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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27

Posted on27. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20 http://bit.ly/Rq67M #
CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20 http://bit.ly/4hPgvv #
Home! 20 hours… 20 LONG hours. #
@jonros Thank you sir. It's good to be home. Back in the office now. in reply to jonros #
@kylemcclain Thanks for the invite yesterday. We were on a mission, 20 hours of driving. Pulled in at 12:30 AM. Next time I'm in OKC…. in reply to kylemcclain #
@mikekelly09 Sorry for some of the disparaging comments about Kansas on twitter yesterday. Not my fav. state to drive through in reply to mikekelly09 #
@mikekelly09 And it took FOREVER!!!! in reply to mikekelly09 #
back from CO. Back in the office today. Knocking things out left and right. When I woke up this morning, I felt like an elephant sat on me! #
Home. Good to be home. #
@karinpwilliams what's up with the new pic? You get your pic taken with some homeless guy? in reply to karinpwilliams #
My lead pastor John Burke is now on twitter. Follow him @burkeinbeta #
http://twitpic.com/iqn1o gateway staff ice cream party! Celebrating our leadership weekend a week ago! #
@lisaeroth you should read no perfect people allowed as well! It's incredible! in reply to lisaeroth #
@karinpwilliams not as skinny as that hairy guy in your profile pic! Ha! in reply to karinpwilliams #
Crazy busy week. Taking a second to breath. Okay, going back under… #
starting premarital counseling appointments. Woo hoo! #
going home. Long day in the office, even if it didn't start until noon. #
Another long day coming today. I'm ready for a weekend. #
Taking Francie to brushy creek park to swim! Woo woo! #
On our way to jonah's b-day party! Woo woo! #
It's a car party. http://twitpic.com/ja1k2 #
Texas sunset over lake Travis. http://twitpic.com/jaglj #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20

Posted on20. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13 http://bit.ly/XkuFw #
Had agreat time hanging out with @Jonathancliff and family. Going to bed now and getting up in 3 hours! Woo hoo! #
Had fun with @jonathancliff and family. Now to catch 3 hours of sleep! Woo hoo! #
About 30 min later than planned, but we're on our way. Mr T. Please go back to sleep, 4:30 is too early to be up. #
Breakfast break in amarillo. Dang, I'm tired! #
http://twitpic.com/hp9q7 gas station convenience store… I don't even get this. #
@samluce: @kennyconley Either Kenny is a giant or that tree has issues. @mattmckee @gina_mcclain @jonathancliff // well, I am part sasquach! #
After 12 hours of driving we're finally leaving TX! Gotta love this huge state. #
http://bit.ly/k9dtj
just passed a volcano! #
@anthony_prince Texas welcomes you with open arms! in reply to anthony_prince #
http://bit.ly/3a1Yjc Ratan Pass baby! #
Made it to CO Springs. My iPhone's apps started crashing and I couldn't update twitter… fixing that now. Nice to be out of that car! #
http://twitpic.com/hr9sc playing a memory game with my nieces. I'm so bad at memory games! #
Playing more games with th girls. On on my iPhone, one on my touch and two on DS's. Fun! #
Getting up tomorrow between 3:30 and 4:00 am. Going to conquer a 14,000 foot mountain in the morning. #
@KD0IMH I've been doing lock-INS for kids for years. Truth is that when I do one, the largest group is ALWAYS 1st and 2nd graders. Go figure #
Test from Twitter! #
K, going to bed. Getting up in 5 hours to hike pikes peak! We'll be on the trail at 7:00 AM! woo hoo! #
CMO: #kidmin Pikes Peak Ascent http://bit.ly/lqYZX #
I'm up. Getting ready. #
@jamie_doyle let me get back with you this afternoon… Climbing the pike this am. Tomorrow or Thursday am (early) would probably be best. in reply to jamie_doyle #
Slept really good. Sara hasn't been feeling well, so we're waiting to see if she feel up to it. I really hope she can do it! #
Looks like we're ready to go, Sara included. #
Getting some breakfast now. Will be burning a lot of calories on the trail. Should be hiking in an hour! #
Not sure I'm going to have any phone service on the backside if the peak. #
My mountain http://twitpic.com/htag0 #
Just below the treeline at11,500 feet. Taking a little break! #
http://twitpic.com/htpad view from 11,500 feet. 1/4 up. #
This mountain is kicking my butt! Almost 13,000 feet! #
13000 feet. I might die! #
On our way down. Crazy story to tell. We came 700 feet short of the top. #
Then wehit a hail storm and near white out conditions. So close. Great day though. #
Back in the springs. Had quite an adventure at 13,000 feet. I'll blog about it later. Recovering right now. #
@jonathancliff yeah… Because I thought I was going to die too. in reply to jonathancliff #
@jamie_doyle are you free tomorrow or Thursday or both? I'm trying to work out my schedule and I'd love to know your availability. in reply to jamie_doyle #
http://twitpic.com/hyeml some light reading before lunch. Sara's parents are big fans of math! #
http://twitpic.com/hyf8r doing some light reading before lunch. Sara's patents are big fans of math! #
Eye-Fi'd 68 photos to Flickr. http://is.gd/3lP3Z #
Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 1) http://bit.ly/Y1ijz #
http://twitpic.com/i07×0 Titus going to town on his pizza. #
test #
getting ready to drive to Keystone for a few days. Can't wait! #
@ajelwind I'm looking at Pike's Peak as I write this. Wait, what is that I hear? "Miiiichaellllll, cooooooommmmmeeeee tooooo usssss! in reply to ajelwind #
Leaving the springs. Pikes peak is hiding behind some clouds. Guess she doesn't want to say goodbye! #
http://twitpic.com/i2pzs Titus looking xtra cute today! #
http://twitpic.com/i2q2l picking out a pastries at the famous donut mill in woodland park. http://bit.ly/2P2Il0 #
Driving thru breckenridge! http://bit.ly/1z6MI6 #
Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 2) http://bit.ly/2zWds1 #
View from our condo in keystone! http://twitpic.com/i3q1n #
All the cousins feeding some chipmunks. http://twitpic.com/i6lnp #
Beautiful view of Dillon resivoir http://twitpic.com/i6lwd #
http://bit.ly/1lqLRF lake Dillion resivoir in keystone! #
@anthony_prince you have to get over food tx doesn't have… There's just so much new food to discover. Good reason tx has 3 fatest cities. in reply to anthony_prince #
Just grabbed a geocach with my nieces. Haven't cached in a year! #
Beautiful day for lunch on the deck http://twitpic.com/i737a #
Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 3) http://bit.ly/14oQ6O #
Going to be cooking some trout and salmon on the cast iron skillet. http://twitpic.com/i87te #
http://twitpic.com/i89ov fish fry! #
Last day of vacation. Tomorrow we begin our 17 drive home. Not looking forward to that at all. #
Eye-Fi'd 10 photos to Flickr. http://is.gd/3sg7f #
Just ate about 20 pancakes. Getting ready to go fishing. Woo woo! #
http://twitpic.com/ib7zq beautiful morning for fishing in the mountains. #
http://twitpic.com/ibcw1 absolote coolest location for a playground! http://bit.ly/6t6br #
http://twitpic.com/ibto5 here comes the rain! #
Going to bed. Gotta get up in 4 hours to start driving home. Yuck! #
Loading the car. Ughgh, it's early! #
Titus is loaded in the car. Please go back to sleep! #
Left keystone, co at 3:30 am. Got pulled over at 3:40. Crud! #
Sun is rising… Where did the mountains go? http://bit.ly/cZYCb #
Rest area stop just east of bovine, co, bovine? Forget the mountains, what happened to the trees? I hate eastern co and western Kansas! #
Kansas…. Ughgh. I normally avoid driving through KS, but felt that saving 45 min. Was worth it when driving all day. #
@ajelwind ha! I could never get away with reading while driving! in reply to ajelwind #
Just finished lunch in Hayes, KS. Soon we'll hit I-35 and head south! #
http://twitpic.com/ih3c2 chillin like a villin. #
Still in Kansas! http://bit.ly/tKpD2 #
@jonathancliff yes, I am crazy. Whent it came to 17+ hours of driving, I opted to save 45 min. Btw, got a speeding ticket 10 min into trip! #
http://bit.ly/2J8Qo Oklahoma! #
Oklahoma! http://bit.ly/8Y0vX #
Smack dab in the middle of Oklahoma! Making progress! http://bit.ly/2Snzbz #
Texas! Woo hoo! Closing in on our destination! Can't wait! http://bit.ly/3xwI3q #
Taco bueno in dfw! This makes me very happy! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20

