I have posted a review of the blogging church by Brian Bailey and Terry Storch. You can download the PDF document here – Book Review – the blogging church or on the Documents page of this site. I would love to hear your thoughts, responses and comments on this review. Please comment on this post. […]
Welcome to all those in the N-R Pastorate who decided to become members of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection today at Coffee with the Pastors! I look forward to being connected with each of you more in the future. If you became a member today, please feel free to leave a comment on […]
As you may have noticed from the previous post, the move out of the annex is complete. I visited the Resurrection offices at Southcreek Office Park yesterday for a meeting. I think it is great space. Perhaps not ideal to be off campus, but the move has allowed some ministry teams to be together when […]
The pending removal of the annex building has resulted in changes in office space here at Resurrection. A vacant building has allowed an unexpected opportunity for hospitality. On Monday, the FBI SWAT team based in Kansas City conducted training exercises at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. Some church staff were a part of […]
One of they key things that I learned at the Emerging Church New Starts conference is that one of the main roles of a pastor is to create the culture in which disciples of Jesus Christ can be made. An old or even current model is that the pastor created results. What may work best […]
Rev. Yolanda Villa, Executive Pastor of Congregational Care at Resurrection, has been announced as a planned appointee to the cabinet of the Missouri Annual Conference. She will be missed here at Resurrection and I believe will provide excellent leadership on the cabinet. There has not yet been an announcement about who may fill the role […]
This morning I am at the Emerging Church New Starts conference. More information in a PDF document here. There is a fascinating group of people gathered – most from Georgia, but a few scattered across the country. Some concretely in a new church start, some hoping to be so, some well versed in the emerging […]
Excerpt from Around the Corner, weekly email announcements from Resurrection: Portable Building Permit Expiring; Staff Moving to New Office Space. On April 13 and 20, approximately 40 Resurrection staff members will be relocating to ministry offices at 12900 Metcalf Avenue, Suite 200 in the Southcreek Office Park. Ministries located at the Southcreek Office will be […]
Thanks to Jeff for alerting me to this video. He has compiled all four in the series here. I enjoy Christian radio / music at times, but I think that exclusive listening to Christian content is not a great idea. What do you think about exclusively Christian music?
I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The prayer for the day is: O God, we pray for passion to proclaim your good news to our family, friends and co-workers. Ignite a fire in our soul which will allow others to see the light of you living in and […]
On Tuesday, I met with the residency group in the Kansas East conference for new comers to the Annual Conference. We have been reading through Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership and Congregational Life by Ronald Richardson. As part of the discussion I thought of systems theory applied to atonement and here is […]
I had the opportunity to write the prayer guide at Resurrection this week. The prayer for the day is: O God, our sustainer, break open our narrow minds and show us how to live as your followers in a community of faith. Teach us the way to go, show us the path ahead. Unstop our […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 