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If you would like to start such a group in your area, please send us your contact information. (You can email us at ft@firstthings.com.) ROFTERS groups are entirely independent and self-organized. The convener takes the initiative, and from there on it is up to the group whether to meet monthly or less often; whether to meet in a home, an office, or a church; whether to discuss one article or to take on all the subjects addressed in that month’s issue.
Groups are listed alphabetically by state name, with groups outside the United States listed last:
ARIZONA
Mesa
Mr. Joe Godal
joeecce@gmail.com
610-334-1302
(Trying to Form)
Scottsdale
Mr. Steven Twist
steve_twist@sgagroup.com
480-927-4544
(Active)
Tuscon
Rev. Joshua Palmer
pastor.joshua.palmer@gmail.com
(520) 271-8157
(Trying to Form)
CALIFORNIA
Roseville (Placer County)
Harley F. Pinson
hpinson@reagan.com
661-599-5584
(Trying to Form)
San Diego
Mr. Janet Cooper
jcooperfer@cox.net
619-296-1438
(Trying to Form)
San Mateo / San Fransisco Bay area
Mr. Chris Foreman
Chrisalanforeman@gmail.com
415-235-8609
(Trying to Form)
Santa Barbara
Drs. Andrew & Jana Mullen
amullen@westmont.edu
805-695-0257
(Trying to Form)
COLORADO
Denver (Wheat Ridge)
Mr. Dennis Floyd
drfloyd@comcast.net
303-202-6792
(Active since 2003)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Ms. Liz McPike
lmcpike@aol.com
202-966-4268
(Trying to Form)
Mr. Patrick Abbott
patrick.abbott@gmail.com
(Trying to Form)
FLORIDA
St. Petersburg
Mr. Robert Ross
anchor275@gmail.com
(727) 362-8699
(Trying to Form)
West Palm Beach
Mr. Garry Collins
garry.m.collins@gmail.com
917-828-4963
(Trying to Form)
GEORGIA
Macon
Ms. Jacqueline Kennedy-Dvorak
kennedy.jacqueline@gmail.com
478-335-4387
(Active)
Monroe / Loganville
Rev. Collin Setterberg
collin@hcanglican.org
(Trying to Form)
IDAHO
Newport, Washington
Mr. Dan Peterson
dpeterson96@my.whitworth.edu
509-447-5103
(Trying to Form)
IOWA
Ames
Rev. Russell Melby
norskeboy@aol.com
515-233-4830
(Trying to Form)
Pella
Dr. James A. Barham
jamesabarham215@gmail.com
708-305-0257
(Trying to Form)
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Mr. Brian R. Smith
smith.brianr@gmail.com
202-340-0710
(Active)
Decatur
Gary Burlington
katwishi@burlingtons.net
217-391-4667
Fr. David Eynon
FrDavidEynon@mail.goarch.org
(Trying to Form)
KANSAS
Wichita
Mr. MalcomHarris
malcolmcharrissr@mac.co
316-650-6599
(Active)
KENTUCKY
Frankfort
Mr. Mark Thornewill
markthornewill@gmail.com
(Trying to Form)
MAINE
Ms. ML McManus-Richter
mlmr@maine.rr.com
(Trying to Form)
MARYLAND
Annapolis
Mr. and Mrs. Collan and Sarah Rosier
sarah.e.rosier@gmail.com
443-964-5992
(Trying to Form)
Baltimore
Mr. G. Edward Dickey
gedickey@verizon.net
410-467-9545
(Active)
Easton
Mr. Jim Duncan
Jim.Duncan@navtrak.net
410-215-6008
(Trying to Form)
MASSACHUSETTS
Bridgewater
Mr. John Edward Keough #W98278
Old Colony Correctional Center
One Administration Road
Bridgewater, MA 02324
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
Mr. James Davis
davis@mail.ic.edu
(Active)
Flint
Ms. Kimberley Laux
kimberws@umflint.edu
810-394-3381
(Trying to Form)
Novi
Mr. Greg Mahr
gmahr1@aol.com
248-345-0192
(Trying to Form)
Port Huron / Sarnia, Ontario
Edward Amsden
edwardamsden@gmail.com
585-360-3770
(Trying to Form)
Washtenaw County
Mr. James Davis
davis@mail.ic.edu
734-253-2311
(Active)
MINNESOTA
Farmington
Mr. Steve Clark
612-303-4215
(Trying to Form)
Minneapolis
Mr. David Hoffner
dhoffner@gmail.com
(Active)
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Mr. Russ Saltzman
russell.e.saltzman@gmail.com
816-529-9884
(Trying to Form)
St. Louis
Mr. Demetrios G. Tsikalas
demetrios.tsikalas@gmail.com
(314) 323-2838
(Trying to Form)
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Mr. Steven Hotovy
roftersomaha@gmail.com
(402) 980-7757
(Active)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Wolfeboro
James O'Rourke
