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!

June 7, 2008 Dayton Cohort Meeting

The June cohort meeting will take place on Saturday, June 7 at 1:30 PM at Panera by the Fairfield Mall in Beavercreek. As I (Virgil) have less time to dedicate to those meetings, I am hoping that other folks will step in and participate. One person offering to help was Fr. Gregory Theopistos, a local minister which will share some of the meeting with us.

Please come Saturday to meet Greg and other folks in the area. We rarely stick to a topic, but two books which have electrified me for the past couple of weeks were Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna, and Doug Pagitt's new book A Christianity Worth Believing. If you have copies of the books please bring them with you; I will do the same and perhaps we will be able to discuss some key points which I believe are relevant especially from an Emergent perspective.

I hope to see you all on Saturday at 1:30 PM.


Directions & info below:

Panera Bread at Fairfield Commons (map) 2751 Fairfield Commons Beavercreek, OH 45431 (937) 426-3900 | phone (937) 426-3980 | fax

First Dayton cohort meeting

Greetings friends...

The first Dayton cohort meeting will take place on Saturday, September 9 at 1:00 PM at the Beavercreek Barnes & Noble which is right across the street from the Fairfield Mall. If you need directions, click on the Google Maps image to the right and get directions from Google. If you have questions, please drop us a note or post a comment here.

There will be no specific topic for the first meeting, but feel free to bring topic ideas and suggestions with you. Perhaps a book reading or a study based on one of the books suggested under the "Books to consider" section will make sense once some cohesion develops within the group.

Welcome friends...

This blog will serve as the online meeting and discussion place for the Emergent Dayton cohort. We are hoping that this small cohort will eventually energize the Dayton-area Christians and create the kind of interactive and open faith that we believe Christ wanted from his disciples.

The plan (for now) is to meet on the first Saturday of each month at Barnes & Noble in Beavercreek, in the Starbucks seating area. We are all looking forward to some great conversations and exchanges. For suggestions about topics and meeting dates/times for our first meeting, please contact me or post comments below.

Where:

Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Dayton @ Beavercreek
2720 Towne Drive # 200 (N. Fairfield Rd.)
Beavercreek, OH 45431
937-429-1660

When: To be determined

Who: Contact us at emergentdayton at gmail.com with suggestions and questions.