Troy & all: Meeting up in person sounds awesome, although it also sounds very difficult for me to do. May/June is out for me due to schedule conflicts. Of course, even the USA mainland is tough for me to get to due to costs and scheduling difficulties. I wish I could...
On 3/28/21 9:26 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote: > Dear fellow CrossWire volunteers, > > It's been a really, really long time since we've had a SWORD Meet. They > have always blessed me greatly, getting to meet many of you and having > the chance to spend a couple days fellowshipping, brainstorming, coding, > and praying together. We've had a few unofficial get-togethers, usually > centered around other events we were already attending together like > BibleTech, ETS, SBL, Fringe, etc... > > https://crosswire.org/~scribe/pics/photo.jsp?l=/2008/2008-09-18-Scotland/&i=imgp2234_swords.jpg > > But it has been over 15 years since we have had regular and > intentionally planned official SWORD Meets... > > https://crosswire.org/~scribe/pics/photo.jsp?l=/2005/2005-02-Travel/2005-02-25/&i=imgp0163_groupshot.jpg > > > https://crosswire.org/~scribe/pics/photo.jsp?l=/2002/0409_rome/2002-04-19_austria_to_cambridge/&i=pict0018_sword_group1.jpg > > ... when I was much thinner. I miss the personal community closeness we > had back then. > > I would really like to again offer 2 annual occasions for us to get > together in person-- once during May/June in Europe and once in November > in the U.S. > > U.S. - November > > Many of us already attend the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) > annual meetings in November, which are conveniently aligned in location > and time with with the technology sessions of GERT at the Society of > Biblical Literature (SBL). Those meetings rotate U.S. cities each year, > but are always just before Thanksgiving. I have met informally with > some of you during these conferences, as well, but I would like to start > scheduling a U.S. SWORD Meet around this occasion. I propose either a > couple days before ETS or the Friday / Saturday between ETS and SBL, > when ETS is winding down and SBL is still spinning up, and IBR has their > free annual lecture-- which would be fun for those coming who officially > are not attending either conference but coming just for the SWORD Meet. > ETS: https://www.etsjets.org/annual_meeting_overview SBL: > https://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/annualmeeting.aspx IBR: > https://ibr-bbr.org/annual-meeting IBR: > https://ibr-bbr.org/annual-meeting/annual-lecture > > Europe - Spring/Summer > > Our previous meetings were generously held at Daniel Glassey's apartment > in Cambridge, UK. I always enjoyed Cambridge, with the opportunity to > meet and be encourage by the kind staff and researcher fellows at > Tyndale House research library. Daniel has been off serving with other > ministries for the past decade so we probably need to find a new > location for our European meetings (unless Daniel reads this and still > would like to graciously offer his flat). > > It won't have the same opportunities to meet with world class Bible > scholars that Cambridge / Tyndale House gave us, but we have talked > about meeting during the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh during August, and > I have informally met with some of you during this occasion over the > past years. That's still an option and provides some fun around our > meeting. Hostels often have a common room were we can setup and meet in > the afternoons. > > Another option is that I can invite you to my small apartment in Siena, > Italy. An advantage to this is, like Daniel's apartment in Cambridge, > we can all sleep on couches and bunk beds and rollout mattresses on the > floor and not have any accommodation expenses. I also have fiber > internet there and can be sure to have desk space and whiteboards handy > and can take us to amazing pizza and gelato. > > ______________________ > > What would be the interest for attending either event and what feedback > do you have to my suggestions for time and venue? > > Troy > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page -- signature Aloha, */Michael Johnson/** 26 HIWALANI LOOP • MAKAWAO HI 96768-8747*• USA mljohnson.org <https://mljohnson.org/> • eBible.org <https://eBible.org> • WorldEnglish.Bible <https://WorldEnglish.Bible> • PNG.Bible <https://PNG.Bible> Signal/Telegram/WhatsApp/Telephone: +1 808-333-6921 Skype: kahunapule • Telegram/Twitter: @kahunapule • Facebook: fb.me/kahunapule <https://www.facebook.com/kahunapule> _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
