Collection Contents
Box : Folder 1 : 1-74 ; 5 : 1-19
(Oversize)
Series 1.
UFMCC
1969-2003
Physical Description: 1.3 linear feet.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains materials relating to the activities of the
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC), the governing
body of the Metropolitan Community Church. The series is arranged in 4
subseries: (1) Corporate Records, which contains copies of corporate records
such as the 1969 Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, and papers and meeting
records of the Board of Elders; (2) Boards / Committees / Departments /
Ministries / Task Forces, which contains materials relating to the Fellowship's
various central administrative units, in particular the Elders' Task Force on
Inclusive Language, the Board of Institutional (later Prison) Ministry,
Samaritan Theological Institute (now Samaritan College), and the Washington,
DC, Office; (3) General Files, which comprises administrative, educational,
liturgical, and publicity materials created or collected by the Fellowship,
including records of Holy Unions performed by individual pastors, various
editions of
Homosexuality: What the Bible does and does not
say
, and pastoral letters from the Rev. Troy Perry; and (4) Districts,
consisting of materials relating to the districts into which the Fellowship was
divided, in particular communications from District Coordinators and documents
relating to the annual district conferences.
Box : Folder 1 : 1-6 ; 5 : 1
(Oversize)
Subseries 1.1.
Corporate Records
1969-1994
Physical Description: 2.5 linear inches.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains copies of the corporate records of the
UFMCC. The records include the 1969 Articles of Incorporation of the
Metropolitan Community Church, various editions of the denomination's bylaws,
papers and meeting records of the Board of Elders, and records of the 1994
meeting of the General Council, a body formed by the Elders and District
Coordinators. For additional minutes of Board of Elders meetings, see Series 2
below.
Box 1 : 1
Articles of Incorporation
1969
Box 1 : 3-5 ; 5 : 1
(Oversize)
Board of Elders
1975-1991
Physical Description: 4 folders.
Box 1 : 3
Papers
1975-1991
Note
File created by: MCC in the Valley
Box 1 : 4-5 ; 5 : 1
(Oversize)
Meetings
1978-1979
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box 1 : 4
1978-1979
Note
File created by: Fred Bradford/Chuck David
Box 1 : 5
1981-1982
Note
File created by: MCC in the Valley
Box 5 : 1 (Oversize)
1983-1985
Note
File created by: MCC in the Valley
Box : Folder 1 : 7-21 ; 5 : 2-9
(Oversize)
Subseries 1.2
Boards / Committees / Departments / Ministries / Task
Forces
1974-1997
Physical Description: 3 linear inches.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains materials relating to the Fellowship's
various boards, committees, departments, ministries, and task forces. The
materials are for the most part quite fragmentary, and several files contain no
more than one or two pages. The larger files are those relating to the Elders'
Task Force on Inclusive Language; Institutional (later Prison) Ministry;
Samaritan Theological Institute (now Samaritan College), whose papers include
syllabi and course descriptions; and the Washington, DC, Office, established to
track legislation and other developments in the national capital that affect
the GLBT community.
Box 1 : 7
AIDS Ministry
circa
1983-1990
Box 1 : 9
Chemical Dependency Task Force
1977
Box 1 : 10
Christian Social Action
1976-1977,
n.d.
Box 5 : 2 (Oversize)
Church Services
circa 1983
Box 1 : 11
Clergy Credentials & Concerns
1983-1984
Box 1 : 12
Evangelism & World Missions
1975
Box 1 : 13
Fellowship, Faith & Order
1975
Box 1 : 14
Hispanic American Ministry
1979-1986
Box 1 : 15
Inclusive Language, Elders' Task Force on
1981
Box 1 : 16
National Association of Deacons
circa 1977
Box 5 : 3 (Oversize)
Institutional/Prison Ministry
1974-1977
Box 1 : 19
Religious Institutes
1976-1977
Note
File created by: Chuck David
Box 1 : 20; 5 : 4-5
(Oversize)
Samaritan Educational Ministries
1976-1984
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box 5 : 4 (Oversize)
Samaritan Theological Institute/College
1976-1984
Box 1 : 20
Samaritan Extended Studies
1983-1984
Box 5 : 6 (Oversize)
Washington, DC, Office
1976-1980
Box 5 : 7
(Oversize)
World Church Extension
circa
1978-1987
Box : Folder 1 : 22-60 ; 5 : 8-16
(Oversize)
Subseries 1.3.
