- #notetoself – chk out ths and see if there's things I can learn for orgSeries (also upgrade my own copy of twittertools) http://bit.ly/cTndn #
- My daughter Jenna made this for me on Sunday. http://mypict.me/52tE #
- Looking at my schedule for this week and <wincing>. A LOT I want to get done before I take two weeks off beginning Monday. #
- Out for a late lunch and I'm hungry! #
- I love the look (and smell) of fresh cut grass. Yes I did my lawns tonight – finally. They were starting to get embarrassing… #
- about to do some of my family finances… <cringe> #
- //NLB// Reconnexion conference Live Blogging #
- Koinonia has a beautiful church building. #
- Difference between fame and influence – influence is about relationships – David McFarlane #
- Is what is on the wall happening down the hall – mission statements – David M #
- We need to be asking ourselves – who are we and why are we here – david m #
- The church must shft its focus from istitution orientation to community orientation if it is to survive – jack dennison #
- For those following my twitter – I'm tweeting from the Reconnexions Conference. #
- David's observations – vibrant churches have influence in their communities. #
- Roundtable discussion about what changes we've seen in the church in the last five years (I need to do a blog post on this) #
- Wow – 70% of cdns think that new forms of spirituality are replacing traditional religions! (Vision TV telephone poll 2003 #
- David M – churches are training their own people rather than relying on seminaries. (Trends) #
- The church exists by mission as fire exists by burning. Without mission there really is no church. – Emil Brunner #
- David M – churches need to regain their sense of mission in Canada. #
- We need to be a people of mission – David M #
- Wish there was wifi access here? Having to tweet on my bb is much slower than my laptop #
- The difference between a church driven by management vs. Mission – what is the focus? Of the church? Good question. #
- Mission MUST be in the drivers seat NOT management if there is to be any hope for the future for the church. #
- P1 Missional church is outward focused #
- P2 Missionall chrch is motivated by Hope #
- Chart on breakout churches by Thom Rainer http://mypict.me/5bWf #
- P3 missional churches are intentional #
- P4 – Missional Churches are equipping. #
- P5 – missional church is "community for mission" #
- These points I'm posting flow out of Mark 2:2-5 where Jesus healed the paralytic. #
- The missional church is "in and out" – bringing people in because of mission and sending people out with mission. #
- Missional churches have people wh belong first, bless and move to believe. #
- P6 Missional church is innovative. #
- Cool thought the paralytics friends who dug the roof were being innovative! #
- P7 – missional church is about transformation #
- Fishing – u can't just throw the worms out they must be cooncted to the "hook" of the gospel. #
- P8 – missional church is exciting and fruitful. #
- http://twitpic.com/86sy9 – Got a free book. Not much choice but this is what I picked #
- Evangelism & missional is not abt programs & systems but is abt a paridigm shift – a change of thinking 2 remember y we're doing wht we do. #
- starting session on "igniting Your Church's Missionality" #
- Merv Budd is speaking #
- The church must be missional because God Himself is missional #
- Christendom Framework: Theology->Ecclesiology->Missiology. Missional Framework: Theology->Missiology->Ecclesiology #
- Koinonia has social networks blocked through their wifi access. WHAT? backwords thinking in my opinion… here we are at an evangelism … #
- See 1 Peter 2:9 and Acts 1:8 to see examples of the Missional Call of God. #
- becoming missional doesn't happen overnight and there is no formula –> the emphasis is that becoming missional is a paradigm shift. #
- great challenge: Is your church a CLUB or a life-saving station? #
- one way to ignite mission in a "management" church is there must be a leader who is missional (teaches,models,lives it out) #
- The form of how the church expresses itself isn't the problem but the problem is the substance of the church – Merv Budd (paraphrased) #
