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United Methodism

Glen Lake Camp

by David Alexander on April 30, 2009

This morning I will be heading to Glen Rose, Texas to participate in the Glen Lake Golf Classic, a tournament held each year to raise money to support the camping ministry of our Annual conference. If you are not familiar with Glen Lake, it is our conference camping and retreat center where our church summer [...]

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Looking back at yourself

by David Alexander on April 22, 2009

Yesterday I completed my fourth interview with the Central Texas Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. These interviews take place on an annual basis and are required for all candidates for ministry who are in the Residency program in preparation for ordination in the United Methodist Church. With that interview behind me,  I have just completed [...]

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Christmas Eve Offering

by David Alexander on January 10, 2009

On Christmas Eve, Mike shared with our church a special giving opportunity for cholera medication sufficient to treat 80,000 people in Zimbabwe. The amount we needed to purchase the medication was $8500 and our church responded with $8500.55.
Yesterday I received a link to a news story from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, otherwise known [...]

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A Letter from Adam

by David Alexander on January 3, 2009

I received this email tonight from Rev. Adam Hamilton regarding my next gathering with the Young Pastors Network in Jacksonville near the end of this month. I’m very excited about this next gathering as I get to bring my wife along. Here’s what Adam had to share about what’s being planned for the agenda.
I’d be [...]

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January Retreat

by David Alexander on December 4, 2008

I received an email a few days ago from the Catalyst ministry at Church of the Resurrection with details about our next gathering of the Young Pastors Network coming up in January of ‘09. At the conclusion of our last gathering that location was still unknown as they were in the process of waiting on [...]

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Strategic Planning

by David Alexander on November 6, 2008

Our final session at the Young Pastors Network gathering was led by Rev. Adam Hamilton and was titled, “Strategic Planning.” These are the notes I took from this final session.
Mike Slaughter, Brian McLaren, and Adam Hamilton each gave one of these three ideals in response to the question, what are the most important ideals needed [...]

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Strategic Leadership pt. II

by David Alexander on November 3, 2008

This post is a continuation of my notes from Adam Hamilton’s session on “Strategic Leadership” at the first gathering of the Young Pastors Network. To read the previous notes, click here.
I thought this quote from Adam was interesting in relationship to preaching. He said, “I don’t always preach something that I’m practicing, but I never [...]

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Strategic Leadership pt.I

by David Alexander on October 31, 2008

Our third session of YPN was led by Adam Hamilton and titled, “Strategic Leadership.” Last week was the first time that I had ever met or heard Mike Slaughter speak although I had heard of him and Ginghamsburg for years. I was much more familiar with Adam because of my attendance at his church’s Leadership [...]

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