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Everyone does better with a coach

Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Kenny.

This is a simple truth I’ve learned over the past year. Everyone does do better with a coach. I’ve learned this through personal experience. I’ve just entered my second year of Infuse with Jim Wideman and he’s helping me be a better version of myself. There’s little debate over what Jim’s accomplished over the 30 years of ministry to kids. His track record is nothing short of amazing. However, I’ve picked up very few tips and tricks from him that I can apply in Children’s Ministry (although he’s been a great source of wisdom there). What I’ve picked up from Jim this last year is how to be a better leader, how to better redeem the time I have each day, and I can better serve my church. I’ve grown in many ways and it’s becasue I’ve had a coach speaking into my life week after week through Infuse.

If you want to go to the next level in personal leadership, take a good look at having Jim coach you through Infuse. It’s probably best way you can spend any “personal development” funds this year. Click here to read more about what Infuse is all about.

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I NEED YOUR HELP!

Posted on 27. Mar, 2010 by Kenny.

A few weeks ago a battle of epic proportions began. Okay, I’m being dramatic. March Madness for blogs about children’s ministry began. Of the 64 featured blogs, mine was one of them. In round 1, I barely won my division. I pulled into the lead on the last day. Orange Leaders, my biggest competitor is way out in the lead right now and the competition ends tomorrow. Orange Leaders is the blog of ReThink, a large organization with dozens of staff who’ve been promoting this competition hard. It’s been hard to compete as I’m not a big organization nor do I have any staff.

So, help me win. Vote for me. Go here to see more about the competition and vote for other bloggers in other divisions. However, I placed the poll below, so if you want… just vote real quick and you’re done. Thanks so much for your help!

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State of the Gate 2.0

Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by Kenny.

Every year my church has a “State of the Gate.” It’s really a gathering one evening of the week, usually at the beginning of the year where we share great stories from the previous year, share any exciting news and then cast vision for the coming year. This year we tried something new. Since we’ve recently launched our internet campus, we broadcast the State of the Gate over the interwebs. What a cool experience!

I still don’t know how many actually participated, but a pretty large group of people logged in with their facebook and twitter accounts and interacted with each other during the broadcast and asked questions during the Q & A. It was a totally unique environment. The people who watched live had a much more engaging experience than any State of the Gate in the past. In addition, the video content will remain online for people to watch later. In a tech savvy, DVR and overwhelmingly busy culture we live in, this format for special services like this seems the way of the future.

Click here to check the live site, you can read the chat dialogue until Sunday when it will be replaced by Sunday’s chat log. Feel free to watch the videos below, they illustrate our church’s current restructure to better engage our body in serving the community.

State of the Gate 2010

State of the Gate 2010 | Intro from Gateway Church on Vimeo.

State of the Gate: Attend, Grow and Serve

State of the Gate 2010 | Attend Grow Serve from Gateway Church on Vimeo.

State of the Gate: Q & A

State of the Gate 2010 | Q&A from Gateway Church on Vimeo.

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Accountability from a skinny man works

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.

Okay, so I almost forgot to post this. Before I left for my road trip I asked Sam Luce to hold me accountable. I’m in the middle of my biggest loser competition with my staff and being on the road where I’m eating out for almost every meal would be tough. It’s during these occasions that I tend to over-indulge. So I asked Sam Luce to hold me to my commitment. In the end, my goal was to weigh less than I did when I began.

So, Sam was a gracious accountability partner. Maybe it was a dumb thing for me to ask him to do it, but he didn’t make a big deal out of it. Every now and again, he’d give me the evil eye when I was reaching for an extra cookie after dinner. There were a few meals that did not fare well for my plan, but I just tried to eat as much as Sam ate. I figured that if I ate what a skinny man eats, I’d probably lose some weight.

So, I’ve got some bad news and some good news. I came home late Monday night and my biggest loser weigh in was the following day. For my official weigh in I was one pound heavier than the week before. I was actually quite pleased as I expected worse. I had a bit of a cold all week and just didn’t feel up to running on the treadmill once. The good news, by Tuesday I weighed in a pound lower than the previous day and on Wednesday morning, I was another pound lower. I’m on track to have lost 4 pounds this week, taking me to a record low for this competition.

I know there are probably very few people who care, but since I brought it up before I left, I figured I’d be true to my word and share how I did.

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Browser Wars

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.

Yesterday I announced that Google Chrome was my app of the week, mostly becasue of the extensions capability. I’ve been using Firefox for the last several years and have been very excited to move to Chrome. However, I realized that most people generally use Internet Explorer if they have a PC. If they have a Mac, then there’s a good chance they’re using Safari. What browser you use is totally a personal choice, but I think that most of these people use these browsers simple becasue it’s what was on their computer when they got it and they’re just happy with it. The problem is that most of these people don’t know that there could possibly be a much better experience right around the corner. This blog post is simply to reveal some options you didn’t know you were missing.

So, here’s the basic rundown of the big four browsers.

Internet Explorer: Seriously, are you really using this? It’s slow and often riddled with security issues. Do yourself a favor and download any other browser. You’ll be glad you did. Internet Explorer is the oldest browser of the big four. It also has the largest market share, but that certainly isn’t an indicator of how good it is. In actuality, their market share has been decreasing to the other three big browsers simply because they’re better. IE has not been innovative in many years. It can do some of the “extra things” the other browsers can do, but mainly becasue it has adapted and copied over the years to remain relevant.

