Sunshine State Cohorts - Emergent Village

Moving the Conversation

2009-11-23T08:50:00.002-05:00

We are migrating all of our announcements, discussions, events, photos, etc. over a Ning. The blog will not be updated from this point forward.

The social media features of the Ning will allow a more free-flowing dialogue than the blog has provided. So come on over to the Sunny Emergent Ning, add your profile, and join the conversation!

Tampa Cohort Gathering Saturday 11.21.09 at Cafe Kili

2009-11-13T17:51:00.005-05:00

Come join us for dialogue about the Christian faith and life. Since Tre Amici will be packed and there will be a parking fee due to the Tampa Cigar Heritage Festival in Centennial Park, we're moving this month's meeting to Cafe Kili on Fowler Ave in Temple Terrace. Cafe Kili is located at 5731 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33617 behind Applebee's near the corner of 56th Street and Fowler Ave. It's about a mile west of I-75. We'll get started at 10:30 AM and go until 12:30 PM or so. As always, anyone is welcome and we'd love to welcome new folks to the conversation.

We'll be back at Tre Amici in Ybor for our December 19 gathering.

Tampa Cohort Gathering Saturday Oct 17 at Tre Amici

2009-10-16T17:56:00.002-04:00

Hello Tampa EV Cohort. We're having our third Saturday gathering for September on Saturday the 17th, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (or so) at Tre Amici at the Bunker. I'm so excited to be back at Tre Amici following their summer remodeling. They re-opened this week. The address is 1907 19th Street N, Tampa, FL 33605.

As always, anyone who is interested in the conversation is welcome. Please feel free to invite your friends.

Next month's gathering is scheduled for Nov 21, and the Cigar Heritage Festival will be happening in Centennial Park across from Tre Amici. Since they will be charging for parking and Tre Amici may be quite busy, I'd like to find an alternate location for our meeting. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!

Cohort Gathering Saturday Sept 19 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

2009-09-17T21:07:00.000-04:00

We're having our third Saturday gathering for September on Saturday the 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (or so) at La Tropicana Cafe in Ybor. Our normal venue (Tre Amici) is closed until October for remodeling. Hopefully we'll back there for our gathering next month.

La Tropicana is near Tre Amici, and is located at the corner of 7th Ave and 19th Street. The address is 1822 East 7th Ave. Parking is behind the building, accessible off of 19th St. If you want to enjoy some Cuban coffee, a breakfast Cuban sandwich or other tasy treats, please keep in mind that it is a cash only establishment. There is an ATM on site if you need it.

We'll try to gather in the back corner, closest to the parking lot. It's not visible from the front near the counter, so you may need to hunt a bit to find us, but it's not a large place.

As always, anyone who is interested in the conversation is welcome. Please feel free to invite your friends.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

The Future of Emergent Village

2009-09-08T23:10:00.002-04:00

There are a few new threads in the EV conversation that I want to call to your attention. Please check them out.

http://bit.ly/3OzjNe - Emergent/C Newsletter

http://bit.ly/1muArh - A video message from Tim Hartman and Danielle Shroyer

http://bit.ly/vaKMi - A Special Letter About the Future of Emergent Village

Cohort Gathering Saturday August 15 at La Tropicana

2009-08-14T07:22:00.000-04:00

Hello Tampa EV Cohort. We're having our third Saturday gathering for August on Saturday the 15th, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (or so) at La Tropicana Cafe in Ybor. Our normal venue (Tre Amici) is closed until September for remodeling.

La Tropicana is near Tre Amici, and is located at the corner of 7th Ave and 19th Street. The address is 1822 East 7th Ave. Parking is behind the building, accessible off of 19th St. If you want to enjoy some Cuban coffee, a breakfast Cuban sandwich or other tasy treats, please keep in mind that it is a cash only establishment. There is an ATM on site if you need it.

Last month we found a nice table near the back, kind of in the corner. We'll try to be in the same place this month. It's not visible from the front near the counter, so you may need to hunt a bit to find us, but it's not a large place.

As always, anyone who is interested in the conversation is welcome. Please feel free to invite your friends.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Cohort Meetup This Saturday 7.18.09 - NEW LOCATION

2009-07-16T20:31:00.002-04:00

Hello Tampa EV Cohort. We're having our third Saturday gathering for July on Saturday the 18th, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (or so) at La Tropicana Cafe in Ybor. Our normal venue (Tre Amici) is closed until September for remodeling.

La Tropicana is near Tre Amici, and is located at the corner of 7th Ave and 19th Street. The address is 1822 East 7th Ave. Parking is behind the building, accessible off of 19th St. If you want to enjoy some Cuban coffee, a breakfast Cuban sandwich or other tasty treats, please keep in mind that it is a cash only establishment. There is an ATM on site if you need it.

As always, guests are welcome. If you're interested in the conversation, please join us!

Cohort Meetup This Saturday 6.20.09

2009-06-19T19:13:00.001-04:00

Hello Tampa EV Cohort. We're having our third Saturday gathering for June on Saturday the 20h, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (or so) at Tre Amici at the Bunker in Ybor. Bruce has agreed to facilitate the meeting.

