Speaking of renewal strategies, I think Mark Batterson’s idea about a “church planter in residence” program is right on the money. We need a good way to use our resources to support church planters and make them more effective.
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One of Church of the Resurrection’s three primary visions is renewing the mainline church. For those of you who have never heard the term “mainline” it generally refers to long-established denominations with moderate theology. It includes the following seven denominations and others like them: Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, Disciples [...]
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Many of you coming to the RoundTable from outside the Kansas City area will be arriving through the day on Tuesday. If you’re making plans for what to do when you arrive, here are some things to consider …
Check in time for both conference hotels is 3:00 pm. If your arriving early afternoon, [...]
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If any of you coming to the RoundTable could help with the following transportation needs, please post a comment and we’ll hook you up. Thanks!
Andrew Lang needs a ride back to the airport. His flight leaves Thursday night at 7:40 pm (will need to leave the church around 5:45 pm to make it [...]
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We would like to gratefully acknowledge our Fall 2007 RoundTable sponsors: ACS Technologies, The ACTS Group, Fellowship Technologies, and Shelby Systems. Their generous support has allowed us to cover all conference expenses including all meals while keeping the registration fee to only $34. When you see them, please express your appreciation. We [...]
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Can you hep a brotha out? Jason Powell will be presenting at the RoundTable on the survey data he has gathered from church IT departments around the country. This will be a very informative session that will allow you to benchmark your church’s IT operation against those of many churches of different sizes, [...]
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Here is the schedule for the RoundTable next week.
Tuesday, Oct. 2 - Pre-RoundTable 3:30 PM Registration open - welcome and refreshments 4:15 PM Resurrection IT overview 4:30 PM [...]
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We have planned a very special experience for Wednesday evening at the RoundTable. It will be an oasis of quiet meditation and prayer in the middle of an otherwise brain-overloaded event. Personally, of everything we’ve planned, I’m looking forward to Wednesday evening the most.
We will begin with a candlelit banquet of the best [...]
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As we go through our NextGen ChMS project, I find myself torn by the competing demands of multiple important goals:
Speak openly and candidly about my thoughts on ChMS (church management systems) in an effort to help my fellow church IT leaders and the ChMS suppliers.
Build up the competing suppliers, treat all of them with respect, [...]
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I’m back in the Charlotte airport on my way home after spending last night and today with the senior management team of ACS Technologies. I mentioned that I was having dinner with Robin and Ben last night. I didn’t know that Hal Campbell, President of ACS would also be joining us. Hal [...]
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So far we have a total of 60 people from the following organizations registered for the RoundTable.
Churches:Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, KSAsbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa, OKBethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MNChrist Fellowship Church, Palm Beach Gardens, FLChurches in Covenant, Carrollton, TXCollege Heights Christian Church, Joplin, MOFirst Baptist Church, Atlanta, GAFirst Baptist Raytown, Raytown, MOFirst [...]
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Last night I had dinner with Alfred Johnson, head of sales and marketing for Shelby Systems. He flew in to Kansas City just to spend a few hours with me. I took him to the quintessential barbecue place of Kansas City - Arthur Bryant’s. Alfred could eat only half his sandwich. [...]
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Brent Cohen e-mailed me a link to this story on CNN saying that GodTube was the “#1 Fastest Growing Website in U.S. in 1st month of Launch.” I commented about GodTube back in March. Do you suppose my less-than-favorable comments were a bit too hasty?
I know most of you out there reading this [...]
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The deadline for hotel registration to get the RoundTable rate is tomorrow for the Wyndham. The deadline has already passed for the Holiday Inn.
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RoundTable attendee, Kansas City-area church nerd, and all around nice guy Jason Wilson has obtained his church van to help transport people to/from hotels and Resurrection. We also have other local church IT people who have volunteered to make a few runs back and forth to the airport. So if you need transportation [...]
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If you’re coming to the RoundTable, you best be gettin’ your registration in. Registration closes at the end of the day Monday, September 24.
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The RoundTable is in two weeks! We need to start collecting topics now so we can get organized a bit in advance. Give me your ideas by commenting on this post. To jump-start your thinking, here are some posts by Tony Dye about what was discussed the last time:http://tonydye.typepad.com/citrt/2007/04/hot_roundtable_.htmlhttp://tonydye.typepad.com/main/2007/04/cit_roundtable_.htmlhttp://tonydye.typepad.com/main/2007/04/more_roundtable.html
What burning questions do [...]
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Travis, Brian, and I are now in the thick of preparing our RFP to upgrade our Church Management System. We are in back-to-back meetings all day long, conducting requirements gathering interviews and getting demos from the short list vendors, not to mention planning a little event and trying to keep up with routine duties. [...]
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To learn how a Jew from Kansas City worked with an archbishop from Baltimore to build a web site for the pope, you need to attend the RoundTable where you’ll meet Brent Cohen.
Although that sounds like the setup for a joke, it’s the true story of Brent receiving a phone call in 1995 from [...]
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Appian Way reader and RoundTable attendee Justin Kramp asks:
Clif — Thanks for putting so much effort into this. I’m really excited for the event. Any chance you’d post a list of vendors participating in advance?
Great question, Justin!
Vendors that have registered so far are:United Methodist Communications Tech ShopACS TechnologiesCircle BuilderFellowship TechnologiesMBS, Inc.Ministry Management SolutionsShelby SystemsThe [...]
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