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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
GENERAL CONFERENCE 2010
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DATE PAGE #
Sunday June 27 1
Monday June 28 2
Tuesday June 29 3
Wednesday June 30 4
Thursday July 1 5
Friday July 2 7

Sunday - June 27

7:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3

9:00 am - 9:45 am
Leadership Institute Worship Service
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins
Princesa 3/4

10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Clergy and Lay Leader Institute
Diana Butler Bass Plenary
Leadership in a Time of Loss and Longing
Princesa 1/2
Latin American Leadership Institute
Princesa 3/4

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Volunteer Orientation
Princesa 1

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
CLM Certified Facilitators Reunion Reception
By invitation only - Princesa

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Monday - June 28

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast Buffet available for purchase 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3 Dinner Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Elders and Network Leaders Meeting 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Princesa 1 Opening Worship Service
Preacher: Rev. Elder Nancy L. Wilson
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Diamante Ballroom
Children and Youth Programs
Princesa 5 and 7 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm

9:30 am - 10:30 am Opening Reception

Orientation for Those with Special Needs Diamante Ballroom Foyer
Princesa 2
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Affinity Group Meetings
Plenary with Diana Butler Bass:
A Dialogue on Evangelical Perspectives in MCC
There is great disorder under heaven,
Princesa 1
the situation is excellent!
Atlantes Amphitheater HIV/AIDS Support Group
Princesa 2
Supervising Clergy Training
Clergy Ministry Candidates Serving in Approved
Rev. Dr. Mona West
Ministries Outside MCC Congregations
Princesa 3
Princesa Boardroom
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
TransNetworking
Orientation to General Conference
Princesa 4
Rev. Elder Darlene Garner & Bryan Parker
Princesa 4 Disability Forum
Princesa 3
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Young Adults Social
Lunch Buffet available for purchase
Plaza Las Fuentes
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
GENERAL CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY
Diamante Exhibition Hall 1

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Plenary - Imagine Partnership,
MCC & The Fellowship
Diamante Exhibition Hall 1

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
General Conference Business Forum
Diamante Exhibition Hall 1

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Tuesday - June 29 Princesa 3

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Workshops
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Guidelines, Pitfalls and Opportunities:
Children and Youth Programs
Grant Writing for the Local Church
Princesa 5 and 7
Presented by Irma Bauer-Levesque
8:30 am - 9:30 am Princesa
Bible Study - Imagine Inclusion The Evolving Role of Youth &Young Adults in
Use the chart below to determine which group MCC
you should attend based on your surname. Presented by Rachel Meyer
A-D - Princesa 1/2 Princesa 4
E-K - Princesa 3/4
L-P - Diamante Exhibition Hall 1 5:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Q-Z - Diamante Exhibition Hall 2 US Board of Pensions Meeting
Spanish Speaking - Atlantes Amphiteater Princesa 1/2
MCC in Canada Meeting
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Princesa 3
Morning Worship Service
Diamante Ballroom 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Coffee Celebrating Alumni/ae of
General Conference Business Meeting MCCs Partner Seminaries - All Are Welcome
Diamante Ballroom Condesa 2 - MCC Resource Expo

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Lunch Buffet available for purchase Dinner Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3 Diamante Exhibition Hall 3

REVM Reunion Lunch 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Princesa 1 Evening Worship Service
Bishop Yvette Flunder
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Diamante Ballroom
General Conference Business Meeting
Diamante Ballroom 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Healing Service
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Bishop Wyatt Greenlee
Workshops
Princesa 1/2/3/4
Pastoral Care in the Age of Apathy: Reigniting
HIV Activism in Our Churches
Presented by Deneen Johnson
Princesa 1
Reading the Bible from This Place
Presented by Dr. Angela Bauer-Levesque & Panel
Princesa 2
Spiritual Direction & MCC: Attending to the Spirit
as Individuals and Congregations
Presented by Skip Chasey and Rev. Teri Lubbers

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Wednesday - June 30
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Affinity Group Meetings
Breakfast - Theological Education Program
Featuring Partner Seminaries People of Leather Among You (PLAY)
Buffet available for purchase Atlantes Amphitheater
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3 Soulforce Graduates
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Princesa 1/2
Children and Youth Programs Conociendo Ministerios Hispanos
Princesa 5 and 7 Princesa 3
8:30 am - 9:30 am Ending Well
Bible Study - Imagine Community Princesa 4
Last Name A-D - Princesa 1/2
Asian / Pacific Islanders
Last Name E-K - Princesa 3/4
Princesa Boardroom
Last Name L-P - Diamante Exhibition Hall 1
Last Name Q-Z - Diamante Exhibition Hall 2
Spanish Speaking - Atlantes Amphiteater
9:45 am - 11:00 am
Morning Worship Service - Ines-Paul Baumann
Diamante Ballroom
11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Plenary - Imagine Growth - Rev. Elder Lillie
Brock
Diamante Ballroom
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Lunch Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
People of African Descent Lunch
Bring your own lunch from buffet or other
Princesa 1/2
1:45 pm - 7:30 pm
Free Time
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Evening Worship Service - Rev. Elder Diane
Fisher
Meet at Olmeca Pool

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Thursday July 1

7:00 am - 8:00 am
HIV/AIDS Breakfast (buffet available for
purchase) Boundary Crossers: Migration, Immigration
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3 and Global Justice
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Presented by: Rev. Lee Carlton
Children and Youth Programs Diamante Exhibition Hall 2
Princesa 5 and 7
12:35 pm - 1:00 pm
8:30 am - 9:30 am Global Justice Plenary: Youth Panel Respond to
Bible Study - Imagine Social Action Issues of Global Justice with the Views &
Last Name A-D - Princesa 1/2 Challenges to MCC
Last Name E-K - Princesa 3/4 Diamante Ballroom
Last Name L-P - Diamante Exhibition Hall 1
1:00 pm - 2:00pm - Lunch Buffet available for
Last Name Q-Z - Diamante Exhibition Hall 2
purchase
Spanish Speaking - Atlantes Amphiteater
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3
9:30 am - 10:45 am
MCC Chaplains Gathering
Morning Worship Service - Rev. Dwayne
Princesa Boardroom
Johnson
Diamante Ballroom 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm - Workshops