- this person needed in the church who is missional is "evangelist" #
- Old way of looking at evangelist (not to discard but to build upon and move from): Target-non-Christians, Task->From words to sermons… #
- Goal->people make a decision for Christ, Method->Itinerant Preacher #
- The word Evangelist only appears in Ephesians 4:11,12 and 2 Timothy 4:3-5 #
- New way of looking at the evangelist: Target->Christians, Task->Form People into Body (Philm 6), Goal->Revelation of Christ (1 Thes 1:6-8) #
- Method->Local Church Equipper. #
- P1 Have we "personalized" the salvation message to the point where people only see themselves receiving Jesus … #
- P2 …and forgetting that He has received them and they are now a part of the community of the church? #
- P3 – there is a corporate side to the gospel that we need to communicate well. (which is what the evangelist should do) #
- Merv started out kind of slow BUT man can you ever see how passionate he is about this stuff!! #
- Evangelist shift: From being a "preacher" to an "equipper". From forming words into sermons to Forming People into the body. #
- This is stuff I'm resonating with. I really am passionate about people discovering their "fit" in the body… #
- …and waking up to how they are a part of what God is doing through the church #
- Want to know where I am? -> http://www.kcf.org #
- Our work REVEALS what we believe. What are you revealing by your work? (paraphrased Merv) #
- For those just reading my tweets, I'm live-tweeting a conference I'm at -> http://www.billygraham.ca/Ministries/ReconneXion.aspx #
- Remember Discipleship isn't just to grow….it's to GROW to fulfill MISSION – which in the church's case is to reach lost people. YES!! #
- (my thoughts) – Pastor's, when we preach…are tying the message into the mission? Are we connecting the words to the work? #
- The biggest challenge in becoming missional is overcoming this humanistic mindset of "What's in it for me?" (paraphrased) #
- Unless your vision from God is greater than the pain you face you will never endure (Merv). {Have you asked God for this kind of vision?} #
- Need to discover the vision that inspires people (David McFarlane) #
- back to live tweeting at http://www.billygraham.ca/Ministries/ReconneXion.aspx – just had a GREAT lunch!! #
- Hearing from David McFarlane as he talks about "Sparking Imagination" #
- IDEAS – Innovative, Discussion and Questions, Environment of Creativity, Adaptive People, Success Oriented #
- Attracting Imagination: The normal reaction of most of us to a new idea is to ignore it. (John Williams) #
- When Creativity Works: Creative Event, a friend, Invitation, Value, Excellence, Gospel, Response #
- David is a funny guy, has the room laughing! #
- Biblical example of creativity: Acts 9:24 and 2 Corinthians 11:33 #
- Creative Evolution: Define Problem, Collect Ideas, Implement Solutions #
- The most difficult part of Creative Solutions (not evolution) is learning what the problem is. #
- When defining the problem there must be NO JUDGING of ideas otherwise the creative solution process will be killed before it even gets o … #
- In creative solution meetings don't meet longer than 2 hours…FINISH ON TIME! (David) #
- David is talking about a way of creative thinking (6 Hat Thinking by Debono) – interesting. #
- 6 Hat Thinking is a way of evaluating ideas through different hats. I.E. Yellow=Benefits, Black=Cautions, Green=New Ideas, Wht=Info nee … #
- …Blue=Controls/systems/structure, Red=Emotional Reaction. Wear each hat while evaluating an idea. #
- When being creative, there must a connect between what you are doing and the problem you are solving… (my thoughts) #
- #fuelingimagination: 1. Lighten UP!, 2. Read Widely, 3. Become curious., 4. Change your routine, 5. Take time to think #
- #fuelingimagination: 6. Enlarge your circle, 7. Be healthy., 8. Write, 9. Develop a Creative "spot", 10. Keep passionate. #
- Do we empower our people to come up and communicate great ideas? #
- Imagination = Risk. Failure seldom stops you, what stops you is the fear of failure." (Jack Lemmon) #
- God of the New (Isaiah 43:19; Mark 2:22) #