Posted on20. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13 http://bit.ly/XkuFw #
Had agreat time hanging out with @Jonathancliff and family. Going to bed now and getting up in 3 hours! Woo hoo! #
Had fun with @jonathancliff and family. Now to catch 3 hours of sleep! Woo hoo! #
About 30 min later than planned, but we're on our way. Mr T. Please go back to sleep, 4:30 is too early to be up. #
Breakfast break in amarillo. Dang, I'm tired! #
http://twitpic.com/hp9q7 gas station convenience store… I don't even get this. #
@samluce: @kennyconley Either Kenny is a giant or that tree has issues. @mattmckee @gina_mcclain @jonathancliff // well, I am part sasquach! #
After 12 hours of driving we're finally leaving TX! Gotta love this huge state. #
http://bit.ly/k9dtj
just passed a volcano! #
@anthony_prince Texas welcomes you with open arms! in reply to anthony_prince #
http://bit.ly/3a1Yjc Ratan Pass baby! #
Made it to CO Springs. My iPhone's apps started crashing and I couldn't update twitter… fixing that now. Nice to be out of that car! #
http://twitpic.com/hr9sc playing a memory game with my nieces. I'm so bad at memory games! #
Playing more games with th girls. On on my iPhone, one on my touch and two on DS's. Fun! #
Getting up tomorrow between 3:30 and 4:00 am. Going to conquer a 14,000 foot mountain in the morning. #
@KD0IMH I've been doing lock-INS for kids for years. Truth is that when I do one, the largest group is ALWAYS 1st and 2nd graders. Go figure #
Test from Twitter! #
K, going to bed. Getting up in 5 hours to hike pikes peak! We'll be on the trail at 7:00 AM! woo hoo! #
CMO: #kidmin Pikes Peak Ascent http://bit.ly/lqYZX #
I'm up. Getting ready. #
@jamie_doyle let me get back with you this afternoon… Climbing the pike this am. Tomorrow or Thursday am (early) would probably be best. in reply to jamie_doyle #
Slept really good. Sara hasn't been feeling well, so we're waiting to see if she feel up to it. I really hope she can do it! #
Looks like we're ready to go, Sara included. #
Getting some breakfast now. Will be burning a lot of calories on the trail. Should be hiking in an hour! #
Not sure I'm going to have any phone service on the backside if the peak. #
My mountain http://twitpic.com/htag0 #
Just below the treeline at11,500 feet. Taking a little break! #
http://twitpic.com/htpad view from 11,500 feet. 1/4 up. #
This mountain is kicking my butt! Almost 13,000 feet! #
13000 feet. I might die! #
On our way down. Crazy story to tell. We came 700 feet short of the top. #
Then wehit a hail storm and near white out conditions. So close. Great day though. #
Back in the springs. Had quite an adventure at 13,000 feet. I'll blog about it later. Recovering right now. #
@jonathancliff yeah… Because I thought I was going to die too. in reply to jonathancliff #
@jamie_doyle are you free tomorrow or Thursday or both? I'm trying to work out my schedule and I'd love to know your availability. in reply to jamie_doyle #
http://twitpic.com/hyeml some light reading before lunch. Sara's parents are big fans of math! #
http://twitpic.com/hyf8r doing some light reading before lunch. Sara's patents are big fans of math! #
Eye-Fi'd 68 photos to Flickr. http://is.gd/3lP3Z #
Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 1) http://bit.ly/Y1ijz #
http://twitpic.com/i07×0 Titus going to town on his pizza. #
test #
getting ready to drive to Keystone for a few days. Can't wait! #
@ajelwind I'm looking at Pike's Peak as I write this. Wait, what is that I hear? "Miiiichaellllll, cooooooommmmmeeeee tooooo usssss! in reply to ajelwind #
Leaving the springs. Pikes peak is hiding behind some clouds. Guess she doesn't want to say goodbye! #
http://twitpic.com/i2pzs Titus looking xtra cute today! #
http://twitpic.com/i2q2l picking out a pastries at the famous donut mill in woodland park. http://bit.ly/2P2Il0 #
Driving thru breckenridge! http://bit.ly/1z6MI6 #
Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 2) http://bit.ly/2zWds1 #
View from our condo in keystone! http://twitpic.com/i3q1n #
All the cousins feeding some chipmunks. http://twitpic.com/i6lnp #
Beautiful view of Dillon resivoir http://twitpic.com/i6lwd #
http://bit.ly/1lqLRF lake Dillion resivoir in keystone! #
@anthony_prince you have to get over food tx doesn't have… There's just so much new food to discover. Good reason tx has 3 fatest cities. in reply to anthony_prince #
Just grabbed a geocach with my nieces. Haven't cached in a year! #
Beautiful day for lunch on the deck http://twitpic.com/i737a #
Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 3) http://bit.ly/14oQ6O #
Going to be cooking some trout and salmon on the cast iron skillet. http://twitpic.com/i87te #
http://twitpic.com/i89ov fish fry! #
Last day of vacation. Tomorrow we begin our 17 drive home. Not looking forward to that at all. #
Eye-Fi'd 10 photos to Flickr. http://is.gd/3sg7f #
Just ate about 20 pancakes. Getting ready to go fishing. Woo woo! #
http://twitpic.com/ib7zq beautiful morning for fishing in the mountains. #
http://twitpic.com/ibcw1 absolote coolest location for a playground! http://bit.ly/6t6br #
http://twitpic.com/ibto5 here comes the rain! #
Going to bed. Gotta get up in 4 hours to start driving home. Yuck! #
Loading the car. Ughgh, it's early! #
Titus is loaded in the car. Please go back to sleep! #
Left keystone, co at 3:30 am. Got pulled over at 3:40. Crud! #
Sun is rising… Where did the mountains go? http://bit.ly/cZYCb #
Rest area stop just east of bovine, co, bovine? Forget the mountains, what happened to the trees? I hate eastern co and western Kansas! #
Kansas…. Ughgh. I normally avoid driving through KS, but felt that saving 45 min. Was worth it when driving all day. #
@ajelwind ha! I could never get away with reading while driving! in reply to ajelwind #
Just finished lunch in Hayes, KS. Soon we'll hit I-35 and head south! #
http://twitpic.com/ih3c2 chillin like a villin. #
Still in Kansas! http://bit.ly/tKpD2 #
@jonathancliff yes, I am crazy. Whent it came to 17+ hours of driving, I opted to save 45 min. Btw, got a speeding ticket 10 min into trip! #
http://bit.ly/2J8Qo Oklahoma! #
Oklahoma! http://bit.ly/8Y0vX #
Smack dab in the middle of Oklahoma! Making progress! http://bit.ly/2Snzbz #
Texas! Woo hoo! Closing in on our destination! Can't wait! http://bit.ly/3xwI3q #
Taco bueno in dfw! This makes me very happy! #

