed meeting and all participation is confidential.  To learn more about the group please speak with Lisa B. Lancaster.  She will be glad to assist you.

The Christ-Centered Prayer group: A prayer group focusing on quiet listening is held on Fridays at 9am.  Yes, in the morning!!!  Come and increase your peace.

Sound System: Would you like to assist with the sound system or the PowerPoint presentation (Especially when Tom and Andy are out of town)? Please see Tom, or Andy to sign up.  Tom, Andy or Howie will train you before you're expected to fly solo.

T shirts:  We are selling T-shirts for $10 each.  The sizes run from Small-3x to raise money for the Conference fund. See Andy or Pat. They make a great gift. We have 2 styles available, ask to see them! 

Facebook group page:  Our church has a "Facebook" group page.  A good place to post church photos, prayer request, events, etc...  The possibilities are boundless.    Login to Facebook and search for MCC of Corpus Christi

MySpace page: MCC of CC has a MySpace page!  Find us at http://www.myspace.com/mccofcorpus

MCC of CC Blog! This newsletter is posted in a blog each week.  Go to http://mccofcc.blogspot.com/  We are also posting UFMCC notices there. 

FINANCES

As it says in Mark 12:42-44: A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on."

Just FYI: Our Bookkeeper, Andy Wilcox, says we need approximately $1028 each week to keep current with all of our bills. 

Donate online! -If you have a paypal or Alertpay account, simply send money to treasurer@mcccorpuschristi.org or click the appropriate button below.  If you do not have a paypal account, you can use your credit card at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=HWB7L9PLBXBDJ Cut and paste the link if clicking does not work.

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For Alertpay Payments: https://www.alertpay.com/checkout?BDVBfXhteHJleXVjdGUqQUFVXnZHRWw3fHQvamVpTmt9NXJxd0ZMQWhteGd5aHN2dGN0ZQA=

If you do not have and would like to have either a paypal or Alertpay account, click the link you are interested in below and MCC of CC may get a commission:

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Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/us/mrb/pal=MP5445LVSFMNY

Support MCC of CC with your everyday purchases! Turn your everyday spending into meaningful donations. With our custom credit card, cash donations for every purchase you make—plus a $50 first purchase bonus—will be donated to MCC of CC. There is an introductory 0% financing.  Go to https://www.cardlabconnect.com/mccofcc to apply or learn more!  If you get this card and use it once, then pay it off and cut it up, MCC of CC will still get the $50!

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Metropolitan Community Churches   Tearing Down Walls. Building Up Hope. MCC Remembers the life &  Ministry of Rev. Elder Jean White   "I am no longer a body, I am free..." ACIM   It is with deep sadness that Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) shares with you the news that Rev. Elder Jean White died Monday morning, 8 November 2010, peacefully at 7:50am, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Jean was a pioneer and "leading light" in the early decades of MCC's growth and global calling.   This is a great loss for Metropolitan Community Churches, for our churches in the UK and around the world. She was a passionate believer and preacher of the inclusive gospel, and an activist in her own right.  She was the Senior Pastor of MCC South London, a community who will mourn her greatly.     Jean was also a dear friend to many in MCC, including Founder, Rev. Elder Troy Perry and Phillip Deblieck, and MCC Moderator Nancy Wilson and her partner Paula Schoenwether, for over 31 years.  We are deeply grieved for and with Mary, and MCC South London, and all whom she pastored and mentored over many decades in MCC.   Jean adored her partner Mary, loved her church, and so many, even on the edges of the church, who found her approachable and compassionate. May her memory be for a blessing.   Rev. Elder Troy Perry, Founder of Metropolitan Community Churches commented that, "Jean White truly lived out her beliefs.  She believed in servant leadership and she delivered in spades. Jean was the first face of Europe in the Metropolitan Community Churches and constantly brought to the Board of Elders her view of what it would take for us to grow outside of United States' cultures. She was the consummate ambassador to all of us who had the opportunity to stay with her and Mary.  Phillip's and my love goes out to her partner of many years, Mary Smail, who has been her constant caregiver since Jean was diagnosed with cancer."   She will be missed by so many of us in MCC.   Please click here if you would like to share your thoughts and memories of Rev. Elder Jean White.   Funeral/memorial arrangements will be released as soon as possible. Grace and Peace, +Nancy Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson Moderator, Metropolitan Community Churches       Biography Rev. Elder Jean White was a native of London, England. She received her training as a State Registered Nurse at the London Teaching Hospital, White chapel, London. Later she received training as a Midwife in Bristol and at the Elsie Ingles School of Midwifery in Edinburgh, Scotland and undertook a course in Tropical Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Liverpool. In 1963 and 1964, Jean White studied at the International Bible Training Institute in Burgess Hill, Sussex, and in Stockholm, Sweden.  In 1964 she went as a medical missionary to Macao, Southeast Asia. She served as a missionary in Asia from 1964 to 1970. Three of those years were spent under "compound arrest" in the "no-man's area", between Macao and the mainland of China, during the Red Guard uprising. In 1970 she returned to England, worked as a Midwifery Tutor, undertook further Nursing management and administration courses, and remained working in a Senior Nursing Management position until 1981. In 1972, the gay Christian group she was attending became a study group in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. Jean served on the Board of Directors, became a Deacon, then worship coordinator and later an Exhorter (student clergy). She applied and received licensing and ordination and became the Pastor of the London Metropolitan Community Church. She also served as Church Extension officer for the European North Sea District before they obtained District status. At the Los Angeles General Conference in 1979, she was elected to the Board of Elders, becoming the first Elder from outside the United States. She was reelected again in 1981, 1985 and 1989. She served as the Executive Secretary for World Church Extension and as Chair of the World Church Extension Board overseeing MCC churches in Europe, Africa, New Zealand, South Pacific and Hispanic Americas. In the days before the internet, Jean traveled, sometimes at great risk to herself, to places where it was very dangerous to be openly gay. She wrote thousands of letters to lgbt Christians all over the world looking for hope, justice, peace and safe space to worship.   Rev. Elder Jean White mentored and pastored many of the pastors and leaders who serve in MCC's in Europe, and all over the world, today. She retired from the Board of Elders in 1993, and pastored Metropolitan Community Church of South London. Rev. White is survived by her long-time partner, Mary Smail, an accomplished church musician and MCC lay leader.  Metropolitan Community Churches PO Box 1374 Abilene, Texas 79604 Phone: 310-360-8640 Fax: 325-690-6328 Web site: Metropolitan Community Churches

 

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