Orange – Day 1 Wrap-up

Overall, it was a great day. I’m exhausted and going to bed as soon as I post this!

PreCon Session # 1 – Jim Wideman – SERVING ANOTHER LEADER’S MINISTRY
Feed the flock that is under your care
God – “Why should I give you any more kids if you can’t manage the ones I already have given you?”
Make a list of the reasons someone can’t do something (serve), then fix them one by one.
Overseer’s CAN’T do everything!
the devil can mix us up by getting us to do things we don’t have to do.
We must be willing and eager to serve.
The best way to a mom and dad’s heart is to serve their children!
To grow a ministry in your community…
find a need & fill it
find a hurt & heal it
People have a need to be needed
Priorities
God
Family
Sr. Pastor’s vision
Leaders under me
We need to know who leads us (Sr. Pastor)
his vision
his heart
his desires & dreams
think the way he thinks and leads
carry yourself the way he does
treat me the way I treat my leader
helpers get a double anointing

PreCon Session # 2 – John Saddington – reTHINKING SOCIAL MEDIA
Blogs over facebook, twitter, myspace, etc…
you have control over your own blog, you are not limited to whatever changes someone else makes or the fads
you can change your blog as thinks change
How can we use a blog?
Limit info – get people to come back
get them to engage on the blog
Principle of anominity can help some open communication lines as they aren’t scared
tie info in what you communicate in your ministry. Can you communicate some info on the blog that isn’t communicated elsewhere?
BE WILLING TO EXPERIMENT!!

PreCon Session # 3 – Diane Runge – FINE-TUNIG YOUR SYSTEMS
Are we willing to do whatever it takes to impact the hearts of the next generation?
How do you measure things? Stats? Stories?
Make our OS a MAC, not a PC
What are we (the church) called to accomplish?
What do we want parents, students, and kids to become?
Are we willing to put everything on the table and be willing to change?
our programs
special events
camps
vbs
all our stuff?

Main Session # 1 – Reggie Joiner – Stock Family
there is no “standard / typical” family
People want to go back to bible times and have things be the way they were before all this divorce, etc…
Looking at the bible, try to find a “healthy / normal / ideal” family
pretty tough to do this
God is the God of restorations
if you want your kids to have an every-day kind of faith, you need to have one and lead them in this.