Safari: It’s a genuinely positive browsing experience. The basic, entry level Mac user tends to use Safari and be happy with it as a web browser and it really is good. It’s probably the dominant Mac browser simply becasue it comes with the Mac and new Mac owners don’t know any better. When you compare Firefox to Safari, Firefox usually wins when it comes to features and usability. Safari does include plugins which create extra functionality, but the number is limited mainly becasue of Apple’s iron grip on all Apple products which lessen development from outsiders.

Firefox: For many years now, Firefox has been the open browser that people came to when they got tired of a poor browsing experience or being told how they should browse the internet. The stigma for quite some time was that if a person really wasn’t very computer savvy, they used Safari or Internet Explorer, but once they moved beyond what was handed to them, they moved to Firefox. Firefox is very customizable from aesthetics to functionality. Thousands of developers are constantly creating new plugins to allow you do to all kinds of cool stuff. Personally, I moved to Firefox about 3 years ago and my experience has been amazing. The plugins make all the difference in the world. As a result, my browser experience is always changing and getting better.

Chrome: I don’t know that anyone saw Chrome coming when they jumped in the browser war a little over a year ago. Chrome was designed to push browsers to the next level. Changes were made to the way Chrome operates as a browser to make it faster. We all want a faster experience and Chrome has taken big steps to make that happen. Another really cool thing Chrome did was to make each tab it’s own individual process. That means when the page your surfing fails and locks up, it doesn’t lock up your entire browser. Just close out of that tab and you’ll see all your other tabs work just fine. Like anything new, the layout is a little different and it may take some getting used to, but the experience is better. Like I posted yesterday, Chrome just added extension functionality so you can customize your browsing experience. However, what Chrome did differently is to separate the extension processes from the browsing processes so your speed experience isn’t minimized as a result of extensions. Firefox users have always known that when more plugins are installed, the slower the browser ran. Not true of Chrome.

So, that’s an overview of the current browser war. Yes, it was my opinion. It’s based on my experience of using all four browsers. So what do I use? Well, since I’m a Mac, I don’t even have access to Internet Explorer anymore. I use Safari about once a week and it’s usually just as a backup. Sometimes I come to a web page that doesn’t display correctly, so I’ll open Safari just to see what it looks like there. That’s really the only reason I use Safari. Primarily though, I’m still a Firefox user; however, Chrome may have just swooped into the lead with all the extensions. Chrome for the Mac is still technically Beta and I’ve occasionally encountered it’s bugginess. Until the glitch I run in to while editing blog posts on WordPress is fixed, I’ll probably still use Firefox primary. After that, I see a switch in the works.

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Worshiphouse Kids: a clearing house of kidmin media

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Kenny.

I ran into this resource a few weeks ago. Worship House Kids is a one stop shop of great media for Children’s Ministry. Worship House Media (the parent company) has been providing great video content for churches for some time, but now there’s a home for content geared for kids. As far as I can tell, Worship House isn’t a developer of content, just the aggragator of content. Several studios like Timbuktoons, Jelly Telly, Salthy Graphics Studios and others are pumping their content through the site. I’m a little bummed I didn’t jump on this earlier, they have some great content for Christmas. Maybe next year.

Check out some of the examples:

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Anyone take a bigger than normal hit on attendance in October?

Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Kenny.

This year our goal for Next Gen was to grow 20% and that is what we’ve been able to do. From August through September, we have had the highest kids attendance… EVER. However, October came and our numbers have been in the toilet. Two Sundays ago it was a very wet and rainy day which often affects our attendance, but this last Sunday was a beautiful day and numbers were low… like summer low.

I’m going to be looking at some trends from the past four years (since I’ve not been here long enough to have the history). However, I do know that the flu bug has been vicious here. H1N1 has ravaged the state of Texas and there are a couple other flu strains that have been affecting our families. We’ve even had to change our well child policy this fall (we ask kids not to come if anyone in their family has had the flu that week) since H1N1 is contagious even before you know you have it. So although we usually experience a little bit of a decline in October and November, we usually don’t see our numbers take this big of a hit.

Has anyone else had a noticeable attendance dip that was out of the ordinary (especially if you’re in Texas)? Let me know as this seems to be the best way gather information from others. Feel free to post as comments or email me privately at kenny@childrensministryonline.com.

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Pikes Peak Ascent

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

• 7:30 PM kennyconley -
  
• 7:30 PM kennyconley - View from our condo in keystone! twitpic.com
• 5:21 PM kennyconley - Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 2) bit.ly
• 5:19 PM kennyconley - Driving thru breckenridge! bit.ly
• 3:10 PM kennyconley -
  
• 3:10 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com picking out a pastries at the famous donut mill in woodland park. bit.ly
• 3:09 PM kennyconley -
  
• 3:09 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com Titus looking xtra cute today!
• 1:43 PM kennyconley - Leaving the springs. Pikes peak is hiding behind some clouds. Guess she doesn’t want to say goodbye!
• 3:56 AM kennyconley - test
• 10:14 PM kennyconley -
  