As always, anyone who is interested in the conversation is welcome. Please feel free to invite your friends. I've received word that we will likely have some first time guests attending.

Tampa Cohort Meetup Saturday 5.16.09

2009-05-09T09:37:00.003-04:00

We're having our third Saturday gathering for May on Saturday the 16th, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (or so) at Tre Amici at the Bunker in Ybor.

As always, anyone who is interested in the conversation is welcome. Please feel free to invite your friends.

We have been presented with a unique opportunity to provide feedback on an upcoming book in Abingdon's Practicing Theology Series. The series is edited by Tony Jones. The book is called THE PROMISE OF DESPAIR: The Way of the Cross as the Way of the Church by Andrew Root. They've asked a couple of EV cohorts to read the manuscript and provide feedback to Tony by the end of May. I sent manuscript around a few weeks ago by email. If you didn't get it or need another copy, please email me at wwpattison(at)gmail(dot)com.

I'd like to take an hour or so of our time at our May 16 gathering to discuss the book. Feel free to email me your thoughts as well. I'll compile any email notes and a summary of our conversation and send it on to Tony.

Also this Saturday we'll have a first-time guest with us from the Ft. Myers area. Becky Robbins-Penniman is an Episcopal priest and is taking Sabbatical leave to explore some emergent churches / communities. She'll be asking us for feedback on our experiences in emergent / emerging communities in the areas of mission, discipleship, music, worship, teaching, location, community, leadership and finances. It would be really helpful for us to have as many people as possible here for this.

It will be a full and rewarding meeting. I hope to see you all there.

Cohort Meetup This Saturday, 4.18.2009

2009-04-16T20:26:00.004-04:00

Hello everyone. Hope everyone had a blessed Easter. We're having our third Saturday gathering for April on Saturday the 18th, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM at Tre Amici at the Bunker in Ybor.

As always, anyone who is interested in the conversation is welcome. Please feel free to invite your friends.

You might also want to check out this post on the future of Emergent Village.

NoiseTrade Widget

2009-03-23T12:18:00.001-04:00

Cohort Meetup This Saturday, 3.21.2009

2009-03-20T06:05:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone. Just a reminder that we are having our third Saturday gathering for March on Saturday the 21st, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM at Tre Amici at the Bunker in Ybor.

Thank you to everyone who participated in last month's discussion with Bishop Smith. He has asked to come back to be part of the ongoing conversation of our group, and that is a welcome and wonderful thing.

As we continue in the season of Lent and prepare for the remembrance of Christ's passion, death, and Resurrection, I would like to begin our conversation by sharing responses to a simple question - where/how have you experienced God in the past month? I imagine our responses may range from "I haven't" to "nothing special" to some stories of deep experience. I hope to see you there.

Cohort Meetup This Saturday, 2.21.2009

2009-02-20T18:27:00.001-05:00

Just a reminder that we are having our third Saturday gathering on February 21, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM at Tre Amici at the Bunker in Ybor.

Bishop Dabney Tyler Smith of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida will be joining us. A large part of our gathering will be dialoguing with the bishop about the need for new forms--or a rediscovery--of doing church, as the church we have really isn't cutting it in the ways of intentional, communal and faithful disciplining of persons in the life of Christ. This will be more of an exploration with the bishop to give him a sense as to what is already going on in the area, and how an institutional church can learn from the good being done so to recapture the imaginations of people in the Tampa/St. Pete area. We hope to have an open dialogue about what we're seeing, and name the good of things like New Monasticism, "Deep Church", the Emerging church, Emergent Village, etc.

As always, please invite others that you know who would like to be a part of this conversation.

Cohort Meetup This Saturday, 1.17.2009

2009-01-15T17:01:00.002-05:00

Our first cohort gathering of the new year is this Saturday, Jan 17, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at our normal location - Tre Amici at the Bunker in Ybor.

As always, please invite anyone who might be interested in our conversations.

Our next gathering will be February 21.

Cohort Meetup This Saturday, 12.20.2008

2008-12-18T07:56:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone. Hope you're having a blessed and holy Advent.

Our next cohort gathering is this Saturday, Dec 20, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. We're back in our normal location this time - Tre Amici at the Bunker in Ybor.

Hope to see you there. As always, please invite anyone who might be interested in our conversations.

Our next gathering will be January 17, 2009.

Cohort Gathering Nov 15 - Different Location

2008-11-13T18:37:00.002-05:00

Our monthly cohort gathering is this Saturday, November 15 starting at 10:30 AM.

Due to a large event in Centennial Park that will affect our normal meeting place, we will be meeting in a different location for this meeting.

WE WILL MEET AT THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS STARBUCKS ON HILLSBOROUGH AVE AND CENTRAL AVE IN TAMPA at 10:30 AM.

The address is 502 E. Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa, Florida 3360. It's near the intersection of Hillsborough and I-275.

Hope to see you there!

We'll return to our regular meeting place in Ybor next month on Dec 20.

Don't forget to register for The Great Emergence with Phyllis Tickle in December.

