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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.
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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!
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Lock-In graphic
Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
We’re doing a lock-in just before school starts. We’re a little behind the eight ball. I designed two graphics that we’d use on the web and post cards to promote. What do you think? Which do you like?
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What was your defining moment?
Posted on 26. May, 2009 by Kenny.
We all have them. A moment of enlightenment. An epiphany. Something happens and you’ll never see the world again the same.
What was your defining moment for ministry?
I’ve had two big ones. One of them has a lot to do with Orange and in some ways, I feel like I’m still experiencing that defining moment. The first one though happened in 2003. My pastor had just resigned and a new one was being interviewed. This new pastor sat with me one day and asked me a really simple question that stumped me. He asked, “What’s your process for minisry?” I didn’t even know what the question meant much less how to answer it. I spent several weeks thinking about this question.… Read the rest
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Constantly refining
Posted on 21. May, 2009 by Kenny.
You will never arrive. It will never be perfect.
Our programs and systems constantly need refining and tweaking. We did a major overhaul on our Child Dedication here at Gateway. What we’re doing now is amazing! This is special thanks to conversations I’ve had with fellow children’s pastors here on the blogosphere (most notably Gina McClain). On Saturday we’re doing another Child Dedication service. We’re going with what was already successful and we’ve made some minor changes.
On of the changes is that we’re increasing the ratio of pastors/leaders to families. I had families go up for prayer in five separate groups. This was too much time waiting for some families. This time I have only two groups. So at the longest, a family will have to wait ten minutes for their turn (unlike the 25-30 minutes last time).… Read the rest
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