• 10:14 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com Titus going to town on his pizza.
• 8:13 PM kennyconley - Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 1) bit.ly
• 5:19 PM kennyconley - Eye-Fi’d 68 photos to Flickr. is.gd
• 2:26 PM kennyconley -
  
• 2:26 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com doing some light reading before lunch. Sara’s patents are big fans of math!
• 2:22 PM kennyconley -
  
• 2:22 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com some light reading before lunch. Sara’s parents are big fans of math!
• 7:30 PM kennyconley - Back in the springs. Had quite an adventure at 13,000 feet. I’ll blog about it later. Recovering right now.
• 4:32 PM kennyconley - Then wehit a hail storm and near white out conditions. So close. Great day though.
• 4:31 PM kennyconley - On our way down. Crazy story to tell. We came 700 feet short of the top.
• 2:20 PM kennyconley - 13000 feet. I might die!
• 2:19 PM kennyconley - This mountain is kicking my butt! Almost 13,000 feet!
• 11:20 AM kennyconley -
  
• 11:20 AM kennyconley - twitpic.com view from 11,500 feet. 1/4 up.
• 11:18 AM kennyconley - Just below the treeline at11,500 feet. Taking a little break!
• 8:39 AM kennyconley -
  
• 8:39 AM kennyconley - My mountain twitpic.com
• 8:21 AM kennyconley - Not sure I’m going to have any phone service on the backside if the peak.
• 7:58 AM kennyconley - Getting some breakfast now. Will be burning a lot of calories on the trail. Should be hiking in an hour!
• 7:12 AM kennyconley - Looks like we’re ready to go, Sara included.
• 6:44 AM kennyconley - Slept really good. Sara hasn’t been feeling well, so we’re waiting to see if she feel up to it. I really hope she can do it!
• 6:41 AM Kenny Conley - I’m up!
• 12:59 AM kennyconley - CMO: #kidmin Pikes Peak Ascent bit.ly
• 12:46 AM kennyconley - K, going to bed. Getting up in 5 hours to hike pikes peak! We’ll be on the trail at 7:00 AM! woo hoo!
• 12:44 AM kennyconley - Test from Twitter!
• 12:42 AM Kenny Conley - Test

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Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/12/09)

Posted on 12. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

• 8:21 PM jameswh3 - Had an amazing couple of days at #adv09.
• 6:31 PM chadswanzy - but not the last one out the twitter door #adv09 Ha ha Ha
• 6:13 PM just_g - …is the last man out the door. #adv09
• 5:31 PM CaMeaux - #adv09 WOW! What a weekend! Letting go of blame is huge in moving forward with mentoring and being mentored. Be Humble & Vulnerable! =Unity
• 5:30 PM flatlanderdox - #adv09 great job and big thanks to everyone pulling pulling this off!!! Big props to @Neil_cole!
• 5:27 PM beckylaswell - Home. Thanks and more thanks to everybody who helped at #adv09. Your help make the event possible (and even made my foot pain diminish).
• 5:26 PM kennyconley - Kinda tired. Pretty happy. Really proud of my church! #adv09 #kidmin
• 4:23 PM kidsquestaustin - Your kids had a blast! Be sure to come get ‘em as soon as you are dismissed! Thanks! #adv09
• 4:18 PM matterpro - sorry tweeters at #adv09, we tried to get your questions in, but chose the wrong software to do it. Thanks for adding to the event anyway!
• 3:34 PM beckylaswell - Help us be better at empowering you. #adv09
• 3:18 PM rcjohnson - Clearly we should all be mentoring one, should we also all have someone mentoring us? Is it the same person eg a running partner? #adv09
• 3:16 PM chadswanzy - “The Be With Factor” Mentoring Students In Everyday Life is on Google Books tr.im #adv09 #youthministry #stumin
• 3:11 PM ajelwind - What if nobody has ever mentored me? #adv09
• 3:09 PM j2plase - In me, create your dream! #adv09
• 3:08 PM gary4n - Besides baptism, what other ways do you practice helping new believers “imprint” on Christ? #ADV09
• 3:08 PM ajelwind - How do we discern who to invest in spiritually? #adv09
• 3:05 PM chadswanzy - students helping at #adv09 twitpic.com
• 3:05 PM mattlaswell - #adv09 question for john. Hey big guy, how did you get so funky?
• 3:04 PM GODs_ArT - Conclusion: this world could use a lot less of Amy Teel #adv09
• 2:53 PM chadswanzy - many thanks for #adv09 setup team retweet!
• 2:53 PM chadswanzy - standing O for Neil Cole #adv09
• 2:44 PM beckylaswell - My father-in-law knows the guys who inspired the movie Hoosiers. Seriously. #adv09
• 2:44 PM beckylaswell - My hubby (the Purdue grad) arrived at #adv09 in time for me to joke about Hoosiers (which webster’s calls “Ignorant Rustics”)
• 2:43 PM chadswanzy - invest in things proven #adv09
• 2:43 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 who am I pouring into right now? Who are my 12/3?
• 2:42 PM notan_jk - #adv09 My wife says there’s some flooding on roads in the area, everyone please be careful going home.
• 2:39 PM kennyconley - Don’t invest in potential… invest in proveness. It will save you a lot of heartache.
• 2:39 PM lisa_illuminate - #adv09 can we leave the slides up a little longer please? Taking notes. =)
• 2:38 PM chadswanzy - don’t invest potential #adv09
• 2:38 PM locustfist - From @neil_cole ‘the church is educated beyond it’s obedience’ #adv09
• 2:37 PM chadswanzy - release yourself from taking over the Holy Spirits job #adv09
• 2:36 PM WrightPhotos - We have to let people make mistakes so that they can learn! Amen 2 that. #adv09
• 2:36 PM chadswanzy - problem in america… the church is educated beyond it’s obedience #adv09 best statement this weekend
• 2:35 PM rcjohnson - Mentoring requires on the job training. Even if it means falling down. #adv09
• 2:34 PM chadswanzy - John 14:26 tr.im #adv09
• 2:33 PM beckylaswell - Looking over the crowds at #adv09 and recalling my first leadership event at Gateway, 8 yrs ago this weekend.
• 2:33 PM karinpwilliams - Mediocrity will never change the world. #adv09 (via @jd4reals)
• 2:33 PM chadswanzy - hebrews 5:12 tr.im #adv09
• 2:31 PM jd4reals - Mediocrity will never change the world. #adv09
• 2:30 PM chadswanzy - people learn at different paces… i can’t believe this rain! #adv09
• 2:29 PM chadswanzy - grace is the difference people want to follow #adv09
• 2:24 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 listening to the sound of the rain falling upon us feels holy. @Neil_Cole has really been a blessing to us here.
• 2:23 PM chadswanzy - who asks you questions and listens to you? #adv09
• 2:23 PM coveredindust - How to lead leaders- active listening & asking good questions #adv09
• 2:23 PM chadswanzy - Skilz 4 leadrz… 1. Listen 2. ask #adv09
• 2:23 PM reneelockey - So the model organic church (12-15) fits within the larger industrial church. they are NOT mutally exclusive #adv09
• 2:22 PM chadswanzy - Passage for leadership Luke 2 tr.im #adv09
• 2:19 PM lisareid -
  