General Files
1969-2003
Physical Description: 0.75 linear foot.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains administrative, educational, liturgical,
and publicity materials created or collected by the Fellowship. Many of these
files are quite fragmentary. The chronological files, which form half of the
bulk of the subseries, contain general communications from the Fellowship to
the congregations at large, including financial and statistical reports,
calendars, news releases and other publicity materials; materials relating to
fundraising events benefiting the Fellowship as a whole (rather than individual
congregations); concerts, anniversaries, and other events sponsored by the
Fellowship as a whole; and pastoral letters and other communications from the
founder, the Rev. Troy Perry. The subseries also includes directories of
congregations and clergy for the years 1974-1983; as files on the 1980 Cuban
Refugee Relief Project (to aid the lesbians and gays among the Cubans expelled
from their country that year); records of Holy Unions performed by various
congregations between 1970 and 1987; materials on Operation Resurrection, a
program for spiritual renewal within the church; brochures containing general
information on the Fellowship and its congregations; and various editions of
"Homosexuality: What the Bible does and does not say". The file on Troy Perry
contains materials relating to his activities outside his role as founder and
moderator of the Fellowship.
Box 5 : 8-9 (Oversize)
Brochures
1969-1994
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 5 : 9 (Oversize)
Homosexuality: What the Bible does and
does not say
1969-1990
Box 1 : 24-44; 5 : 10-11
(Oversize)
Chronological Files
1970-2003
Physical Description: 23 folders.
Box 1 : 45
Coors Truck
1979-1983
Note
File created by: MCC in the Valley
Box 1 : 46
Cuban Refugee Relief Project
1980
Box 1 : 47-52
Directories
1974-1983
Physical Description: 6 folders.
Box 1 : 55
Internal Revenue Service
1976
Box 1 : 56
Liturgical Materials
n.d.
Box 5 : 13 (Oversize)
National Council of Churches
1981-1992
Box 5 : 14-15 (Oversize)
Newspaper Clippings
1970-1998
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 1 : 57
Operation Resurrection
1976-1980
Box 5 : 16 (Oversize)
Other Denominations
1969-1994
Box 1 : 60
Silent Harvest Ministries
1986
Box : Folder 1 : 61-74 ; 5: 17-19
(Oversize)
Subseries 1.4.
Districts
1973-1988
Physical Description: 2 linear inches.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains materials relating to the districts into
which the Fellowship was divided. The records are miscellaneous and
fragmentary. The majority of the documents comprise communications from the
District Coordinators concerning the implementation of Fellowship policies and
directives, and materials relating to the annual district conferences. Other
materials include occasional publications, bylaws, and a grant proposal to the
1987 National March on Washington to fund an AIDS housing and service ministry.
Seventy-five percent of the documents relate to the Southwest District,
headquartered in Los Angeles.
Box 5 : 17 (Oversize)
Northeast
1973-1978
Note
File created by: Chuck David
Box 1 : 66-74 ; 5 : 19
(Oversize)
Southwest
1974-1985
Physical Description: 10 folders.
Box 1 : 74
District Conference
May 1984
Box : Folder 1 : 75-83 ; 2 : 1-6 ; 5 :
20-21 (Oversize)
Seeries 2.
General Conferences
1970-1997
Physical Description: 0.75 linear foot.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains the records of General Conferences, at which
general policy of the Fellowship is determined. General Conferences were
originally held annually, but since 1979 they have been held biannually. The
records of the General Conferences include reports by each congregation as well
as by officers and departments of the Fellowship, Board of Elders meeting
minutes and supporting materials, budgets, long-range plans, position papers,
bylaw revisions, programs, and studies. The materials prior to 1985 are
considerably more extensive than those from 1985, which are quite fragmentary.
For additional Board of Elders meeting minutes, see Subseries 1.1 above.
Box 1 :
75
General Conference 1. Los Angeles
September
25-27, 1970
Box 1 :
76
General Conference 2. Los Angeles
September
3-5, 1971
Box 1 :
77
General Conference 3. Los Angeles
September
1-3, 1972
Box 1 : 78
General Conference 4. Atlanta
1973
Box 5 : 20
(Oversize)
General Conference 6. Dallas
July
29-August 3, 1975
Note
File created by: Jim Kepner
Box 1 :
79
General Conference 7. Washington, D.C.
