Scranton Cohort

Scranton Cohort

1. Cohort on Hiatus
   Because our monthly cohort gatherings have had waning attendance, we think it best to put the monthly conversations on hold and come up with a new plan. If there is anyone in the Scranton area interested in these conversations please be in touch with your ideas.
2. Cohort Meeting -- Tonight! Nov 7
   The cohort will be meeting for our regular monthly conversation tonight at 8:00 at Northern Light. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it because we have family in town, but I hope others of you will still gather to share thoughts, ideas, and updates on our various efforts. No specific reading or topic this week -- just come and check in.
3. Cohort Conversation: Tues., Oct. 3 -- Fresh Approaches to Scripture in the Emerging Church
   Our cohort conversation is coming up in just over a week, so I thought I'd post a topic for us. At the end of our last conversation we decided to talk about "fresh approaches to scripture in the emerging church." Here is a pamphlet about reading scripture that I thought might be helpful to get us started: Simon Perry, What is So Holy About Scripture? (this link will take you to a page where you can download a PDF of the pamphlet--it is formatted to be printed on front and back, collated, and folded like a pamphlet so it is hard to read online--best to print). I'll look for some more online materials and if I find any I'll post them here. Looking forward to our conversation.
4. Emerging Church Learning Party
   
   
   Praxis - Learning Party
   Originally uploaded by dydimustk.
   Thanks to Thomas Knoll for the photo; he helped Karen Ward, Lacey Brown, and Bob Fisher lead the Learning Party this past Saturday at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
   
   More photos of the event are on Thomas's Flickr account, or head over to a local emerging community, Peacemeal, to see a few others.
   
   If you were a part of the event, or are in the area and interested in the emerging church, make sure you join the Cohort on the first Tuesday of each month at Northern Light Espresso Bar on Spruce Street in downtown Scranton.
   
5. Cohort Conversation: Tues., Sept 5: What is the Emerging Church?
   Our Emergent Cohort will be meeting this Tuesday at Northern Light at 8:00. We will focus our conversation around the topic, "What is the Emerging Church?"
   
   I've linked here some online articles that will help us get into the topic. If you have time please read these and come with your own thoughts, ideas, and experiences.
   
   George Lings, "What is 'Emerging Church'?"
   
   Doug Pagitt, "Unraveling Emergent"
   
   Karen Ward, "Post-missionaries, or 'walking amongst cats'"
   
   Steve Taylor, "A to Z of the Emerging Church"
   
   Kester Brewin, "The Body of Christ could use some sleep (or what the Church can learn from iTunes)"
   
   We look forward to the conversation and hope to see you there!