we are in the closing stages of our 2nd to last phase of our reimagining project for our youth space and youth program. its been a longer road than i hoped but its coming together nicely. today we received our new chairs, which i'm stoked about. i wasn't so stoked having to haul them into the building and up three flights of stairs, but its hard to get help at 8am in the morning on short notice. its done now & my sweat is starting to clear away. off now to get photos for our walls. we have black & white gallery going in and then will also have photos from our last year of ministry.
ministry 2.0 : tech stuff for church folk
tomorrow i am getting up early and heading south of town to participate in the ministry 2.0 training & workshops. if you are in the nashville/middle tennessee area you should come join too. there are still spaces available to jump in. those outside of town. i'll probably be live blogging what i can, much like i did for barcamp nashville.
catchin up : the link love
i'm finally getting back around to catching up with folks in my blogosphere. some links that i felt interesting enough to share.
- the image comes courtesy of we blog cartoons, via the reverend mommy, in honor of what joyce our cleaning lady generally finds of mine.
- fourth story media, a new way of storytelling
- what marketers can learn from the obama campaign. i might suggest checking barack 2.0
- marketing and talking to teens
- church metrics, free church tool for keeping track of your peeps
- its a googly world now, by len sweet
- my buddy lilly's new book is out. so stoked for her! go buy it!
- check out 'the age of conversation book' with possibly longest list of authors from around the world.
- i generally have had to use my own technology because the church was way behind my own stuff. apparently the mil generation just wants to use their own stuff.
- fresh expressions is going through some leadership changes.
- giving some blogosphere love to olive our elder methoblogist
- i am briefing myself on how to take the best photos for national youth workers convention a few weeks from now.
- asbo Jesus is as it again, battling the atheist, God takes a break from church, emoticon church
- population trends you need to be aware of in your church
- an interesting look at the value of youtube
- how does one motivate creative people?
- logos vs brand, which one actually matters?
- now i am thinking i need to do a newsletter…
missional church : the exhaustive resource
jr woodward of 'dream awakener' has posted an exhaustive (honestly, its an amazing) collection of brain trust on the missional church. i'm privy to have a link in there for my notes spent with scot mcknight & his missional Jesus seminar back in april.
you should definitely bookmark his post. i know i have.
lets all talk to the prez : over running obama
i don't know about you. i've been getting a slew of emails asking me to email president elect obama about some of the things he has promised in his campaign or things to consider. i suppose after the campaign he ran, an open source campaign, he is more accessible than any candidate before. or at least it seems that way. so it is no surprise that our methodist bishops council has sent president elect obama an official letter.
"The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is pleased to
join with the chorus of United States citizens and international
partners in congratulating you on your election as the 44th President
of the United States of America," the letter opened.
join with the chorus of United States citizens and international
partners in congratulating you on your election as the 44th President
of the United States of America," the letter opened.
"We applaud your willingness to articulate a vision of change for the
United States that is based on hope for all the people, especially
those who are disinherited and disenfranchised. We are also encouraged
by your desire to construct a landscape for the United States that is
inclusive of all people. We affirm your desire for a more peaceful and
just world."
i hope this letter fares better than the last bishop's letter to the president.
tip blake huggins