August
10-15, 1976
Box 1 : 80-82
General Conference 8. Denver, Colorado
August 1-7,
1977
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box 1 :
83
General Conference 9. Los Angeles
August
13-19, 1979
Note
File created by: Fred Bradford
Box 2 : 1-2
General Conference 10. Houston, Texas
August 3-9,
1981
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 5 : 21
(Oversize)
General Conference 11. Toronto, Canada
July 11-17,
1983
Box 2 :
3
General Conference 12. Sacramento, California
June
30-July 7, 1985
Box 2 : 4
General Conference 13. Miami, Florida
July 19-26,
1987
Box 2 : 5
General Conference 15. Phoenix, Arizona
July 14-21,
1991
Box 2 : 6
General Conference 18. Sydney, Australia
July 20-25,
1997
Box : Folder 2 : 7-94 ; 3 : 1-59 ; 4:
1-52 ; 5 : 22-40 (Oversize) ; 6 : 1-36 (Oversize) ; 7 : 1-13 (Oversize) ; 10 ;
11
Series 3.
Congregations
1969-2004
(bulk 1970-1985)
Physical Description: 6.5 linear feet.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains brochures, bylaws, calendars, circulars,
congregation meeting minutes, correspondence, financial papers, flyers,
handbills, installations of pastors, invitations, news releases, newspapers
clippings, orders of worship, pastoral letters, programs, sermons, and other
materials relating to individual Metropolitan Community Church congregations.
The series is arranged in 5 subseries: (1) General, (2) Beach Cities (formerly
West Bay; Santa Monica, California), (3) Los Angeles, (4) New York City, and
(5) MCC in the Valley (North Hollywood, California).
Box : Folder 2 : 7-64 ; 5 : 22-40
(Oversize) ; 6 : 1-7 (Oversize)
Subseries 3.1.
General
1970-2004
(bulk 1970-1985)
Physical Description: 11.5 linear inches.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains materials relating to individual
Metropolitan Community Church congregations other than the four represented by
Subseries 3.2 through 3.5 below. The materials are quite fragmentary and for
many congregations consist of only one or two items. The most substantial files
are those for All Saints MCC/First MCC of West Hollywood/MCC Silverlake (Los
Angeles, California); Auckland, New Zealand; Boston; Cincinnati; Long Beach,
California; Pomona Valley, California; San Diego; San Francisco; and
Washington, DC. The materials for the Chicago congregation include a cookbook;
those for the Long Beach congregation include the first Register of Baptisms,
Holy Unions and Members from 1972 (the original volume, as a sacramental
record, has been returned to the Fellowship; the Archive retains a
photocopy).
Box 2 : 8
Albany, New York
1976,
1979
Box 2 : 9
Albuquerque, New Mexico
n.d.
Box 5 : 22
(Oversize)
All Saints MCC / First MCC of West Hollywood / MCC
Silverlake, California
1977-circa
1995
Box 2 : 10
Anchorage, Alaska
1974, n.d.
Box 5 : 23 (Oversize)
Atlanta, Georgia
1974-1981
Box 5 : 24 (Oversize)
Auckland, New Zealand
1988-1991
Note
File created by: Rev. Richard Mickley
Box 2 : 11
Australia & New Zealand
n.d.
Box 2 : 12
Bakersfield, California
1987
Box 2 : 13
Baltimore, Maryland
1974-1980
Box 5 : 25 (Oversize)
Boston, Massachusetts
1973-1988
Box 5 : 26 (Oversize)
Brooklyn, New York City
1975-1985
Box 2 : 16
Charlotte, North Carolina
2003
Box 5 : 27 (Oversize)
Chicago, Illinois
1977-1984
Box 5 : 28 (Oversize)
Christ Chapel (Costa Mesa / Santa Ana,
California)
n.d.
Box 5 : 29 (Oversize)
Cincinnati, Ohio
1981-1984
Box 2 : 19
De Colores (Eagle Rock, California)
1981-1984
Box 2 : 22
Detroit, Michigan
1974-1984
Box 5 : 30 (Oversize)
East Bay, MCC of the (Oakland, California)
1976-1978
Box 5 : 31 (Oversize)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1980-1985
Box 2 : 24
Glendale, California
1998-2004
Box 2 : 25
Glendale, California. Divine Redeemer MCC
1982-1988
Box 2 : 26
Hartford, Connecticut
1974-1979
Box 2 : 27
Hawaii (Honolulu)
1971-1974
Box 2 : 28
Hi Desert, MCC of the (Palm Springs,
California)
1987-1989
Box 2 : 30
Johnson County (Shawnee, Kansas)
1994-1995
Box 2 : 32
Liverpool, United Kingdom
1985
Box 5 : 32 (Oversize)
London, Ontario, Canada
n.d.
