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Thursday and Friday of last week I was part of a gathering of 10 young adult leaders to discern best practices for supporting young clergy in the UMC. This grew out of conversations that began at the UMC Young Clergy Facebook group, video documentary on young clergy and the umc young clergy website. We named […]
I have heard rumors about what has happened / is happening at GracePoint Community Church and GracePoint United Methodist Church and have sought to compile the story as best as I can. Posts in chronological order: @gpwichita tweet from Sunday afternoon GracePoint Community Church GracePoint United Methodist Church Sunday Setlist … March 1, 2009 GP […]
My life would be easier if I didn’t care as much. If it didn’t matter to me if people changed their lives and became followers of Jesus Christ… If I didn’t care about the future of the United Methodist Church. If the possibility of revival throughout the state of Kansas did not excite me… If […]
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Facilitate Discipleship
I have been intrigued by Matt Judkins work in creating a video based curriculum that is available online and used by small groups within the church. I think that it is a great idea. Here is one of the weekly teaching videos: I think that Resurrection could learn from this idea to improve what we […]
On or before July 1, 2014 an elder within the United Methodist Church will be appointed within the Kansas Area to oversee a network of house churches across the state that worship via a live internet stream. These house church will consist of 12-20 people who meet together for worship, hold each other accountable to […]
Thanks for helping me think more about the general boards and agencies of the United Methodist Church. Today as I head to my residency group as a provisional member of the annual conference, I want to share a few follow up thoughts. tenthousanddoors.org is an intriguing site that looks to have potential. I have responded […]
I am at the first session of the Open Source Liturgy Project hosted by the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church in lovely Nashville. I flew in on Southwest Airlines this afternoon and had a great experience getting out of the airport and to the shuttle on to Scarritt Bennett where I […]
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Strategic Planning in the UMC
Does the itinerant system in the United Methodist Church work against strategic planning? I want to be an excellent strategic planner and have been thinking more about how this works in the United Methodist Church. I suggest that it is important to look at a strategic plan for several years into the future. I recognize […]
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Online Baptism
While reflecting on the sacraments for an internet campus several weeks ago, I wrote, “I am not willing to suggest that sacraments could be administered online or remotely in any way.” I had thought that this would be a common response for leaders in mainline congregations. I was wrong in at least one case. I […]
I believe that abject poverty is a sin of the global economy and that there are implications for each of us. As a Christian and church leader, I believe that the discrepancy between the rich and the poor that exists globally is a serious issue that should be addressed by each faith community in some […]
One of the realities of being a pastor in The United Methodist Church is that I am committed to ministry in which it is possible that I will travel from place to place. Each year all United Methodist pastors are appointed to a local church, with the hope to match the gifts of the pastor […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 