MinistryCOM re-cap

What a week! Spending time with the best and the brightest in Ministry Communications really pumps me up. I got to learn from communication guru's such as Kem Meyer from Granger, Dawn Nicole Baldwin from AspireOne, and Brad Abare from Church Marketing Sucks. To top it all off, I got to hang out with Tony Morgan, Jami Ruth and Lisa DeSelm from Granger.

• Flight from GR cancelled due to fog - which put a damper on the rest of my travel schedule...
• Discovered that they really will confiscate lipgloss at the security checkpoints. I am about 99% certain that the ATA lady is wearing my products as we speak!
• Christ's Church of the Valley has the most incredible bathrooms I've ever seen.
• Dawn showed some hilarious definitions of marketing verbage such as "Blahger", "DBT" (Death By Tweaking), and "Blanding" Favorite Quote, "Identify your biggest fans & give them something to talk about."
• Mark Batterson kinda reminds me of my dad 20 years ago...I think its the shape of his head or something. Favorite quote, "There are ways of doing church that no one has thought of yet."
• Kem Meyer is scary smart - Favorite Quote, "Share your knowledge to make others look good." - which Kem is really good at!
• Jami Ruth was brilliant in her Q&A session. Favorite Quote, "People are coming to Jesus because we have done everything we can to take the hurdles away."
• If you eat at the Ocean Club, you will pay $7.50 for water...just so you know
• Got to do a workshop with Bill Robinson - brilliant communications director / leader of volunteer design & marketing communication teams at Granger.
• Favorite Quote from Brad Abare, "America spends more $ on garbage bags than 90 other countries spend on EVERYTHING!"

All in all it was an incredible couple of days in Phoenix. I believe that those in attendance were helped in big ways and will be equipped to take new thoughts back to their churches. MinistryCOM was a success. To see the winners of the Communication Awards, click HERE