Box 2 : 33
London, Ontario, Canada. Holy Fellowship MCC
n.d.
Box 5 : 33 (Oversize) ; 7 : 14
(Oversize)
Long Beach, California
1970-1997
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 7 : 14
(Oversize)
Register of Baptisms, Holy Unions, &
Members
February
1972-April 1975
Physical Description: Photocopy; original register returned to
UFMCC.
Box 2 : 34
Long Beach, California. Maranatha
n.d.
Box 2 : 36
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1983
Box 2 : 38
Nashville, Tennessee
1978-1981
Box 5 : 35 (Oversize)
New Covenant (Anahem / Garden Grove,
California)
1982-1988
Box 2 : 40
New Jersey
1975
Note
File created by: Chuck David
Box 2 : 41
New Orleans, Louisiana
1975
Box 2 : 42
New Orleans, Louisiana. Vieux Carre
n.d.
Box 5 : 36 (Oversize)
New York. MCC Hispana
1978
Box 2 : 44
Ocean of Life (Costa Mesa, California)
1984, n.d.
Box 5 : 37 (Oversize)
Oceanside, California
1976-1981
Box 2 : 45
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1974-1987
Box 5 : 38 (Oversize)
Phoenix, Arizona. Casa de Cristo
1984-1985
Box 2 : 47
Phoenix, Arizona. A Gentle Shepherd
1996
Box 5 : 39 (Oversize)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1974-1988
Box 6 : 1 (Oversize)
Portland, Oregon
1977-1980
Box 2 : 48
Riverside, California. Good Shepherd
1987
Box 2 : 49
Rockies, MCC of the (Denver, Colorado)
1977, n.d.
Box 2 : 50
Sacramento, California
1971-1977
Box 6 : 2 (Oversize)
Salt Lake City, Utah
1978
Box 6 : 3 (Oversize)
San Diego, California
1970-1980
Box 2 : 52
San Francisco, California
1970-2003
Box 2 : 53
San Gabriel Valley, California
1982
Box 6 : 4 (Oversize)
San Jose, California
1973-1982
Box 2 : 54
Santa Barbara, California
1981-1983
Box 2 : 56
Syracuse, New York
1977-1978
Box 2 : 58
Trinity MCC (San Bernardino / Pomona / Riverside,
California)
1977-1980
Box 2 : 60
Twin Cities MCC (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
n.d.
Box 2 : 61
Van Nuys, California
1983
Box 2 : 62
Ventura, California
1980-1994,
n.d.
Box 6 : 7 (Oversize)
Westchester, New York
1976
Box 2 : 63
Worcester, Massachusetts
n.d.
Box 2 : 64
Unidentified Congregations
n.d.
Box : Folder 2 : 65-94 ; 3 : 1-16 ; 6 :
8-15 (Oversize) ; 10 ; 11
Subseries 3.2.
Beach Cities (formerly West Bay; Santa Monica,
California)
1971-1983
Physical Description: 23.5 linear inches.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries comprises the records of the MCC congregation in
Santa Monica, founded in 1973. The congregation was incorporated in 1977 as the
West Bay MCC; the corporation was dissolved in 1980, when the congregation was
reconstituted as the Beach Cities MCC. The congregation was always small, and
appears to have dissolved some time shortly after the resignation and
withdrawal of its treasurer and vice-moderator, Walter Crosley, in 1983. The
bulk of the records appear to come from Crosley. The materials include a
photocopy of the original 1972 petition to form the congregation, articles of
incorporation for the West Bay MCC, minutes and notes of Board of Directors and
congregational meetings, financial records, membership records, pastoral
letters and personal correspondence of the pastor, records of social and
fundraising activities, a
curriculum vitae of John Barbone prior
to his calling to the pastorate, evaluations of pastoral staff, and papers of
the Pulpit Committee relating to searches for pastors in 1977 and 1983. (An
audiocassette of sermons submitted in 1983 by the Revs. Richard A. Matera and
Rev. Phillip Eberle, as part of their application is cataloged in Series 5,
below.)
