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#Orange10 Day 3: Perry Nobel
Posted on 03. May, 2010 by Kenny.
I’ll admit it. I’m a pretty big fan of Perry Nobel. He’s fun and exciting and doing great things for the kingdom. In a lot of ways, he’s pushing new paradigms with his leadership in South Carolina. Going into this session, I knew it would be a very “quotable” session and he did not disappoint.- Family ministry has more potential than any other ministry in the church.
- A healthy family ministry must be supported by the Senior Pastor.
- Senior Pastors need to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
- Environments matter. (Parents are going to ask two questions of their kids.
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Can someone attending #orange10 do me a favor?
Posted on 23. Apr, 2010 by Kenny.
I’ve got a lot of places to be while at Orange. Unfortunately, I can’t be everywhere. Last year I did my best and I only missed one general session and one breakout session. Why? I was busy learning from others in the hallways and the Orange Leader’s Lounge.
This year I already know that I’m going to miss one breakout and one preconference workshop. The workshop I’m going to miss is Preconference 2: Thinking intern by Darren Kizer. I really wanted to be in that session, but I can’t. Is there anyone out there who’s planning to attend that workshop? I’d love to get your notes and maybe get the general rundown from you. Let me know and I’d be eternally grateful!… Read the rest
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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.… Read the rest
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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.… Read the rest
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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.… Read the rest
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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.… Read the rest
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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.… Read the rest
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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.… Read the rest
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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
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- 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.
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