tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47575882631905861412011-10-04T14:06:57.094-07:00"The stone which the builders once rejected has now become the cornerstone" <br>(Ps. 118:22, Mt.21:42, Mk.12:10, Lk.20;17, Acts 4:11, Eph.2:20, 1Pet.2:7 <br><br> A project to call forth people who have previously been denied ordination to ministry by exclusionary churches, and to match them with churches of radical welcome.dead reformernoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757588263190586141.post-15626810724566605002008-07-11T22:33:00.000-07:002008-07-11T23:22:57.711-07:00Are you called to ministry?<br /><br />Even if others have already said no:<br /><br />because of your race?<br />your gender?<br />your health or disability?<br />your status as an LGBTQ person?<br />your age?<br />your history as an abused child/partner?<br />your call to less than traditional ministries?<br /><br />Did you ask too many questions?<br />Did you think outside the box?<br />Did you report abuse?<br /><br />We've heard it all before.<br />We've heard it all too often.<br /><br />If you have been rejected for ordained ministry with your church for any of the reasons above, yet still feel the call to ministry strongly, we want to hear from you.<br /><br />Today's church needs strong, compassionate, visionary leaders to meet the needs of this hurting world. Even broken vessels can become whole, and even wounded leaders can become healers.<br /><br />If you would like another chance to explore your call to ministry within a supportive discerning community, please contact us. We have resources to help you find a new seminary, candidacy committee, or denomination. We can help you start again, and connect you to spiritual direction and other services to prepare you for the way forward.<br /><br />Join us. Become a cornerstone.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4757588263190586141-1562681072456660500?l=newcornerstones.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dead reformernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757588263190586141.post-2377701919175837162008-07-11T22:23:00.000-07:002008-07-11T23:54:17.172-07:00New Cornerstones offers the option of a residential 're-discernment' year for people who are ready to explore how they may still be called to ordained ministry, although perhaps in a different path than they tried before.<br /><br />Here in Hyde Park, Chicago, participants may join us at the <a href="http://globalserve.blogspot.com/">GlobalServe Co-op</a> in order to be physically closer to a supportive discernment community and multiple discernment resources, including seminaries, spiritual directors, counselors, concerned pastors, and other seminarians who have had to find new congregational and denominational homes.<br /><br />This program seeks to be an affordable means for those who need time and space in order to consider their options.<br /><br />If you find yourself unable to re-locate to Chicago, we also have some resources available to assist you.<br /><br />Please note: The Residential Program is not a re-accrediting/ordaining body. An application process and a criminal background check are required, in order to protect against persons who were removed from ministry for acts of abuse towards another person.<br /><br />For more information, please contact us <a href="http://www.blogger.com/info@newcornerstones.org">by e-mail:</a> info (at) newcornerstones (dot) org.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4757588263190586141-237770191917583716?l=newcornerstones.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dead reformernoreply@blogger.com0