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Mark Batterson and Heather Zemple – Where Community Grow BestI was lucky enough to connect with Heather on a panel we shared at the pre-conference session on community and social media. She is really as bright at Mark shared in the beginning of the talk. Here are some points from their discussion: – Don’t confuse [...]

Introduction Bill Donahue shared some of the history of the Group Life Conference to start us off and it is hard to believe it has been 10 Years in the making of what it is today. He then introduced us to John Burke for our first session. Why Community is Essential – John Burke What [...]

I am off to the Group Life Conference!!! Keep an Eye on my blog as I will be posting as often as I can. The Group Life Conference had provided me with vision, passion, fresh ideas, advice, and relationships to aid me in group ministry. I am so excited to give back a little bit [...]

I just got an email today from Dave Treat over at the Willow Creek Association. They are allowing my readers to register for the Group Life Conference at a DISCOUNTED RATE!!! Regular price is $365 for WCA members and $385 for non-members. However if you call in, or register online, and use this priority code [...]

Time is flying by and I can’t believe the Group Life Conference is just a couple of months away. I am looking forward to participating in the forum on social media and group life. Below is the video promo for the conference. Click here to take a look.

Billy Graham spoke at the TED conference in 1998. The speech below is based upon three issues David wrote about in the Psalms. Graham challenged those that attended to spend more time examining themselves and exploring these issues.

The final session of the Group Life Conference was all about discovering what is in the future for group ministry. Bill Donahue spoke with three key leaders about new directions that they are taking in creating community in their own context: Denise VanEck, from Mars Hill in Michigan, shared her challenges in leading missional change [...]

The main session today was hilarious. Will Miller was the main speaker that spoke about the need for connection in American culture since it is becoming more and more relationally deprived. Here is Will’s profile from the Willow Creek site: Will Miller is a psychotherapist, ordained minister, and hospital and police chaplain. He has worked [...]

I just completed our opening session at the Group Life Conference and Scott McKnight just gave the opening teaching. He is the author of a book called The Jesus Creed and he really casted a vision for a transformation in group ministry that is needed. He started by sharing a phrase that Bill Hybels often [...]

We departed Philadelphia at 3pm and arrived in Chicago ahead of schedule. The team had a great time on the way to the LaQuinta Inn from the airport. I plugged in my Zune which was loaded with music and brought everyone back to their childhood playing a music guessing game with classic TV themes. It [...]