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Emerging in Pittsburgh?

Emergent/Postmodern Ministry on the College Campus

WHO: Open to anyone who wants to talk about the emerging church, including those seeking to understand postmodern ministry on the college campus.  

RESPOND BY: October 10 -- drop a comment here 

 

Bob Robinson, Area Director for Northern Ohio (Coalition for Christian Outreach), has arranged an interaction time with Tony Jones, the National Coordinator for Emergent-U.S, on Sunday night, October 16th at 7:30 PM at the Open Door (801 N. Negley Ave. in the Union Project, Pittsburgh) after the Open Door’s evening worship gathering. Also present for the discussion will be Pittsburgh-based emerging church leaders, including B.J. Woodworth.

Emerging in San Francisco?

Join us for lunch on October 3 to connect with other people in the San Francisco Bay Area interested in Emergent Conversations. The goal of this lunch is to cultivate friendships and perhaps "reimagine" what exactly
"Emergent" is.

Lunch will be hosted by Mark Scandrette with special guest Tony Jones, recently designated national coordinator for Emergent.

WHEN? Monday October 3, 2005 12:30 P.M.

WHERE? Naan N' Curry, 398 Eddy St., San Francisco, CA 94102 (in the Tenderloin District at the Northeast corner of Eddy at Leavenworth)

NOTE: Parking will be difficult-- public transportation is suggested.

COST: $8 per person. (includes good Pakistani curries, Tandori chicken, rice, bread, Chai Tea and tip)

Please R.S.V.P. to mark@reimagine.org

DIRECTIONS FROM BART/ MARKET STREET

Exit Powell Street Station.
Go one block North on Powell
Turn Left on Eddy
Go approximately 2 blocks to Leaventhworth
Naan N' Curry will be on your Right.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

From 101 NORTH/ Van Ness
Turn Left (East)  on Eddy
Go on Eddy to Leavenworth
Best of Luck on metered parking (.25 per 10 min.  Garage Parking may also be available)

AND, you can join Tony Jones, Mark Scandrette, Lilly Lewin, Karen Ward, and Bob Carlton at this event that evening with SF Anglicans who are investigating the emerging church.

Going to the National Youth Workers' Convention?

Wanna talk about Emergent while you're there?

If so, meet me (Tony Jones) at these times/places -- we'll go grab a meal:

Sacramento: Saturday, October 1, Hyatt Regency Lobby, 12:30pm

Pittsburgh: Sunday, October 16, Westin Lobby, 12:30pm

Nashville:  Saturday, November 19, Renaissance  Lobby, 5pm

More Ways To Help With Katrina

The following information was sent out via the Emergent/C. If you are not receiving this email, you can sign up on the Emergent Village home page.

If you did not receive last's week's email with the Katrina video based on Psalm 137, you can view more information at the post below.

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From Chris Seay, Emergent Contributor

Friends,

I was very pleased to hear how many of you were blessed by the music video we sent out last week to help you tell the story of the devastation of so many from the Gulf Coast. The last week has been overwhelming for us in Houston. So many of our new neighbors need help to start their lives over again. Will you challenge your community to respond to this challenge with love? We are witnessing some beautiful redemptive windows where the church can step forward and many of you have asked us to work on your behalf.  I’ll include more information for you about the Ecclesia response effort and a new music video from “The Voice: Songs from the Psalms” that you can download for free at www.theworkofthepeople.com.

If you or your church would like to sponsor a family for the coming year as we work to help them start a new life, find a home, get their kids in school, and seek gainful employment Ecclesia will help you connect with the right family and recruit a mentor from our church to serve as a guide and friend during these challenging days. We are estimating the cost of sponsoring a family to be about $1400 a month (16,800 for the year) that can be combined with other assistance and help us to care for these families well.

We are sorting through hundreds of requests from families and we are hoping that we can serve as a conduit to connect you with these families with tremendous needs. As I write this we have a bus of families (of course the bus broke down on the way) from New Orleans  making  their way to us. These families were connected to Young Life in Louisiana and are all looking to start over in Houston. We have also acquired a space for the children’s home and will be communicating more about their future needs as we help them get settled. Blessings and thanks for your help, partnership, and prayers.

I pray the music video and documentary download will be a blessing to your church. Blessings!

Chris Seay

Ecclesia Hurricane Relief
2115 Taft
Houston, Tx. 77006

ECCLESIA RELIEF EFFORT

"As a missional Christian community, Ecclesia strives to provide long-term & short-term recovery tools for those who have been devastated or displaced by hurricane Katrina. The three primary touch points are as follows:

Spiritual Ministry: Love and pray for our neighbors who have great need for comfort.  Become counselors and listeners as the evacuees begin to process the traumatic events they have experienced. Become intercessors, entering deeply into the spiritual battle that we are currently engulfed in.
Housing Ministry: Provide semi-permanent places for displaced families who have no other refuge, through sponsorship support and coordination with local agencies.
Community Ministry: Become Christ incarnate to our new neighbors, giving sacrificially of our time and resources through committed volunteer efforts in coordination with local agencies & ministries.
Commit to Christ through His body, Ecclesia, and its partners to rally around our new neighbors and take necessary measures to meet their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs."

Psalm 137 Katrina Video

Many have inquired about the Katrina resource made available by Ecclesia. This is based on Psalm 137, the words of which are from "The Voice", a retelling of scripture Chris is working on with Word Publishing.

To download the video, click here. Below are the words:

Psalm 137

On the banks of the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept
when we remembered our home, so far away, sweet Zion.

On the drooping willows we hid our instruments,
hoping they would fall into the waters and disappear,
for our torturers were demanding songs from us--
songs of joy from days gone by,
songs from home.

Such cruel men taunted us.
How did they expect us to sing,
while still tormented, brokenhearted, homesick?
O Jerusalem, even still,
please don’t escape my memory.
I treasure you and your songs,
even as I hide my harp from the enemy.
And if I forget, may I never sing again;
may I never play well again.
For what use would it be,
if I don’t remember home
as my source of joy.

Remember, Lord, how the Edomites, our brothers,
the descendents of Esau, stood by and
watched.  Gloating, they said,
“Destroy it, tear it down to the ground,”
  when Jerusalem was being demolished.

Still I am even more horrified
by the violence you’ve committed,
daughter of Babylon,
(killing innocent children,
torturing and degrading others).
I only hope those who make you pay for this
will laugh in your face,
so you will no longer walk so proud.
Maybe they should dash your children against the rocks,
so you will know how it feels.
May you live to see this and not die before.

The Volf Event Is Full

With a haste unprecedented in the brief history of Emergent, the 2006 Theological Conversation with Miroslav Volf filled in less than six hours!  Thanks to everyone who is so excited about this event, and we're truly sorry to those of you who didn't get in -- a waiting list has been established.  We could probably open this up  and accomodate several hundred more people, but limiting attendance to 100 ensures that the event will truly be a conversation and not turn into a lecture.

But fret not, we're already working on possibilities for another top-notch theologian in 2007, and remember that there are lots of other Emergent events, cohorts, etc.