I blogged in some level of detail the seminar I attended this weekend, led by Jack Stapleton, Guardian of the Aidan Trust in the US, Jack spoke at Bethany Community Church in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle. He spoke on the topic of “Living by a Way of Life”.
Notes from:
Jack’s goal was to help Bethany members consider how they wanted to establish their own individual disciplines and practices which together are a Way of Life, and also to begin the process of establishing a church-wide Way as well.
I found out about this gathering through Tom Cashman, a member of the Community of Aidan and Hilda who lives here in Seattle and teaches at Mars Hill Grad School. Several members of the Community from Oregon and Washington joined the seminar.
The seminar itself was solid, and I hope was helpful to the attendees. As an invitation to discipleship in community, it seemed to be well received. I was hoping for more of a focus on the Aidan Way which is well thought out, but I realize that this church needed to find its own way, and was simply being encouraged to do a Way together.
The best part of the time for me though was meeting and talking with those there from the Community of Aidan and Hilda. We had lunch together and were able to chat a bit during breaks as well. I really enjoyed this time and the snippets of conversation we were able to have.
I’m looking forward to meeting with Tom again in a few weeks to talk about what the next steps look like for pursuing relationship with this Community. In the meantime, I plan to continue reading and praying through the Aidan Way and reading to understand more of their process for joining.
pat loughery 
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