| Governing Board Appointment Announcement
MCC's Governing Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Kareem Murphy to the Governing Board. Kareem will serve a two-year term until the 2013 General Conference XXV in Chicago, Illinois (USA). At such time, the General Conference will elect a Lay Person to complete the remaining three years on this unexpired term, ending at 2016 General Conference XXVI.
Please visit our MCC Governing Board webpage to read a short bio of Kareem Murphy. We thank all applicants who inquired and/or submitted an application for consideration to this appointed position. Kareem will join us for our next scheduled MCC Governing Board meeting on October 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm (EDT). Please join us in welcoming Kareem Murphy! |
| Rev. Dr. Mona West Introduces the Office of Formation and Leadership Development
The Office of Formation and Leadership Development was formerly known as Clergy Development. The change in the name represents the larger vision that MCC has for leadership development in our
denomination. As our name states, we believe that leadership has a formative component to it, which includes not only education, but spiritual development and community. Clergy development, including working with seminary students, conducting the REVM (Readiness for Vocational Ministry Retreat) and issuing licenses to practice for currently active clergy is still at the heart of what the Office of Formation and Leadership Development does. We have also expanded our work to include the development and launch of a leadership training program for MCC laity called L.E.A.D. (Laity Empowered for Active Discipleship).
In addition, we have partnered with the Moderator's Office to develop Leadership Mentoring Retreats and with the Office of Church Life and Health to create the next level of church summits in the areas of programming and worship.
The OFLD functions globally through faculty teams and volunteer coordinators who assist in creating and implementing leadership development protocols that are indigenous to each country where there is an MCC presence. The current paid staff for this office are Rev. Dr. Mona West, Director, Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos, Associate Director, and Ritchie Crownfield, Executive Assistant.
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| Theologies Team Invites You to Participate in Survey Since our first meeting in December 2007, we have been working on a number of projects that support our vision of equipping everyone in MCC to be both reflective and practical theologians. Descriptive Theologies Project We're excited to announce the launch of our new Descriptive Theologies project, designed with three goals in mind: 1. To provide an accurate picture of practices "on the ground" in our churches around the world; 2. To facilitate our understanding of who we are as a denomination/movement; and, 3. To help us identify areas where the MCC Theologies Team may assist our churches. Friend? Member? Clergy? Board Member? Elder?
We want to hear from you! Our goal is to survey as widely as possible, soliciting responses from every individual associated with MCC in any way. Our short questionnaire has three sections for you to describe your experiences around baptism, to tell us what you were taught, and to tell us about your current beliefs around this important topic. Continuing on work begun at the 2007 General Conference in Phoenix and the Holy Conversations congregational resource, we've designed our first surveys around the Sacrament of Baptism. Visit the survey page, and choose the Baptism survey for individuals. The password for the survey is Baptism2011. It is case sensitive, so make sure to use a capital B and lowercase letters for the rest. |
