A Church? In A Pub? What?: January 2009

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Some Updates

This year we will initiate more frequent Happy Hour gatherings as well as Dinner and Movie gatherings. These will both serve as a time to get to know and enjoy one another in more creative formats :-) Dates for these gatherings will be noted on the Google Calendar, here on the left side of this Blog. They are:

Happy Hours:
January 31st - TPC Tattoo Happy Hour at the Dugout. Come share your tattoo stories...or just come!
March 7th - TPC Tournament Happy Hour at the Dugout. Come play in a Pool or Darts tournament...or just come! :)

Dinner and Movies:
February 21st - TPC meets for Dinner and Movie at 124 Hamilton St. Cambridge (not at the Dugout). Movie to be determined.
April 25th - TPC meets for Dinner and Movie at 124 Hamilton St. Cambridge (not at the Dugout). Movie to be determined.

These Dinner and Movie days are inspired by Marjorie Suchocki (a wonderful theologian) who loves to watch movies as a way to initiate discussion on current day situations and the theological challenges and significance they raise. We will watch movies that she recommends in Creative Transformation, a publication of the Process and Faith center.

Also, Andrew Trip will be facilitating our gatherings once a month; bringing new creative energies to our gatherings :) If anyone else is inspired to help lead just email Xochitl at thepubchurch(at)gmail(dot)com. Creative participation is always welcome!

As always, everyone is WELCOME, so feel free to stop in and join us at any time! Hope to see you soon...

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Happy New Year!

Hi Friends,

We're back at it - The Pub Church had its first gathering of 2009 this past Saturday (after two weeks off) at our favorite local pub, The Dugout. We reflected on chaos and creativity - perfect themes for new beginnings!

One new thing with TPC this year will be a monthly Happy Hour gathering - a time to hang out, be social, and get to enjoy one another in an unstructured format :-) Fun, fun!

As always, everyone is WELCOME - so feel free to stop in and join us at any time! Hope to see you soon...

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

The Pub Church is affiliated with the Disciples of Christ. http://www.disciples.org/

Xochitl Alvizo is a candidate for ordination with the Disciples - her new church denomination as of 2006. They have been wonderfully supportive of her and of The Pub Church as a new church start.

Likewise, The Pub Church has received enthusiastic support from New Church Ministry, a general ministry of the Disciples. Xochitl and TPC have benefited from their new church planters training as well as ongoing mentoring support. And all though there are differences in theology and approach among new church planters and New Church Ministry, their support has continued nonetheless. We love them!
http://www.newchurchministry.org/