Emerging Network

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Brother Damian was priest and missionary to the leper colony on the island of Molokai in the second half of the Nineteenth Century. His story was the catalyst for our conversation on Tuesday, April 15 at the Common Roots Café. As we spoke about the sacrifice and compassion of Damian, we also talked about mission work and how we find God and spiritual meaning in our lives.

Our group’s next regularly scheduled gathering is on May 6 at 7pm, once again at the Common Roots Café, 2558 Lyndale, Mpls.Some of us will also be attending a lecture by John Spong on April 24 at 7:30 at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Mpls.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Our last gathering on Tuesday, April 1 was great. We met at Gigi's Cafe in Minneapolis and began by checking in with each other and getting up to speed on each other's lives.

We also took time to discuss some issues and topics that emerged after hearing Tony Campolo speak at Lake Harriet UMC last week. Finally, we shared some ideas for topics and outings for the future. If you have additional thoughts, please respond to this post below.

I just learned today that John Spong will be in town for four days later this month. He's preaching at Hennepin Ave. UMC, giving lectures at United Theological Seminary and giving a lecture on Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 at Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis. The suggested donation for this event is $10. I'm hoping that we can go hear him that evening. For those unfamiliar with Spong, check out these sites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shelby_Spong & http://www.johnshelbyspong.com/index.aspx

Let me know if you want to attend his lecture by sending me an email at emergingnetwork@gmail.com

Our next regularly scheduled event is going to be at

Common Roots Cafe http://www.commonrootscafe.com/index.htm
2558 Lyndale Ave. S, Mpls.
April 15 @ 7pm.

All are welcome to attend.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Our next gathering

Hola.

Last week we met at Gigi's Cafe in Uptown. It's a great place for a cup of coffee, a pastry and some good conversation. We liked it so much that we'll be meeting there again on April 1.

We hope to see you there!

Next up,
April 1, 7pm
Gigi's Cafe http://gigisuptown.com/
822 W 36th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55408-4106

All are welcome to attend.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Sumthin' New

Greetings.

At our last meetin on 3/4/08 we talked a lot about a syndicated article that appeared in last week's papers by Neela Banerjee of the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/26religion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

We discussed the article and such topics as what constitutes a worship experience, why we've gravitated to the church and why LHUMC in particular has appealed to us.

We also decided that even though we like the Independent, for our next gathering we're going to try a quieter venue.

Next up,

March 18, 7pm

Gigi's Cafe http://gigisuptown.com/

822 W 36th St.

Minneapolis, MN 55408-4106

All are welcome to attend.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Next up . . .

Yes, the Emerging Ministries group is up and running on our new schedule. Our first meeting was great. We discussed Jesus' miracles and whether or not the

y happened; and if not, does that matter for our faith?