Princeton Emergent Cohort

Princeton Emergent Cohort

1. Princeton Cohort Hosts Tony Jones
   Don't forget that tonight we will have the privilege of hosting the National Coordinator of Emergent Village, Tony Jones, at the cohort. We'll be meeting at 8pm at the T.G.I. Friday's in Princeton's Market Fair Mall. Tony will be sharing with us about his new book, The New Christians, and will be sharing with us a little bit of the "state of Emergent." You won't want to miss the cohort this week.
   
   For directions to T.G.I. Friday's, go here.
2. Three Upcoming Events
   Just wanted to let you know about three upcoming events of the Princeton Emergent Cohort. But first, I wanted to introduce you all to Charlie Pardue, who has been an active member of the Cohort for the past year or so. Charlie is going to take over leadership of the cohort next year, as my wife and I are moving to Berkeley, CA. You can check out Charlie's blog here. Also keep checking out this website for more details on the cohort. Now, on to the three events:
   
   Brian McLaren at Princeton Seminary / April 15
   Many of you already know this, but Brian McLaren is coming to Princeton Seminary on April 15th to discuss his new book, Everything Must Change. The discussion is from 6.30-8.30pm in Stuart 6 and you can find more information here.
   
   After the event, Brian will be hanging out with the Princeton Emergent Cohort at the Yankee Doodle Tap Room in downtown Princeton. He only has an hour or so until he'll have to drive home, but this is a great opportunity to connect with Brian with a small group of people. We'll be there from 9-10pm, so please plan to meet us there, or walk over with us after the lecture on the campus of Princeton Seminary. If any of you know for sure you'll be there, and aren't planning on attending the book discussion, if you could show up to the Tap Room a little early (8.45pm or so) and begin to start saving tables, that'd be great! Thanks!
   
   Cohort Guest: the National Coordinator of Emergent Village, Tony Jones / April 29
   Our next cohort meeting will be on April 29th, from 8-10pm, at TGI Friday's in Princeton (directions here). Tony Jones, the National Coordinator for Emergent, will be in town for the Institute of Youth Ministry at Princeton Seminary. He'll be joining us for the cohort to discuss the "state of Emergent" and to share with us about his new book, "The New Christians." You won't want to miss the chance to connect with Tony.
   
   Brian McLaren and the Everything Must Change Tour / May 2-3
   Finally, May 2-3 is the "Everything Must Change" tour in the Bronx. The two-day event has recently been underwritten by a church, so the total price is now only $20. A few of us from the cohort will be going up, so if you want to join us, send me an email back and we'll be in touch. To find out more information and to register, click here.
3. See Brian McLaren in NYC for $20
   
   
   The Everything Must Change Tour is coming to the Bronx May 2-3. Because a church graciously has underwritten the event, you can now go for just $20. It is a really important event that has been getting some great press during the past few months.
   
   If you are able to, I'd highly encourage you to go to this event. For more info, and to register, go here.
4. .bE, Alternative Worship Gathering, at Princeton Seminary
   
   
   If you're around Princeton, I encourage you to check out .bE, an alternative worship gathering on Tuesday, March 18th at Princeton Theological Seminary. It will be on campus in the Auditorium in the Mackay Campus Center (map here) and it will start at 8pm. I hope to see you there.
5. Cohort - March 4 - Discussing Phyllis Tickle's idea of "The Great Emergence"
   The Princeton Emergent Cohort will be meeting Tuesday night, March 4th at 8pm at the Princeton T.G.I. Friday's. It will be led by Charlie Pardue, co-leader of the Princeton Emergent Cohort. This is the description he sent me:
   
   Phyllis Tickle recently gave a message at this year's Youth Specialties convention which will soon be a book by the name of The Great Emergence. In her message she drew a diagram as a way of illustrating what's happening in Christianity that we're calling the emerging church (see link). Her diagram illustrates the ways in which Christianity has been split into different streams that tend to "specialize" in a particular way of being Christian. The "Great Emergence" or the emerging church is in many ways the attempt at (re)joining those streams. In emerging Christianity it is not uncommon for Evangelicals to embrace high-church liturgy or on the other hand for social-justice minded mainliners to embrace a radically personal relationship with Christ. We'll spend some time talking about our own experience in crossing these borders and where all this might be taking us in the future.
   
   It should be a really great conversation, and in order to get your mind thinking about the issues that Tickle addresses, take a look at these two very short articles:
   
   • First is a blog post written by Charlie after hearing Tickle give the talk / link
     
   • Second is an article written by Tickle entitled, "The Emerging Twenty-First-Century Christianity." / download
     
   We hope to see you all there!