February 2, 2008 1:30 PM - Next Cohort Meeting

Greetings,

The time for the next cohort meeting is already here and there is one important issue to bring up at the February 2 meeting. We will meet as usual at Panera Bread in Beavercreek, Ohio at 1:30 P.M.. For various reasons (mostly career-related) I will not be able to continue to lead the cohort, so I would appreciate it if someone else steps up as a volunteer to do this for a while. If you are interested, please e-mail me and let me know. Also only a couple of people showed up at the last few meetings, so I need to hear from those of you interested in making the cohort successful, or we will likely discontinue the group for lack of interest since folks do not seem to be interested in attending regularly. Most meetings so far have been very exciting and beneficial in my opinion, and it would be a shame to not continue to meet and benefit from this great interaction.

For this next meeting, I am hoping we can discuss an interview with Bishop Kallistos Ware in which he discusses Orthodox Christianity and other issues, from the role of women in Church to liturgical experiences for Orthodox believers. I think it is healthy for us to contemplate what Christians outside of the U.S. experience and how they view the Church in their own cultural and social contexts. You can read this interview and other articles by Bishop Ware at: http://www.stnina.org/journal/art/1.3.7

Again, please e-mail me as soon as possible if you are interested in leading the Dayton Emergent cohort; this will be last meeting as an Emergent cohort if more of you do not show up, so please come and participate if you are interested in making this group successful.