Earlier this month, the Congregational Care and Discipleship teams met together for the good part of a day. The purpose was for a time of mutual understanding and collaboration. This was the first time, to my knowledge, that these teams had met together. My sense was that there was some hesitancy on both sides in […]
I hope that you are having a happy Thanksgiving no matter what you are doing today. Thanks to God for life, love, and hope. It is an exciting time around our home as we have family in town. Nicole’s parents arrived on Tuesday, her sister arrived yesterday and my parents are driving up and back […]
Earlier in the month, it was a blessing to meet with Staff Parish for my annual review. I met with a few representatives of the entire Staff Parish team for an interview / conversation that lasted about an hour. I felt genuinely supported during our time together. At the end of our time together, they […]
Leadership tips from Mark Batterson at 10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 years. How do you measure missional effectiveness? Quality response at Wesleyan Missional Metric, Part II. Matt has a great comment at deeply committed about the interaction between the Book of Discipline and creativity at Friday Shout Out to Matt Judkins. Michael writes Real […]
Tomorrow is the Thanksgiving Prayer Vigil at Resurrection from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM in the Wesley Covenant Chapel. During the vigil each person in the church is prayed for by name. You have an opportunity to be a part of this event. There will be prayer guides for adults and children. Bring a friend […]
As pastor in a mainline congregation, I recognize that there are different types of relationships between local congregations, pastors, annual conferences and the denomination. There has been some comments in two previous posts (Granger Community Church and Where is the United Methodist Church going in the next 25 to 30 years?) about this subject and […]
I really enjoy meeting readers of this blog in person. This most often happens when it is someone who is a part of the community at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. For those of you who are a part of the Resurrection community, I encourage you to say something to me when you […]
I recently completed Revolution by George Barna. Up front I want to say that I did read it interspersed across several weeks and did not soak in the message of the book perhaps as well as if I had read the book in a more concentrated time. Nevertheless, I want to provide my thoughts on […]
This is a great question that I received from a Resurrection member with whom I spoke after worship on Sunday morning. I recognize that the answer to this question will be significantly different depending on the particular congregation, the context in which the church exists, the current make up of the congregation and many other […]
The word is out that the decision is made on the new church management system at Resurrection. We will be making a transition to Arena. You can find great posts on the process at The Appian Way: ChMS selection coming to a close It’s Arena This transition will be a significant change for staff, leaders […]
A few weeks ago on my day away, I had the opportunity to read The Will of God by Leslie D. Weatherhead. This is a brief book of five chapters that is a series of sermons that were preached in England during World War II. The chapter titles give a good description of the themes […]
Good bullet points about leadership from Ben Arment at Leading like I want to be Led. In the post On NOT Reaching Our Culture Through Our Preaching, William Willimon has a quality take on the interaction between preaching and culture. Quality thoughts here – 7 Rules for a Life Worth Living from Pick the Brain. […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 