MCC GENERAL CONFERENCE XXIV

JUNE 28 - JULY 2, 2010 • ACAPULCO, MEXICO

Conference: Registration, Become a Sponsor, Donate to Scholarship

Location: Hotel Information & Reservations, About Acapulco

Program: Schedule, Pre-Conference Events, Worship

Multimedia: Video Archive, Logos, Image Archive, Marketing Toolbox

NEW Plenary Announced!

We are excited to announce a new plenary session led by author, speaker and pastor, Brian D. McLaren.  Brian will participate via a videoconference on Friday, July 2.

Brian is a frequent guest on television, radio, and news media programs. He has appeared on many broadcasts including Larry King Live, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and Nightline. His work has also been covered in Time (where he was listed as one of American’s 25 most influential evangelicals), Christianity Today, Christian Century, the Washington Post, and many other print media.

Brian has authored many popular books including: “The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix,” (Zondervan, 1998, rev. ed. 2000); “Finding Faith” (Zondervan, 1999); “A New Kind of Christian” (Jossey-Bass/Leadership Network, 2001); “More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism as Dance in the Postmodern Matrix” (2002); “A is for Abductive” (coauthored with Dr. Leonard Sweet, Zondervan, 2002); “Adventures in Missing the Point” (coauthored with Dr. Anthony Campolo, Emergent/YS, 2003); “The Story We Find Ourselves In” (Jossey-Bass, 2003); one of five co-authors of “Church in the Emerging Culture” (Emergent/YS, 2003);  “A Generous Orthodoxy” (Emergent/YS/Zondervan); “The Last Word and the Word After That” (Jossey-Bass); and “The Secret Message of Jesus” (W, April 2006).

For more information on Brian D. McLaren, visit his website at: www.brianmclaren.net

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Worship Team Welcomes Daniel Arredondo

We are thrilled to announce that Daniel Arredondo, Minister of Music at MCC Austin, will be joining the General Conference worship team.

As Minister of Music at MCC Austin, Daniel directs the sanctuary choir and coordinates the many ensembles and individual performers who lift their voices in praise at their worship services and special events. Music is a lifelong avocation for Daniel as well as his full-time profession.

He has worked as a choir director at the high school, middle school, and elementary levels, and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in choral conducting from Texas State University, specializing in choral music of all genres, from classical to gospel.

Daniel will taking on many of Stephanie Smith’s responsibilities within the worship team. Stephanie who has been working as part of the worship team for the last 12 months, will be stepping down from her role because of personal reasons. The worship and General Conference planning teams thank her for all the work she has done in the planning of this conference.

Please welcome Daniel to the worship planning team!

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New 6 Month Payment Plan

Beginning today you can register for conference and spread the registration cost over 6 months. This is only available in the month of January so register today.

The payment plan allows registrants to break up the total cost of the registration fee and make smaller monthly payments.  The 6-month payment plan is 6 payments of $75.00 USD for all registrant types and groups.

You must make your first payment upon registration in the month of January. Each payment will be due the last day of each month with the final payment due June 27, 2010. Click Here for registration information and to register.

Tip: Not sure who is going from your church yet? You can register under your church name for the payment plan and add a name me to the registration anytime between now and the conference.

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Early Bird Registration Still Available

Early Bird registration is still available!  Registrants can receive a discount on their registration fees when they book early.  Our pricing structure is based on the World Council of Churches sliding scale model which considers income level and cost of living expenses to determine a fair cost to all who wish to come. For more information or to register, please visit: [http://www.generalconference.mccchurch.org/?page_id=17].  Early bird registration will close on 30 April 2010, so be sure to register early!  Registration is available through mail, fax, phone and online.

Cost: 6 payments of $75.00 USD for all registrant types and groups.

You must make your first payment in the month of January. Each payment will be due the last day of each month with the final payment due 30 June 2010.  Sign up in the month of January! Sign up available only until January 31, 2010.  Click Here to Register for payment plan.

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Conference Travel Assistance

Traveling to Acapulco as with any foreign destination can present unique challenges such as:

Flight Availability - there are a limited number of flights to Acapulco.  Hence we highly recommended that you do not delay and book your flights as soon as possible

Transportation between the airport and the hotel can be a challenge – Taxis are generally smaller than those by US standards and they are not always readily available.  This could be especially crucial when departing from the hotel as many people will be departing at the same time resulting in possible missed flights due to the inability to get to the airport on time.

Language – Spanish is the spoken language and if you need help with something it is not always possible to find immediate assistance who can speak English

Airport - Foreign Airports especially in Mexico can be confusing and have their own unique idiosyncrasy.

To meet these challenges - MCC has partnered with Expanding Horizons to offer personal travel assistance.  We have been working with Expanding Horizons, a conference travel assistance company, to provide General Conference attendees a simple way to book airfare as well as ground transportation to the conference in one step making your arrival and departure experience as smooth as possible.

Please visit http://expandinghorizons.techtrav.com/, for all of the information, package deals and booking rates.

Please note that the airfare when booked through Expanding Horizons includes.:

1. Someone to greet you at the airport when you arrive
2. Ground transport from the airport to the hotel in Acapulco

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Marketing Toolbox

General Conference Marketing Toolbox is your resource center for helping to promote the conference in your church communities.  We have sent each church postcards to help spread the word about General Conference.  There are many more tools available for free and for your use online as well as for your church bulletins, etc.

The toolbox offers downloadable postcards, bulletins/flyers, web banners, email signature ads and more.  For more information or to download any of the resources available, Click Here to see the Toolbox page.

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Support our Sponsors

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As a General Conference sponsor, EveryQ.com will give MCC $1 for every person that signs up!

It is free and easy to sign up so join today and start interacting with other LGBT people in your city and around the world! Visit http://www.everyq.com/?idAff=20 for more information and to register today.

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Imagine Partnership

The Fellowship and Bishop Yvette Flunder will not be holding their own annual conference, and instead, will confer with us by joining in on our activities, workshops, worship and so much more.

We will have a special plenary, “IMAGINING PARTNERSHIP,” in which we explore the emerging relationship between MCC and the Fellowship on a local and global level.

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