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EventsThe Christian Peace Witness for Iraq events of 2008 were centered around diverse worship experiences in over 12 houses of worship in Washington, DC at noon on Friday, March 8. The intent of the day was to bring people from different faith traditions together to bear a worshipful witness for peace in the conflict in [...]
This weekend there will be a Presbymergent gathering at the Everything Must Change Tour @ Vienna Presbyterian Church. We will be gathering during the lunch period on Saturday. Watch for signs or an announcement of our specific location.
The events page on presbymergent.org has been updated with lots of information on where presbymergents are going throughout the coming winter and spring months. The biggest national gathering of presbymergents, however, will be taking place this summer at Montreat during the Church Unbound conference just after GA.
What is taking place in events, until this [...]
One of presbymergent’s Editors, Jim Bonewald (of The Church Geek fame), has started a thread on our Facebook group page discussing presbymergent’s presence at this year’s General Assembly in San Jose. You can follow along here (it will ask you to login to Facebook, so if you haven’t had a chance to sign up for [...]
Presbyterians in Bend Oregon have been exploring ways to be more connecting with the community. A set of emerging gatherings are being developed that range from worshiping communities, fellowship activities and events, spiritual formation groups, lunch time discussion groups and pastor cohorts.
At First Presbyterian Church, we will be studying the new book by Brian [...]
If anyone wants to see some photos from the conference, I put them up on Flickr here. Enjoy!
I just returned from Presbymergent: Always Reforming in Pittsburgh, and wanted to give you a brief update. This is from my perspective, and I encourage you all to either leave comments about your thoughts, or if you have more comments, please write your own draft and we’ll make sure they get posted.
Brian Wallace, B.J. Woodworth [...]
For all those who participated in a presbymergent party this summer, it was great to meet you and hear your stories. Given all the presbymergent interest at this summer’s events, there is more planned for this coming year. Fun!
As we enter into fall, the events page has been updated with details on forthcoming [...]
Many of you know that I will be presenting the following workshop at the Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church Conference in two weeks (it’s not too late to register).
Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order
Many view the Book of Order as a rigid, rule-focused guide for saying more about what one “can’t” do [...]
Yeah, mostly I’ve always wanted to say those words. When I was a teenager, my sole life-ambition was to graduate from high school, move to Nashville, and become a studio musician.
So I’m finally here (I did bring my guitar!), but it’s for the National Presbyterian Evangelism Conference. The convention is at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, [...]
