Missio Conference September 30, 2011

MISSIO is gathering of emerging church leaders, mainline leaders, and Fresh Expressions practitioners, for conversation and collaboration in (re-) imagining church in ways that are radically incarnational and contextual to embody the gospel and reign of God in today’s culture.

MISSIO is an opportunity for people in traditional congregations to dialogue with leaders of emerging Christianity, to discover innovative resources for building community through radical hospitality, emergent worship, and missional church planting within a postmodern and post-secular world.

At MISSIO, we will explore what it means to be what the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, calls a “mixed-economy church,” where traditional congregations and new expressions of church work together to participate in God’s mission in the world.

Bring a team from your congregation to MISSIO and learn to engage God's mission in new and fresh ways!

*** SUSTAIN PRE:CONFERENCE : THURSDAY SEPT 29 ***

SUSTAIN will explore what it means to live our faith collectively, in a particular place. This unique gathering will explore local food, community gardening, neo-monastic practices and building local economies.

There will be a walking tour of the neighborhood to see first hand the various kingdom expressions and experiments that have emerged in this particular place. Two meals will bookend our time together. A lunch, prepared with locally grown food, will be provided by the community and then together we will host a neighborhood barbecue for dinner.

In between you’ll hear short presentations from various members of the Norwood Collective and go on a short walking tour. Think of it as a workshop, with a mini-pilgrimage, ending with a neighborhood party.

Sustain is hosted by the Norwood Collective and Vineyard Central and curated by Episcopal Village in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.

Official Website: http://missioconference.org