Entries Categorized as 'Presbymergent'

Presbymergent Logo Contest

April 2, 2008

We are running a logo contest over at presbymergent, and the contest will run for the next month - submissions are due by May 2nd. We are really hoping to get some great quality submissions, so please pass this on to your friends, graphic designers and anyone you think might be interested. And as far [...]

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G-3.0401 Called to Openness

January 22, 2008

Awhile ago while looking through the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order (BOO), I ran across this section:
G-3.0401 Called to Openness: The Church is called

to a new openness to the presence of God in the Church and in the world, to more fundamental obedience, and to a more joyous celebration in worship and work;
to a [...]

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Can presbymergent Save the PC(USA)?

November 21, 2007

Presbymergent has continued to gain steam, and more and more people have begun to connect with it (we’re over 200 on our Facebook group and we have 199 contributors on the website). I’ve found it’s a very odd phenomenon to watch something that I helped to start grow bigger than I had initially expected. I [...]

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Presbymergent Conference

October 22, 2007

Last week we had the Presbymergent Conference at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. I already wrote a brief report of the conference here, but I thought I’d mention a few things here:

Brian Wallace and the crew from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary did an amazing job putting together this conference, and they deserve a ton of credit.
We had a [...]

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Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order

October 6, 2007

Many of you know that I will be presenting the following workshop at the Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church Conference in a week (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 [...]

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Always Reforming: Presbymergent Conference

September 25, 2007

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I’d like to encourage you to attend the 2007 Presbymergent Conference, “Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church.”
It’s not too late to sign up for the event. It’s going to be held at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary on October 12-13. I’m going to be there presenting a workshop and we’ll hear from [...]

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An Experiment in Collaborative Preaching

September 8, 2007

I have spent the better part of the past few days staring at Deuteronomy 30.15-20 and James 1.29-25 and trying to think of something to say about them. Like I mentioned a few days ago, I haven’t preached in over a year and so getting back into the rhythm is something I’ve found to be [...]

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PC(USA) Has $20,000 in Funding for Emergent Churches

August 27, 2007

Sherry Britton in the New Church Development office of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Louisville has asked some folks to share the following exciting news, especially for our presbymergent friends:
The director of Evangelism has just found $20,000 in his budget designated for emergent churches. He would like to receive proposals for the use of the [...]

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A Church for Our Time

July 5, 2007

For those of you who may be interested, Covenant Network is putting on a conference at Montreat this summer, August 6-11, “A Church For Our Time”. From the website, the conference is described as follows:
Vibrant congregations in a diverse but united church. That’s what nearly all Presbyterians want – but how do we help make [...]

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Presbyterian Outlook article on Mainline Emergent/s Conference

February 9, 2007

There is an article on the Presbyterian Outlook website about the Mainline Emergent/s Conference held at Columbia Theological Seminary. For those who don’t want to register on the Outlook site to get the full article, I’ve uploaded it here as a pdf.
Both pomomusings and presbymergent got plugs in the article, which is great. We are [...]

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