Second Monday & Peter Rollins

The NYC Cohort Community has spoken. The second Monday of the month is the desired day, and so we'll start that on February 12th - Lincoln's Birthday (sticking with the 6:30 start time).

At the January meeting we talked about different topics to cover including; women in ministry, mainline emergent, doing a study in Acts from an emergent perspective.

Books - the two books that we want to all read together and discuss are:

How (not) To Speak of God by Peter Rollins

The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian McLaren

How can we incorporate these into our dialog? From past NYC experience I am a little reluctant to "all read the book together", because with NYC lifestyles it's rare that everyone will be up to speed on the reading schedule and because new people cycle in and don't have a context. So, here's an idea...Let's say that we will all read those books starting with Rollins and that as we go over the months this winter and spring, we will always find ways to bring ideas from the book into the specific dialog we are having that month. So when it's women in ministry, we'll talk about that in general but we'll always be looking for opportunities to bring in something Peter Rollins has written that might be illuminating.

And we'll ask one another how the reading is coming and with subtle social pressure get everyone to get through that book by at least late winter and start the Secret Message in early spring.

When I was at the Emergent Coordinating Group gathering in June, someone had an advance copy of the Peter Rollins book and everyone was abuzz with how good it was. Apparently Brian McLaren really, really loves it. So, go buy it and let's do it!

There are so many more things we want to do to take our group to the next level - hey man, I'm the National Cohorts leader, so I got to have a good and inspiring group for the rest of them to get ideas from - and so that means I need all of you to get creative and think of great new things for the group and let's make it really rock. Please make me look good.

Would you like to open the meeting with a song and some prayer? Let me know. Would you like to post some thoughts to this blog? email me. Would you like to list your blog and church website on the sidebar of this blog? send it to me. Would you like a roll of twenties? Contact Elise.

So, blessings my cohortesians and let's discover on Feb. 12th that at least half of us in the meeting own a copy of the "How (not) To Speak of God" book by Peter Rollins. (Consider buying two and handing one out at the Cohort:)