jorourke@metrocast.net
(Trying to Form)
NEW JERSEY
Allenwood
Mr. Bill Lang
earlang@verizon.net
(732) 292-3044 / (732) 682-5397
(Trying to Form)
NEW YORK
Bronxville
Ms. Betsy Nolan
ENolan8358@aol.com
914-779-0976
(Trying to Form)
Earlton
Mr. Wayne Sheridan
waysher@hotmail.com
207-350-6098
(Trying to Form)
Glen Head, Long Island
Ms. Carol Travis
3584gym@gmail.com
617-460-4017
(Trying to Form)
Kingston
Fr. Robert Bubel
fr.bubel@gmail.com
845-214-4310
(Active)
New York
Mr. Bob Moran
bobmoran55@gmail.com
212-989-5214
(Active)
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces
Mr. John A. Pummell
pummelljohn@gmail.com
(575) 652-2419
(Trying to Form)
NORTH CAROLINA
Summerfield
Mr. Bruce Peterson
bpetersennc@gmail.com
(703) 307-6886
(Trying to Form)
Durham (Duke University)
Drs. Allard and Sommerville
Center for Christianity and Scholarship
info@christianityandscholarship.org
(919) 358-0868
(Active—the second Friday of the month at Duke University Bostock Library)
Greenville
Mr. Andrew Votipka
votipkaa@gmail.com
(716) 796-4614
(Trying to Form)
OHIO
Columbus
Mr. Adam Pasternack
firstthingscolumbus@gmail.com
(Trying to Form)
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa
Mr. Robert Bearer
bbearer@barberbartz.com
918-599-7755
(Active)
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
Ms. Deborah Conley
dconleygorgas@msn.com
215-843-2852
(Trying to Form)
State College
Mr. Tom Houston
tlh202@psu.edu
(Trying to Form)
Lancaster
Mr. Steven Wissler
swissler@yahoo.com
717-738-2724
(Active)
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Mr. David Zizik
dzizik@ziziklaw.com
401-265-5151
(Trying to Form)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson
Mr. Ray Ireland
rain62467@charter.net
(Active)
TENNESSEE
Murfreesboro
Mr. Steven Odom
steven.odom@gmail.com
615-631-1178
(Trying to Form)
TEXAS
Austin
Mr. Michael Whitten
austinrofters@gmail.com
(Trying to Form)
Bryan / College Station
Mr. Ryan Terry
rt.terry@gmail.com
214-202-3439
(Trying to Form)
Dallas
Mr. Curt Lampkin
curtlampkin@charter.net
817 444-6677
(Active)
Dallas / Fort Worth
Mr. Aaron Closson
adclosson@gmail.com
972-898-6472
(Active)
Denton
Michael Morris
baldcouch1@yahoo.com
(Trying to Form)
Houston
Mr. Justin Baker
mail4justinbaker@gmail.com
281-546-9801
(Trying to Form)
Longside
Mr. Charles Childers
cchild6898@aol.com
719-896-6016
(Trying to Form)
UTAH
Logan
Mr. Isaiah Jones
isaiah.jones@usu.edu
478-361-0259
(Trying to Form)
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville
Mr. Edward Maillet
edmaillet@centurylink.net
(Active)
Reston
Mr. Paul Szerszen
pgdom@verizon.net
(Active)
WASHINGTON
Langley
Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Carol Olson
skylark@whidbey.com
360-579-4350
(Trying to Form)
Newport
Mr. Dan Peterson
dpeterson96@my.whitworth.edu
509-447-5103
(Trying to Form)
La Connor
Mr. Richard Doerflinger
doerfling@msn.com
240-893-1434
(Active)
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh
Ms. Vicki Marxen
vmarxen@new.rr.com
920-385-0022
(Trying to Form)
CANADA
Edmonton
The Rev'd Lars Nowen
RevLFNowen@gmail.com
780-807-3136
(Trying to form)
Ottawa
Mr. Daniel Bezalel Richardsen and Mr. Joel Reinhardt
ROFTERS.Ottawa@gmail.com
613.799.0787
(Active)
Winnipeg
Ms. Jodi Kristjanson
jodi.jigisha@gmail.com
204-474-2707
(Active)
Victoria
Mrs. Kathryn Kearney
kathrynkearney52@gmail.com
778-433-7698
(Trying to Form)
AUSTRALIA
Brisbane (meets in Moggill)
Francis Ribeiro
frogg@tpg.com.au
0429-602-011
(Trying to Form)
Melbourne
James Strohfeldt
pisces@bigpond.net.au
0429-389-908
(Trying to Form)
Sydney
Patrice Daly
sydneyrofters@gmail.com
(Trying to Form)
ISRAEL
Modi'in, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Mike Gold
goldmw@gmail.com
011-972-8-921-8733
(Trying to Form)
ITALY
Rome
Br. Jonathan Flemings, LC
JFlemings@legionaries.org
+39 389.940.7337
JAPAN
Tokyo
Mr. Martin Triggs
triggs17@yahoo.com
(Trying to Form)
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