• 2:19 PM lisareid - twitpic.com – Gravity of social grouping #adv09
• 2:18 PM CaMeaux - You gotta get vulnerable! Take off the old, the comfortable & put on the new for Life Change! #adv09
• 2:12 PM locustfist - the Dunbar Number – is.gd #adv09
• 2:12 PM chadswanzy - Dunbar wikipedia entry tr.im #adv09
• 2:12 PM coveredindust - Life change happens in a grouping of 2-3 #adv09
• 2:10 PM chadswanzy - amen… less is more #adv09
• 2:09 PM chadswanzy - family 12-15, life change 2-3 #adv09
• 2:08 PM JoeBABUJennings - One size does not fit all!#adv09
• 2:08 PM chadswanzy - Neil Cole’s blog tr.im #adv09
• 2:08 PM j2plase - Learning to follow the rhythyms of Gods grace #adv09
• 2:08 PM TimelyInsurance - #adv09 There is power in a small thing. We shape our lives from the small choices we make daily.
• 2:06 PM chadswanzy - a mustard seed tr.im #adv09
• 2:06 PM babygap25 - What do I look like to heaven? #adv09
• 2:06 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 :: God, thank you for giving us the grace to worship you in your Spirit & and in truth!
• 2:04 PM chadswanzy - hall and oats discipleship #adv09 “one on one”
• 2:03 PM kennyconley - It all begins with multiplying disciples. We need to unlock “Christ in you” and pass it on to others.
• 2:03 PM kennyconley - Jesus said that he will build his church, we are to make disciples.
• 2:03 PM CaMeaux - Ready for an afternoon w @neil_cole! Mentoring while multiplying… #adv09
• 2:03 PM kennyconley - We try to start churches that reproduce… but we’re getting ahead of ourselves…
• 2:02 PM kennyconley - We all reproduce at the smallest level.
• 1:59 PM kennyconley - Neil Cole is back on the stage for session 4! Awesome!
• 1:44 PM taczac - #adv09 James Wilson has a powerful gift that he’s using for God’s glory.
• 1:43 PM chadswanzy - Great leaders, great discussion, great mission = student ministry. #adv09
• 1:42 PM lisareid - James and Tony are BRINGIN’ IT! Loving that and the sound of the rain on the roof! #adv09
• 1:41 PM lisareid - Jazzed about the internet campus after meeting with @locustfist and others! #adv09
• 1:40 PM TimelyInsurance - It us fun to be so Inspired by a Breakout Session! #adv09
• 1:37 PM kidsquestaustin -
  
• 1:37 PM kidsquestaustin - twitpic.com btw g8way! Your kids are having a blast! #adv09
• 1:34 PM locustfist - chatted with people interested in the internet campus. an exciting and scary project #adv09
• 1:29 PM beckylaswell - Just had lunch with some great women leaders and future leaders here at Gateway. You all rock! #adv09.
• 1:28 PM kennyconley -
  
