New Year - New Cohort Conversations!

Greetings Rochester Emergent Cohort and Friends!

We're Back!

Happy New Year, Friends. For the last semester... or so, the KPs have been learning how to balance baby, work, school, ministry -- and the cohort has repeatedly been put on the back burner. Well, it's a new year and a great time to welcome the Cohort out of hibernation and invite new conversation. Conveniently, there is an opportunity to gather in conversation around an Emergent Village event at the end of this month.

Emergent Village Theological Conversation, 2012

January 31 - February 2

The Emergent Village Theological Conversation (ETC) is an opportunity to consider different theological perspectives and then, well, talk about them. At the end of this month, in Claremont California, the ETC will gather to consider the Open and Relational perspective of Process Theology. Much of this gathering will be streamed and certainly most of it will be talked about on Twitter. Out hope is that some of us in the Rochester Cohort might gather to watch the streaming content together, talk about it, and even contribute to the larger conversation via social media.

The ETC will be Jan 31, Feb 1, 2. (Here is the schedule of speakers) It kicks off Tuesday night (late here on the East Coast). I want to propose gathering Wednesday AND / OR Thursday night (2/1 & 2/2) to follow the live streaming, eat snacks, drink tea, and have our own conversation. I have been assured by Bo Sanders, of Homebrewed Christianity, that we'll be able to follow what is happening in Claremont.

Let us know if you want to join us for one or both of those nights! It will be wonderful to see you and to dig into some God-talk.

(We'll be meeting in our living room so that the baby can sleep upstairs. Please email me for location details! Kristina -- stina [dot] perry [at] gmail )

March Cohort Gathering: Pub Theology (with fries).

Your Cohort conveners are surfacing from the travails of parenting to, much belatedly, announce a Rochester Cohort meeting for March!

Tuesday March 23rd, 6pm.

Since it feels like we've run out of coffee shops that are either open or audibly suitable we're moving our gathering to THE TAP & MALLET on Gregory Street, near Clinton. In the tradition of many cohorts around the country -- we're going to try an experience of "pub theology".

We've set an earlier time so that folks can have some dinner and get home not too late.

There are a couple of theme ideas we have but, first we'll open it up to see if anyone is itching to talk about something in particular?

It will be good to see you !

Our Next Meeting!!

The Rochester Emergent Cohort is scheduling our next meeting. Your conveners have been absent as they have been adjusting to parenthood. And, as summer turns to fall I am reminded that it has been almost a year since our first meeting. When we thought about coming together at that time I remember reflecting on one of the wonderful things about coming to a Cohort Gathering, that I'd found, is the chance to meet with folk of diverse Church backgrounds and have conversations about aspects of what it means to be church in the 21^st century. I had (and continue to) experienced these to be some very nourishing and inspiring interactions, as we share common dreams and growing edges with each other, as we stumble along trying to live a faith-filled life.

In that spirit, I hope that y'all will mention our upcoming gathering to other folk you know who might want to be part of this conversation. Pass on the LINK TO THE DOODLE POLL for scheduling. Talk to them about what excites you and what stretches you about these gatherings. Bring them along!

I pray that this post finds you all enjoying the splendor of Creation that is fall in Western New York.

Hoping to see you soon.

In Friendship,

Kristina

August 26th Meeting: Thursday

Please all feel free to gather, however Kristina and I will not (likely) be able to attend. We didn't pick a place, however Starry Nights seemed to work, so I suggest that again, at 7pm as usual.

As far as a topic, I think it might be interesting to address the issues that Anne Rice has made public regarding profession and Christianity. Namely, if there is so much that we disagree with in what is often called Christianity, why do we bother calling ourselves Christians?

For info about the whole Anne Rice thing (in the event you did not hear about it) see the following link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/04/anne-rice-on-her-decision_n_671097.html

While we won't be there in the flesh know that we cherish the time we get to spend with you all and hope that you can all get together yourselves in our absence. Remember that you can contact each other through Facebook to touch base.

Our intention is to be back with you all again for September.

Until then,

-C

Cohort Meeting Tonight at 7pm!!

Hey Cohort Members!

Reminder that our meeting is tonight at Starry Nights Restaurant in Rochesters stylish Neighborhood of the Arts. The cafe is at the corner of University and Atlantic -- just past Goodman. Come from 7pm - 9pm for continuing conversation regarding Philip Clayton's Transforming Christian Theology. We're reading chapter 3 this week but, you don't have to have read anything to come.

You can read that chapter here: http://tinyurl.com/TTchp3

The Rochester Emergent Cohort seeks to gather people from the area for conversation, fellowship, encouragement and community as we explore what it means to be faithful in today’s postmodern, multicultural world. All are welcome!

Hope to see you there!

Kristina

Map of Starry Nites is here...

Hey Rochestemergents, your conveners moved house and seem to have missed the month of May in the process!

It's time for another Rochester Emergent Cohort meeting to happen - there's lots to share and discuss. If you have a book, blog, reading, or vid you'd like to share to get the conversation started - pop Kristina an email.

As is our custom - we are going to use the Doodle method of poling to set a time. Please click the link below and respond with the best time for you and we'll choose a date.

Blessings!

Kristina

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Hey Rochestemergents! It's been awhile since our last Cohort meeting and your conveners took a trip to the Theology After Google conference in Los Angeles that has set us back a week (or was it the time change?). But, it's high time for another meeting to happen - there's lots to discuss with each other. As promised we are going to use the Doodle method of poling to set a time. Please click the link below and respond with the best time for you and we'll choose a date. Blessings!

Kristina and Callid

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