The Great Emergence - Dec 5 & 6

2008-10-04T10:07:00.007-04:00

Phyllis Tickle's new book The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why is on books shelves now. This promises to be one of the best books on all things emergent / emerging. And there is going to be an amazing event as well - Dec 5 & 6 in Memphis, TN.

Early bird registration is $145 and includes all sessions and workshops, two lunches and four coffee breaks, and a signed copy of The Great Emergence.

Speakers include Phyllis Tickle, Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt, Peter Rollins, J. Brent Bill, Lisa & Will Samson, Joseph Myers, Tim Keel, and many others.

Read more about the exciting event here.

Click the button below to register, and use the coupon code TBEC when registering.

Be sure to watch this space or email me about carpool options to the event.

Cohort Gatheirng Saturday June 21

2008-06-16T23:20:00.000-04:00

I hope you're enjoying your summer and staying cool. Our next cohort gathering will be this Saturday, June 21 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Tre Amici at the Bunker - 1907 N 19th Street, Tampa, 33605 (two blocks north of 7th Ave in Ybor City).

I know it's the middle of summer and many of you are on vacation or are otherwise engaged on Saturdays. I hope that you will make a special effort to join us on the third Saturday of each month. I also encourage you to think of a person or two to invite to the gathering. New people are always welcome and really add to our dialogue as we explore what it means to live as missional Christ-followers in our community and the world.

I have some ideas for our gathering this Saturday, but if you have ideas on topics for our gathering, please email me at wpattison@tampabay.rr.com (note the change in email). I will be out of town until Friday night, but will be checking email via my blackberry.

Cohort Meetup Saturday May 17

2008-05-15T23:22:00.001-04:00

Our next cohort gathering is this Saturday, May 17 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Tre Amici at the Bunker - 1907 N 19th Street, Tampa, 33605 (two blocks north of 7th Ave in Ybor City).

Bruce Wright will be facilitating.

Upcoming dates are June 21, and July 19. I will have to miss the May and June meetings due to vacation and a business trip. If you would like to facilitate, please let me know.

As always, new folks are always welcome, so invite your friends!

Cohort Video Is Up

2008-04-12T19:40:00.000-04:00

If you haven't visited in a while, be sure to check out the Emergent Village blog. Steve Knight has been posting some really great stuff. He just posted the video below about Emergent Cohorts. (Yes, that's my lovely mug on the still frame). Some of you may have seen it at the Everything Must Change event in St Pete.

Original post with credits is here. Curious to learn more? Join us on the third Saturday of the month at Tre Amici. No spaceships, I promise.

Cohort Meetup Saturday April 19

2008-04-12T19:38:00.000-04:00

Our next cohort gathering is next Saturday April 19 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Tre Amici - 1907 N 19th Street, Tampa, 33605 (two blocks north of 7th Ave in Ybor City).

We'll continue our look at Everything Must Change, with a look at Part 8: The Revolution of Hope. I hope you'll come and join in the discussion. The dialogue will be structured so you can join in whether you've had a chance to read that far or not.

Remember to invite your friends!

Tony Jones in Naples, FL on Saturday, April 5

2008-03-10T00:22:00.000-04:00

Tony Jones, national coordinator for Emergent Village, will be speaking about his new book The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier at Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Naples. The event is free and begins at 10 a.m.

The New Christians is a great primer on Emergent / the emerging church / emerging Christianity.

I'm setting up a carpool from Tampa, so if you want to go, please email me at wpattison@hydeparkumc.org.

EverythingMustChange.org and the Terra Nova Project

2008-03-10T00:18:00.000-04:00

Those of you who were at Everything Must Change last weekend got to witness the unveiling of www.everythingmustchange.org, a project spearheaded by Tampa resident (and cohort member) Rick Bennett in partnership with Brain McLaren and Tim Bresenden. The Terra Nova Project and everythingmustchange.org were created to inspire people to think creatively and act boldly in responding to four global crises - The Crisis of the Planet, The Crisis of Poverty, the Crisis of Peace, and the Crisis of Purpose (Story). If you haven't joined yet, I encourage you to do so ASAP. Join God's Revolution of Hope and change the world - one action at a time!

Cohort Meetup This Saturday, March 15

2008-03-09T23:34:00.001-04:00

Our next cohort gatheirng is this Saturday from 10:30 to 12:30 at Tre Amici - 1907 N 19th Street, Tampa, 33605 (two blocks north of 7th Ave in Ybor City).

We've had some tremendous interest in the cohorts from both Everything Must Change and A Sustainable Faith and I'm hopeful that we'll have several new folks joining us this Saturday. We'll continue our look at Everything Must Change, with a look at Part 7: The Equity System. I hope you'll come and join in the discussion. The dialogue will be structured so you can join in whether you've had a chance to read that far or not.

McLaren Interview on RadioActivity

2008-02-27T12:24:00.000-05:00

FYI, I just heard from Bruce Wright that Brian McLaren will be interviewed on WMNF's show RadioActivity at 1 pm today. Tune your radio to 88.5 or listen online here (live stream link on the bottom left.)

Note that the station had a lightning strike last night and live streaming is sporadic, but currently working.

After the program, and MP3 of the interview will posted on the archive site here.