• 1:28 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com @Jonros the diet pepsi should offset your lunch. #adv09
• 1:27 PM reneelockey - Fruit is growing on these branches_I love this place! #adv09
• 1:09 PM hi_res_cutie - the world lies. you were not created to live in fear. #adv09
• 12:37 PM WrightPhotos - Thanks for the Chick-wich! #adv09
• 12:34 PM chadswanzy - Student ministry is the best team ever. #adv09
• 12:23 PM locustfist - Internet campus peeps, head to the nursury #adv09
• 12:18 PM CaMeaux - Aaannnndddd I just got rained on inside the auditorium. Guess God thought I had an extra layer to wipe clean #adv09
• 12:12 PM rcjohnson - The rain is coming down on #adv09 . No really, it’s raining in here.
• 12:08 PM kennyconley -
  
• 12:08 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com one of several lunch tables. Lunch time! #adv09
• 12:07 PM reneelockey - Jn 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. #adv09
• 12:01 PM karma_jeff - #adv09. Thanks Neil. Awesome
• 12:00 PM karinpwilliams - “When will Christ be enough? what will it take for His Spirit to be the most noticeable about us?” @Neil_Cole #adv09
• 11:59 AM austin_photog - #adv09 teach me to look for the beauty in others
• 11:58 AM lisareid - Not very nice of @Neil_Cole to make us all cry with Ray’s story. Sniff. #adv09
• 11:57 AM tj_cummins - #adv09 “I must decrease so He may increase.”
• 11:54 AM j2plase - #adv09 we become what we worship, God I want to soak you in.
• 11:53 AM flatlanderdox - #adv09 “dont try 2 show ppl christ, just follow him & let ppl C that.” @Neil_cole
• 11:50 AM reneelockey - He is the only thing that’s beautiful in us! #adv09
• 11:47 AM CaMeaux - Big rain happening on Advance 2009 weekend…Coincidence? I think not! God’s washing off the crusty layer 2 let Christ’s glory shine! #adv09
• 11:43 AM chadswanzy - cooperate with death to your flesh #adv09
• 11:42 AM flatlanderdox - #adv09 actually…her hair is perfect every morning…and it’s annoying. Lol
• 11:39 AM karinpwilliams - God, please get me out of the box I’ve put myself in #adv09
• 11:37 AM mrpaulywu - the krispy kreme donut made my stomach hurt. #adv09
• 11:36 AM karinpwilliams - Disciples should follow Christ, not another leader. God is smart enough to lead on His own! #adv09 (via @lisareid)
• 11:36 AM coveredindust - “Make everyone a disciple of Christ FIRST.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
• 11:34 AM chadswanzy - first priority as a leader… point to Jesus #adv09
• 11:34 AM j2plase - #adv09 God let me see your city with your eyes
• 11:33 AM chadswanzy - this is why dunkin donuts is better than krispy kreme #adv09
• 11:32 AM just_g - “Ornithology”! Yeah!!! Finally! I got to use my Vertebrate Zoology degree! #adv09
• 11:32 AM lisareid - Disciples should follow Christ, not another leader. God is smart enough to lead on His own! #adv09
• 11:30 AM TimelyInsurance - 2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity; but a spirit of power, love and self-discipline. #adv09
• 11:28 AM chadswanzy - be an agent of God’s kingdom and seek to hear from God #adv09 Matthew 10 tr.im
• 11:28 AM taczac - #adv09 listen to God and obey.
• 11:27 AM lisareid - Found the super secret restroom in the kids quest building during the #adv09 break! #adv09
• 11:25 AM chadswanzy - life of brian youtube clip tr.im #adv09 dysfunctional leadership
• 11:22 AM jotajmejia - #adv09 Julian on board
• 11:21 AM EExercise - Impossible is nothing…except for getting hundreds of people through the restrooms in 10 minutes #adv09
• 11:21 AM babygap25 - #adv09 We are royalty.
• 11:21 AM rcjohnson - Be careful sitting on the left hand side of the auditorium today. Lots of beautiful pregnant ladies. #adv09
• 11:19 AM lisa_illuminate - #adv09 A guy just made fun of the womens bathroom line. I think he’s just insecure & trying to prove his worth.
• 11:11 AM locustfist -
  
• 11:11 AM locustfist - twitpic.com – lunch! #adv09
• 11:07 AM kennyconley - Advance Leadership Weekend takes a quick break!
• 11:07 AM CaMeaux - Are you leading or just along for the ride?#adv09
• 11:07 AM chadswanzy - Kevin Garnet Com. tr.im Domino Falling People tr.im #adv09
• 11:07 AM reneelockey - Who are you, Christian? You are one in whom Christ dwells, and in whom He delights. (just as you are-that’s grace) #adv09
• 11:07 AM locustfist - Impossible is nothing – is.gd #adv09
• 11:06 AM kennyconley - Just showed this commercial. No longer is the world led by one man. bit.ly
• 11:02 AM CaMeaux - AServant, like Christ, makes a great leader… Humility… Get past proving self worth! #adv09
• 11:00 AM kennyconley - The kingdom is always looking for people willing to serve.
• 11:00 AM chadswanzy - the son of man came to serve and give his life away #adv09
• 11:00 AM kennyconley - Advance Leadership Weekend continues. Follow #adv09 or see updates at bit.ly #kidmin
• 10:59 AM tj_cummins - #adv09 “…the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
• 10:57 AM chadswanzy - the greatest is the least who is full of dreams #adv09
• 10:57 AM kennyconley - The fear of every man is that one day everyone will know that he isn’t what people think he is supposed to be.
• 10:57 AM karinpwilliams - I just got a “slap in the face” via @Neil_Cole #adv09
• 10:55 AM jd4reals -
  
