Seekers Gathering 2018 long thread
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PeterG
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I was only able to be there on Saturday, but I enjoyed my time at the gathering very much. It was highly worthwhile.
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Justme dropped by, and Andrew (can't remember his username right now) also.
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mike wrote:Justme dropped by, and Andrew (can't remember his username right now) also.
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perhaps start an invitation thread similar to this one?
it seems, there is interest in more gatherings, i hope there will be more.
mike, Once Again .. others earlier in this thread?
it would be interesting if, somehow, gatherings could be “tracked,” as spin-offs of this gathering.
i’m not sure how that could be done .. it’s not the most important part. still, it’s interesting to see how things unfold over time.
there is a sense of vitality coming out of this gathering that can be felt - even remotely!
it’s an honor to be a witness.
thank you - especially, thanks to Ernie.
i hope this comes together for you.DarkShallNotPrevail wrote:francis wrote:I am also looking forward to pictures! Sadly being in school forces me to miss most of these.Some of us are working on a similar gathering this August in Northeast PA!
The idea is slightly more geared towards younger seekers. Feel free to contact me if you're interested in more information (once we actually have more information; we only started planning this weekend!)
perhaps start an invitation thread similar to this one?
it seems, there is interest in more gatherings, i hope there will be more.
mike, Once Again .. others earlier in this thread?
it would be interesting if, somehow, gatherings could be “tracked,” as spin-offs of this gathering.
i’m not sure how that could be done .. it’s not the most important part. still, it’s interesting to see how things unfold over time.
there is a sense of vitality coming out of this gathering that can be felt - even remotely!
it’s an honor to be a witness.
thank you - especially, thanks to Ernie.
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Re: Seekers Gathering 2018
I enjoyed the brief time I was there on Sat; I was sorry I couldn't stay longer (but my wife/family were happy that I didn't leave them in downtown Lewistown with the rain coming down any longer than I did)
It was good to hear Dan's overview of the 4 Anabaptist pillars or distinctives, and it would have been nice to discuss them further with others there.
#4, the hermeneutic community I think continues to, and maybe will always, perplex me... I absolutely believe it's a worthy, even sacred goal, but in real life it seems more elusive than realized. I'm watching a doc, The Amish: Shunned and along with my own parents and others' experience, the Amish hermeneutic community with the fear and coercion that is often employed to maintain the community, just doesn't seem like the best way. But numbers-wise, it's pretty successful; they continue to grow & spread.
And now me, being on the flip side, the Protestant evangelical wing, where there's basically no accountability and certainly no sense of a hermeneutic community that decides things together (everything being individualized), I sometimes, at least in particular areas, wish for some kind of group decision making and a way to "enforce" it... but enforce without the fear or the all or nothing amish shunning approach. Every time I hear the stories of the one that left and how awful they felt and how they were sure it meant going to hell if they left... that breaks my heart. I wish strict Anabaptist (or any like) communities could develop a way to let the feeling-out-of-place-seeker go, without the relational trauma; but maybe that's only possible in the more acculturated, individualistic Christianities...
Dan talked about non-Anabaptist seekers finding the process of fitting into a hermeneutic community tough, and I wonder sometimes if we put too much of the blame for that on them. Maybe the community or community leadership could improve things as well, with the help of Scripture/Spirit/history to make the going easier for the seeker coming into such a community? Would be interested in hearing thoughts from anyone who was present.
It was good to hear Dan's overview of the 4 Anabaptist pillars or distinctives, and it would have been nice to discuss them further with others there.
#4, the hermeneutic community I think continues to, and maybe will always, perplex me... I absolutely believe it's a worthy, even sacred goal, but in real life it seems more elusive than realized. I'm watching a doc, The Amish: Shunned and along with my own parents and others' experience, the Amish hermeneutic community with the fear and coercion that is often employed to maintain the community, just doesn't seem like the best way. But numbers-wise, it's pretty successful; they continue to grow & spread.
And now me, being on the flip side, the Protestant evangelical wing, where there's basically no accountability and certainly no sense of a hermeneutic community that decides things together (everything being individualized), I sometimes, at least in particular areas, wish for some kind of group decision making and a way to "enforce" it... but enforce without the fear or the all or nothing amish shunning approach. Every time I hear the stories of the one that left and how awful they felt and how they were sure it meant going to hell if they left... that breaks my heart. I wish strict Anabaptist (or any like) communities could develop a way to let the feeling-out-of-place-seeker go, without the relational trauma; but maybe that's only possible in the more acculturated, individualistic Christianities...
Dan talked about non-Anabaptist seekers finding the process of fitting into a hermeneutic community tough, and I wonder sometimes if we put too much of the blame for that on them. Maybe the community or community leadership could improve things as well, with the help of Scripture/Spirit/history to make the going easier for the seeker coming into such a community? Would be interested in hearing thoughts from anyone who was present.
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Ernie
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Josh
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As I see Holdemans specifically are banned from attending, will anything be recorded so I could listen in?
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Yes, we hope to have recordings.
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steve-in-kville
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Where do you see that??Josh wrote:As I see Holdemans specifically are banned from attending, will anything be recorded so I could listen in?
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Bottom left of the first page. That was put in specifically to exclude me.steve-in-kville wrote:Where do you see that??Josh wrote:As I see Holdemans specifically are banned from attending, will anything be recorded so I could listen in?
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