11:00 am - 11:25 am Working Across Denominations

Global Justice Day Welcome & Opening Address and Faiths for Justice
Diamante Ballroom Presented by: Stan Kimer
Princesa 1
11:30 pm - 12:30 pm - Workshops
Working for Justice in the Asian Context
Clean Up Your Language
Presented by Rev. Pat Bumgardner, Rev. Boon Lin
Presented by: John Fischer
Ngeo, Pang Wei Yap, Rev. Ceejay Agbayani
Atlantes Amphitheater
Princesa 2
Holy Conversations:
Facilitating Holy Theological Conversations
Whats Theology got to do with Justice
in the Local Church
Presented by: Moderators MCC Theologies Team
Presented by: Moderators MCC Theologies Team
Princesa 1
Princesa 3
How to Engage in Ecumenical Ministry
AIDS and the Global Response
Presented by Stan Kimer
Presented by: John Hassell
Princesa 2
Princesa 4
Faith Media Action in a Sound Bite World
Global Justice and Eastern Europe
Presented by: Ann Craig
Presented by: Rev. Elder Diane Fisher
Princesa 3
Atlantes Amphitheater
Public Policy and Global Justice:
LGBT Aging in the US: Graying with
The Church and Advocacy in Public Life
Community and Support
Presented by: DeWayne Davis
Presented by: Rev. Rebecca Voelkel & Barbara
Princesa 4
Satin
At the Coalface: Partnering for Social Justice Diamante Exhibition Hall 1
and Anti-Violence in Africa
Integrating our Race, Homosexuality &
Presented by: Sharon Ludwig & Rev. Paul Mokgethi
Spirituality Based on an HRC Survey of US
Diamante Exhibition Hall 1
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Presented by Donna Payne

Diamante Exhibition Hall 2
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm - Workshops
Queer Theology and Theater of the Oppressed:
Putting our Theologies into Action!
Presented by Rev. Kerri Mesner
Diamante Ballroom 1
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Plenary - GLBT Justice from a Global
Perspective
Lt. Dan Choi
Diamante Ballroom
4:20 pm - 5:30 pm
Closing Commitments to Action,
Prayers & Communion
Diamante Ballroom
5:30pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Evening Worship Service - Amanda Ackerman
Diamante Ballroom
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Performance of Corpus Christi
Atlantes Amphitheater

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Friday July 2

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Size Matters: Small, Healthy and Visionary!
Breakfast Buffet available for purchase
Presented by: Rev. Elder Darlene Garner
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3
and Rev. Elder Diane Fisher
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Princesa 4

Children and Youth Programs Visionary Leadership: Development

Princesa 5 and 7 and Implementation Workshop
Presented by: Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes
8:30 am - 9:30 am and Rev. Janice Ladd
Bible Study Imagine Spiritual Transformation Atlantes Amphitheater
Group 1 - Princesa 1/2 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (continued)
Group 2 - Princesa 3/4
Rethinking Sin and Grace for LGBT People
Group 3 - Diamante Exhibition Hall 1
Today
Group 4 - Diamante Exhibition Hall 2
Presented by: Rev. Dr. Patrick Cheng
Spanish Speaking - Atlantes Amphiteater
Diamante Exhibition Hall 1
9:45 am - 11:00 am Toward a Common Language
Morning Worship Rev. Fernando Frontan Presented by: Rev. Dr. Robert Griffin
Diamante Ballroom Diamante Exhibition Hall 2
Our Family Outings: Creating and
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Celebrating New Ways of Being Family
Plenary Everything Must Change Presented by: Rev. Joe Cobb & Rev. Leigh Anne
Presented by Brian McLaren Taylor
Diamante Ballroom Diamante Ballroom 1

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Lunch Buffet available for purchase Workshops
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3
Reaching Youth and Young Adults in Our
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Churches
Presented by: Rev. Wes Mullins and Panel
Workshops
Princesa 1
The Role of Power and Privilege in Effective
A Hidden Wholeness:
Movement Building
Joining Soul and Role in Leadership
Presented by: Bishop Tonyia Rawls & Dr. Lisa Griffin
Presented by: Rev. Dr. Mona West
Princesa 1
Princesa 2
Founding Your Congregations Future: Getting
Creativity, Change and Conflict Part 2
MCCs New Planned Giving Program
Presented by: Rev. Dr. William Kondrath
Started & Growing Robustly
Princesa 3
Presented by: Irma Bauer-Levesque
Princesa 2 Sustaining Joy in Ministry
Presented by: Bishop Yvette Flunder
Creativity, Change and Conflict Part 1
Princesa 4
Presented by: Rev. Dr. William Kondrath
Princesa 3 Teamwork in Todays World of Technology
for Church Leaders
Presented by: Bryan Parker
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Discovering Stronger Relationships

Presented by: Apostle Alex Byrd & Deneen
Robinson
Diamante Exhibition Hall 1
Transgender Inclusion Workshop
Presented by: Rev. Jake Kopmeier
Diamante Exhibition Hall 2

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner Buffet available for purchase
Diamante Exhibition Hall 3

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Closing Worship Service Rev. Elder Ken Martin
Diamante Ballroom

9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Awards Ceremony
Diamante Ballroom