• 10:55 AM jd4reals - #adv09 hanging with my small group peeps- men an women who are rocking the Kingdom! twitpic.com
• 10:52 AM chadswanzy - it means a lot to be picked #adv09
• 10:52 AM karinpwilliams - 4 kinds of authority: 1-positional, 2-expertise, 3-relational, 4-spiritual #adv09 (via @coveredindust)
• 10:52 AM karinpwilliams - I’m hoping I can get or download @Neil_Cole ‘s talk from #adv09. I need to hear what he’s saying over and over again.
• 10:50 AM kennyconley - Spiritual authority is a result of the power of God working through your life… the most powerful. Life change is inevitable.
• 10:49 AM TimelyInsurance - #adv09 God does not necessarily call the qualified. He qualifies the called.
• 10:49 AM coveredindust - 4 kinds of authority: 1-positional, 2-expertise, 3-relational, 4-spiritual #adv09
• 10:48 AM kennyconley - Positional Authority is only strong as long as people are willing to salute.
• 10:47 AM kennyconley - Positional Authority, Expertise Authority, Relational Authority and Spiritual Authority. Weakest is positional authority.
• 10:46 AM tj_cummins - #adv09 “Bad people make good soil, there is a lot of fertilizer in their life.”
• 10:45 AM kennyconley - Transformation is the power of this movement. Not powerful teaching, not good music, not a building!
• 10:44 AM reneelockey - A changed life starts with a single step of faith! That’s right Neil! Not by might, not by power but by *His Spirit*! #adv09
• 10:44 AM kennyconley - The leaders of the future are not found in the church pews… but in the gutter. POWERFUL! #adv09
• 10:44 AM theuprisinglive - heros of the future and today are students at the uprising #adv09
• 10:44 AM kennyconley - God is doing something today and it is going to be historic! Similar to the 1st century!
• 10:44 AM lisareid - Bad people make good soil; there’s a lot of feetilizer in their lives. #adv09
• 10:43 AM chadswanzy - leadership recruitment is a dead end #adv09
• 10:42 AM babygap25 - #adv09 “His goodness leads us to repentance.”
• 10:42 AM kennyconley - Just because you came to faith as a child and lived for Christ your whole life doesn’t mean you don’t have a story to tell…
• 10:42 AM coveredindust - “Bad people make good soil but there is a lot of fertilizer in the soil.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
• 10:42 AM jd4reals - #adv09. I’m already wondering what the dates will be for #adv2010 !!
• 10:41 AM flatlanderdox - “fear the cage” -@Neil_cole #adv09 vid twitvid.com
• 10:41 AM rcjohnson - God’s kingdom is upside down. Learning from business or the military is good, but not God’s strategy. We need TRANSFORMING. #adv09
• 10:39 AM kennyconley - The kind of thinking that will get us out of the world’s problems will be of a different order to the kind of thinking that created those problems in the first place. Albert Einstein.
• 10:38 AM coveredindust -
  
• 10:38 AM coveredindust - twitpic.com – @Neil_Cole talking about his adventures in Africa #adv09
• 10:38 AM TimelyInsurance - #adv09 God help me set aside my fear and use my influence to his glory.
• 10:38 AM kennyconley - Everything you naturally think is naturally wrong!
• 10:37 AM kennyconley - Spiritual leadership is counter-intuitive.
• 10:37 AM coveredindust - “Fear the cage… live the adventure.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
• 10:33 AM babygap25 - #adv09 Can we sing Revelation Song again?
• 10:33 AM mrpaulywu - nuts….i left my sword at home. #adv09
• 10:32 AM flatlanderdox - #adv09 “2 kinds of Christians: those who live adventure, & those who read about it.”
• 10:31 AM kennyconley - What kind of Christian do you want to be, the one who lives the adventure or just reads about it?
• 10:31 AM lisareid - Neil is opening by talking about wild animals. Apropos! #adv09
• 10:31 AM jd4reals - “never grab a baboon’s tail” – wisdom from @neilCole at #adv09 The Lord is sharing wisdom through Neil today!
• 10:30 AM karinpwilliams - #adv09 beautiful morning of worship to our beloved Father. What a way to start a Saturday!
• 10:30 AM mrpaulywu - i wish a cat would hunt me down. #adv09
• 10:30 AM j2plase - #adv09 powerful worship. Our response to what we value and want most.
• 10:28 AM CaMeaux - Good Morning Gateway! Can’t wait to see what God will bring to our hearts today! #adv09
• 10:28 AM gatewayleaders - I think there are donuts left here at #adv09.
• 10:27 AM just_g -
  
• 10:27 AM just_g - @g8wayaustin, see @matterpro the wizard behind the curtain at #adv09 http://yfrog.com/0f9d5j
• 10:26 AM kennyconley - CMO: #kidmin Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/12/09) bit.ly
• 10:23 AM kennyconley - ALW begins day two! Here we go!
• 10:22 AM kennyconley - Here we go!

