This evening we heard from Barry Morton pastor at Mt. Olive UMC and Rob Williams pastor at Journey UMC in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. They are both in relatively new worshiping communities that are doing church in a new way. It is exciting to hear about new congregations that are being planted in a way that […]
From the session this morning…There are benchmarks that are going to help discern whether a new congregation is going to be viable or not. These are tangible benchmarks that can be quantified within eighteen months of the launch of public worship. Some of these are:Presence of a formal stewardship plan – The way that a […]
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Evening Session
These photos are from the evening session on January 9. They give a good depiction of the room set up and the people attending the event.
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Affinity Group
One of the most important concepts that I have gleaned from this morning is that each of us has a particular group to which we have an affinity. A quote from Jim Griffith: God is at work to draw people to God … through you. What people are drawn to you? What people are you […]
The keynote speaker for the morning is Jim Griffith. It is the first session of Church Planter Orientation. He is a part of the Griffith Coaching Network. He has worked with over 30 United Methodist Conferences in new congregation planting.
I woke up early this morning and took some pictures around Mount Sequoyah before heading to breakfast and to the 2007 New Church Leadership Institute sessions for the day. This is my first time to visit Mount Sequoyah and it has been a great stay so far. Hospitality by all of the staff has been […]
This week I am attending the 2007 New Church Leadership Institute at Mt. Sequoyah in Fayetteville, Arkansas. My wife, Nicole, and I attended an interest meeting a few months ago for pastors in the Kansas Area who were interested in considering new church plants. We attended a meeting with about 8 other pastors and left […]
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07-01-07 Pastoral Prayer
This was the first weekend in which I was a part of the worship services in the main sanctuary. This is the prayer which I used in the service. Pastoral Prayer We lift our minds to the Maker of the mountains we cannot climb. We lift our hearts to the Calmer of the oceans raging […]
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Preparation
I have been preparing for an examination with the Board of Ordained Ministry in connection with my request for Probationary Membership and Commissioning. Today, I have been focused on responding to questions from paragraph 329.4 from The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2004. When ready to submit to the conference level board, […]
The following document is a part of my 2007 Goals. I would enjoy hearing your comments and feedback. Enjoy! Conard 1 Andrew Conard The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection 2 January 2007 A New Kind of Christian In this paper, I will attempt to summarize some of the central themes of A New Kind […]
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2007 Goals
A portion of one of my goals for 2007 includes: Reading books on the subject of the emerging movement within the Christian church and writing a two page summary of the book to include: summary of themes, possible applications and relevance to the United Methodist Church and possible applications and relevance to The United Methodist […]
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History of Religion
A post at churchrelevance.com brought my attention to a visual representation of the geopgraphy of religion over 5000 years. I found it to be a fascinating look at broad sweeps of history. You can find this 90 second clip at Maps of War via this link. Thanks, Kent.
Rev. Andrew Conard 