At the young adult clergy booth at the Kansas West Annual Conference, participants were invited to add a post it note sharing dreams for The United Methodist Church. The responses were (in no particular order): Be Bold to no longer support abortion All means All.. Love God. Love people. Relevance To respect & value young […]
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I have been looking for a place to find the twitter hashtags in use at annual conferences, so I decided to create space for it here. Please add a hashtag for your annual conference in the comments. Please tweet or share the link to this post to spread the word – http://ow.ly/9N5q Use http://search.twitter.com and […]
At the young adult clergy booth at the Kansas West Annual Conference, participants were invited to add a post it note sharing wisdom for ministry. The responses were (in no particular order): Be who God created you to be. You! Don’t worry. Be happy. 🙂 Have Fun!! 🙂 BE a blessing Quit living in Fear! […]
Last week, I was part of the Kansas West Annual Conference. It was a great conference. I tried a new thing and reserved a booth for young clergy. This had several positive outcomes, including: Gathered a (perhaps) comprehensive list of young adult clergy within the annual conference Increased awareness of young adults in ministry in […]
I am confident and hopeful for the future of the United Methodist Church in Kansas. I have a lot of dreams and visions for what might be possible in the future. I have work to do on bringing them into reality. Here are some tangible next steps that I believe could be a part of […]
What if entrepeneurial small group leaders were asked to equip others to invite people to Christ and multiply small groups? What if these leaders were asked to oversee the groups of small groups which they helped to initiate? What if these groups participated in worship and discipleship together? What if faithful and effective leaders were encouraged […]
I was saddened but not particularly surprised to hear the news that GracePoint United Methodist Church would end worship this past weekend. After the formation of Grace Point Community Church, the potential viability of Grace Point UMC seemed small. I appreciate the commitment of the annual conference to north west Wichita, but I believe that […]
From an email sent to Kansas Area clergy in the United Methodist Church. How do you respond? CONFERENCE STILL COMMITTED TO NORTHWEST SEDGWICK COUNTY WICHITA, Kan.—GracePoint United Methodist Church will have its final worship service on Easter Sunday, but the United Methodist Church remains committed to having a presence in northwest Sedgwick County. “We would […]
I reserved a booth at Kansas West Annual Conference for young clergy and have the following ideas… Gathering place for young clergy Distribution of social media guide for UM Young Clergy Distribution of physical copy of 40 days of prayer initiative Share ideas for young clergy gatherings throughout the year Potentially a place to audio […]
Thursday and Friday I am at a gathering of 10 young adult leaders to discern best practices for supporting clergy in the UMC. I invite you to join us live and contribute: http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/UMC_Young_Clergy_Meeting I and others are live blogging the event. It’s fun. I invite you to check it out
My life would be easier if I didn’t care as much. If it didn’t matter to me if people changed their lives and became followers of Jesus Christ… If I didn’t care about the future of the United Methodist Church. If the possibility of revival throughout the state of Kansas did not excite me… If […]
The final quote from Bishop Jones for this week is striking in its simplicity and profundity. United Methodist clergy live in their conference. I have heard this many times from Bishop Jones and each time he makes sure that the audience takes time to let it sink in. It has implications for ministry, relationships with […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 