We at Orange had our family reunion last week—complete with the crazy aunts and uncles. 😉 There were about 8,000 of us at the gathering, and it was amazing. Here’s a peek.
http://www.TheOrangeConference.com
Next week, the company I work for, Orange, will be hosting The Orange Conference 2016 for over 7,000 of our closest friends in family ministry! If you can’t join us here in Atlanta, we’d love to have you participate from wherever you are…by way of the Live Stream!
You’ll be able to see on- and off-stage action, including select main sessions, speaker interviews, witty banter, poignant thoughts, new resources and plenty o’ giveaways—maybe even win a ticket to OC17!
Be sure to RSVP for the Live Stream for additional information and special offers. But you can watch at live.theorangeconference.com directly if you don’t want to RSVP. And I’ve heard that Wednesday night’s opening session (7:30 p.m. ET) is going to be amazing!
And just in case you won’t be glued to a monitor on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, you can also watch on the go through our iPhone App.
Hope you can tune in!
If you weren’t able to attend OC15, or even tune into the Live Stream, here’s a peek at what happened when over 6,600 people decided to gather here in Atlanta and learn how to make the most of the phases that kids go through.
I think it went pretty well . . .
It’s here! It’s here! OC15 is this week! My company, Orange, hosts the largest family ministry event, The Orange Conference, and it’s all going down this week. We’ll be joined by almost 7,000 of our closest friends!
Not going to be here with us? No problem! You can still tune in to our Live Stream. We’ll be streaming a few of the main sessions, give away LOTS of prizes, conducting speaker and author interviews, and generally having a good time. So, you should make plans to hang out with us.
A couple pointers:
Hope you can make it!
Get ready—Orange Tour hits the road this week! We’ll be gathering with approximately 10,000 church leaders across the country over the next three months to discuss family ministry and partnering with parents to influence the faith of the next generation.
SAY YES TO THE NEXT GENERATION
When you say yes to the next generation, it means you…
Say yes to tension.
Say yes to collaboration.
Say yes to debate.
It means you say yes to wrestling with questions like…
Should secular leaders influence your ministry strategy?
Is your ministry really pro-family?
Does your church make kids and teenagers feel like they have a place to belong?
Are you losing or gaining momentum in your community?
Should you teach kids the Bible or help them develop character?
Is the culture of your ministry attracting the right kind of volunteers and leaders?
How you answer these questions matters.
It matters for the momentum of your ministry.
It matters for the effectiveness of your strategy.
It mattters for the faith of the next generation.
But just because the questions matter doesn’t mean the answers are simple. In fact, many of the questions you face in ministry are tricky to navigate. Sometimes there are truths that seem to contradict each other. Sometimes two people with the same goal don’t always agree. Sometimes there’s tension.
So every week you have to decide. You can make a statement or manage an ongoing conversation. You can take a side or fight for the tension.
Join us at this year’s Orange Tour and discover the best way to answer these questions.
We’ll be in 13 cities this fall:
I’ll be at Atlanta, Seattle, Wildomar, Detroit and Indy doing social media, and would love to meet you!
For more information or to register, please visit www.OrangeTour.org.
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