This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend The Summit here at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. It is an event designed around the Annual Church Conference that celebrates the past year, looks forward to the year ahead and seeks to inspire living the vision of the church. In 2006, the Journey […]
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wordpress.com and blogger.com
FYI – I have been working on a new blog located at: thoughtsofresurrection.wordpress.com. I have been intrigued with what I perceive to be some additional functionality of Word Press. On Church Communications Pro, there is a new series: Word Press for Churches. With the pages and other features of Word Press it could be used […]
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Amazing Grace
This morning I had the opportunity to screen the upcoming movie Amazing Grace along with other church leaders from the Kansas City area. Amazing Grace will be released on February 23, 2007. The movie tells the story of William Wilberforce who was a leader of the effort in the 19th century to end the slave […]
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Word Press
I am considering a switch from Blogger to Word Press. This site will be the location of Thoughts of Resurrection unless other notice is made. However, I would be interested in your thoughts and comments on https://thoughtsofresurrection.wordpress.com/. I am particularly interested in your thoughts in: layout design differences in the sites your suggestions Please comment […]
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Thoughts of Resurrection
This blog is being designed and tested. Until it is ready, please visit: http://revaeconard.blogspot.com for the blog, Thoughts of Resurrection. Thanks!
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Mainline Emergent / S
I am looking forward to attending the following event next week: Mainline Emergent / S: Conversations in Theology, Practice, and Hope. The event is being held at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta. It will be great to connect with other Methodists. To my knowledge Jay from Only Wonder Understands will be there. Are you planning […]
A recent article from the United Methodist News Service proposes to increase the collaboration among the denominations boards, agencies and commissions. I think that this is an excellent goal and will be important in the future effectiveness of the United Methodist Church. The article entitled, Proposals call for new collaboration among church agencies, also proposes […]
I am often questioned about how the church might be effective in reaching the 20-35 age demographic (of which I am currently a part) to make disciples of Jesus Christ. This is a question that I often consider. I found the following consideration by Lovett H. Weems, Jr. to be a very helpful and thoughtful […]
All participants were asked to to describe the Institute to another pastor in a sentence or two. My response is:My experience has been that the New Church Leadership Institute is an effective invitation to and catalyst for careful discernment for leaders and for the United Methodist Church about God’s call to plant new congregations for […]
This evening we heard the first half of a presentation from Don Smith on the planting of Stonebridge United Methodist Church in McKinney, Texas. He is founder of Vital Connections. From their website: The mission of Vital Connections is to provide meaningful relationships where mentoring, coaching and encouragement serve to equip and inspire faith pioneers […]
New life and death are a natural part of the life cycle and overall health of a denomination and annual conference. This may be seen in the planting of new congregations, but it will also be necessary to move through the death of some congregations who are no longer effective in making disciples of Jesus […]
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2007 NCLI Participants
The roster for the participants in the 2007 New Church Leadership Institute came out yesterday afternoon. If you found this site via that roster, please comment here or come and see me during the conference.
Rev. Andrew Conard 