SPECIAL COHORT with Tony Jones, Aug 23

Come join us for a special NYC Cohort Conversation with Tony Jones, National Coordinator of Emergent Village and editor of An Emergent Manifesto of Hope.

TOMORROW night, Thursday, August 23rd from 7-9 pm.

We'll be gathering at Stone Creek Bar & Lounge

* 140 East 27th Street between Third Avenue and Lexington

Meet Tony on YouTube (he's the guy on the left)

Read About An Emergent Manifesto of Hope

Check out Tony's Bio - from www.emergentvillage.com

As the national coordinator of Emergent Village, Tony connects people within the network, helps to organize events and initiatives, and is responsible for things like maintaining this website. Tony is in the process of getting a Ph.D. in practical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Previously, he was the Minister to Youth & Young Adults at the Colonial Church of Edina in Minnesota, the church where he grew up. Educated at Dartmouth College and Fuller Seminary, Tony is the author of Postmodern Youth Ministry (YS/Zondervan, 2001), Soul Shaper (YS/Zondervan, 2003), Read, Think, Pray, Live (NavPress, 2003) Pray (NavPress, 2003), The Sacred Way (Zondervan, 2005), and the editor of several books. Tony serves on several boards, and he is a regular columnist in The Journal of Student Ministries. Tony lives in Minnesota with his wife, Julie, and their three young children.

NEED SPACE FOR TONY JONES MEETING

Any Ideas??

Thursday, August 23rd at 6:30pm

(comment below and we'll get it)

August Special Cohort w/ Tony Jones

*****UPDATE: Can't meet at normal space - any ideas for alternate space??******

Hey everyone. Because August is such a strange month in NYC, we've been wondering if we should take the month off, but then a wonderful opportunity came up - Tony Jones is in town on August 23rd (Thurs.) and so he is going to spend the evening with us.

If you don't know, Tony is the national coordinator of emergent village and speaks all over the world to groups large and small about what's happening in emergent land.

We haven't confirmed whether we will stay in the regular space or go somewhere else, so stay tuned for an email on that - and of course no regular cohort on the second monday of August.

Come with questions for Tony and let me know if there's anything you'd like him to cover and we'll let him know ahead of time. It's going to be a great night.

Then it will only be a few weeks until we start the new year of cohorts on the second Monday of September - come out this year and make friendships with people that will walk alongside you as you endeavor to do new things in the Kingdom. Consider cementing the second Monday of each month into your calendar this year.

So many things are happening this year that you will enjoy being a part of. Bowie is helping organize the big "Greenbelt" style festival that EV is working on along with a few other groups. I am going to be participating all over the country in Brian McLaren's eleven city, "Everything Must Change" tour (more on that exciting development soon). Samir has finally arrived and is preparing to launch Faith House. Sean Callaghan and family are ready to go and are just awaiting visa's to move here and plant in Tribeca. Jose Humphreys of Latino Leadership Circle is planting MetroHope in Harlem and Belinda is on his team (and I am in talks with them about being involved:)

Doing new things is hard. I can't stress enough how helpful it has been for all of us who are regulars to build the friendships we have in the cohort. Don't fight your fights alone, don't try to come up with all those new ideas alone - come join our happy family one night a month.