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Orchard Grove Community Church

posted by Scot McKnight | 3:11pm Tuesday February 24, 2009

Last Thursday Kris and I flew up to Detroit for a conference put on by Orchard Grove Community Church called Equip. Chris Cramer, a lead pastor, knew how much he had benefited from attending conferences and yearned for his whole church to go … which usually can’t happen, so he brought the conferences to Orchard Grove and called it Equip. Great, great idea.

We told the folks at Orchard Grove that we are the ones who benefit from these events in that we see so many vibrant Christians who love God and others and want to be with others who do. It was great meeting these folks and to see Eric Bryant again — I met Eric in our event in Edmonton last month, spent an evening with him in San Diego and lo and behold he was also in Detroit at Equip, both doing his comedian routines and also teaching and speaking about his book on ministry (Peppermint-Filled Pi?atas: Breaking Through Tolerance and Embracing Love
).

I did three sessions: one on The Blue Parakeet and one one on The Jesus Creed and then a final one, once again focusing on the edginess themes of my book Fasting. When I walked away, I was very happy with the rousing discussion we had about fasting, but I’m committed to talking more about the body talk theme the book develops from now on.

We have to express our deep appreciation to OGCC for its vision, for its wonderful hospitality, to Chris and his wife, and to Leah Navarette who is about as efficient as someone can be, and to all the kind remarks from folks. Denise and Joe took care of our transportation and we really enjoyed them. (Blessings on your upcoming marriage.) 



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James Petticrew

posted February 24, 2009 at 5:04 pm


Eric is a great guy he came to Edinburgh to do some teaching for us, really enjoyed spending time with him, its great to see people in prominence in “major” churches that have a real servant heart



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Randy

posted February 24, 2009 at 7:09 pm


James,
Where is the emphasis in your comment? Is it on the “‘major churches’” or on the fact that great people are there? It makes a great difference whether the major churches or the great people are important.
Scot,
Could you say a bit more about the body-talk stuff? I did doctorate in history, mostly in the 1990s, and anthropology of the body was really a hot topic. I have seen very little about it, at least approached in that broad scope,in Christian circles. Of course fasting and other disciplines are all about our bodies, but it seems we are only beginning to recognize that.
Peace,
Randy



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Scot McKnight

posted February 24, 2009 at 7:59 pm


Randy,
Fasting is an embodied, physical response to a grievous and sacred moment. So, all fasting is “Body talk.” That is, repentance — with fasting — is “body grief.” Fasting with hope is “body hope.” Fasting with death is “body grief.” It is the whole body’s response to a grievous moment.



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Chris

posted February 24, 2009 at 8:57 pm


Scott,
Peppermint filled pinatas was not a book on youth ministry. Unless he wrote a youth ministry version. It is a book about a lot of great things, mostly about how to love your neighbor, but not really youth ministry, just FYI.



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Laura McAlpine

posted March 1, 2009 at 4:34 am


Hi Scott,
I was at Equip and was sorry I didn’t get to meet you and Kris, but enjoyed your teaching very much. I’d love for OGCC to bring you in for a conference week, quite frankly!
Thank you for bringing such practical, applicable messages to us.



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