Pikes Peak Ascent

Posted on14. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

7:30 PM kennyconley -
7:30 PM kennyconley - View from our condo in keystone! twitpic.com
5:21 PM kennyconley - Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 2) bit.ly
5:19 PM kennyconley - Driving thru breckenridge! bit.ly
3:10 PM kennyconley -
3:10 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com picking out a pastries at the famous donut mill in woodland park. bit.ly
3:09 PM kennyconley -
3:09 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com Titus looking xtra cute today!
1:43 PM kennyconley - Leaving the springs. Pikes peak is hiding behind some clouds. Guess she doesn’t want to say goodbye!
3:56 AM kennyconley - test
10:14 PM kennyconley -
10:14 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com Titus going to town on his pizza.
8:13 PM kennyconley - Conley Update Blog: Ascending Pike’s Peak (part 1) bit.ly
5:19 PM kennyconley - Eye-Fi’d 68 photos to Flickr. is.gd
2:26 PM kennyconley -
2:26 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com doing some light reading before lunch. Sara’s patents are big fans of math!
2:22 PM kennyconley -
2:22 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com some light reading before lunch. Sara’s parents are big fans of math!
7:30 PM kennyconley - Back in the springs. Had quite an adventure at 13,000 feet. I’ll blog about it later. Recovering right now.
4:32 PM kennyconley - Then wehit a hail storm and near white out conditions. So close. Great day though.
4:31 PM kennyconley - On our way down. Crazy story to tell. We came 700 feet short of the top.
2:20 PM kennyconley - 13000 feet. I might die!
2:19 PM kennyconley - This mountain is kicking my butt! Almost 13,000 feet!
11:20 AM kennyconley -
11:20 AM kennyconley - twitpic.com view from 11,500 feet. 1/4 up.
11:18 AM kennyconley - Just below the treeline at11,500 feet. Taking a little break!
8:39 AM kennyconley -
8:39 AM kennyconley - My mountain twitpic.com
8:21 AM kennyconley - Not sure I’m going to have any phone service on the backside if the peak.
7:58 AM kennyconley - Getting some breakfast now. Will be burning a lot of calories on the trail. Should be hiking in an hour!
7:12 AM kennyconley - Looks like we’re ready to go, Sara included.
6:44 AM kennyconley - Slept really good. Sara hasn’t been feeling well, so we’re waiting to see if she feel up to it. I really hope she can do it!
6:41 AM Kenny Conley - I’m up!
12:59 AM kennyconley - CMO: #kidmin Pikes Peak Ascent bit.ly
12:46 AM kennyconley - K, going to bed. Getting up in 5 hours to hike pikes peak! We’ll be on the trail at 7:00 AM! woo hoo!
12:44 AM kennyconley - Test from Twitter!
12:42 AM Kenny Conley - Test

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13

Posted on13. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06 http://bit.ly/o57Xi #
CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06 http://bit.ly/e7F4N #
@beckylaswell So far of all my BBQ stops, Smitty's in Lockhart is my favorite. in reply to beckylaswell #
CMO: #kidmin Obama’s speach to our children http://bit.ly/P5gXN #
@ajelwind it was yummy! Thanks for coming and eating our food! in reply to ajelwind #
Going to a pool party! Friends are awesome! Especially if the have a pool! #
Just seen in my neighborhood. Dead deer on sidewalk…albatross sized vulture eating away! Yummy! #
@coveredindust mmmmm. raw too! in reply to coveredindust #
@FreshHotCoffee I know… that would have been awesome, but I missed it on my way out. in reply to FreshHotCoffee #
Just saw this pic from Awkward Family Photos. http://bit.ly/Y6hVy Took me a while to see it, but I can't stop laughing now! #
just finished "a river runs through it.' can't stay awake any longer #
see ya tomorrow people! #
http://twitpic.com/gyt0f my son is so cute! Isn't he! #
Titus starts school today. Both excited and sad! http://twitpic.com/gytbt #
CMO: #kidmin The Lock-In http://bit.ly/mypiX #
CMO: #kidmin The Lock-In (Part 1) http://bit.ly/UFLBh #
CMO: #kidmin The Lock-In (Part 2) http://bit.ly/8Pis4 #
CMO: #kidmin Obama’s speech didn’t look like brain washing to me http://bit.ly/SUP2c #
@mrpaulywu you should upload a pic for your account… #
Grabbing a late lunch. Long day still ahead of me! #
Getting ready to jump head-first into a very long day. Here we go! #
RT @matterpro: Anyone need a 7200rpm 1 TB Seagate drive cheap? This is a great deal: http://bit.ly/10CuPC Dang that's cheap! #kidmin #
CMO: #kidmin The Lock-In (Part 3) http://bit.ly/1NPnj1 #
CMO: #kidmin The Lock-In (Part 4) http://bit.ly/wlNlM #
Rain, glorious rain! I will not complain, I will not complain! #
Rockin' out ad advance leadership weekend! #adv09 #
http://twitpic.com/hdmdg #adv09 #
http://twitpic.com/hdn1o 500 of gateway's leaders are gathered together for two days filled w/ vision and equipping! #
CMO: #kidmin Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend http://bit.ly/10Yj6N #
Neil Cole speaking tonight at Advance Leadership Weekend! #
Greatest mystery in the Bible: How can the creator of the Universe think of me as more important than himself? #
Maybe I can think of others as more important than myself… #
Jesus gave himself up for others. He poured himself out for others… he emptied himself, he held nothing back…. a slave (slave by choice) #
Niel is speaking from Phil 2:5-11. #
Jesus' death on the cross doen't just tell us that he thought of us as more important than himself, it proves it! #
The pathway to unity is to humble ourselves… not just to those we agree with. #
To reach our city, we must unify by humbling ourselves. #
If we can't love our bothers who disagree with us, we'll never love our enemies who hate us. This is humility. #
Humily is like warm soap in a murky bathtub. As soon as we thing we've got it, we've lost it! #
Great leadership conference going on right now (humility in leadership) http://bit.ly/j73MT #kidmin #
God is opposed to the proud. Humble yourselves and God will exalt you. Don't and he will do it for you. Your choice! Lift someone else up! #
If we're going to take our city (Austin, TX), we're going to have to humbly unify! #
Neil Cole has started churches in more than 35 states/countries. #
Q&A for Neil Cole and John Burke! #
thousands of churches are beginning organically, in homes, in business, in dorms… church organically! #
We've inherited a flawed Christianity. We've all been called to ministry, not just a select few. We've all been appointed! #
It starts with leaders equipping the church, giving it all away. Eph 4! #
Gateway and many other churches in Austin are meeting together to ask, how can we be the "CHURCH" to this city. #
Churches can get together and ask each other, what can we do together? #
Austin needs 5000 mentors for students. How can the Church fill this need for our city? #
CMO: #kidmin Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/11/09) http://bit.ly/2TGEnH #
Jesus said: I came so that they may have meetings and have them more abundantly. #
Life is complex, it's busy, even when we get pulled in many different directions. #
The simplicity is all I have to do is follow Jesus and connect with him moment by moment. #
Let God speak to us and tell us what to say yes to and what to say no to. #
I want to lower the bar of what it means to have church so anyone can do it and raise the bar of being a disciple so everyone will do it #
Closing worship! Great session tonight! #
Parents, don't forget to pick up your kids as soon as you are dismissed! They're tired and want go to bed! So are the workers! #adv09 #
ALW begins day two! Here we go! #
CMO: #kidmin Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/12/09) http://bit.ly/SVVTp #
What kind of Christian do you want to be, the one who lives the adventure or just reads about it? #
Spiritual leadership is counter-intuitive. #
Just because you came to faith as a child and lived for Christ your whole life doesn't mean you don't have a story to tell… #
God is doing something today and it is going to be historic! Similar to the 1st century! #
The leaders of the future are not found in the church pews… but in the gutter. POWERFUL! #adv09 #
Transformation is the power of this movement. Not powerful teaching, not good music, not a building! #
Positional Authority, Expertise Authority, Relational Authority and Spiritual Authority. Weakest is positional authority. #
Positional Authority is only strong as long as people are willing to salute. #
Spiritual authority is a result of the power of God working through your life… the most powerful. Life change is inevitable. #
The fear of every man is that one day everyone will know that he isn't what people think he is supposed to be. #
Advance Leadership Weekend continues. Follow #adv09 or see updates at http://bit.ly/3lcLuy #kidmin #
The kingdom is always looking for people willing to serve. #
Just showed this commercial. No longer is the world led by one man. http://bit.ly/39cnPY #
Advance Leadership Weekend takes a quick break! #
http://twitpic.com/hg97d one of several lunch tables. Lunch time! #adv09 #
http://twitpic.com/hgm6m @Jonros the diet pepsi should offset your lunch. #adv09 #
Neil Cole is back on the stage for session 4! Awesome! #
We all reproduce at the smallest level. #
We try to start churches that reproduce… but we're getting ahead of ourselves… #
Jesus said that he will build his church, we are to make disciples. #
It all begins with multiplying disciples. We need to unlock "Christ in you" and pass it on to others. #
Don't invest in potential… invest in proveness. It will save you a lot of heartache. #
Kinda tired. Pretty happy. Really proud of my church! #adv09 #kidmin #
http://twitpic.com/his5g mmmmmmmmmm. #
Almost done packing up. Colorado bound in a few minutes…. I think. #
Getting gas in brownwood, tx. Onward we go! #
Rural tx drivers are the best. When passing them, they pull over to the left shoulder. Y can't everyone drive like that? #
Sara's driving and I'm doing work on the laptop using my iPhone to transmit and receive data. So cool! #
In West TX, experiencing a windmill farm for the first time. #
Sara just looked at a empty and brown field and said, that's what my farmville farm looks like. Sheesh! #
POST! #
@samluce @Gina_mcclain @mattmckee @jonathancliff here I am with Jonathan's twig errr tree! #
@samluce @mattmckee @ginamcclain @jonathancliff http://twitpic.com/ho5xq oops, here's the tree. #
@jonathancliff: RT @kennyconley: @samluce @mattmckee @gina_mcclain @jonathancliff http://twitpic.com/ho5xq oops, here's the tree. #

Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/12/09)

Posted on12. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

8:21 PM jameswh3 - Had an amazing couple of days at #adv09.
6:31 PM chadswanzy - but not the last one out the twitter door #adv09 Ha ha Ha
6:13 PM just_g - …is the last man out the door. #adv09
5:31 PM CaMeaux - #adv09 WOW! What a weekend! Letting go of blame is huge in moving forward with mentoring and being mentored. Be Humble & Vulnerable! =Unity
5:30 PM flatlanderdox - #adv09 great job and big thanks to everyone pulling pulling this off!!! Big props to @Neil_cole!
5:27 PM beckylaswell - Home. Thanks and more thanks to everybody who helped at #adv09. Your help make the event possible (and even made my foot pain diminish).
5:26 PM kennyconley - Kinda tired. Pretty happy. Really proud of my church! #adv09 #kidmin
4:23 PM kidsquestaustin - Your kids had a blast! Be sure to come get ‘em as soon as you are dismissed! Thanks! #adv09
4:18 PM matterpro - sorry tweeters at #adv09, we tried to get your questions in, but chose the wrong software to do it. Thanks for adding to the event anyway!
3:34 PM beckylaswell - Help us be better at empowering you. #adv09
3:18 PM rcjohnson - Clearly we should all be mentoring one, should we also all have someone mentoring us? Is it the same person eg a running partner? #adv09
3:16 PM chadswanzy - “The Be With Factor” Mentoring Students In Everyday Life is on Google Books tr.im #adv09 #youthministry #stumin
3:11 PM ajelwind - What if nobody has ever mentored me? #adv09
3:09 PM j2plase - In me, create your dream! #adv09
3:08 PM gary4n - Besides baptism, what other ways do you practice helping new believers “imprint” on Christ? #ADV09
3:08 PM ajelwind - How do we discern who to invest in spiritually? #adv09
3:05 PM chadswanzy - students helping at #adv09 twitpic.com
3:05 PM mattlaswell - #adv09 question for john. Hey big guy, how did you get so funky?
3:04 PM GODs_ArT - Conclusion: this world could use a lot less of Amy Teel #adv09
2:53 PM chadswanzy - many thanks for #adv09 setup team retweet!
2:53 PM chadswanzy - standing O for Neil Cole #adv09
2:44 PM beckylaswell - My father-in-law knows the guys who inspired the movie Hoosiers. Seriously. #adv09
2:44 PM beckylaswell - My hubby (the Purdue grad) arrived at #adv09 in time for me to joke about Hoosiers (which webster’s calls “Ignorant Rustics”)
2:43 PM chadswanzy - invest in things proven #adv09
2:43 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 who am I pouring into right now? Who are my 12/3?
2:42 PM notan_jk - #adv09 My wife says there’s some flooding on roads in the area, everyone please be careful going home.
2:39 PM kennyconley - Don’t invest in potential… invest in proveness. It will save you a lot of heartache.
2:39 PM lisa_illuminate - #adv09 can we leave the slides up a little longer please? Taking notes. =)
2:38 PM chadswanzy - don’t invest potential #adv09
2:38 PM locustfist - From @neil_cole ‘the church is educated beyond it’s obedience’ #adv09
2:37 PM chadswanzy - release yourself from taking over the Holy Spirits job #adv09
2:36 PM WrightPhotos - We have to let people make mistakes so that they can learn! Amen 2 that. #adv09
2:36 PM chadswanzy - problem in america… the church is educated beyond it’s obedience #adv09 best statement this weekend
2:35 PM rcjohnson - Mentoring requires on the job training. Even if it means falling down. #adv09
2:34 PM chadswanzy - John 14:26 tr.im #adv09
2:33 PM beckylaswell - Looking over the crowds at #adv09 and recalling my first leadership event at Gateway, 8 yrs ago this weekend.
2:33 PM karinpwilliams - Mediocrity will never change the world. #adv09 (via @jd4reals)
2:33 PM chadswanzy - hebrews 5:12 tr.im #adv09
2:31 PM jd4reals - Mediocrity will never change the world. #adv09
2:30 PM chadswanzy - people learn at different paces… i can’t believe this rain! #adv09
2:29 PM chadswanzy - grace is the difference people want to follow #adv09
2:24 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 listening to the sound of the rain falling upon us feels holy. @Neil_Cole has really been a blessing to us here.
2:23 PM chadswanzy - who asks you questions and listens to you? #adv09
2:23 PM coveredindust - How to lead leaders- active listening & asking good questions #adv09
2:23 PM chadswanzy - Skilz 4 leadrz… 1. Listen 2. ask #adv09
2:23 PM reneelockey - So the model organic church (12-15) fits within the larger industrial church. they are NOT mutally exclusive #adv09
2:22 PM chadswanzy - Passage for leadership Luke 2 tr.im #adv09
2:19 PM lisareid -
2:19 PM lisareid - twitpic.com – Gravity of social grouping #adv09
2:18 PM CaMeaux - You gotta get vulnerable! Take off the old, the comfortable & put on the new for Life Change! #adv09
2:12 PM locustfist - the Dunbar Number – is.gd #adv09
2:12 PM chadswanzy - Dunbar wikipedia entry tr.im #adv09
2:12 PM coveredindust - Life change happens in a grouping of 2-3 #adv09
2:10 PM chadswanzy - amen… less is more #adv09
2:09 PM chadswanzy - family 12-15, life change 2-3 #adv09
2:08 PM JoeBABUJennings - One size does not fit all!#adv09
2:08 PM chadswanzy - Neil Cole’s blog tr.im #adv09
2:08 PM j2plase - Learning to follow the rhythyms of Gods grace #adv09
2:08 PM TimelyInsurance - #adv09 There is power in a small thing. We shape our lives from the small choices we make daily.
2:06 PM chadswanzy - a mustard seed tr.im #adv09
2:06 PM babygap25 - What do I look like to heaven? #adv09
2:06 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 :: God, thank you for giving us the grace to worship you in your Spirit & and in truth!
