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Catalyst 08 Roadtrip #8

Posted: October 11, 2008 in catalyst 08, conference, FCC Owasso, Leadership, road trip, staff
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I am officially home from my Catalyst 08 road trip. I found this awesome shirt at the event

It was a perfect addition to an amazing event! From the worship time to the immense amount of information provided by some of the great church minds of our time, Catalyst 08 will be a week that I will look back on as a “catalyst” for growth in my own personal leadership.

I’m already making plans to attend next year. Thanks for everyone who prayed for us while we were gone. Here are a few more pics… Enjoy!


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Catalyst 08 Road Trip #7

Posted: October 10, 2008 in catalyst 08, conference, FCC Owasso, Leadership, road trip, staff
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Great morning so far. There were tons of unexpected moments. Lonnie brought a live elephant and a donkey in to the arena, Jeff Foxworthy showed up to introduce an African Children’s choir and these chicks actually made clogging (yeah you read that right- clogging) cool again!

Tim Sanders a former executive from “Yahoo!” kicked off the morning and spoke about the importance of businesses doing the right thing to help its consumers. He put an emphaisis on giving and the importance of giving to those in need and not taking advantage of them.

Dave Ramsey was up next. I was expecting a financial discussion however he spent the majority of his time speaking about leadership and unity. He gave us “5 enemies of unity”
1. Poor communication
2. Gossip
3. Unresolved disagreements
4. Lack of shared purpose
5. Sanctioned incompetence
Very solid stuff. He took some time at the end to remind us that God’s financial ways are perfect. He is in control and this econmic crisis is only temporary and should not be approached with a spirit of fear.

Franklin Graham accepted the Catalyst Lifetime Acheivment Award on behalf of his father. Billy Graham was scheduled to be here but could not make it due to health issues. It was a pretty incredible moment.

Top that off with worship led by Aaron Keys and this morning has been amazing. Aaron has so much depth as a worship leader. I can only hope to have that kind of depth one day.

We’re in the home stretch…

Catalyst 08 Road Trip #5

Posted: October 9, 2008 in catalyst 08, church, conference, FCC Owasso, Leadership, ministry, road trip, staff
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Catalyst 08 has been awesome so far. We had a rough start this morning. Matt T. was in charge of making sure we were all up on time. Unfortunately there was some confusion about which time zone we were in and needless to say PC and Mike were knocking on our door before we were even out of bed.

Everything you have heard about he traffic in ATL is absolutely true; “GRIDLOCK”. It was a challenge getting to the convention center. We were about 3/4 of the way there when we realized AA left my ticket at the hotel on the desk in our room. Not a good morning for the young guys… Im sure PC was wondering what kind of responsible staff members he was working with.

Once we arrived at the convention the morning got way better. So far we have listened to Andy Stanley speak about earning the moral authority of those we lead. GREAT STUFF! We also listened to Jim Collins author of the book Good to Great. He had some excellent perspective on leadership. The highlight of my morning though was actually participating in a worship service that I was not leading. This is a rare treat for me, especially since it was lead by Steve Fee.

I have tons more to share but not a lot of time. Here are some pics from this morning.

Catalyst 08 Road Trip #4

Posted: October 8, 2008 in catalyst 08, church, conference, FCC Owasso, Leadership, ministry, road trip, staff
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We have arrived! Made it in to ATL about 2:30. We were able to pick up PC and Raburn at the airport so they didnt have to catch a train to North ATL. After checking in to our Hotel we all hung out at Jason’s Deli for about an hour. Looking forward to tomorrow! Registration for Catalyst 08 begins at 7:00 AM. Ugh… I thought this was a conference for young leaders!

Catalyst 08 Road Trip #3

Posted: October 8, 2008 in catalyst 08, church, conference, FCC Owasso, road trip, staff
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Stayed at the Comfort Inn just outside of Memphis last night.
I’m still wondering why it is called Comfort Inn…
We got a good deal though after negotiating with the night help.
After breakfast we are off to the ATL to meet up with PC and Raburn at 3:00.
Catalyst 08, here we come!!!

Catalyst 08 Road Trip #2

Posted: October 8, 2008 in catalyst 08, church, conference, Leadership, road trip, staff
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ATL here we come!
Our departure time was 2:00 PM
This was when actually got in the van

We soon realized we were out of gas so after stopping to fill up and then going back to pick up some various items left behind

This is when we actually left.

AA maned the GPS

We made it to Little Rock and stopped at The whole Hog Bar-B-Q joint for Dinner with my good friends Rob and Rachel

So far we have seen 33 McDonald’s and 15 Wal-Mart’s

Yep we are in Arkansas!

Next Stop Memphis…

Catalyst 08 Roadtrip #1

Posted: October 7, 2008 in catalyst 08, conference, FCC Owasso, Leadership, road trip, staff
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14 hours in this!?!?
We are leaving around 2:00 for the ATL.
We have until 3:00 Wednesday to arrive.
That’s more than 14 hours….
Stay tuned!

Catalyst Week

Posted: October 6, 2008 in church, conference, Leadership, road trip, staff
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I have officially dubed October 5th through October 12th:
Catalyst Week.

I (along with Matt T., AA, P.C. and Raburn) will be headed to Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon to join of 12,000 ministers and church leaders for the Catalyst ’08 Leadership Conference .
P.C. and Raburn are flying but Matt, AA and I thought it would be way more fun to do a road trip. So tomorrow afternoon we will be heading out on a 14 hour drive to the ATL to see and hear from some of the most influential church leaders of our time. And of course, I will be sharing the event with you right here. I plan to blog about the trip every day this week so check in periodically to catch up on our adventure to Catalyst. I know will be an incredible trip.

Quote Of The Day

Posted: August 7, 2008 in church, Leadership, staff, Willow Creek
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Session two was with Gary Haugen. Gary is the founder of IJM (International Justice Mission) If you want to know how to live out Biblical justice in our world you need to read this guys stuff. The best quote of the day came from Gary when he said,

“If you want your leadership to matter, you must lead in the things that matter to God”

Great stuff!

Willow Creek Leadership Summit

Posted: August 7, 2008 in church, Leadership, staff, Willow Creek
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I am attending the Willow Creek Leadership Summit with PC, Matt T. and some of the other ministers from FCC. Just completed session one with Bill Hybles… it was AMAZING. I am truly in awe of his humble spirit and his leadership perspective. I believe that God has set him apart as one of the great leaders of our time. One of my favorite blogs asked the question this week “If you could spend 24 hours with a leader, who would it be?” My answer to that question would be Bill Hybles.

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