Box 2 : 65
[West Bay MCC] Articles of Incorporation / Franchise Tax
Board / Dissolution
1977-1980
Box 2 : 66-73 ; 6 : 8
(Oversize)
Board of Directors
1975-1983
Physical Description: 9 folders.
Box 2 : 70-71
Binder
1982
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 2 : 74-78 ; 6 : 9-12 (Oversize) ; 10
: 1-6 (Oversize) ; 11 : 1-7
Financial Records
1973-1983
Physical Description: 22 folders.
Box 10 : 1-6 (Oversize) ; 11 :
1-7
Banking Records
1974-1983
Physical Description: 13 folders.
Box 10 : 1-6 (Oversize)
1974-1983
Physical Description: 6 folders.
Box 11 : 1-7
1975-1981
Physical Description: 7 folders.
Box 2 : 78
[West Bay MCC] Treasurer's Report
1973-1980
Box 2 : 79
Alcoholism Resources
1971-1981
Box 2 : 80-81 ; 6 : 13
(Oversize)
Chronological Files
1974-1983
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box 2 : 84
Congregational Meetings
1976-1977,
1979,
1981
Box 2 : 86
Fellowship & District Tithes
1977-1983
Box 2 : 87
[West Bay MCC] General Service Materials
1976-1977
Box 2 : 89-91
Membership
1979-1983
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box 2 : 89
Letters of Transfer & Membership
Certificates
1979-1980,
1983
Box 2 : 91
Membership Lists
1981-1983
Box 2 : 93
[West Bay MCC] Orders of Worship
1975
Box 2 : 94
Pastoral Letters
1974-1981
Box 3 : 1-9
Personnel
1979-1981
Physical Description: 9 folders.
Box 3 : 1
Banner, Richard
1979-1981
Box 3 : 2
[West Bay MCC] Barbone, John (Pastor)
1978
Box 3 : 4
Dearth, Bill (Pastor)
1982-1983
Box 3 : 7
McCormick, Jeri
1980-1981
Box 3 : 10
Petition to form MCC Mission in Venice
1972
Box 3 : 11-12
Pulpit Committee
1977-1983
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 6 : 15 (Oversize)
Social Action Committee
1979-1981
Box 3 : 13
South Bay Parish
1971-1973
Box 3 : 14-15
Southwest District Conference
1981,
1983
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 3 : 16
[West Bay MCC] Stationery
n.d.
Box : Folder 3 : 17-59 ; 4 : 1-8 : 6 :
16-27 (Oversize) ; 9 : 1 (Oversize)
Subseries 3.3.
Los Angeles
1969-1994
(bulk 1969-1981)
Physical Description: 10.5 linear inches.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains materials relating to the Los Angeles MCC,
the "Mother Church" of the Fellowship, founded by the Rev. Troy Perry in
October 1969. The records derive from a number of sources-the handwriting of J.
J. Bertrund Belanger, Jim Kepner, Morris Kight, John O'Brien, and Johan Vessup
can be recognized on various documents-and are very incomplete. The majority of
the documents date from the pastorships of Troy Perry (1968-1973), Lee Carlton
(1973-1975), James Sandmire (1975-1977), Donald Pederson (1977-1978), and the
first years of the pastorship of Jeri Ann Harvey (1978-1985). Half the
materials by bulk consists of the Chronological Files, which contain
correspondence, administrative papers, financial reports, congregational
meeting minutes, resumes for candidates for the Board of Directors and for
delegates to the annual District Conference, flyers and handbills, programs,
pastoral letters, and news releases. The earliest files also include
mimeographed news sheets (printed newsletters have been transferred to the
Archives' Periodicals and Newsletters collection). The flyers and programs
document the extensive social programs of the congregation, including the
annual May Festival, and various concert and theatrical performances, the
latter, in the earliest years, often held in cooperation with Pat Rocco and the
Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE). A large number of the
social events were held to benefit the Building Fund, first for the church at
2201 South Union St. (dedicated in 1971), and then, after its destruction by
fire in January 1973, for the building at 1050 South Hill St. (dedicated in
1974). The congregation also held elaborate annual celebrations on the
anniversary of its founding. Orders of Worship files contain printed programs
for the Sunday worship services. The Ecumenical Construction Company files
document the congregation's response to Operation Resurrection, a program for
spiritual renewal within the Fellowship (see Subseries 1.3 above). The Gospel
Ministry of Music files reveal the significant role that music played in the
life of the congregation, while the Police Relations folder documents the
congregation's involvement in the struggle to end police harassment of gays and
lesbians. The Holy Unions file supplements the Holy Unions file among the
Fellowship records (see Subseries 1.3 above). Of particular interest, veteran
activist and writer Jim Kepner's notes on weekly services and congregational
meetings provide insights into events and personalities not available
elsewhere.