2:04 PM chadswanzy - hall and oats discipleship #adv09 “one on one”
2:03 PM kennyconley - It all begins with multiplying disciples. We need to unlock “Christ in you” and pass it on to others.
2:03 PM kennyconley - Jesus said that he will build his church, we are to make disciples.
2:03 PM CaMeaux - Ready for an afternoon w @neil_cole! Mentoring while multiplying… #adv09
2:03 PM kennyconley - We try to start churches that reproduce… but we’re getting ahead of ourselves…
2:02 PM kennyconley - We all reproduce at the smallest level.
1:59 PM kennyconley - Neil Cole is back on the stage for session 4! Awesome!
1:44 PM taczac - #adv09 James Wilson has a powerful gift that he’s using for God’s glory.
1:43 PM chadswanzy - Great leaders, great discussion, great mission = student ministry. #adv09
1:42 PM lisareid - James and Tony are BRINGIN’ IT! Loving that and the sound of the rain on the roof! #adv09
1:41 PM lisareid - Jazzed about the internet campus after meeting with @locustfist and others! #adv09
1:40 PM TimelyInsurance - It us fun to be so Inspired by a Breakout Session! #adv09
1:37 PM kidsquestaustin -
1:37 PM kidsquestaustin - twitpic.com btw g8way! Your kids are having a blast! #adv09
1:34 PM locustfist - chatted with people interested in the internet campus. an exciting and scary project #adv09
1:29 PM beckylaswell - Just had lunch with some great women leaders and future leaders here at Gateway. You all rock! #adv09.
1:28 PM kennyconley -
1:28 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com @Jonros the diet pepsi should offset your lunch. #adv09
1:27 PM reneelockey - Fruit is growing on these branches_I love this place! #adv09
1:09 PM hi_res_cutie - the world lies. you were not created to live in fear. #adv09
12:37 PM WrightPhotos - Thanks for the Chick-wich! #adv09
12:34 PM chadswanzy - Student ministry is the best team ever. #adv09
12:23 PM locustfist - Internet campus peeps, head to the nursury #adv09
12:18 PM CaMeaux - Aaannnndddd I just got rained on inside the auditorium. Guess God thought I had an extra layer to wipe clean #adv09
12:12 PM rcjohnson - The rain is coming down on #adv09 . No really, it’s raining in here.
12:08 PM kennyconley -
12:08 PM kennyconley - twitpic.com one of several lunch tables. Lunch time! #adv09
12:07 PM reneelockey - Jn 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. #adv09
12:01 PM karma_jeff - #adv09. Thanks Neil. Awesome
12:00 PM karinpwilliams - “When will Christ be enough? what will it take for His Spirit to be the most noticeable about us?” @Neil_Cole #adv09
11:59 AM austin_photog - #adv09 teach me to look for the beauty in others
11:58 AM lisareid - Not very nice of @Neil_Cole to make us all cry with Ray’s story. Sniff. #adv09
11:57 AM tj_cummins - #adv09 “I must decrease so He may increase.”
11:54 AM j2plase - #adv09 we become what we worship, God I want to soak you in.
11:53 AM flatlanderdox - #adv09 “dont try 2 show ppl christ, just follow him & let ppl C that.” @Neil_cole
11:50 AM reneelockey - He is the only thing that’s beautiful in us! #adv09
11:47 AM CaMeaux - Big rain happening on Advance 2009 weekend…Coincidence? I think not! God’s washing off the crusty layer 2 let Christ’s glory shine! #adv09
11:43 AM chadswanzy - cooperate with death to your flesh #adv09
11:42 AM flatlanderdox - #adv09 actually…her hair is perfect every morning…and it’s annoying. Lol
11:39 AM karinpwilliams - God, please get me out of the box I’ve put myself in #adv09
11:37 AM mrpaulywu - the krispy kreme donut made my stomach hurt. #adv09
11:36 AM karinpwilliams - Disciples should follow Christ, not another leader. God is smart enough to lead on His own! #adv09 (via @lisareid)
11:36 AM coveredindust - “Make everyone a disciple of Christ FIRST.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
11:34 AM chadswanzy - first priority as a leader… point to Jesus #adv09
11:34 AM j2plase - #adv09 God let me see your city with your eyes
11:33 AM chadswanzy - this is why dunkin donuts is better than krispy kreme #adv09
11:32 AM just_g - “Ornithology”! Yeah!!! Finally! I got to use my Vertebrate Zoology degree! #adv09
11:32 AM lisareid - Disciples should follow Christ, not another leader. God is smart enough to lead on His own! #adv09
11:30 AM TimelyInsurance - 2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity; but a spirit of power, love and self-discipline. #adv09
11:28 AM chadswanzy - be an agent of God’s kingdom and seek to hear from God #adv09 Matthew 10 tr.im
11:28 AM taczac - #adv09 listen to God and obey.
11:27 AM lisareid - Found the super secret restroom in the kids quest building during the #adv09 break! #adv09
11:25 AM chadswanzy - life of brian youtube clip tr.im #adv09 dysfunctional leadership
11:22 AM jotajmejia - #adv09 Julian on board
11:21 AM EExercise - Impossible is nothing…except for getting hundreds of people through the restrooms in 10 minutes #adv09
11:21 AM babygap25 - #adv09 We are royalty.
11:21 AM rcjohnson - Be careful sitting on the left hand side of the auditorium today. Lots of beautiful pregnant ladies. #adv09
11:19 AM lisa_illuminate - #adv09 A guy just made fun of the womens bathroom line. I think he’s just insecure & trying to prove his worth.
11:11 AM locustfist -
11:11 AM locustfist - twitpic.com – lunch! #adv09
11:07 AM kennyconley - Advance Leadership Weekend takes a quick break!
11:07 AM CaMeaux - Are you leading or just along for the ride?#adv09
11:07 AM chadswanzy - Kevin Garnet Com. tr.im Domino Falling People tr.im #adv09
11:07 AM reneelockey - Who are you, Christian? You are one in whom Christ dwells, and in whom He delights. (just as you are-that’s grace) #adv09
