lots of still waiting to get pushed out from the simply youth ministry conference last week in chicago. i was hampered a bit because of lack of wifi (collective “awwwww”)and a crazy schedule since i had was on for teaching in big church. one underlying theme that was present was a developing awareness that we need to do something globally. Compassion International had a presence and this video with a mentor and youth ministry veteran ally walt mueller nailed it. powerful stuff.
grateful hat tip to josh griffin
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i’m in chicago for the simply youth ministry conference. spent the day connecting with some folks that i’ve gotten to know through the twitterverse. its amazing how following someone’s conversation can turn into a trusted friendship through the power of social networking. had several good conversations with ministry/Kingdom allies. made many new friends also.
kami gilmour and stephanie cairo
the value of this particular conference is the directed efforts by an amazing team of volunteers and staff who clearly understand the value of creating opportunities to connect and build relationships. this year’s conference has a very solid feel to it. with the support of the good folks at Group and the able talents of their conference director kami gilmour and inside track guru stephanie cairo an amazing couple of days are ahead for some 2, 500 folks who are passionate about connecting students to power of the gospel.
this afternoon in between helping to set up the conference were some great conversations. at dinner tonite doug fields shared his vision for the conference and reminded those in attendance the importance of reaching out to others during the course of the next couple of days as many attendees are on their last legs in ministry and this time away can really be used by the Holy Spirit to encourage and equip tired youth workers.
oh yeah…one of the best things is that some parts of the conference will be streamed live on the net. you can watch it here. there’s a schedule there too. and you can follow it all on twitter .
Len Evans, Doug Fields, Brian Ford
doug fields, rick lawrence and marv penner
for all the tech, community is personal
chris brogan tweeted about this article by jon burg on the tension between technology and behavior. here’s a clip from the article…
Social(media) is in it’s infancy. Our forward progress will not come from technology progress alone. We are on the cusp of gaining unparalleled insights into what makes people and communities tick. We likely will not know what to do with some of these insights at first. But I can tell you that the answer won’t come from an algorithm alone. It’s time to start studying our numbers as the people they are.
its fascinating to see bobby mcferrin help us understand our commonality. amazing video…and astute observations at the conclusion. really interesting stuff.
16 gals of ice cream +22 pies=FUN
you take 16 gallons of ice cream add at least 22 pies…mix them together with about 175 fun-filled folks from our outpost and you’ve got the launch of our 40 Days of Love campaign with the amazing Chip Richter. sharing a quick wrap-up at the Chip Richter Family concert. Chip has an amazing heart. You can follow him on twitter music4kids. here’s the chip’s view just before we opened the doors. 
you can watch some of the show on our ustream channel…embedded below.
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