Saturday, March 7 2009 Dayton Cohort Meeting

Greetings again folks, time is here again for the March Cohort meeting, which will take place on Saturday, March 7 at 1:30 P.M. at Panera Bread located next to the Fairfield Mall in Beavercreek (see Google Maps directions here: http://tinyurl.com/c57cty)

There are three things to bring to your attention:

1. My friend Kevin Beck has made his book "This Book Will Change Your World, How All Things Become New" available for free in PDF format. You can also visit Kevin's website here to download the book: http://thisbookwillchangeyourworld.com/

2. There is an interview with Phyllis Tickle which has been floating among emergent folks for several weeks now. I played it yesterday for our congregation. Phyllis is bringing in some fascinating insight into the changes and emergence of the Church into "something" (we may not yet know what it is). Her insight will also provide us with some conversation material for the meeting, so please watch the video here: http://vimeo.com/3156181

3. The Subversion '09 / TruthVoice conference is almost here. We've picked the dates of May 14-16. I am really excited about this year's conference for several reasons. We are bringing together a number of people from very different backgrounds, and that in itself is encouraging. We are also focusing a lot on local speakers in order to build up a community of believers and create local relationships that last. Also, the first day will be a day solely focused on the topic of Creation, provided by the folks at Beyond Creation Science (http://beyondcreationscience.com). The Creation story is much more important than we may realize; focusing on a "young earth" alone or on a literal interpretation of the Creation narrative may lead us away from the true meaning of the story, so this is a very exciting event to host here in the Dayton area; we even got the attention of the folks from Answers in Genesis, which is a lot to be said about :)

Go to http://truthvoice.com/ to read more and register.

As usual, any other topic is up for grabs so feel free to bring your thoughts and ideas with you to share. I hope to see you Saturday!