11:07 AM locustfist - Impossible is nothing – is.gd #adv09
11:06 AM kennyconley - Just showed this commercial. No longer is the world led by one man. bit.ly
11:02 AM CaMeaux - AServant, like Christ, makes a great leader… Humility… Get past proving self worth! #adv09
11:00 AM kennyconley - The kingdom is always looking for people willing to serve.
11:00 AM chadswanzy - the son of man came to serve and give his life away #adv09
11:00 AM kennyconley - Advance Leadership Weekend continues. Follow #adv09 or see updates at bit.ly #kidmin
10:59 AM tj_cummins - #adv09 “…the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
10:57 AM chadswanzy - the greatest is the least who is full of dreams #adv09
10:57 AM kennyconley - The fear of every man is that one day everyone will know that he isn’t what people think he is supposed to be.
10:57 AM karinpwilliams - I just got a “slap in the face” via @Neil_Cole #adv09
10:55 AM jd4reals -
10:55 AM jd4reals - #adv09 hanging with my small group peeps- men an women who are rocking the Kingdom! twitpic.com
10:52 AM chadswanzy - it means a lot to be picked #adv09
10:52 AM karinpwilliams - 4 kinds of authority: 1-positional, 2-expertise, 3-relational, 4-spiritual #adv09 (via @coveredindust)
10:52 AM karinpwilliams - I’m hoping I can get or download @Neil_Cole ’s talk from #adv09. I need to hear what he’s saying over and over again.
10:50 AM kennyconley - Spiritual authority is a result of the power of God working through your life… the most powerful. Life change is inevitable.
10:49 AM TimelyInsurance - #adv09 God does not necessarily call the qualified. He qualifies the called.
10:49 AM coveredindust - 4 kinds of authority: 1-positional, 2-expertise, 3-relational, 4-spiritual #adv09
10:48 AM kennyconley - Positional Authority is only strong as long as people are willing to salute.
10:47 AM kennyconley - Positional Authority, Expertise Authority, Relational Authority and Spiritual Authority. Weakest is positional authority.
10:46 AM tj_cummins - #adv09 “Bad people make good soil, there is a lot of fertilizer in their life.”
10:45 AM kennyconley - Transformation is the power of this movement. Not powerful teaching, not good music, not a building!
10:44 AM reneelockey - A changed life starts with a single step of faith! That’s right Neil! Not by might, not by power but by *His Spirit*! #adv09
10:44 AM kennyconley - The leaders of the future are not found in the church pews… but in the gutter. POWERFUL! #adv09
10:44 AM theuprisinglive - heros of the future and today are students at the uprising #adv09
10:44 AM kennyconley - God is doing something today and it is going to be historic! Similar to the 1st century!
10:44 AM lisareid - Bad people make good soil; there’s a lot of feetilizer in their lives. #adv09
10:43 AM chadswanzy - leadership recruitment is a dead end #adv09
10:42 AM babygap25 - #adv09 “His goodness leads us to repentance.”
10:42 AM kennyconley - Just because you came to faith as a child and lived for Christ your whole life doesn’t mean you don’t have a story to tell…
10:42 AM coveredindust - “Bad people make good soil but there is a lot of fertilizer in the soil.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
10:42 AM jd4reals - #adv09. I’m already wondering what the dates will be for #adv2010 !!
10:41 AM flatlanderdox - “fear the cage” -@Neil_cole #adv09 vid twitvid.com
10:41 AM rcjohnson - God’s kingdom is upside down. Learning from business or the military is good, but not God’s strategy. We need TRANSFORMING. #adv09
10:39 AM kennyconley - The kind of thinking that will get us out of the world’s problems will be of a different order to the kind of thinking that created those problems in the first place. Albert Einstein.
10:38 AM coveredindust -
10:38 AM coveredindust - twitpic.com – @Neil_Cole talking about his adventures in Africa #adv09
10:38 AM TimelyInsurance - #adv09 God help me set aside my fear and use my influence to his glory.
10:38 AM kennyconley - Everything you naturally think is naturally wrong!
10:37 AM kennyconley - Spiritual leadership is counter-intuitive.
10:37 AM coveredindust - “Fear the cage… live the adventure.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
10:33 AM babygap25 - #adv09 Can we sing Revelation Song again?
10:33 AM mrpaulywu - nuts….i left my sword at home. #adv09
10:32 AM flatlanderdox - #adv09 “2 kinds of Christians: those who live adventure, & those who read about it.”
10:31 AM kennyconley - What kind of Christian do you want to be, the one who lives the adventure or just reads about it?
10:31 AM lisareid - Neil is opening by talking about wild animals. Apropos! #adv09
10:31 AM jd4reals - “never grab a baboon’s tail” – wisdom from @neilCole at #adv09 The Lord is sharing wisdom through Neil today!
10:30 AM karinpwilliams - #adv09 beautiful morning of worship to our beloved Father. What a way to start a Saturday!
10:30 AM mrpaulywu - i wish a cat would hunt me down. #adv09
10:30 AM j2plase - #adv09 powerful worship. Our response to what we value and want most.
10:28 AM CaMeaux - Good Morning Gateway! Can’t wait to see what God will bring to our hearts today! #adv09
10:28 AM gatewayleaders - I think there are donuts left here at #adv09.
10:27 AM just_g -
10:27 AM just_g - @g8wayaustin, see @matterpro the wizard behind the curtain at #adv09 http://yfrog.com/0f9d5j
10:26 AM kennyconley - CMO: #kidmin Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/12/09) bit.ly
10:23 AM kennyconley - ALW begins day two! Here we go!
10:22 AM kennyconley - Here we go!

Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/11/09)

Posted on11. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

10:12 PM reneelockey - Radical! Beautiful! United! Organic! We are the Body! #adv09
10:11 PM matterpro - coffee and donuts at 8:30 tomorrow #adv09
10:09 PM TimelyInsurance - #adv09 Wow! What a way to start this weekend
10:07 PM gatewayleaders - See y’all in the morning. Donuts & coffee before the 9am session, Woot! More sugar & caffeine! #adv09
10:06 PM beckylaswell - Greater things are yet to come. How true! #adv09
10:06 PM kidsquestaustin - Parents, don’t forget to pick up your kids as soon as you are dismissed! They’re tired and want go to bed! So are the workers! #adv09
10:06 PM kennyconley - Parents, don’t forget to pick up your kids as soon as you are dismissed! They’re tired and want go to bed! So are the workers! #adv09
10:05 PM gatewayleaders - Greater things are yet to be done How true. #adv09
10:04 PM kennyconley - Closing worship! Great session tonight!
10:04 PM tonydaleaustin - #adv09 with @neil_cole. Let’s lower the bar of how we do church so anyone can do it!
10:03 PM kennyconley - I want to lower the bar of what it means to have church so anyone can do it and raise the bar of being a disciple so everyone will do it
10:03 PM matterpro - #adv09 I’m ready to rock some more!
10:02 PM kennyconley - Let God speak to us and tell us what to say yes to and what to say no to.
10:01 PM joefresch - #ADV09 WHOLNESS comes through COMMUNITY. All the members contribute to increasing the understanding of each member than is possible alone.
10:01 PM kennyconley - The simplicity is all I have to do is follow Jesus and connect with him moment by moment.
10:01 PM reneelockey - #adv09 Elaborate on what you say are the two greatest sins of the Western church. (Role of new believers & the power of the Spirit).
10:00 PM kennyconley - Life is complex, it’s busy, even when we get pulled in many different directions.
10:00 PM kennyconley - Jesus said: I came so that they may have meetings and have them more abundantly.
9:57 PM kennyconley - CMO: #kidmin Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend (9/11/09) bit.ly
9:56 PM CaMeaux - From: @CaMeaux
@Neil_Cole how do you balance being humble and “non-proud” while recognizing achievements as blessings? #adv09
9:55 PM karinpwilliams - What can Gateway learn from the house church movement? #adv09
9:55 PM alanmichael - How do we grow new leaders in a small group, without having to simply start a new group? #adv09
9:54 PM kennyconley - Austin needs 5000 mentors for students. How can the Church fill this need for our city?
9:54 PM TimelyInsurance - Trying to figure out how to tweet to #adv09. How do I do this?
9:54 PM kristincastillo - #adv09 what advice do you have for leaders on how to work with, support and love christians who follow Christ, worship & live differently (o
9:54 PM kennyconley - Churches can get together and ask each other, what can we do together?
9:53 PM kennyconley - Gateway and many other churches in Austin are meeting together to ask, how can we be the “CHURCH” to this city.
9:53 PM rcjohnson - So we’re serving leaders, our church, seekers, our family, ourselves: what’s the balance here? So many things pulling in so many dir. #adv09
9:52 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 look for ways to be a blessing to other churches besides your own @Neil_Cole
9:51 PM jd4reals - when so many churches are getting it so very wrong in the way that they are sharing God’s love, how do we unite with them? #adv09 @materpro
9:50 PM alanmichael - #adv09 testing
9:50 PM kennyconley - It starts with leaders equipping the church, giving it all away. Eph 4!
9:50 PM matterpro - in a city like austin where churches are so separated by race and socioeconomics, how do we really get a unified humble church? #adv09
9:49 PM kennyconley - We’ve inherited a flawed Christianity. We’ve all been called to ministry, not just a select few. We’ve all been appointed!
9:48 PM karinpwilliams - Is “One body” a myth? People like to say it, but don’t act that way. #adv09
9:48 PM brucegilson - How does a large church like Gateway harness the power of the organic church idea? #adv09
9:47 PM kennyconley - thousands of churches are beginning organically, in homes, in business, in dorms… church organically!
9:45 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 how do I respond when I want to serve in multi churches but don’t want to be labeled a “consumer”?
9:44 PM c_dish - #adv09 where r u seeing effective multiplication of disciples the 2nd 3rd 4th generation?
9:43 PM starrpnvm - #adv09 I was told for years by my pastor not to text in church. What changed?
9:43 PM JoeBABUJennings - How do you reach those who feel like there is no God left in this city#adv09
9:43 PM karinpwilliams - #adv09 how can we reach out to serve other churches in ATX and be received openly?
9:43 PM brucegilson - What is it about humility that makes you choose it for the first lesson for a leader? #adv09
9:42 PM matterpro - when so many churches are getting it so very wrong in the way that they are sharing God’s love, how do we unite with them? #adv09
9:42 PM notan_jk - #adv09 How do you know it’s God’s voice & not your own?
9:41 PM reneelockey - Radical yes! Truth from Neil & Prov 3:34 #adv09
9:41 PM fbcruss - #adv09 would you descttttribe your work in the house church movement?
9:40 PM lisareid - #adv09 What do you think should be our first step in unifying Austin?
9:39 PM tj_cummins - #adv09 how do you suggest church leaders connect to serve and work together in our city? (non-pastor leaders)
9:39 PM kennyconley - Q&A for Neil Cole and John Burke!
9:39 PM kennyconley - Neil Cole has started churches in more than 35 states/countries.
9:39 PM rcjohnson - It is time to stop competing. It is time to pray for other churches, people, leaders more than we do for ourselves. #adv09 Thanks Neil!
9:38 PM kennyconley - If we’re going to take our city (Austin, TX), we’re going to have to humbly unify!
9:37 PM locustfist - #adv09 tweets – start sending in your Q’s for neil and john
9:37 PM kennyconley - God is opposed to the proud. Humble yourselves and God will exalt you. Don’t and he will do it for you. Your choice! Lift someone else up!
9:36 PM chadswanzy - grace for the humble opposition for the proud #adv09
9:36 PM kennyconley - Great leadership conference going on right now (humility in leadership) bit.ly #kidmin
9:35 PM JoeBABUJennings - We need more humility in society nowadays, it starts with us.#adv09
9:35 PM matterpro - the moment you think that you’re humble you lost it… don’t think it, you have to be it without thinking it. #adv09
9:34 PM tj_cummins - #adv09 “If we can’t love our Brother who disagrees with us. How can we love our enemies who hate us?” Powerful Neil.
9:34 PM kennyconley - Humily is like warm soap in a murky bathtub. As soon as we thing we’ve got it, we’ve lost it!
9:34 PM kennyconley - If we can’t love our bothers who disagree with us, we’ll never love our enemies who hate us. This is humility.
9:33 PM coveredindust - “The pathway to unity is humility.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
9:32 PM tj_cummins - #adv09 Hearing crucifixion described in new detail. Wow…thank you Jesus…whew…thank you…
9:32 PM kennyconley - To reach our city, we must unify by humbling ourselves.
9:32 PM chadswanzy - the path to unity is to take the humility exit #adv09
9:32 PM kennyconley - The pathway to unity is to humble ourselves… not just to those we agree with.
9:31 PM kennyconley - Jesus’ death on the cross doen’t just tell us that he thought of us as more important than himself, it proves it!
9:31 PM lisareid - Neil Cole is describing death by crucifixion (asphyxiation). Powerful image. #adv09
9:30 PM kennyconley - Niel is speaking from Phil 2:5-11.
9:30 PM JoeBABUJennings - Jesus would’ve tweeted like everyone else.#adv09
9:28 PM chadswanzy - bond slave = slave by CHOICE #adv09
9:27 PM kennyconley - Jesus gave himself up for others. He poured himself out for others… he emptied himself, he held nothing back…. a slave (slave by choice)
9:27 PM chadswanzy - Jesus had everything but kept nothing #adv09
9:27 PM matterpro - poetic language is the language of God… #adv09
9:26 PM kennyconley - Maybe I can think of others as more important than myself…
9:26 PM notan_jk - #adv09 God is pursuing Austin
9:26 PM hi_res_cutie - what happens when 500 people make a choice to impact lives around them? #adv09
9:26 PM kennyconley - Greatest mystery in the Bible: How can the creator of the Universe think of me as more important than himself?
9:24 PM chadswanzy - Cole’s teaching passage tr.im #adv09
9:23 PM coveredindust - “Heaven is pursuing Austin right now.” @Neil_Cole #adv09
9:22 PM kennyconley - Neil’s talking about praying for other church’s and church’s working together, united in prayer, lifting up their brothers instead of their selves.
9:22 PM JoeBABUJennings - John is learning the way of the force.#adv09
9:22 PM lisa_illuminate - #adv09 my favorite word of the day: Cuckamunga. Yeah, Neil Cole just said it.
9:17 PM karinpwilliams - Jesus IS being exalted right now! You’re glorious, Lord. #adv09
9:17 PM lisareid - John intro’ed Neil Cole but flubbed the twitter terminology. Heh. #adv09
9:16 PM lisa_illuminate - #adv09 will @johnburke get this message when he signs up?
9:16 PM cathyharwick - #adv09 Neil Cole authour of Organic Leadership just took the stage!
9:15 PM sandilgordon - Happy birthday Neil! #adv09
9:15 PM coveredindust - Awesome start! Awesome worship!!! #adv09
9:14 PM kennyconley - Neil Cole on the stage!
9:14 PM kennyconley - John’s telling the crowd how they can tweet questions to Neil Cole for our Q and A!
9:14 PM brucegilson - John is so hip. #adv09
9:13 PM chadswanzy - welcome to the millennium burke! #adv09
9:13 PM chadswanzy - neil cole coming up #adv09
9:13 PM coveredindust - John Burke is setting up the weekend. “The kingdom grows person by person.” #adv09
9:12 PM chadswanzy - jburke on the stage throwing down “the story” #adv09
9:10 PM kennyconley - Worship over, John Burke (our lead pastor) on the stage setting up the session!
9:09 PM kennyconley - Here we go!

