We had a great meeting Wednesday night, getting to know some new friends and chatting about whatever was on our minds.
But I think it’s time to get serious now. No more fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants meetings. Let’s get down to business.
Or something like that. Anyways…
We’re going to start reading a book together! And the one we decided on is a (somewhat) oldie but a goodie:
Brian McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy
A few of us have read it already, a few of us haven’t, but either way I think the discussions that we’ll have surrounding the topics brought up in this excellent book will be beneficial to everyone involved.
I’ll follow up with more details on how much we should have read by next meeting, but the first chapter is probably a good place to start. And if you’d like to buy it through Amazon (the link above) and save a couple bucks on shipping, let me know, because I can get free shipping.
And speaking of the next meeting, I’m going to do something unprecedented and announce the date of the next meeting way ahead of time!!! Let’s see if that works for us, and we can always go back to the democratic method next time if it seems to work better.
Next Cohort meeting – #5
Date: Wednesday, 3/12
Time: 8pm-11pm
Location: Starbucks in Latham on Route 2 ( 549 Troy Schenectady Rd Latham, NY )
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Bring: A Generous Orthodoxy
Yes. Enjoyed meeting everyone very much on Wednesday. Cool to talk with people in very different situations with common thread of thought and desire to be… whatever it is: emergent, emerging, missional, intentional, influential, effective, good at it? Granted, the lunar eclipse was a total letdown, no offense God, but the conversation was great. Thanks Curtis for taking this on.
Sounds great Curtis! I too enjoyed the good conversation as always. Can’t wait to seee what our next meeting will bring.
enjoyed the meeting last Wednesday. I ordered my copy of Generous Orthodoxy. I should have it sometime this week and willread what I can before we meet again.
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