How about a project like this for a church? or a denomination?
Category: renewing the church
I am at a continuing education retreat this morning and having a good time thus far. You can read more about it here – Integrating the Variegated Life of Theology and Ministry I am taking notes and you can check them out here – http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d3ggnsj_185hfss5ff2 They will be udpated throughout the conference.
David Kinnaman, co-author of unChristian, is going to be at Resurrection next Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 PM in the Student Center. unChristian is a research based look at young Americans’ perception of Christianity. I am looking forward to being a part of the event and hope that you will be able to be there […]
I would like to draw your attention to the umc young clergy website where a series of videos have been posted about the issues facing young clergy in The United Methodist Church. Here is one titled, “naming the elephants” I believe that projects like this can make a positive impact in the renewal of the […]
This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! How could we utilize the connection of The United Methodist Church? I think […]
This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! Why start an internet campus? This is a great question and a fundamental […]
What are you doing in the first part of October? I want to personally invite you to Leadership Institute and Contemporary Worship Institute here at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners will be the keynote speaker for Leadership Institute. Leadership Institute Contemporary Worship Institute I am looking forward to […]
I read a post this morning that really piqued my interest: Open Source Liturgy Project: Developers Needed A call from the General Board of Discipleship for developers to work on an open source project for the texts of communion, baptism, service of Christian marriage and service of death and resurrection. I think that this has […]
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BMW Ecclesiology
I heard one of the best articulations of the nature and structure of the church that I have heard in a long time in this clip from BMW. Keys to this design and to renewal within the church – Flexibility Innovation Experimentation What do you think? Thanks to Signals v. Noise for the link.
This is one of my all time favorite Resurrection videos. This was produced in 2005 for the capital campaign for the west building here at Resurrection. It is an amazing 10 minutes that gives me chills throughout and brings me close to tears. I think that Resurrection continues to have a great future and it […]
I always hope to continue learning for my own faith journey, leadership, and to be a part of renewing the mainline church. One of the ways that this can be accomplished is through networking and learning at conferences. I personally recommend and will be presenting at Leadership Institute, but I am also considering the following […]
Christianity for the Rest of Us by Diana Butler Bass was published in 2006 by Harper San Francisco. Bass is a well known author, speaker and thinker among mainline protestants. Christianity for the Rest of Us is a result of a three year study that was “designed as an in-depth ethnographic investigation of vital, healthy, […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 