Friday, April 20, 2007

Trinity Wall Street's Emerging Events

How Radical is Your Welcome?
Saturday, April 28th, 10 am to 3 pm – $10 includes lunch
74 Trinity Place, 2nd floor

What, exactly, does it mean to be welcoming? The Rev. Stephanie Spellers, author of Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other and The Spirit of Transformation, leads a one-day workshop on "radical welcome." She'll introduce concepts that help lead communities through fear and beyond mere diversity to truly welcome the gifts and power of marginalized groups. And if that's not radical, what is? Register by contacting the Congregation Office at 212-602-0800 or email Ali Lutz at alutz@trinitywallstreet.org.

Stephanie is also the pastor for The Crossing, an emerging church worship community, in Boston MA. and she rocks.

Heads Up!

Ian Mobsby – an evening at Trinity Wall Street talking about how Rublev's Icon and a Trinitarian ecclesiology can enable us to be experimental and do mission.
Thursday, June 7th, evening (details to follow) – FREE

Ian is a founding member of Moot, an emerging church community in London, UK and has been doing emerging church stuff in the UK for the last 14 years, is sweet, and totally rad. You can also read this interview between Johnny Baker and Ian about his new book.

p.s. Please email the blog or cohortnyc@gmail.com if you have events you'd like announced.

Friday, April 13, 2007

LLC Films Start! + Cohort News

We just got the info and the much awaited premiere of the Latino Leadership Circle's film series.

They'll be at the American Bible Society just north of Columbus Circle on Broadway.

The first one, Dying To Live will be Tues, Jan. 24th at 6:00pm with a panel discussion afterwards - they're free but you have to link to their website and register.

"Dying to Live" is a profound look at the human face of the immigrant. It explores who these people are, why they leave their homes and what they face in their journey. Drawing on the insights of Pulitzer Prize winning photographers, theologians, Church and congressional leaders, activists, musicians and the immigrants themselves, this film exposes the places of conflict, pain and hope along the US-Mexico border. It is a reflection on the human struggle for a more dignified life and the search to find God in the midst of that struggle.

*********More Cohort News*************

Please pray for Elise who is in the midwest recovering from some pretty serious eye surgery. She developed a problem while at her sister's wedding and has had to stay out there for the treatment and recovery.

Transmission is the new press darling with multiple coverage of their amazingly creative and provocative and inclusive Easter gathering at Avalon (formerly Limelight, formerly Episcopal church). Monday at the post-Easter cohort we heard the full story, and you can link to their website/blog (link is on the side panel) to hear about it yourself - my favorite quote from the Metro paper - "We're not really pastors, we're more like producer's".

The New Sanctuary Movement - with an innocent little invite to join other religious leaders to talk about immigration issues in our country, Belinda placed me in front of a vortex which has sucked me into a very exciting new journey that is launching nationally in the coming days - we have to be a little hush hush publicly right now, but feel free to contact me if you want to know more about how you can really be involved in helping some people that really need it - a wonderful opportunity for your congregation to be on the cutting edge of a vital national issue. Seriously, the media coverage on this is going to be huge. I was just on a conference call with incredibly savvy national religious leaders and serious national media consultants planning the launch.

Jeff on behalf of the Cohort Team

Monday, April 09, 2007

Easter Debrief (chill out and share w/ pizza and friends) 6:30 TONIGHT

Friends -

Come join us tonight for an informal evening of sharing about our lenten journeys and Easter experiences. The challenges and joys, inspirations and insights, O God moments and Alleluias!

We'll have pizza and as usual, meet...

...the Second Monday of each month at 6:30pm @ Origins Church Office 581 9th Ave #3B (corner of 42nd and 9th Ave.) above the papaya dog. Enter next to the hotdog place on 9th ave. look for the ORIGINS poster in the door and buzz number 3B... if there's a problem with the buzzer call 917-553-6843.

Bowie
on behalf of...
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The Cohort Team