18:27:18 From Alex Dye : Welcome back everybody to day 2! 18:28:57 From Paula Snyder Belousek : Howdy! 18:29:49 From Vickie Yoder : Hello Everyone! 18:30:10 From Lynn Miller : Good evening! 18:42:52 From Daniel King : any chance I could be invited again to breakout... 18:45:24 From Missional Conference : Sorry, Daniel, I can't find where you are to reassign you. 18:56:24 From Ramon Lianez : AMEN! 19:04:42 From Darrin Snyder Belousek : gentle and respectful 19:04:46 From Ramon Lianez to Missional Conference(Direct Message) : "always be ready tpo explain it" 19:04:48 From Karla Minter : your hope 19:04:54 From Wes Graber : Lord of my Life 19:04:54 From Paula Snyder Belousek : clear 19:04:56 From Lucas Johnson : explain it 19:04:56 From Jane : worship Christ 19:05:00 From Dan Hooley : clear conscience 19:05:01 From Tony Doehrmann : always be ready 19:05:01 From Doug King (TMC) : do this in a gentle and respectful way 19:05:09 From Jeff Hochstetler : others ask you about your hope 19:05:12 From Vickie Yoder : authentic 19:05:12 From Paula Snyder Belousek : people may speak against you 19:05:13 From Alan Kauffman : you belong 19:05:16 From Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach : belong to Christ 19:05:19 From Daniel King : someone (at some point) will ask you what's different 19:05:22 From Rebecca K. : "if someone asks you" be ready 19:05:24 From Merry Lynn Sigrist-Straits : Actions need to promote questions 19:05:31 From Louisa Erb : showing how you have a good life with Christ 19:09:11 From Brad Roth : habitus 19:27:43 From Joel Shenk : budgets and butts 19:28:25 From Bryan Leaman : In business it's all about kpi's (Key Performance Indicators). 19:32:12 From Hope Community : Yes, relationships, connections. Makes sense. Good Stuff. Thanks. 19:33:03 From Daniel King : someone (not sure who) said "people will first become attracted to you, then to your church, then to your Jesus" 19:33:16 From Paula Vasichko - Oak Grove Smithville : knowing that people would rather talk to people who don't have all the answers makes me feel better! 19:39:58 From Paula Snyder Belousek : I always listen to Bill 19:40:00 From Dan Hooley : Meet people where they are. Yes! I wonder about how Jesus met the Pharisees 19:41:16 From Keith Lyndaker Schlabach : Amen 19:41:26 From Jared Chase : How are we evaluating growth? 19:41:37 From Daniel King : good distinction, Louisa 19:43:15 From Rebecca K. : Have you found it helpful to explain to congregants the dynamics of our "post-Christian" culture? Yet in some rural areas I can't tell if we are still in Christendom or post.... 19:46:31 From Brad Roth : Yeah, I think that could be helpful. I've heard people talk about being in the "penumbra" of Christianity--its shadow, its residue. that seems about right to me: rural people often have a vaguely Christian view of the world but don't connect to church, know the stories, pray, or really have any clue about what it would mean to follow Jesus. 19:54:10 From Alex Dye : I wonder how much of our prayer is intercessory (prayer needs) vs. prayer for God's will to be done in our neighborhoods 19:54:17 From Corben : “Prayer is the key element to congregational renewal.” 19:54:38 From Rebecca K. : I think it is important in our church; but we tend to do it on our own vs with one another. 19:54:42 From Jared Chase : Great question Alex…. 20:05:43 From Brad Roth : @AlexDye - Are there ways that all intercessory prayer is in fact prayer for God's will to be done in our neighborhoods? 20:06:08 From Alex Dye : That's a good thought 20:06:16 From Keith Lyndaker Schlabach : How do we define prayer? 20:12:26 From Brad Roth : Charles de Foucauld 20:21:30 From Rebecca K. : Prayer is you and God talking about what you will do together. - rough quote of Ruth Haley Barton 20:24:25 From Lucas Johnson : I have enjoyed your emphasis on prayer. I feel encouraged. 20:28:43 From Kevin Himes : As an introvert, it is a joy to delve deeply into prayer, but a challenge to delve as deeply into relational evangelism. 20:29:41 From Keith Lyndaker Schlabach : I love word origins which helps me in maybe gaining a refreshed learning about familiar words in the Christian canon like prayer. I looked it up just now and the Latin root for prayer is precarius. The same root for precarious. Being on the transfigured mountain in prayer, letting go and letting God is indeed a precarious thing. Want to explore this further. 20:30:10 From Paula Snyder Belousek : Interesting, thanks Keith! 20:30:34 From Dan Hooley : On contemplative prayer in a group, we may be able to learn from the unprogrammed Quakers. 20:31:02 From Alex Dye : So, having two introverted activities (prayer and writing) prepped you for one extroverted activity (evangelism) 20:38:57 From Kevin Himes : Them are fightin' words Paula! 20:54:52 From Alysa Short, OC : Evaluation https://forms.gle/1LX6ocNB4u82BiBu6 20:55:33 From Paula Vasichko - Oak Grove Smithville : Thank you! 20:55:43 From Lucas Johnson : Thank you 20:59:37 From Daniel King : Thank you, Brad, for your challenges and your authenticity. 21:06:03 From Wes Graber : Excellent conference. Informative, interesting, and authentic. 21:06:23 From Alysa Short, OC : Thanks for coming! Glad you enjoyed it.