Box 3 : 17
Board of Directors
1975-1982
Box 3 : 18
Christian Women's Association
n.d.
Box 3 : 19-39 ; 6 : 16-23
(Oversize)
Chronological Files
1969-1994
Physical Description: 29 folders.
Box 6 : 24 (Oversize)
Council on Christian Growth
1975-1976
Box 3 : 40
Crisis Intervention Center
n.d.
Box 3 : 41
Delegates Report & Report of General
Conference
1979
Box 3 : 42
Ecumenical Construction Company
1980-1981
Box 6 : 25 (Oversize)
Gospel Ministry of Music
1977-1980
Box 3 : 43
Growing American Youth
circa 1975
Box 3 : 44 ; 9 : 1 (Oversize)
History
1971-1989
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 3 : 46
Kepner, Jim. Notes
1970-1975
Box 3 : 48
Letterhead & Envelopes
n.d.
Box 3 : 49-59 ; 4 : 1-7
Orders of Worship
1969-1987
Physical Description: 18 folders.
Box 4 : 8
Police Relations
1974-1977
Box 6 : 27 (Oversize
Vessup, Johan B.
1972-1976
Box : Folder 4 : 9-20 ; 6 : 28-36
(Oversize) ; 7 : 1-5 (Oversize)
Subseries 3.4.
New York City
1973-1979,
1984-1988,
2004
Physical Description: 14 linear inches.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains records of the MCC of New York City. The
bulk of the materials dates from the period 1973-1978, and comes from the
papers of Fred Bradford and Chuck David, at that time partners, and both at one
time or other during the period members of the congregation's Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors materials include minutes of Board and
Congregation meetings, correspondence with various UFMCC boards and officers,
congregation administrative documents, and extensive handwritten notes,
primarily by Chuck David. The chronological files for 1973-1979 contain
correspondence, financial documents, flyers, and other materials relating to
all aspects of the life of the congregation during the period. The
chronological files for 1984-2004 contain miscellaneous materials, primarily
flyers, circulars, brochures, and routine correspondence from the subject files
at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The Self Study files contain
materials produced and collected in the process of a self-evaluation carried
out by the congregation in 1976. The Orders of Service/Worship files contain
printed programs for the Sunday worship services; the documents include a
number of orders of worship for the Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church,
at 13th Street and 7th Avenue, whose facilities were also used by the MCC
congregation.
Box 4 : 9-10 ; 6 :28-29
(Oversize)
Board of Directors
1975-1978
Physical Description: 4 folders.
Box 4 : 9
August-December 1975
Note
File created by: Chuck David / Fred Bradford
Box 6 : 28 (Oversize)
1976
Note
File created by: Chuck David
Box 4 : 10
1977
Note
File created by: Chuck David
Box 6 : 29 (Oversize)
1978
Note
File created by: Chuck David
Box 4 : 11-13 ; 6 : 30-36 (Oversize) ; 7
: 1-3 (Oversize)
Chronological Files
1973-1979,
1984-1988,
2004
Physical Description: 13 folders.
Box 6 : 30
(Oversize)
Chronological File
circa
1973-1978
Box 6 : 31 (Oversize)
1973
Note
File created by: Fred Bradford
Box 6 : 33-34 (Oversize)
1975
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 6 : 35-36 (Oversize)
Chronological File (2 folders)
1976
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 7 : 1-2 (Oversize)
Chronological File (2 folders)
1977
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Note
File created by: Chuck David
Box 7 : 3 (Oversize)
1978
Note
File created by: Chuck David
Box 4 : 14-17 ; 7 : 4-5
(Oversize)
Orders of Service (from 1976, Worship)
1974-1979
Physical Description: 6 folders.
Box 4 : 18-20
Self Study
1976-1977
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box : Folder 4 : 21-52 : 7 : 6-13
(Oversize)
Subseries 3.5.
