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In This Issue
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Writing for Eerdmans Ekklesia series
Gathering 2015
Meet the EP
bLOGOS collection
Visit the
Ekklesia Project Website
the EP
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Merry Christmas! 
...for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples...
Luke 2:30-31.
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Eerdmans Ekklesia Series
We are always on the lookout for scholarly manuscripts that might fit with our Eerdmans Ekklesia Project book series. Prospective manuscripts should deal with the mission of the Ekklesia Project, or with related practices and themes, in some strong way. Manuscripts can be submitted by first time authors as well as long time authors. Recent doctoral students, please take note: manuscripts that are completed, revised dissertations are welcome. You can see previous books below to get a better sense of the topics.
The series is edited by Jana Bennett and D. Stephen Long. To submit a manuscript, or for more information, contact Jana Bennett [jbennett2@udayton.edu] or Steve Long [d.stephen.long@marquette.edu]
To see the list of books in the series, visit the publications page here.
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Gathering 2015 Aiming for July 9th to 11th
Planning for the July Gathering continues, but the probable dates are 7/9-7/11. We'll gather at DePaul University to discuss how the church forms young people as disciples of Christ. If you want more details on this upcoming conversation, you may wish to review the October newsletter and watch for more info. in future newsletters.
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Meet the EP
Meet Rev. Cecil Charles Prescod, Minister for Faith Formation at Ainsworth United Church of Christ in Portland, Oregon. -
 Among my earliest memories is Easter Sunday morning and the congregation singing "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" at the church where I was baptized, St. James the Less Episcopal Church in Jamaica, New York. My life has been shaped by the Church: the liturgy; my Sunday School teachers; social justice sermons and community activism of my childhood pastor, the Rev. Robert Ross Johnson at St. Albans Congregational United Church of Christ in St. Albans, New York; the discovery of Quaker mysticism and the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Julian of Norwich in religion classes at Haverford College; the insights about the church's sins and her justice's calling from Professors James Cone and Cornel West at Union Theological Seminary; the koinonia of the local congregations and wider church I have experienced as a minister of word and sacrament in the United Church of Christ and a professed brother in the Order of Corpus Christi. A casual web search led me to the Ekklesia Project and I was drawn to its vision of seeking to follow Jesus Christ in all dimensions of our lives. I am grateful that the Ekklesia Project unites me with individuals and communities who are seeking to explore the "cost and joy of discipleship."
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bLOGOS archive: a great aid for Year B preaching
Year B of the lectionary calendar is underway, and the writers of EP's lectionary reflections are making their 3rd time through the texts. Upcoming authors include Debra Dean Murphy, Brian Volck, Anna MacDonald-Dobbs and Kyle Childress. The most recent post is on the web page and we link to the posts on the facebook page as well.
Gary Wake has compiled for us a list of all of the previous Year B reflections. (Thanks Gary!) You can download this as a pdf file or review the links for specific weeks here.
Authors for previous reflections include: Jesse Larkins, Jake Wilson, Erin Martin, Doug Lee, Ragan Sutterfield, Kyle Childress, Debra Dean Murphy, Joel Shuman, Brian Volck, C. Christopher Smith, Janice Love, Halden Doerge, Mark Ryan, John Jay Alvaro, Danny Yencich, Jenny Williams and Heather Carlson.
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