innovate '08 conference (day two)

Day one, for me, was a pre-conference workshop. Day two was the beginning of the actual Innovate '08 conference at Granger. The conference's theme was Stop Talking, Start Doing. Here are a few of the notes I took on Thursday:

Session One; Stop Talking (Mark Beeson, senior pastor @ Granger):

• We are in a culture that wants something to happen.
• The best way to relate to our culture? Stories and media.
• Our culture says to us, "Boil the truth down so I can see it immediately and clearly."

Session Two; Brand Schizophrenia (Shawn Wood, experiences pastor @ Seacoast):

• Have we begun loving stuff more than we love Jesus?
• Our brand is JESUS!
• Don't become more obsessed with excellence than you are with effectiveness.
• Definition the word brand: the aftertaste left by an emotional experience.
• The DNA of Seacoast:
  Spirit Filled.
  Practical. (not a lot of talk without action)
  Non-spooky (we're not going to do weird things)
  Yet mystical (candles, experiential, etc). Our services last as long as they last.
  In multiple locations.
  On the cheap.
• We are the ones who shape what Jesus looks like to the world.

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