- Courage is the art of being the only one who knows that you are scared to death! {ha! I like that one} #
- Another way of being creative (specifically regarding Outreach) – look for transitional moments in peoples lives and connect with them. #
- The more you pray, the more you step out in faith, the more "coincendences" you see! (David) #
- What you pray for and what you celebrate gets done (David) #
- Back to Merv Budd for the next session, "Igniting an Evangelistic Atmosphere" #
- Evangelism in America…will be harder than most of us ever imagined" (Gordon Scoville) #
- The Western world is now the toughest mission field on earth" – Allan Walker #
- Four Levels of Equipping a Church for Evangelistic Health: 1. Personal Level #
- won't you fully engage in your faith by giving it away to others (personal evangelism) #
- Four Levels of Equipping a Church for Evangelistic Health: Program Level – Community+Congregation=Concept #
- Interesting thought: Have we forgotten what it feels like for people who've never been to church to go to a service? #
- Four Levels of Equipping a Church for Evangelistic Health: 3. Perception Level #
- A church that wants to be evangelistic needs to be intentional about the image it presents. #
- What's your church's reputation in your community? Ask around! (and I don't think Merv means people who attend your church…) #
- Four Levels of Equipping a Church for Evangelistic Health: 4. Paradigm Level #
- four Systemic Issues for nurturing evangelistic health: 1. Unwritten Rules #
- four Systemic Issues for nurturing evangelistic health: 2. Hidden forces. #
- four Systemic Issues for nurturing evangelistic health: Secret Messages #
- four Systemic Issues for nurturing evangelistic health: Wholeness – dealing with the big picture. #
- //ELB// closed in prayer great conference #
- VERY cool tool for realtime communication in different languages —> BabelWith.Me http://bit.ly/3yBkA #
- Gateway church chooses WordPress – validating my recommendation that WPA's website be built on WordPress. http://bit.ly/13SJc5 #
- Setting up for the volunteer appreciation dinner – all worth it to thank our volunteers! #
- RT @CatalystLeader SAVE BIG on Catalyst Atlanta! Special Twitter discount + gift! http://bit.ly/kff5I #
- I just registered 4 the Catalyst-Atlanta conference – so excited! Just wish thr was sum peeps I know going w/ me… http://bit.ly/1806Ai #
- Volunteer apreciation dinner is ON! Awesome! Food smells soooo good. #
- Had a blast doing a skit with @janettie at the volunteer appreciation! So much fun! #
- Another church website I really like. Love how they've integrated video. http://bit.ly/TIA0k #
- Going to bed early tonite – can't keep my eyes open! #
- It has not pleased God that the distinction between a sin and a duty should turn on fine feelings. – C.S. Lewis #
- an interesting read – do we have too many expectations of people in our church? http://bit.ly/1l6yMb #
- Getting ready for the twins birthday. Just got 175 water baloons filled – my hands are rlly sore now! #
- On to the regular baloons (faint) where's an air tank when you need it? #
- Beautiful day for the twins birthday party! #
- I just can't wait to get the candy floss machine going…mmmmm.. #
- Jenna with her facepaint – my wife is so talented! http://mypict.me/5QYv #
- Here's Liam's pic http://mypict.me/5R1X #
- Out having dessert with friends – a beautiful night! #
- Up and at 'em. I guess for some this is sleeping in. For me, I'm getting up earlier than I wanted to today… #
- Making a list of the things I wnt 2 accomplish 4 the 2 weeks that I'm on holidays. Have a feeling the list is going 2 B lngr than I thot… #
- having trouble finding motivation to do anything today…reeaaallly tired. I might just veg today (been a while since I've done that) #
- Some great tricks for finding info using Google -> http://bit.ly/TwB8w #
- "Pixton" looks like something I might use to whip up a quick comic to illustrate smthng or add some funnies to a talk… http://bit.ly/oHnYK #
- gotta remember to point this list to people when they ask me, "how did you do that so fast?" –> http://bit.ly/bUceb #keyboardshortcuts #
- Getting ready for a great morning at WPA! #