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Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/11/09)

Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

• 10:12 PM reneelockey - Radical! Beautiful! United! Organic! We are the Body! #adv09
• 10:11 PM matterpro - coffee and donuts at 8:30 tomorrow #adv09
• 10:09 PM TimelyInsurance - #adv09 Wow! What a way to start this weekend
• 10:07 PM gatewayleaders - See y’all in the morning. Donuts & coffee before the 9am session, Woot! More sugar & caffeine! #adv09
• 10:06 PM beckylaswell - Greater things are yet to come. How true! #adv09
• 10:06 PM kidsquestaustin - Parents, don’t forget to pick up your kids as soon as you are dismissed! They’re tired and want go to bed! So are the workers! #adv09
• 10:06 PM kennyconley - Parents, don’t forget to pick up your kids as soon as you are dismissed! They’re tired and want go to bed! So are the workers! #adv09
• 10:05 PM gatewayleaders - Greater things are yet to be done How true. #adv09
• 10:04 PM kennyconley - Closing worship! Great session tonight!
• 10:04 PM tonydaleaustin - #adv09 with @neil_cole. Let’s lower the bar of how we do church so anyone can do it!
• 10:03 PM kennyconley - I want to lower the bar of what it means to have church so anyone can do it and raise the bar of being a disciple so everyone will do it
• 10:03 PM matterpro - #adv09 I’m ready to rock some more!
• 10:02 PM kennyconley - Let God speak to us and tell us what to say yes to and what to say no to.
• 10:01 PM joefresch - #ADV09 WHOLNESS comes through COMMUNITY. All the members contribute to increasing the understanding of each member than is possible alone.
• 10:01 PM kennyconley - The simplicity is all I have to do is follow Jesus and connect with him moment by moment.
• 10:01 PM reneelockey - #adv09 Elaborate on what you say are the two greatest sins of the Western church. (Role of new believers & the power of the Spirit).
• 10:00 PM kennyconley - Life is complex, it’s busy, even when we get pulled in many different directions.
• 10:00 PM kennyconley - Jesus said: I came so that they may have meetings and have them more abundantly.
• 9:57 PM kennyconley - CMO: #kidmin Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/11/09) bit.ly
• 9:56 PM CaMeaux - From: @CaMeaux
  @Neil_Cole how do you balance being humble and “non-proud” while recognizing achievements as blessings? #adv09
• 9:55 PM karinpwilliams - What can Gateway learn from the house church movement? #adv09
• 9:55 PM alanmichael - How do we grow new leaders in a small group, without having to simply start a new group? #adv09
• 9:54 PM kennyconley - Austin needs 5000 mentors for students. How can the Church fill this need for our city?
• 9:54 PM TimelyInsurance - Trying to figure out how to tweet to #adv09. How do I do this?
• 9:54 PM kristincastillo - #adv09 what advice do you have for leaders on how to work with, support and love christians who follow Christ, worship & live differently (o
• 9:54 PM kennyconley - Churches can get together and ask each other, what can we do together?
• 9:53 PM kennyconley - Gateway and many other churches in Austin are meeting together to ask, how can we be the “CHURCH” to this city.
• 9:53 PM rcjohnson - So we’re serving leaders, our church, seekers, our family, ourselves: what’s the balance here? So many things pulling in so many dir. #adv09
• 9:52 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 look for ways to be a blessing to other churches besides your own @Neil_Cole
• 9:51 PM jd4reals - when so many churches are getting it so very wrong in the way that they are sharing God’s love, how do we unite with them? #adv09 @materpro
• 9:50 PM alanmichael - #adv09 testing
• 9:50 PM kennyconley - It starts with leaders equipping the church, giving it all away. Eph 4!
• 9:50 PM matterpro - in a city like austin where churches are so separated by race and socioeconomics, how do we really get a unified humble church? #adv09
• 9:49 PM kennyconley - We’ve inherited a flawed Christianity. We’ve all been called to ministry, not just a select few. We’ve all been appointed!
• 9:48 PM karinpwilliams - Is “One body” a myth? People like to say it, but don’t act that way. #adv09
• 9:48 PM brucegilson - How does a large church like Gateway harness the power of the organic church idea? #adv09
• 9:47 PM kennyconley - thousands of churches are beginning organically, in homes, in business, in dorms… church organically!
• 9:45 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 how do I respond when I want to serve in multi churches but don’t want to be labeled a “consumer”?
• 9:44 PM c_dish - #adv09 where r u seeing effective multiplication of disciples the 2nd 3rd 4th generation?
• 9:43 PM starrpnvm - #adv09 I was told for years by my pastor not to text in church. What changed?
• 9:43 PM JoeBABUJennings - How do you reach those who feel like there is no God left in this city#adv09
• 9:43 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 how can we reach out to serve other churches in ATX and be received openly?
• 9:43 PM brucegilson - What is it about humility that makes you choose it for the first lesson for a leader? #adv09
• 9:42 PM matterpro - when so many churches are getting it so very wrong in the way that they are sharing God’s love, how do we unite with them? #adv09
