Orange Conference Reflections-Part 2

A few days later than intended, but here are a few more thoughts from Orange 2010:

• Don't squander the chance to invest in our children's lives. -Rev Run
• Building a ministry is much easier than building a healthy family. -Doug Fields
• If I don't focus on my family no one else will do it for me. -Doug Fields
• Spend as much time making your home attractive as you do your ministry. -Doug Fields
• The best way to impact the church is to collide with the next generation. -Perry Noble
• You can't hold people accountable for unspoken, unexplained expectations. -Perry Noble
• If we don't empower our leaders it's because we don't want a move of God to happen that we don't control. -Perry Noble
• If you're walking with Jesus, He won't let you stay like you are right now. -Perry Noble
• Are you leaving things better than when you found it? -Donald Miller
• God created us to be in family-we have made it corporate. -Donald Miller
• We need to provide lots of positive male role models in our church! -Donald Miller
• We need to teach children/youth to envision the future. -Donald Miller
• The best teachers pull the best out of you, but don't kill your spirit in the process. -Sue Miller
• Utilize a Systematic Relational Connection Approach to ministry.

Orange Conference Reflections-Part 1

I spent Thursday & Friday with our children's ministry team at the Orange Conference in Atlanta. It was a privilege to spend time with our leaders and we were all challenged by what we heard. Still processing a lot of it-especially in the wake of the Exponential Conference the week before.

• The quickest way to see your spiritual gift is to have someone walk in the room with the same gift, but at a higher level. -Nancy Ortberg
• People will stagnate or move backwards if they are not given challenges. -Nancy Ortberg
• Leadership is the promise of development. -Nancy Ortberg
• Vulnerability in leadership is a powerful commodity. -Nancy Ortberg
• The more you collide with God, the more you understand who you are. -John Ortberg
• Every parent is singularly overwhelmed by their own inadequacies. -John Ortberg
• We are called to something bigger than being nice. -John Ortberg
• For me to be the me I need to be, I will disappoint people. -John Ortberg
• Transformation requires at least as much grace as salvation does. -John Ortberg
• This generation will not grow if their leaders are not transformed. -John Ortberg
• Both the culture and the church have failed children. -Chap Clark
• God's heart never breaks passively-it always breaks in action. -Chap Clark
• "Social capital" is the key to healthy growth. -Chap Clark
• We have different measures of effectiveness than God does. -Chap Clark
• A stable family is the safety net for an adolescent. -Chap Clark
• We have made Jesus into our image and then we worship that image. -Chap Clark