Tag Archives: Goals
New mountains on my horizon!
Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by Kenny.
The title isn’t figurative, it’s quite literal. Two years ago Sara and I attempted to climb Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs along the Crags route. Only about 700 feet from the summit, we had to turn back due to near white-out conditions, hail and lightning. It was a wild ride. I wrote about the hike here and here and actually wrote about the adventure on my personal blog here.
Well, Sara and I have made plans to visit Colorado Springs again this summer and I’ve got the itch to conquer a 14,000 foot mountain. Because Sara is pregnant, she obviously won’t be hiking with me. Because she’s not hiking, I’m not going to attempt Pikes Peak again, that’s something she really wants to do with me again.… Read the rest
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What a loser!
Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by Kenny.
If you follow me on twitter of facebook, you’ve seen my pathetic whining these last few weeks. Whining about being hungry and tired and ready for this competition to be over. Well, it is now and I lost. Kinda.
Back in January, I threw out the idea to my children’s ministry staff about doing a biggest loser competition. I had some weight I really wanted to lose and they did too, so we set up a competition. Who could lose the most weight in 13 weeks. That was one prize. The other was to the first person to lose 10% of their body weight. To win they had to maintain that weight until the end.
Seven of us competed. Some competed harder than others.… Read the rest
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Why I blog so much
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by Kenny.
In recent months I’ve had a handful of people ask me why I blog as much as I do. Actually, more people ask how I blog as much as I do. The average Children’s Ministry blogger pushes out 2-5 posts a week where I push out 2-4 a day. Some of you will notice that the tempo has really picked up since Christmas. Well, there is a reason for the blogging insanity and I guess I’ll let you in on the motivation behind the posts.
My name is Kenny Conley and I’m addicted to goals.
That’s pretty much it. I love goals. I have grand goals in my life as well as silly little meaningless goals that I set each day.… Read the rest
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Service project versus teaching kids to serve
Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by Kenny.
Our mission for Next Gen mirrors the mission of our church. One of the components of our mission relates to serving. Specifically, here’s how serving supports our mission.
Be the Body (Serve)
We help kids realize that they are part of a collective body bigger than themselves and that through God’s power they can make a significant difference in the world for Christ.
Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
I’ve been working with my team in setting goals for 2010 and I’ve been thinking a lot about this area of service.… Read the rest
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Day 5: How’s it going so far?
Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Kenny.
Only 361 days left. We’re on our way, right?
It was just a week ago that we penned our resolutions for the new year. So how are you doing with that?
I’ll be really honest. I’m not done with mine yet. I’ve got most of them written down and several of them I’ve “started.” However, there are still a few I need to put some thought to.
Here’s what I’m cognizant of this year. 2009 was a really great year for me. It quite possibly could have been the best year of the last decade. I really would like 2010 to be better, but I know it won’t be unless I can live out my written desires. How are you ensuring that 2010 resolutions don’t fizzle and become forgotten?… Read the rest
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Ministry as usual or climbing higher mountains
Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by Kenny.
On Friday I posted about the mountain I’m preparing to climb. Fifteen years ago I trained for about 3-4 weeks in preparation. I was running 1-3 miles a day and about 20-30 flights of stairs 4-5 days a week. Fifteen years have passed and I’m in worse shape and about 30-40 pounds heavier. I’m not really nervous, I’m just aware of the fact that this isn’t going to be easy. Sara, who’s going to climb with me is also very concerned about the challenge.
Almost a year ago Sara and I vacationed in Banff, Canada. On our first day there, we hiked to the top of Big Beehive Dome overlooking Lake Louise. It was a 3 mile hike ascending almost 2000 vertical feet.… Read the rest
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In case you’re wondering…
Posted on 18. Dec, 2008 by Kenny.
If you follow this blog at all, you may be thinking… “Dang, Kenny’s writting a bunch of blog posts.”
Yeah, I am. The last few months have been marked with 1-2 week vacations of me posting nothing. I had many great ideas, I just didn’t take the time to write them down.
In addition, I’m trying to hit a personal goal. The other day I wrote about my goal of hitting post 400 by the new year. It was a very attainable goal, but taking time off slowed me down from reaching this goal. However, I’m very goal-driven and I’ve got it stuck in my head that I want post #400 to publish at 11:59 PM on December 31st. It will be followed by post number #401 at 12:00 AM on January 1st.… Read the rest
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Goals
Posted on 15. Dec, 2008 by Kenny.
I’ve discovered that I’m a very goal oriented person. I can easily live life spinning my wheels and going no where. However, when I have clear goals, I progress. Even when I dont’ quite reach all of my goals, it’s usually still okay. Here are two simple goals I have right now.
Losing weight: If you follow my posts you know I’ve been working to lose some weight. After 6 months out of work, I put on some weight. When moving to Austin, I was the heaviest I’ve ever been. I was very sad about this. I changed my eating habits and decided that I wanted to lose 20 pounds by 2009. Last weekend I weighed in and I was only 2 pounds away from that goal.… Read the rest
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Staff Retreat – Developing Mission, Vision and Goals
Posted on 28. May, 2007 by Kenny.
A few weeks ago I took my staff on a retreat. We rented a great lake house on Lake Travis just outside of Austin, Texas. Initially I was taking the team to the PDCM conference… but it was cancelled. So I found this place and made plans to retreat instead of going to a conference.
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The strategy of the Purpose Driven model has helped me tremendously in ministry. Since I moved into my current position a year ago, I’ve made adjustments to ministry to reflect a more “purpose driven†strategy. Everyone has been on board for the most part; however, I wasn’t completely convinced that everyone understood why. This is the reason why I planned to take everyone to Saddleback.… Read the rest
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