MCC in the Valley (North Hollywood,
California)
1970-1994
Physical Description: 7.5 linear inches.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains documents relating to the MCChurch in the
Valley, in North Hollywood, California. The materials are quite miscellaneous
and fragmentary. Some of the documents derive from the collections of Jim
Kepner, others from an individual who was possibly a member of the
congregation's staff or Board of Directors. The Adult Christian Training files
contain papers relating to the congregation's "program of education for
spiritual growth and ministry". The chronological files include announcements,
brochures, bylaws, correspondence, flyers, news releases, pastoral letters,
programs, and solicitations. The Freedom Center file contains correspondence in
1987 with Walter Williams, President of the International Gay & Lesbian
Archives (predecessor to ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives), on the
possibility of housing the Archives in the congregation's new facility. The Los
Angeles Gay & Lesbian Religious Coalition file includes agenda, bylaws, and
correspondence relating to the Coalition, while the Social Action, Women, and
Women's Issues files document the congregation's political activity in pursuit
of social justice. The Orders of Worship files contain printed programs for the
Sunday worship services, as well as weekly news of congregation activities.
Box 7 : 6 (Oversize)
Adult Christian Training
1988-1990
Box 4 : 21-31 ; 7 : 7-9
(Oversize)
Chronological Files
1970-1994
Physical Description: 14 folders.
Box 4 : 32
Faith, Fellowship & Order / Toward a Theology of
Human Sexuality
n.d.
Box 4 : 37
Leadership Rap Material
1981
Box 7 : 10 (Oversize)
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Religious
Coalition
1980-1983
Box 4 : 39
Newspaper Clippings
1998-1999
Box 4 : 40-47
Orders of Worship
1973
Physical Description: 8 folders.
Box 4 : 48-51 ; 7 : 11-12
(Oversize)
Social Action
n.d.
Physical Description: 6 folders.
Box 7 : 13
(Oversize)
Women's Issues
circa
1977-1982
Box : Folder 8 : 1-4 ; 9 : 1-2
(Oversize)
Series 4.
Photographs
1969-1979
Physical Description: 5 folders.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains photographs found within the collection. The
General folder contains miscellaneous photographs of clergy, including Troy
Perry, Wally Lanchester, Bill Quesinberry, and Robert Sirico, and a worship
service held at Christ Church MCC, Miami, by Don Hoffman (Fort Lauderdale),
Edler John Gill (Atlanta), Keith Davis (Miami), and Frank Crouch (Nashville).
The Long Beach folder contains color Polaroid photographs of MCC Long Beach's
first church, found inserted in the congregation's first church register (see
Series 3.1 above). The Los Angeles folder includes photographs of church
picnics, demonstrations, Troy Perry and Tom Bradley, a property at 35th and
Normandie being considered in September 1973 as a replacement for the Mother
Church at 2201 South Union destroyed by fire in January of that year, and a
police van outside the church at 1050 South Hill St. in 1975. The Oceanside
folder contains photographs of the installation of the Rev. Flo Fleischman as
pastor of the congregation. The San Francisco folder contains photographs of a
"spiritual renewal" in September 1970, and of the aftermath of the fire that
destroyed the San Francisco church in July 1973.
Box 8 : 2
Long Beach, California. Church
circa 1972
Box 9 : 2
(Oversize)
Oceanside, California. Installation of Rev. Flo
Fleischman
September 23,
1979
Box : Folder 9 : 3 (Oversize)
Series 5.
Audio
1983
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of a single audiocassette submitted in 1983 to
the Pulpit Committee of MCC Beach Cities (See Subseries 3.2 above) by the Revs.
Richard A. Matera and Rev. Phillip Eberle, as part of their application for the
position of pastor to the congregation.
Box 9 : 3 (Oversize)
MCC Beach Cities. Pulpit Committee. Audiocassette of
sermons by Rev. Richard A. Matera and Rev. Phillip Eberle
1983
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette : analog ; 60
minutes.
Box : Folder 9 : 4-5
(Oversize)
Series 6.
Memorabilia
circa 1990
Physical Description: 2 items.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of two plastic frisbees, circa 1990, imprinted
with the logo of MCC Long Beach, address and contact information, times of
church services, and the phrase "Jesus is an equal opportunity savior".
Box 9 : 4-5 (Oversize)
MCC Long Beach. Frisbees, "Jesus is an equal opportunity
savior"
circa 1990
Physical Description: 2 frisbees : diameter 9 inches ; white with red
lettering.
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