Last Friday, Nicole and I went to see P.S. I Love You at the theater. Fridays are our day off and it was Nicole’s turn to pick the movie. Who did we see there, but Jason Gant and Jason Watson. They were off to see Alien v. Predator – Requiem – quite a different genre […]
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I invite you to join the conversation for the sermon series Seeing Gray: Faith Morality and Politics in a Black and White World at Resurrection: Post your video responses or opinions at the Seeing Gray YouTube Channel. Join the conversation with Adam Hamilton around the topics in this series. Week 2 – Invitation Week 2 […]
I invite you to join the conversation for the sermon series Seeing Gray: Faith Morality and Politics in a Black and White World at Resurrection: Post your video responses or opinions at the Seeing Gray YouTube Channel. Join the conversation with Adam Hamilton around the topics in this series. Week 1 – Invitation Week 1 […]
Today I hope that you had a very merry Christmas and I want to give you a special invitation: The January sermon series at Resurrection will be Seeing Gray: Faith, Morality and Politics in a Black and White World. We are trying something similar to the CNN / YouTube debates. A YouTube Channel has been […]
Yesterday was the service celebrating the life of my Grandma Alice Conard. We gathered at First United Methodist in Great Bend around 10:30 AM for visitation, a meal from the United Methodist Women at 11:30, service of death and resurrection at 1:00 PM and committal at the Larned Cemetary following the service. Since July 1, […]
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YouTube at Resurrection
Please visit http://www.cor.org/youtube and http://www.youtube.com/seeinggray for information about the January 2008 sermon series at Resurrection. I had previously posted about YouTube and the Church and various faith iterations of online video. I have been in conversation about how some of these resources might be used at Resurrection soon. I am excited about the possibilities and […]
Last night I spent several hours making phone calls following up from the 2008 Stewardship Campaign – Simplicity, Generosity and Joy. I was a part of a team that made phone calls to persons who had made a commitment to give in 2007 and had not yet returned a commitment card for 2008. We let the […]
This is part of a series of posts in which I am responding to questions of purpose and improvement for the annual conference in the United States. In paragraph 601 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline there is a dual purpose for the annual conference – to equip local churches for ministry and to […]
This is part of a series of posts in which I am responding to questions of purpose and improvement for the annual conference in the United States. In paragraph 601 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline there is a dual purpose for the annual conference – to equip local churches for ministry and to […]
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Sunday Morning Small Groups
Over the past few months at Resurrection, there has been an intentional shift in the language used for adult groups who meet on Sunday morning. The shift was from “Sunday School” to “Sunday Morning Small Groups.” In conversations with Correy Trupp, Director of Small Group Ministry, and with others I have learned more about the […]
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Collaboration of Teams
Earlier this month, the Congregational Care and Discipleship teams met together for the good part of a day. The purpose was for a time of mutual understanding and collaboration. This was the first time, to my knowledge, that these teams had met together. My sense was that there was some hesitancy on both sides in […]
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New Church Management System
The word is out that the decision is made on the new church management system at Resurrection. We will be making a transition to Arena. You can find great posts on the process at The Appian Way: ChMS selection coming to a close It’s Arena This transition will be a significant change for staff, leaders […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 