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Orange Tour Live: TODAY!

Posted on 15. Feb, 2011 by .

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I said this last week, but in case you forgot, the Orange Tour Live is today at 1:00 PM EST. Let me break this down for you in case you’re a dummy like me (I told my team and subsequently my volunteers, that that since it was starting at 1:00 PM EST, it would be starting here in Texas at 2:00 PM EST).

  • If you live in EST, it’s 1:00 PM
  • If you live in CST, it’s 12:00 PM
  • If you live in MST, it’s 11:00 PM
  • If you life in PST, it’s 10:00 AM

Usually I’m good with all the time change stuff, but I wasn’t with this one.

Orange Tour Live is going to be a rebroadcast of the Orange Tour that happend this Fall and Winter. It was an incredible and powerful presentation. I’ve heard that it will be in a fun web-based broadcast, so it’s not going to be just someone pressing play on a DVD in Atlanta. I heard a rumor that Matt McKee is involved (please oh please, I hope he’s wearing those white pants).

So, join me and the gazillions of others who will be watching the Orange Tour today at 1, 12, 11 or 10!

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Freshly squeezed orange

Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 by .

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Well, yesterday I got to enjoy the Orange One Day event in DFW, Texas. Hands down, it was the best one yet.

I’ve got a little advice for you.

  1. Do whatever you can do attend the Orange Conference. It’s an incredible conference for you and your team. Click here to register.
  2. Make plans to attend an Orange One Day event. Period.

What if there isn’t an Orange One Day near me?

Buy a plane ticket, fly there and go. It’s only $55 or so and your expenses shouldn’t be too bad for a quick one day thing. Do it!

Here’s why I like the Orange One Day event so much. It’s like extra pulpy orange juice… like there’s a lot of meaty flavor in it. No, even better, it’s like Orange Juice concentrate. It’s super strong. Seriously, I love the Orange Conference. It’s a great conference with a lot of voices with many experiences. Every speaker is not going to speak on the Orange Strategy specifically, but it does all fit within the context. However, the Orange One Day is super large does of the Orange strategy given to you directly by Reggie Joiner, Sue Miller and Carey Nieuwhof.

If you didn’t hit the Orange Tour this year, you’ve probably missed your chance. Their last stop is in Orlando next week. However, I’d highly encourage you to make one of the tour stops next year. It’s very different from the Orange Conference, but such a powerful experience. I’m fortunate that the tour is close enough, I could bring a bunch of my volunteer leaders as well as my staff.

Next week I’ll blog from my notes, so many great things I look forward to sharing.

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Dallas Orange Tour

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by .

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Orange Tour: Dallas from Andrew Winchell on Vimeo.

Don’t know if you heard, but I attended the Orange Tour event in Dallas last Thursday. :)

It was incredible. Supposedly there were over 700 attendees. Seriously, would you expect any less of Texas. I’m just wondering when ReThink will come to their senses and just go ahead and do the Orange Conference out here. How’s that for a suggestion? :)

I’m not going to post a lot of my notes or anything. However, here is how I’ll describe the Orange Tour. It’s focused! It’s something that you can bring your entire team (and more) to that gets straight at the heart of the matter. The Orange Conference is incredible due to the variety of sources of information and the creativity and breath of knowledge, it’s a no-miss event. However, the Orange Tour focuses on the strategy specifically. Not sure you can get your pastor or some key leaders to the Orange Conference, then go to the Orange Conference with your team and take this key leader or your pastor to an Orange Tour event. You’ll get more mileage that way. However, the Orange Tour isn’t a substitute for the conference. It’s like comparing apples to oranges… or maybe smaller oranges with bigger oranges.

The thing I loved the most about the Orange Tour was how candid Reggie and Sue were. There were several point while listening to both of them that you could see their passion and heart bleeding for the cause of reaching families. Simply powerful, so motivating and encouraging. They’re not pushing a product (well, the do have a product, but that’s not what this was about). They were igniting a movement toward a new way of thinking.

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Orange 2008: Rethinking Children’s Ministry

Posted on 30. Apr, 2008 by .

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I’ve really been looking forward to this breakout. It was a panel discussion of Children’s Ministry by Sue Miller, Jim Wideman, Craig Jutila and Norv Brown. What an incredible opportunity, huh?

I tell you, each person added so much. I do feel though that if anyone could spend a day with Jim Wideman and Craig Jutila, shut up and just listen, you’d advance many years in ministry in just that one day!!!

Here are some main things that were said that impacted me:

  • Things are caught, not taught (Craig in reference to the importance of leaders who model faith to the kids)
  • Buy curriculum, you can’t buy leadership (Craig in reference to CP’s who love spending time writing their own curriculum at the expense of developing leaders)
  • Work on your Children’s Ministry, not in your Children’s Ministry! Stop subbing! You’re robbing when you do this.
  • Build depth to your volunteer teams. Develop your second string.

The panel discussed what was the most difficult thing you encountered in ministry.

Craig spoke very candidly about his departure from Saddleback. He spoke about how he had allowed ministry to become more important than his wife and family. He spoke about how he almost lost them… how he almost crossed lines that he couldn’t take back. If asked if he would do it the same way again he said, “NO WAY.” He said he’d go much slower, be less driven and lead more with compassion.

Sue then shared her most difficult thing and silenced the room. You could have heard a pin drop. She shared how difficult it is to be a woman in leadership. She told of the times she questioned why God put her as a leader in a female body. She shared how she felt she had to work twice as hard to get recognized. She told about some of her experiences and I became furious/embarrassed. It was wrong how she was treated. However, she’s not the only one. She asked us all to consider our female leaders and the handicap they face just by being the gender they are. Wow! As much as I hate it, she’s right. Yeah, I have been wrong here as well and for that I am sorry. I don’t ever want to get in the way of God as he wants to do incredible things through the women serving under me.

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