Change of plans... Next Cohort Meeting Monday September 18

Hey gang, change of plans - The next cohort meeting will take place Monday September 18th at Guapos in Tenleytown. We have reserved the upstairs rooms so tell your friends and neighbors so we meet the minimum required number. :)

We will have a guest speaker, Don Dayton, author of "Discovering an Evangelical Heritage" with us to talk about the emerging church. Should be really great!

Let me know if you have questions.

Peace,

Sara

Next Meeting September 11

Hi all, we will not be meeting next Monday and instead taking the month of August off. We will resume on Monday September 11, 2006 location TBD. We are searching for an appropriate location in DC for the DC cohort to meet... go figure. Let us know if there is something on your mind you'd like to discuss, a book you've read or anything in between.

Peace,

Sara

"The Story We Find Ourselves In" Conference

Curious about the emerging church, where we came from and where we are going?

Explore the exciting heritage of Protestantism in America with us in September.

Speakers include: Brian McLaren, Estrelda Alexander, Scott Kisker, Diana Butler Bass, Doug Strong, Tim Keel, Don Dayton and Ron White.

September 18-21, 2006 at Cedar Ridge Community Church

Highlights include a Love feast, a Camp Meeting in a historic outdoor tabernacle, and Emerging Worship featuring Harp 46

Rates, Registration and Conference information available at http://www.wesleysem.edu/mci/story/default.asp

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Questions? Contact Sara Sheppard at ssheppard@wesleyseminary.edu

Lets get together!

Hey all,

Let's get together Monday night, July 10th at the Harp and Fiddle in Bethesda at 7:00. I thought we'd get a little theological and discuss atonement theory.

Hope to see you then!

Jason

Good times

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week at the Harp and Fiddle. We had an interesting conversation about denominationalism and its continued relevance. Thanks especially to Keelan who lead the discussion and let us use a paper of his as a starting point for our conversation.

The floor is open again for people to offer suggestions for our next discussion topic.

See you tonight (June 12) at 7pm

Just in case you were wondering we will meet tonight at 7pm at the Harp and Fiddle in Bethesda.

Cheers!

Discussion topic for tonight June 12

Here again is the article from Keelan. The topic is post-denominationalism.

Sorry about that! I've been out of town and just returned.


http://www.blogger.com/"a>Unity in the Trans/Post(denomi)national Future

Discussion topic for tonight June 12

Here again is the article from Keelan. The topic is being post-denominational.

Sorry about that! I've been out of town and just returned.


href="http://ecumenist.atspace.org/docs/trans-post-denominational.pdf">Unity in the Trans/Post(denomi)national Future

We will meet at the Harp and Fiddle June 12

I have found a new place with a private space for us to meet. The Harp and Fiddle is on Cordell Avenue in Bethesda, MD. It is walkable from the metro, not as convient as last time, but doable. Please continue to comment on the suggest topic from privious posts. We will send out specific directions closer to the meeting.

Blessings!

Sara

Next meeting Monday June 12

Hi all! We are working on an alternative location where we'll be able to hear each other and will announce that soon. Also, we are moving this group to the 2nd Monday of the month, which means our next meeting will be Monday June 12, 2006.

Stay tuned for the location - Does anyone have a topic they would like to discuss? Let us know what is on your minds. Thanks.

Peace,

Sara

Our First Meeting

Hello, and thank you to all of you who came to the first inaugural DCCohort! Despite the less then ideal setting, I think it was a success! Most people had a chance to at least meet each other (which was, of course, the main goal) and some good conversation was had (at least on my end of the table) despite the noisy environment.

Down on our end of the table we talked primarily about generational issues in ministry--why are twenty and thirty somethings absent from many churches? On the other hand, some of us came from churches of mostly 20 and 30 somethings, why? What is different about these churches? Is it good or bad to have churches that are primarily one age group? Can we help it?

What were other conversations that happened around the room?

Guapos This Thursday April 27

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday at Guapos. The address, for those of you who don't know Tenleytown, is 4515 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC. The phone number is 202-686-3588. They are right at the Tenleytown metro stop (red line). The best place to park is on the street. We'll meet at 7pm. See you there!

DC Cohort created

Join us at 7pm on April 27 at Guapos Restaurant at Tenleytown for the first DC Cohort. We will introduce ourselves and begin to explore issues of the Emerging Church. All are welcome!