I just received an encouraging and exciting note concerning the future of Emergent Village via Emergent/C (the Village’s e-mail newsletter). Those who are not subscribed to Emergent/C can read The Future of Emergent Village in its entirety over at Emergent Village’s official blog. The following excerpt re: the April 24-26 gathering of twenty emerging leaders in Washington, D.C. is very exciting:
Our goal in these couple of days together is not to pontificate on the elusive question of “What is Emergent?” Instead, we will seek to create an environment where we can begin to see what form this organism wants to have. What do we need to let go of in our assumptions, and what is waiting to be born? What is already happening naturally that we should organize ourselves to support? Where is the life and how does that life get nurtured? What is important about the past ten years that needs to be conserved? What should be left behind? As a first step, the Emergent Village board of directors has already begun a transitioning process toward repopulating a new board.
I hope and pray that this movement can become a real, tangible, strong and thriving alternative for many, many, many people in this country. God knows our country needs one. We can be just that, if we just give a little.
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I’m excited to see what comes of those meetings. Keep the tribe in the loop as to what happens with this…