The ConnX Podcast

ConnX Podcast Episode #23 RETHINK CHURCH.

Hosts. Matt Brodie

As I mentioned a couple of episodes back, I was at the United Methodist Association of Communicators conference for a week at the end of October. At that meeting Larry Hollon who is the General Secretary of United Methodist Communications, introduced "Rethink Church", the new advertising campaign from United Methodist Communications.

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To read more about Larry Hollon Click Here

www.10thousanddoors.org

ConnX Podcast Episode #22 - Leonard Sweet second keynote at UMAC

Hosts Matt Brodie, Keynote by: Leonard Sweet

This is the second keynote by Leonard Sweet at The UMAC (United Methodist Association of Communicators) conference in Providence, RI.

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ConnX Podcast Episode #21 - Leonard Sweet “How Can a Church of Gutenberg Groupies Reach out to a Culture of Googleys?”

Hosts Matt Brodie, Keynote by: Leonard Sweet

Leonard Sweet is the Founder and President of SpiritVenture Ministries (SVM), in 1995 Len launched Sweet’s SoulCafe, a
spirituality newsletter for postmoderns that was purchased by Broadman&Holman Publishing. Current projects include a biography of Phoebe Palmer in the American religion biography series, a textbook on preaching entitled Giving Blood, The Leadership Myth (with Joseph R. Myers), and Pay Attention:
Every Bush is Burning. Len is also working on his fi rst novel (A Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress), and a multi-media leadership resource yet untitled. Author of more than one hundred articles, 600 published sermons and thirty books, Leonard is currently working on two textbooks: one on preaching and one on evangelism. His most recent books are The Gospel According to Starbucks, The Church of the Perfect Storm, 11 Indispensable Relationships You Can’t Be Without, and early in 2009, So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church. In both 2006 and 2007, Len has been voted by his peers as “One of the 50 Most Infl uential Christians in America” as polled by ChurchReport magazine.

Links to site for the Keynote:

emotive.com ( The Headset Gaming system that reads your mind )
www.twitter.com (A very new, very popular type of Social Network)
www.speedmatters.org (Look at how the USA compares to other countries for internet speed)
www.ted.com (This is where the "Brain" video is)
www.poptech.com
www.secondlife.com (A web 3.0 social environment and community)
www.zoomquilt.org (a collaborative art project)

The second keynote from Jorge Acevedo at the Bishop's School of Ministry. If you missed the first keynote, (Episode #19) you can still listen to it by visiting the connx website ConnX Website

Remember to tell your friends and congregations about ConnX. Burn them a CD if you have to! Just spread the word!

ConnX Podcast Episode #19 Bishop's School of Ministry

Hosts Matt Brodie, Keynote by: Rev. Jorge Acevedo

Rev. Jorge Acevedo give his first of two keynotes at the Bishop's School of Ministry.
The Second keynote will be posted Friday September 19th

Rev. Jorge Acevedo of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church will proudly be featured
as the keynote speaker for the 2008 Bishop’s School of Ministry being held at the Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle
Beach September 9-12. Acevedo was the 2001 recipient of the Denman Evangelism Award from the Florida Annual
Conference of the United Methodist Church and was named the Distinguished Alumni of the Year at Asbury Theological
Seminary. He serves on the Southeastern Jurisdiction and Florida Conference Episcopal Committees.
Co-author of the book, The Heart of Youth Ministry, published by Bristol Books in 1989, he has also written for
the United Methodist Publishing House, Circuit Rider magazine, Good News magazine and Our Faith Today. He was
also one of three featured pastors on the Keeping the Passion for Ministry Alive edition of the Willow Creek Association
Defining Moments CD with Bill Hybels.
Acevedo is the Lead Pastor at Grace Church in Cape Coral, Florida. Grace Church has grown in its weekend
attendance from 400 to over 2400 in the past twelve years and is recognized as having one of the largest and most
effective recovery ministries in America.

The website for Grace Church UMC in Florida is http://www.egracechurch.com

            In response to the two named storms having the potential to adversely affect the southeast coastline within the next week, the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church is gearing up its “Flood Bucket” aid program.
            A Flood Bucket’s inventory is designed to provide flood victims with items desperately needed to clean houses damaged by floodwaters.
            To fund future relief efforts, The United Methodist Conference Center in Columbia is accepting flood bucket donations. The cost to equip a flood bucket is $50. Checks can be made payable to the Conference Treasurer and can be sent to 4908 Colonial Drive Columbia, SC 29203. Please note on the check that it is for Flood Buckets.
            Contributors may also assemble their own, fully stocked “flood buckets” and deliver them to the Columbia conference center.  A flood bucket inventory is listed below.
            For more information, you may contact Matt Brodie, director of communications, at 803-786-9486, ext. 265. 

FLOOD BUCKET   Kit Content (Value approximately $50)
 
* 5­gallon bucket with re-sealable lid
* Bleach (two 1­quart or one 82 oz. bottle. Do not include bleach if you are shipping the bucket through the US Postal Service, UPS or FedEx)
* 5 scouring pads
* 7 sponges
* 1 scrub brush
* 18 cleaning towels (reusable wipes)
* Liquid laundry detergent (two 25 oz. or one 50 oz. bottle)
* 1 household cleaner, 12­16 oz. bottle
* Disinfectant dish soap, 16­28 oz. bottle
* 50 clothes pins
* Clothesline (two 50 ft. or one 100 ft.)
* 5 dust masks
* 2 pair latex gloves
* 1 pair work gloves
* 24­bag roll of heavy­duty trash bags, 33­45 gallon (remove roll from box before placing in bucket)
* 1 insect repellant spray, 6­14 oz. can (If aerosol cans they must have protective caps. See
Special Requirements below)
* 1 air freshener, 8 or 9 oz. can (If aerosol cans they must have protective caps. See Special
Requirements below)
Note: If the requested item size is not available, go down to the next available size. If nothing is available in the requested or smaller size, put masking tape on the outside of the bucket saying, “This bucket contains no ______________.”

Important Kit Assembly Information
• All items in kits must be NEW items.
• Do NOT include any personal notes, money or additional materials in the kits. These things must be painstakingly removed and will delay the shipment.

If aerosols or flammables are included, please ship kits by UPS Ground,
Fed Ex Ground, or by truck. Do NOT ship US Mail or DHL/Airborne freight.

A copy of the Flood Bucket items in a PDF can be found on the conference website www.umcsc.org

The episcopal assignments for the Southeastern Jurisdiction are:
Bishop B. Michael Watson - North Georgia Area, which includes the North Georgia Conference.
Bishop Paul L. Leeland - Alabama-West Florida Area, which includes the Alabama - West Florida Conference.
Bishop Alfred Gwinn - Raleigh Area, which includes the North Carolina Conference.
Bishop Charlene Kammerer - Richmond Area, which includes the Virginia Conference.
Bishop Lindsey Davis - Louisville Area, which includes the Kentucky and Red Bird Missionary Conferences.
Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster - Charlotte Area, which includes the Western North Carolina Conference.
Bishop James Swanson - Holston Area, which includes the Holston Conference.
Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor - Columbia Area, which includes the South Carolina Conference.
Bishop Hope Morgan Ward - Mississippi Area, which includes the Mississippi Conference.
Bishop James King - South Georgia Area, which includes the South Georgia Conference.
Bishop William H. Willimon - Birmingham Area, which includes the North Alabama Conference.
Bishop Richard J. Wills Jr. - Nashville Area, which includes the Memphis and Tennessee Conferences.
Bishop Timothy Whitaker - Florida Area, which includes the Florida Conference.