East Bay Emergent Cohort - Growing through friendship: Following Jesus in the East Bay

Growing through friendship: Following Jesus in the East Bay

Connect with others in friendship and spiritual conversation about following Jesus. We hope to begin meeting once a month in Oakland, exact time/location TBA.

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Amy Wheat Rumberger is now a member of East Bay Emergent Cohort Nov 19, 2009

Welcome Them!

Tim Hohm and Nichola Torbett joined East Bay Emergent Cohort Jun 23, 2009

Nichola Torbett replied to John's discussion 'Cohort Meetings?'

Hi, John and all-- I would definitely be interested in some informal get-togethers along the lines of what Ryan is talking about below. I really appreciate your caveats. Maybe it's best to think of the cohort as a place for discussion, sharing…

Jun 23, 2009

Ryan Dowell Baum replied to John's discussion 'Cohort Meetings?'

Hey John, I'm not yet back in the East Bay from my year in Ohio, but I should be back at the beginning of August. It'd be great to have an emergent cohort to look forward to as I start heading back home. I was thinking it would be cool to…

Jun 22, 2009

Cohort Meetings?

Several people have mentioned a desire to get together and take another stab at developing an East Bay cohort.I'll mention a couple of cautions and toss the ball to the forum-at-large:- There's an inherent problem with doing an emergent cohort because what draws folks together is usually a kind of post-paradigmatic intuition that pushes back against labels, definitions, charters, etc. Keeping it grassroots requires an openness to "play jazz" with each other and recognize a vision for cohort is…See More

Discussion posted by John Jun 22, 2009

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Beth left a comment for John

very interested in hearing more..thanks for keeping me updated

Jun 22, 2009

John left a comment for Beth

Hi Beth, It sounds like there's some movement toward developing a real-life cohort here in the East Bay. Stay connected...

Jun 22, 2009

Beth left a comment for Nate Millheim

Hey Nate, I met you at the forum this summer with Mark, Doug and Tony (sorta), have been praying for your ministry... what ever happened with this cohort... it didn't seem to take off, so sad...

Feb 3, 2009