[Oe List ...] Common Dreams Conference # 2 held recently inMelbourne.

[nancy]

Hi, Isobel!
    Please send me a copy.too, unless it is being printed for all.  It's 
always good to hear word from you and Jim.  Hope all the family is well. 
I'm so grateful that you folk are in Australia right now!  It seems the 
place to be to change the future.
        G & P,  Nan and Bill Grow

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Isobel and Jim Bishop" <isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au>
To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <oe at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Common Dreams Conference # 2 held recently 
inMelbourne.


> Dear Ruth, Herman and Ellie, and colleagues all,
> One of the things which really struck me about this Conference was  that, 
> right at this moment it is the Clergy  for whom we could well  be 
> especially mindful.  In the first Breakout group I was sitting  with a 
> bunch of mostly Clergy, who were agonising about how to  introduce some 
> new ways of theologising and discussing Scripture in  their various 
> congregations. They were saying things like " I will  wait until I am 
> retired to start talking about Progressive  Christianity...  and If I did 
> talk like this my congregation would   be most unhappy.. "  etc.,etc.,  So 
> I discovered that support  networks are very important for those who are 
> fostering " the new  way..."
>  In about 4 weeks time the lead speakers will send us the notes of  their 
> talks..  I will be happy to send them on to the general  listserve... 
> there will be about  4 or 5 all told-   or I could send  to the three folk 
> listed above....
>
> In peace,
> Isobel Bishop.
> On 25/04/2010, at 9:30 AM, Ruth Landmann wrote:
>
>> Isobel,  thank you so much for your reflections and for sharing The 
>> Centre for Progressive Christianity web site. I forwarded that link  to 
>> my fellow members of our church's Church and Society committee.  It turns 
>> out that our pastor heard the director of the TCPC speak a  few months 
>> ago in Berkeley and is very interested in our church  getting involved. A 
>> couple other members of the committee also  responded very positively.
>> Thanks again!
>>  G & P
>> Ruth Landmann
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