SUNDAY
MCC Leadership Programs that will
benefit from your gifts include:
■ Training for Interim Pastors
■ Lay Leadership certificate program
■ Spiritual formation and discipleship curriculum
■ REVM's (Readiness to Enter Vocational
Ministry retreats)
■ Seminary partnerships and scholarships
■ Leadership mentoring programs
Training for
Interim Pastors
“The most important part of the Interim Ministry program
is the intentional nature….it provides a beginning,
middle and end for the support of congregations in
transition. …It gave me access to training and
a framework and provides me with mentoring that
empowers and encourages me to accomplish the
tasks and goals as an Intentional Interim Pastor. The
program benefits me as clergy and most importantly
continues to benefit participating MCC congregations
for many years beyond a pastoral leadership transition.
The Interim Ministry program is a win-win for
congregations, clergy and the denomination as a whole.”
Rev. Rachelle Brown
Interim Pastoral Leader at MCC Illiana
Tearing Down Walls. Building Up Hope.
2OO9
Building Up Local Leaders in the Human Rights Church!
Dear MCC Friends and Family:
Greetings this Fellowship Sunday! Each year
on this day we reflect on the deep connection
that sustains us, especially in challenging
times, and we receive and dedicate a special
offering to build up a core MCC ministry
in the year ahead.
This year, we are asking all MCC churches to support the work
of our Office of Formation and Leadership Development
globally. MCC is only as strong as our local churches; and our
local churches are only as strong as the leadership they
attract and develop!
I believe with all my heart that there is not a country on earth,
or even the smallest city, that could not sustain a healthy,
vibrant MCC that we can all be proud of—the only thing we
need is leadership—lay and clergy leadership.
Forty years ago, MCC was celebrating its first anniversary,
never dreaming that in 2009, people in China, Pakistan, Colombia,
Jamaica, Gary, Indiana, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Melbourne,
Australia would embody the future of God's radically inclusive
love through MCC!
We can do anything if we provide our leaders with the best
possible tools and teachers. Thank you for giving generously.
Grace and Peace,
Rev. Nancy L. Wilson
Moderator
1-866-HOPE MCC
www.MCCchurch.org
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Building Up Local Leaders in the Human Rights Church!

From Rev. Dr. Mona West, Director of the Office for Formation and Leadership Development
Blessings this Fellowship Sunday! Today I invite you to hear the stories of people just like
you and me who are making a difference in the lives of our congregations because
they are already involved in training programs we offer through the Office for Formation
and Leadership Development.
With your help today, we will create and strengthen the core programs MCC needs to
sustain current leaders and raise up a new generation of leadership for MCC.

Interim ministry training, REVM, CLM and our long planned lay ministry certificate program
will all benefit from your vision and generosity. Read the stories.
Be inspired. And give generously this Fellowship Sunday.
Thank you!

Readiness for Entering

Interim Ministry
Program
“I went through the introductory intentional interim training
program which was a good foundation and provided
excellent resources. … The interim pastor seeks to facilitate
the congregation coming to terms with an honest
assessment of their past, identifying the triumphs and
acknowledging the grief and wounds. … Struggling with
the past can be one of the hardest and most beneficial
parts of the interim process. Once the congregation
is relatively free of the ‘this is the way we have always done
it’ syndrome, the interim pastor facilitates discussions
about what this congregation would like to be in the next
year, five years, and even ten years. Part of the visioning
process is to assess the community needs and desires
around spirituality and social justice issues. We also explore
how we are connected with MCC and through MCC the
rest of the world.”
Rev. Bob Bond, Intentional Interim Pastor,
Safe Harbour MCC, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Creating A Life
That Matters
Vocational Ministry
“REVM Slumber Falls introduced me to the beautiful
spiritual diversity of our MCC family but also to the unique
opportunities we have in our ministries in MCC to reach
those who have been marginalized and left behind.
I learned at REVM that we never lose the potential to learn
from each other and build each other up as we become
more spiritually disciplined. On a practical level, REVM
de-fogged the ordination process for me, equipping me
with an explicit ministry action plan that outlines all of the
vocational, educational, and denominational requirements
I need for ordination in MCC.”
DeWayne Davis
MCC DC and REVM participant
Leadership
Mentoring Program
“Mentors are a bridge from where we have been in
ministry to where we are called to be. Mentors
are companions who remind us of the gifts we bring
and how to share them in new ways in MCC.
Mentors walk with us, talk with us, pray with us and
dream with us. Mentors sit with us at the Table,
break open the bread of life, and show us that God
is making all things new.”

“CLM prepares you for leadership in MCC and in life Rev. Joe Cobb
by opening your eyes, your heart and your spirit to clarify provisional pastor at MCC of the Blue Ridge in Roanoke,
and identify your relationship with God, yourself, and working with the Would Jesus Discriminate? campaign
your ministry.”
Marie Tasker
Member of MCCLV (Las Vegas) Board Member,
CLM Facilitator (for full testimonials, log onto www.ofld.mccchurch.org)