Emergent Convention is over. Let the response begin.
Charlie Porteous of DAWN Ministries to start:
"It is evident that God is stirring up a Generation who’s heart is after him, the sessions represented at the conference are indicative to the complexities within the emerging church. Worship, forms of worship.. The message, how it is delivered, community and relationship, spiritual and mystic, authentic and real, are all terms that seem to be lived out within the emerging church." CP
"Hi, Andrew:
What I loved about Emergent:
* the many great conversations I had with people. Face to face, you hear the stories and capture the heart.
* the diversity of expressions, ranging from "Gen-Y-style service inside large traditional megachurch" to "skater group that hardly resembles anyone's idea of church"
* the passion to touch the emerging culture(s)
* the desire to listen, really listen, to folks outside the church
Best--Kevin [Kevin Miller from Christianity Today]
"High points for me were the stations of the cross, followed by "When! I Survey the Wondrous Cross" ... hearing Yaconelli speak in the last session, telling the story of his daughter choosing God when she chose dance, and feeling the truth of that ... fielding one incredibly insightful question after another during my sessions ... meeting people who have read my books and been helped by God through them ... watching Ted and Lee (Peter and Andrew) as their feet were being washed by Christ ... seeing my staff members jumping around while Crowder played some extraordinarily good music ... feeling John Perkins' vitality and power ... Mark Scandrette's poetry/invocation/welcoming/carnival-barker-raps ... and then, dozens and dozens of personal conversations (I had 3 breakfast meetings before 8:30 one morning)."
Brian MacLaren, Emergent.
Enough emails on this. You can go to Emergent's bulletin board to post your own comments.