• 9:42 PM notan_jk - #adv09 How do you know it’s God’s voice & not your own?
• 9:41 PM reneelockey - Radical yes! Truth from Neil & Prov 3:34 #adv09
• 9:41 PM fbcruss - #adv09 would you descttttribe your work in the house church movement?
• 9:40 PM lisareid - #adv09 What do you think should be our first step in unifying Austin?
• 9:39 PM tj_cummins - #adv09 how do you suggest church leaders connect to serve and work together in our city? (non-pastor leaders)
• 9:39 PM kennyconley - Q&A for Neil Cole and John Burke!
• 9:39 PM kennyconley - Neil Cole has started churches in more than 35 states/countries.
• 9:39 PM rcjohnson - It is time to stop competing. It is time to pray for other churches, people, leaders more than we do for ourselves. #adv09 Thanks Neil!
• 9:38 PM kennyconley - If we’re going to take our city (Austin, TX), we’re going to have to humbly unify!
• 9:37 PM locustfist - #adv09 tweets – start sending in your Q’s for neil and john
• 9:37 PM kennyconley - God is opposed to the proud. Humble yourselves and God will exalt you. Don’t and he will do it for you. Your choice! Lift someone else up!
• 9:36 PM chadswanzy - grace for the humble opposition for the proud #adv09
• 9:36 PM kennyconley - Great leadership conference going on right now (humility in leadership) bit.ly #kidmin
• 9:35 PM JoeBABUJennings - We need more humility in society nowadays, it starts with us.#adv09
• 9:35 PM matterpro - the moment you think that you’re humble you lost it… don’t think it, you have to be it without thinking it. #adv09
• 9:34 PM tj_cummins - #adv09 “If we can’t love our Brother who disagrees with us. How can we love our enemies who hate us?” Powerful Neil.
• 9:34 PM kennyconley - Humily is like warm soap in a murky bathtub. As soon as we thing we’ve got it, we’ve lost it!
• 9:34 PM kennyconley - If we can’t love our bothers who disagree with us, we’ll never love our enemies who hate us. This is humility.
• 9:33 PM coveredindust - “The pathway to unity is humility.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
• 9:32 PM tj_cummins - #adv09 Hearing crucifixion described in new detail. Wow…thank you Jesus…whew…thank you…
• 9:32 PM kennyconley - To reach our city, we must unify by humbling ourselves.
• 9:32 PM chadswanzy - the path to unity is to take the humility exit #adv09
• 9:32 PM kennyconley - The pathway to unity is to humble ourselves… not just to those we agree with.
• 9:31 PM kennyconley - Jesus’ death on the cross doen’t just tell us that he thought of us as more important than himself, it proves it!
• 9:31 PM lisareid - Neil Cole is describing death by crucifixion (asphyxiation). Powerful image. #adv09
• 9:30 PM kennyconley - Niel is speaking from Phil 2:5-11.
• 9:30 PM JoeBABUJennings - Jesus would’ve tweeted like everyone else.#adv09
• 9:28 PM chadswanzy - bond slave = slave by CHOICE #adv09
• 9:27 PM kennyconley - Jesus gave himself up for others. He poured himself out for others… he emptied himself, he held nothing back…. a slave (slave by choice)
• 9:27 PM chadswanzy - Jesus had everything but kept nothing #adv09
• 9:27 PM matterpro - poetic language is the language of God… #adv09
• 9:26 PM kennyconley - Maybe I can think of others as more important than myself…
• 9:26 PM notan_jk - #adv09 God is pursuing Austin
• 9:26 PM hi_res_cutie - what happens when 500 people make a choice to impact lives around them? #adv09
• 9:26 PM kennyconley - Greatest mystery in the Bible: How can the creator of the Universe think of me as more important than himself?
• 9:24 PM chadswanzy - Cole’s teaching passage tr.im #adv09
• 9:23 PM coveredindust - “Heaven is pursuing Austin right now.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
• 9:22 PM kennyconley - Neil’s talking about praying for other church’s and church’s working together, united in prayer, lifting up their brothers instead of their selves.
• 9:22 PM JoeBABUJennings - John is learning the way of the force.#adv09
• 9:22 PM lisa_illuminate - #adv09 my favorite word of the day: Cuckamunga. Yeah, Neil Cole just said it.
• 9:17 PM karinpwilliams - Jesus IS being exalted right now! You’re glorious, Lord. #adv09
• 9:17 PM lisareid - John intro’ed Neil Cole but flubbed the twitter terminology. Heh. #adv09
• 9:16 PM lisa_illuminate - #adv09 will @johnburke get this message when he signs up?
• 9:16 PM cathyharwick - #adv09 Neil Cole authour of Organic Leadership just took the stage!
• 9:15 PM sandilgordon - Happy birthday Neil! #adv09
• 9:15 PM coveredindust - Awesome start! Awesome worship!!! #adv09
• 9:14 PM kennyconley - Neil Cole on the stage!
• 9:14 PM kennyconley - John’s telling the crowd how they can tweet questions to Neil Cole for our Q and A!
• 9:14 PM brucegilson - John is so hip. #adv09
• 9:13 PM chadswanzy - welcome to the millennium burke! #adv09
• 9:13 PM chadswanzy - neil cole coming up #adv09
• 9:13 PM coveredindust - John Burke is setting up the weekend. “The kingdom grows person by person.” #adv09
• 9:12 PM chadswanzy - jburke on the stage throwing down “the story” #adv09
• 9:10 PM kennyconley - Worship over, John Burke (our lead pastor) on the stage setting up the session!
• 9:09 PM kennyconley - Here we go!

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