I preached this weekend at the 5:00 PM services on Saturday and Sunday night. The text was Matthew 2:1-12, the story of the magi visiting Jesus. After the Saturday night service, a man from the congregation asked about the historical basis for the story of the wise men. He pointed out that I spoke of […]
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Speedlinking – December 29, 2007
Matt Kelley supposes names for a Wesley Study Bible at A little fun with titles. Raising up new church planters – Ministry training at Hope Chapel from Steve Addison The versatility of a great logo from Ben Arment provides a great example of some qualities of what an excellent church logo might be. Kyle Holt […]
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 […]
We have been getting a bit of snow here in Kansas City, so thought I would add some here at Thoughts of Resurrection as well. Enjoy!
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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Two Things on Christmas Eve
I am going to take a blogging break for a few days as Nicole and I travel to be with my family for Christmas and a celebration of life. On another note, Adam Hamilton, senior pastor at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, started a blog at http://adamhamilton.cor.org/ I hope that you have a […]
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Christmas is Still Coming
This morning, I was writing down and remembering several stories of my Grandma Alice. And I came to the realization that – Christmas still comes. Over the past few weeks, I have prayed for those who are grieving, are in need of comfort and do not feel much like celebrating this Christmas. Now, I am […]
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Alice Conard
My grandmother, Alice Conard, died tonight. She was 99 years old and she lived a great and full life. Thanks for your prayers.
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Speedlinking – December 21, 2007
Lucas Baerg has great thoughts on movements at Old School Church Growth. Dan Elmore writes about appointments in the United Methodist Church at To guarantee, or not to guarantee… The Problem of Buildings – Great thoughts from Michael. Dave Pullin asks if the church is too comfortable at What Not to Wear – Comfortable is […]
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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 […]
Giving through Google Checkout is a great short post on the Official Google Blog about giving to non profit facilitated online. This post along with Making it Easier for People to Tithe from Tim Stevens makes me think – of course, enable online giving for people in faith communities. Here at Resurrection, we use Electronic […]
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 […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 