Willow Creek Summit in pictures

Here are some pictures I snapped in the last two days as we hosted the Willow Creek Leadership Summit at Resurrection. The first pictures are from our narthex (lobby) during breaks. l to r: Brian Slezak, Chuck Russell, yours truly

2008 Willow Creek Summit, Day 2

Personal highlights from today … Craig Groeschel: “What is ‘it’? Don’t know.” “‘It’ happens. But often ‘it’ doesn’t.” “The early church – those dudes had ‘it’.” “To reach people no one else is reaching, we will have to do things no one else is doing.” And the corollary: “To do things that no one else [...]

2008 Willow Creek Summit, Day 1

Personal highlights from today … Gary Haugen: “If God is passionate about it, He is responsible for it.” Bill George: “Understand the purpose of your leadership.” “Follow your compass, not your clock.” “Leadership isn’t about having power over others, but about empowering others.” Bill Hybels: “I never advocate insane living. I’ve done it, but I [...]

Bill Hybels breakfast

Yesterday was one of those days when I pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming that I’m on staff at Church of the Resurrection. We had 300+ church leaders from 70 area churches in to hear Bill Hybels and to promote the upcoming Leadership Summit.  After a delicious hot breakfast, our senior pastor, Adam [...]

Breakfast with Bill Hybels

Calling all my KC-area church IT homies.  Bill Hybels, senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, will be here at Resurrection next Thursday morning, May 15, for a breakfast meeting to talk about leadership and promote the Willow Creek Leadership Summit coming up in August.  All church IT leaders are invited to come to the [...]