as most of you know who have been keeping up with the blog (or twitter or facebook or have talked to me…) or for those who actually know how to scroll down the page and have read the previous post, we had our first ever gathering for eikon. in this case, it was a cookout at our (ryan & christen’s) house last night (sunday, june 7).
i’m excited to say that it was a big success. while we had a good-sized crowd, i’m not really big on judging things based on how many showed up. rather, i was really excited about the great interactions and the relationships that began. of course, i had a good idea of who all would show up, but it was even great for me to meet quite a few people for the first time. it was cool to see everyone really making connections with other people and sharing a little about where they’re at in regards to their faith journey and levels of interest in finding a place to connect and worship.
so, if you thought about coming but couldn’t make it out for whatever reason, while we certainly missed you last night, there are definitely upcoming opportunities to come hang out and get to know a little about this thing called eikon.
we don’t have a definitive date set, but some time in mid/late july, we’ll have our next gathering. much like the cookout, it will be very casual and a great entry point, but we’ll also—in contrast to the cookout—have a bit more of an informational time. we’ll share a little about why we’re starting a church, how we’re going about it and some of the things that are guiding values and theologies. it should be a really great time to come for the first time, or, of course, come back if you attended the cookout.
so, be looking out for that. as soon as we get a definite date locked down, we’ll get the word out in various forums (website, facebook, twitter, smoke signals, sky writers…).
speaking of various forums, we’re very excited to be a matter of days away from the official launch of the eikon website. naturally, as soon as that launches, we’ll get the word out and this temp site will be permanently redirected to that site. the website will be a great place to get a lot more information and a great resource to pass along to friends who might want to know more.
finally, if you want to see a handful of pictures from last night’s cookout, you can see some on our fledgling flickr page. we didn’t get a shot of everybody or everything, but you can get a little glimpse of what went down. in you’re just too lazy or apathetic to click the above link, here’s a couple from last night. :) (by the way, a huge thanks to cara beth buie for shooting the event last night. cara beth’s a great photographer who’s just starting out and a friend of eikon. you’ll see much more of her in the future at eikon and you can find a little more about her and her husband, brent, at their blog.)
