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congress on evangelism : blogger bishop meet up

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tuesday was my second day at the congress on evangelism. i took in two workshop sessions, one with mike slaughter of ginghamsburg notoriety, and bishop robert schnase of 5 fruitful practices notoriety. the cool part, and the anticipated moment for the day was a sit down conversation with bishop robert schnase about church & technology with some of our "methotweet" & "methoblogger" community.

folks in attendance, were my wifey erin richardson, theresa coleman aka reverend mommy, jay voorhees, amy shanholtzer & stephen drachler, wayne cook aka tnrambler, kathi ambler, bishop schnase, midlife rookie, & amy forbus of dog & God.

some of the things we discussed as i can best frame

  • the essence of blogging community & how they are bona-fide relationships for us
  • the sharing of information & creative media, creative commons ethos
  • communication across the lines of the church, cultivating a relationship connection
  • finding the bright voices to lead the church, who are they?
  • some of the role of technology in church
  • we solved global warming, but jay doesn't think it'll work
  • the bishop as a blogger and engaging in social media
  • how we have huge divides in the church over a theology of bbq
  • plus more

we had some really great conversation for about 3 to 4 hours. a bunch of laughs, stories, and a few deep thoughts. strange though, we didn't talk about twilight or potter puppet pals. i would loved to have discussed that.

i've posted some of the photos from my days hanging out at the congress.

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  1. Thanks for the update. I wondered how it went. Sounds like Schnase is a very accessible Bishop. I hope that will be a growing trend in the episcopacy.

  2. Thanks for the update. I wondered how it went. Sounds like Schnase is a very accessible Bishop. I hope that will be a growing trend in the episcopacy.

  3. Hey, Gavin, I didn’t hear about this until it was too late. I wish I could have made it, not to really contribute anything, but to hear the conversation. Oh, and we can talk Twilight and Potter Puppet Pals anytime…

  4. Hey, Gavin, I didn’t hear about this until it was too late. I wish I could have made it, not to really contribute anything, but to hear the conversation. Oh, and we can talk Twilight and Potter Puppet Pals anytime…

  9. Thanks for the recap for all of us who couldn’t make it. With the current economic mess, and especially with the Big 3 woes, I had lots of December thoughts about institutions redefining themselves in light of current reality. So, my easy follow-up thoughts became a comparison between the Big 3 and the UMC. How might we renew ourselves? Your post makes me think bloggers might have many of the answers re. renewing the connection through emphasis on relationship, communication as dialogue, ministry as broad based (open and inclusive, not exclusive), innovation and creativity, etc. as ways to renew the connection. Lead on bloggers! Any firm plan on how to move this forward, especially at the institutional and conference level? Or is this just an organic blog experience as well?!

  10. Thanks for the recap for all of us who couldn’t make it. With the current economic mess, and especially with the Big 3 woes, I had lots of December thoughts about institutions redefining themselves in light of current reality. So, my easy follow-up thoughts became a comparison between the Big 3 and the UMC. How might we renew ourselves? Your post makes me think bloggers might have many of the answers re. renewing the connection through emphasis on relationship, communication as dialogue, ministry as broad based (open and inclusive, not exclusive), innovation and creativity, etc. as ways to renew the connection. Lead on bloggers! Any firm plan on how to move this forward, especially at the institutional and conference level? Or is this just an organic blog experience as well?!