Hot Metal Bridge/Emergent Pittsburgh

Coming on June 4 and 5 is an opportunity to visit Emergent Pittsburgh once again to attend the:

Experimental Missional Initiatives - June 4th and 5th

Emergent Pittsburgh is proud to announce that Ian Mobsby, an author and missional leader from the UK, will be visiting Pittsburgh in June. Emergent Pittsburgh will be hosting two events featuring Ian:

* Monday June 4th (7-9pm) : The Place of the Arts and Experience in Worship ($10)
* Tuesday June 5th (9am-Noon) : Understanding how the Trinity Empowers the Church to Become Experimental and Missional ($40)

The locations for these events will be announced shortly. For more information contact BJ Woodworth (bj@pghopendoor.org) or Terry Timm (terry@cccsh.org)

Hot Metal Bridge is just one of several Emergent Churches operating in the Pittsburgh area. If you are interested in more information or attending this event let me know or contact the folks on the attached links.

Peace and Joy,
Tara

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The locations for the Experimental Missional Initiatives with Ian Mobsby have been announced.

The Place of Arts and Experience in Worship on Monday June 4th from 7-9pm will be at The Union Project in Pittsburgh’s East End (directions here)
Understanding how Trinity Empowers the Church to be Experimental and Missional on Tuesday Morning from 9am to Noon will be at the office of Pittsburgh Presbytery on Pittsburgh’s North Side. (directions here)

To register go to http://emi.eventbrite.com/

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