Lectionary group discusses The Church Unbound @ 9am Tuesday, July 15

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8450697258678639305.post-23022510939371594962008-07-10T14:00:00.006-05:002008-07-10T15:06:51.189-05:00Lectionary group discusses The Church Unbound @ 9am Tuesday, July 15The Presbytery's <a href="http://www.pcusa.org/devotions/">Lectionary Study</a> Group that meets weekly on Tuesdays, will be having a special discussion Tuesday, July 15, from 9-10 a.m. on the recent Montreat conference titled <a href="http://www.montreat.org/current/2008-church-unbound">The Church Unbound</a>. Pastor Mark Davis of the <a href="http://www.heartlandpresbyterian.org/">Heartland Presbyterian Church</a> in Clive attended the July 1-5 conference and will give his reflections on the event. The conference was based on a quote from <a href="http://www.thesimpleway.org/shane/">Shane Cailborne</a>, the author The Irresistable Revolution – Living As An Ordinary Radical, "Let's move beyond complaining about the Church we see, and start becoming the Church we dream of." (NOTE: New PCUSA 218th General Assembly Moderator the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow attended the Montreat event and took time to <a href="http://www.pod.reyes-chow.com/">podcast with conference participants</a>, Zach Sasser, <a href="http://www.igeekrev.com/">Shawn Coons</a>, and <a href="http://tribalchurch.org/">Carol Howard Merritt</a> talking about church, technology and young clergy.) Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, thus says the LORD, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.'" – Exodus 8:1 (RSV) How can the PC(USA) become a church for the next generation? What will it take to bridge the boundaries of age, culture, gender, race, and theological differences? What is the church you're dreaming of? Be part of this conversation from 9-10am and then stick around for the normal Lectionary Study from 10am-Noon on Tuesday, July 15 at the <a href="http://www.presbyteryofdesmoines.org/default.htm">Des Moines Presbytery Office</a>, 2400 86th St., Ste. 20, in Urbandale, Iowa.The Presbytery of Des Moineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960942511704209161noreply@blogger.com