Annual Conference, Decline/Growth, Missional
Reminder About Annual Conference Activities
Here are two events that may be of interest to you, in addition to many, many others at this year’s conference. Please pass this information on to all your friends! Word-of-mouth is good publicity!!
The first event is called, Emergent Brethren Conversations, to be held at 9:30pm to 10:30pm, Monday (7/14) at the Marriott Hotel, Dominion Room. The purpose is for people who are either exploring or attempting to do Emergent ministry in or beyond their congregations. Like last year, this will be another time where you can meet other people from around the country to increase your perspectives of what’s happening and what other’s are doing in ministry. There have been some great posts recently that could drive our conversation for a good, long time!
The second event is an insight session on Monday evening called, Engaging Our Communities with Jesus. The purpose of this session will be to have three congregations tell their stories of how they are engaging their communities in a way that builds God’s kingdom and the are growing as a result. One of the congregations to be featured is Community of Joy in Salisbury, Maryland. Last Summer, this congregation finally got their own building, have promoted themselves well in the community, building solid relationships and are growing in worship attendance as a result. The other featured congregations will be Grandview, Garden City, and Mohican. This Insight Session will start at 6:45pm, Monday (7/14) at the Convention Center, B-15-C.
Perhaps a third event might be our networking with each other and finding a common time when a majority could meet for a meal and just hang-out. This may be tough with so many things happening. But if anyone desires it, please let me know.
Also, if anyone has any other suggestions of activities to participate in, please post them here!
Blessings to you,
Jeff
Emergent Brethren Conversations
Marriott, Dominion
Monday, July 14th
02 Jul 2008 Jeff Glass
Hello fellow emergent Brethren! It was great to get to meet some of you for the first time and to reconnect with some of you at these opportunities during Annual Conference. I especially enjoyed the the “Emergent Brethren Conversations” as an opportunity to network and was energized by our time together. Thanks Jeff for helping to set these up.
I’m going to try to comment more regularly on the blog here and not just read it. Let’s keep these emergent conversations going!