Gateway’s Advance Leadership Weekend

Posted on11. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

Tonight is session one of my church’s leadership weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve used scribble, so I think I’ll use it to tweet to my blog.

Essentially, 500 leaders at Gateway are gathered today and tomorrow for vision for the upcoming year and equipping to lead our church spiritually, life on life! It’s going to be AWESOME!

If you want to follow, many Gatewayers are tweeting at #adv09

So, what ever will you do with a bunch of kids for 12-13 hours? We’re masters at programming for 60-90 minutes, but all night it totally different. Don’t worry, it’s not that hard. First of all, you need to think smaller. Think in 30 minute increments and it gets so much easier. Because registration can tend to take a long time, I usually try to start the evening off with a movie. Doing this gives everyone time to arrive, check-in and get to one place. A typical schedule would be to have the doors open at 6:45. While kids are registering and dropping off their sleeping bags and such, I’ll have an MC keeping things happening in the auditorium. I’ll do a short welcome at 7:20 and then start the movie at 7:30. Between check-in and the intro movie, I’ve kept the kids occupied and having fun until 9:00. Now that everyone is here, I’ll go over the guidelines and such after the movie is over. We’ll wrap up with a fun group game and dismiss the kids to start their rotations by 10:00. I typically divide the kids into gender and grade groups. So a lock-in with K-5th, I’d have 12 groups with six rotations. A lock-in with 1st-5th will have 10 groups with 5 rotations. I’ll let both genders of a grade rotate together. Essentially every grade will rotate through all six rotations every half an hour. Rotations might include some of the following.

Group Games: in the biggest room we have we’ll do active games like relay races, dodge ball, and any other fun game that engages all the kids.
Movie & Snack Room: In this room the kids will watch a 30 minute movie while pigging out on snacks.
Video Game Room: This room will have all kinds of video games set up, enough so that every kid can play a game or at least won’t have to wait longer than one turn.
Make-Your-Own-Movie Room: This room would have a video camera and a box full of props. Kids will have 30 minutes to make a movie that we’ll show at a later time.
Scavenger Hunt activity: Kids race against the clock (30 minutes) to complete a scavenger hunt.
Craft room: We’ll do a really cool craft that all the kids will like.
Inflatable bounce and games room: I don’t think I have to explain this one.
Whatever else kind of room you can think of.

With five or six rotations like this, this will keep things going until after midnight. At this point we may do a giant group game. In the past I’ve done a scavenger hunt/race that will literally wear the kids out. I’ve also done several games of sardines that the kids love and could play all night long.

Usually by 1:00 to 1:30, I’ll start getting the youngest kids ready to settle down for the night. We’ll let them get their sleeping bags and pillows all set up in the room they’ll be in and then gather all the youngest ones for a flashlight story (or glowstick story works well too). During this time, the older kids will continue with another activity. Eventually we’ll get the younger ones to settle down, pop in a DVD and turn the lights out. Most of the kids will be asleep in 20 minutes or less, but the rest can enjoy a movie. After the older kids wrap up their final activities (maybe more time on the bounces, video games or whatever) they’ll come in and settle down as well. We’ll turn out the lights for them and put a DVD on for them as well. By this time it’s close to 2:00 to 2:30.

By 6:30 AM, we start waking up the kids. They pack up, take their stuff to the lobby and go to the place they’ll eat breakfast. For breakfast they’ll eat fruit, cereal or maybe just pop tarts. Easy is good. While the kids are eating, fresh volunteer come in to clean. Since all the kids things are packed and in the lobby, my volunteers can clean the rooms and get everything ready for the weekend. I try to plan this so that parents are coming to pick up their kids right from breakfast so that I don’t have to program anything else for the morning when we’re all tired.

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The Lock-In (Part 3)

Posted on10. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.

Structure and organization are necessary for fun. Without structure and organization, you’re volunteers are going to hate you. Without structure and organization, the kids will experience too much freedom which leads to fights, injuries and hurt feelings. In the end, they won’t have fun either. You must have this in place!

First of all, every minute of the lock-in must be scheduled. Your volunteers want a plan. They love a plan. The idea of being with all these kids all night scares them. They think in their heads, “what am I going to do with these kids all night?” However, when you give them their schedule which outlines a different activity to attend with their kids every thirty minutes, they can get excited about that. The kids don’t have to know the schedule. It can be an adventure for them, something new and crazy every thirty minutes.

Second of all, don’t do a lock-in without guidelines. Be very clear on your guidelines. I post the guidelines on the registration page for the lock-in. After they register, I include the guidelines in all their paperwork that parents have to sign. I train the volunteers in the guidelines so they know how to keep their kids in line and what to do if kids get out of hand. Last of all, I personally go over the guidelines with all the kids before the lock-in gets started. I make sure that they clearly understand what they can and cannot do and what will happen if they break guidelines. To most people, my consequences are pretty strict. However, we rarely have to enforce them becasue the kids know the guidelines and they stay in line. It’s more fun that way.

I found that it took me the most time to establish policies, guidelines and scheduled for that first lock-in. However, once it was done, preparing for the next lock-in was easy. I just tweak the schedule and adjust my guidelines if our activities warrant it. I was starting from scratch though. Now it’s easy to borrow from someone else and tweak it to make it your own. I’ll post all of my stuff later which you are free to take and use.

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