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Spending the day at North Point and Buckhead
Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Kenny.
I’m very excited about tomorrow. Last year I took the opportunity to attend Buckhead Church and see ministry in action. This year I’m doubling the fun. I’ll be driving up to North Point for the morning. Josh and I will take the official North Point tour during the first service. Then we’re going to attend the second service. Later that evening I’ll be attending Buckhead Church. I really loved the environment, so I want to experience it again.
Last year I really wanted to experience a large video campus. However, Andy preached live from Buckhead. I’m not complaining, but I didn’t get to see what I wanted to see. Since I will be attending a service at two different campuses, I’ve got a feeling that I might just get to experience at least one service on video.
I’ll also be hanging with family today. We’re spending the night tonight with Sara’s family, so after North Point we’ll come back and I’ll get some time with my nephew, neice and brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Then my mom and dad are driving up to Atlanta and will be meeting us at Buckhead. I haven’t see my mom and dad since Christmas, so this will be a treat. Don’t worry, I’ll post and tweet my experiences from tomorrow!
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My Twitter turned Orange
Posted on 30. Jan, 2009 by Kenny.
Okay, so maybe it won’t. I reluctantly started using Twittter about a year ago. Honestly, I was giving into peer pressure. Everyone else was doing it.
I didn’t get it. What’s the point. From a distance I was watching people experiment with it to better connect with volunteer or parents. It didn’t seem to be working. However, it didn’t go away. I continued to hear people talk about it and blog about it. I figured I’d give it a shot. I signed up for an account and started writing about what I was doing. Yawn. My family would poke fun at me a little. “Who cares that you’re running to the movie store to pick up a movie.”
Then I went to the Orange Conference. That was my turning point. First I went to Buckhead Church a few days before the conference. While sitting in the audience with my iPod touch in hand, I watched as Los Whit and others sent out tweets between songs. I was amazed. I was experiencing a well planned and beautiful worship set all while getting to “listen in” on the direction happening behind the scenes. A few days later I was at Orange and using my cell phone to send tweets. I didn’t have internet access, but when I was back in my room I’d see all the conversations that were happening around me. I was just seeing what Twitter could be.
Last year I went to Orange. I’d been blogging a little over a year and using Twitter for a little over a month. I’d made a few connections and I was excited as I knew two or three people who were going to be at Orange, people I had met through the blogosphere or Twitter. It was unreal to meet these two or three people. Now just a few months away from Orange I’m wanting to organize some kind of Tweetup. I know of dozens of people I’ve met through twitter who will be at Orange. Dozens. I can’t wait. Up until this point, I’ve always been so excited to go to conferences to soak in and learn. Now I’m just as excited to meet people I’ve been communicating with for months. I get to shake their hand or hug their neck. I’m a little worried I’m not going to balance my time well. I’m coming to Orange with my team. There’s a great opportunity to invest in them, connect with them and unpack what we’re all learning. However, it’s also a great time for me to network, connect and expand my relationships. Thanks to Twitter, I’ve got tweeps to meet!
So, if you’r going to Orange and you’re a reader of this blog or a follower on Twitter, let’s meet up. If there isn’t already a Tweetup scheduled, let’s get one going. My suggestion? The Varsity by Texas Tech. It’s big, their open late and they’ve got the worlds best onion rings.
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North Point: Buckhead visit
Posted on 27. Apr, 2008 by Kenny.
This morning I got up early to drive into Atlanta and visit Buckhead Church. Since being involved in multi-site churches, I’ve never experienced a video campus larger than 1000 people. So, I wanted to experience Buckhead Church, a multi-site video mega-church. I was hoping to see a video teaching experience in this large church setting as well as experience KidStuf, the family worship experience that North Point is known for.
Buckhead is amazing. If your ever in Atlanta, you’ll want to spend some time in Buckhead. It’s an amazing community/city. It’s a little north of downtown Atlanta, but it’s where all the good shopping and restaurants are. I’ve been told that it’s becoming a business/financial powerhouse. As you drive around the neighborhoods you’ll see that this is a very, VERY high dollar community. Well, the church is right in the middle of it all. All around the church are high rises, shopping centers and busy city life. The church uses several private parking lots and the police and host teams are out in force directing traffic. I was a little unsure how I would find where to go, but they made is very easy.
The church almost feels more like a really nice, big-city hotel. It’s beautiful. You come in and begin going up a couple of escalators to get to the main floor. The lobby is big and inviting and the auditorium is HUGE (I’m guessing that it seats 2500-3000). All the elements from pre-service video, introduction, worship and baptisms were incredibly smooth… they were working it. Then came the disappointment that wasn’t that much of a disappointment. I came to Buckhead to experience this video campus, but Andy Stanley was teaching live. Don’t get me wrong, I was glad to get to hear him live… but I wanted to see him on video (most campus pastors at video campuses would cry with joy to hear their attendees say that). I thoroughly enjoyed. Andy preached the absolute best sermon I’ve ever heard on faith. Hands down amazing. I’m sure you can get it off iTunes as some point. It’s the second message in the “Faith, Hope and Luck” message series.
After the service I attended Kid Stuf. I just had to see this family ministry stuff. I loved it. I laughed so hard, they did such a great job. The room was incredible. I can see how some would come in, see it and be discouraged, thinking there was no way they could pull that off. What comforts me is that Reggie talks about doing Kid Stuf in a school cafeteria when they were first getting started. Now that reThink publishes family ministry curriculum, you really just have to recruit and equip your teams.
So, Buckhead was great. So glad I got to see it. Now I’m really pumped for Orange to begin. I’ll be updating the blog throughout the conference. Oh, and if you’re at Orange, look me up… I’d love to meet you!
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Stuff…
Posted on 26. Apr, 2008 by Kenny.
Just arrived to Atlanta. Staying with some family tonight.
Planning to visit Buckhead Chruch in the morning. It’s a venue of North Point. It’s a very large venue, so I’m anxious to see a large, multi-site venue as my only experience is with seeing small venues.
I hope to get in and see KidStuf. Only heard great things about this family production. Hopefully they’ll let me in without bringing a family. I really should have called ahead this week.
A teenager I’m good friends with from Texas is in Atlanta for a national school competition. I’m going to try to take him to lunch tomorrow if possible.
I check in for Orange tomorrow night and check in to my hotel room. A co-worker from a church I once worked with is splitting a hotel room with me… that helps a ton and I’m looking forward to hanging out.
Anyone else going to be at Orange? Shoot me an email and we’ll try to arrange a meet-up!
kenny@childrensministryonline[dot]com
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