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Pilgrimage to Resurrection

I have attended Leadership Institute at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection every year that I have served under appointment as a United Methodist preacher. I was only able to be present for one day this year, but it was still worth it. Here is what made it good: Connection – It is great […]

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The #li2012 Word Cloud Project

I am part of a team from First United Methodist Church in El Dorado, KS attending Leadership Institute 2012. I collected Twitter updates tagged with #li2012. Then I used Wordle to create word clouds with the text of updates during the conference. I edited out Twitter usernames, RT and #li2012 to get a better view of the conversation. […]

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Closing My Time with Resurrection Online

Yesterday, I led a workshop at Leadership Institute – Worship Online: What We’ve Learned in Three Years. Having transitioned my job responsibility to serve as Associate Pastor at Resurrection West on August 15, this was my final official role with Resurrection Online. You can see the presentation here: I felt great about the presentation. I […]

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Leadership Institute 2011 #li2011

It is Leadership Institute time again at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. This year there are over 2,000 church leaders from 700 churches, 46 states, Brazil, Scotland and South Africa here for 2-3 days of teaching, inspiration, worship and community. I love these days. There is something that is powerful when there are hundreds […]

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Social Media Guide for Leadership Institute 2010 #li2010 #umc

Here is a quick social media guide for Leadership Institute 2010 at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. Twitter – Tweet with #li2010 and #umc (as appropriate) Photos – Upload photos to Flickr with tag li2010 Follow – http://twitter.com/rezleadership Visit –  http://li.cor.org for live stream of General Sessions and aggregate of tweets from the event. Will you […]

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You Are Invited: Young Adult Meetup at Leadership Institute 2010

One of the best parts of Leadership Institute is the opportunity to make and continue friendships near and far, to that end I invite you to a young adult meetup at Leadership Institute next week. Who: Young adult (35 and under) leader What: Meetup at Leadership Institute 2010 When: Thursday, October 7 from 8:00 AM […]

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Resurrection Online at Leadership Institute 2010 #li2010

I am excited about the Leadership Institute 2010, October 7 and 8 in Leawood, KS. I am going to be presenting a workshop on social media strategy and partnering with Clif Guy, Director of IT to lead a pre-institute about online ministry. Here are the descriptions of the workshops that I will be leading. Will […]

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Will you come to Leadership Institute 2010? #li2010

I hope your answer is yes. This is Resurrection’s 11th annual Leadership Institute 11th annual leadership training event in which we hope to give away our best ideas. This year the focus will be on the future of the church. There are young adult and new church start discounts. You can find more information and […]

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Leadership Institute 2008 – Wrap Up

It was a great Leadership Institute. My dad came up for the Institute and also stayed with us, which was a lot of fun. I enjoyed each of the plenaries and made it through two workshops with Jeff Clinger and Amanda Smith in what turned out to be a great collaboration. I also particularly enjoyed […]

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LI 2008 – Top 10 from October 1

The excitement kicked off at Resurrection with the start of Contemporary Worship Institute on Wednesday. Here is my top 10 from yesterday Spent time with Bob Kirby, friend from seminary and pastor in Delaware. He is in town for Leadership Institute. Hearing a little bit of Paul Baloche opening the Contemporary Worship Institute Seeing the […]

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Contemporary Worship and Leadership Institute 2008

The festivities at Resurrection this week kick off with Contemporary Worship Institute registration tonight. They will continue with Leadership Institute on Thursday and Friday. It is an exciting, inspiring and exhausting time for the next few days. Keeping with the theme for Leadership Institute, I will be bringing you my own top 10 from each […]

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Leadership Institute 2008 – Photo Experiment

I invite you to you to be a part of a photo experiment from Leadership Institute 2008 at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. Upload any pictures that you take while at Resurrection for Leadership Institute 2008 to Flickr.com The pictures might be of space, buildings, speakers, workshops, funny or serious. Add the tag […]