++ Context
Origins, lab day - Wednesday
about 1200 people, mostly church planters and pastors
really out there on the edge in terms of content and audience
Catalyst - Thurs/Fri
3300 people - much more mainstream
Twitter was mentioned most every day - Catalyst used ParaTweet. The hash tag was #catwest.
Mariners Church in Irvine - unreal facilities
++ Origins
+ Session 1 - Erwin McManus
goal is to create a better world, not necc to create a church community
is what I'm doing making a difference
if we succeeded at plan A, does it change the world?
Alex and Erwin loved to play Star Trek when they were kids - but they loved to play the aliens. Star Trek is a story about humanity's struggle to come together - the space between us.
Acts 17 - interdimension of space
Paul - distressed so he goes to the synagogue - the absolute worst place to make an impact - country club of the religious
First space -
comfortable in our normative expression
people like us
are we creating a place for us and those like us or a place for others?
Mosaic has become a human space, not a Christian space
Paul - the synagogue
Second space -
where we live
where there is discussion, questions, thought processes
we are afraid of the second space
you have to live a life of credibility
Paul -
Third space -
where Paul actually converses with the city of Athens
'they took him' - you must be invited in to this based on your expertise, character, authenticity
first space of others - earn the right to get in
they follow you first because they don't know God
God knows the optimal time and context for people to be born to know His son.
We want to be popular in the first space - we may lose the confidence of the first space when we are invited into the third space
First space - Fireproof
Second space - Exorcism of Emily Rose
Third space - Scott Erickson invited to direct The Day The Earth Stood Still
First space - Blake [Tom's Shoes] goes to Mosaic
Second space - Making shoes
Third space - invited to speak at TED, ATT commercial
When you do anything great, you are an expert at everything. Invited by accomplishment.
1960's musicians that became Christians - Maranthna music - created CCM - all focused on the first space
Everything we do in the first space is visible in third space.
+ Breakout - Jamie from TWLOHA
hugely articulate
started from one person sharing her story
organically grown
+ Breakout - Rick Yamamoto [notes]
+ Breakout - Mark Batterson [swapped sessions]
40% turnover in congregation=new community every two years
+ Breakout - Alan and Deb HirschRomantic love will get you to the mission field but sacrificial love will keep you there.
Every time I open the door, I see the lostness of the world. I need that because I get lazy. [About the house they own in the red light district in Melbourne]
'Status anxiety' - Alan De Botton
Refocusing the family - there is no justification in Scripture for the nuclear family. Family is much bigger, not just bloodline. The nuclear family has become an idol for Christians.
Mission Possible episode of the Simpsons - distorted view of God
If you've been a Christian for greater than 5 years, you should read the Gospels like you are the 'religious.'
Difference in slums in the US vs. Africa - slums in Africa still have vibrant life. In the US, there is no hope.
Final session - Erwin talks again about spaces
Q&A with leaders of The Origins Project
++ Catalyst - Thursdayvideo open [still gives me goose bumps]
+ Hillsong United
[they could have led worship all day]
+ Andy Stanley - Leading in Uncertainty
The higher you move up in an org, the greater complexity and the less certainty.
when uncertainty goes away, we don't need you anymore. This is why we need leaders - see it as job security.
Leaders are not needed to manage certainty. God created the gift of leadership - it's not for everyone and it's a gift to be used.
Life is uncertain but God is not - Christian leadership. Uncertainty will not go away.
If you like the status quo - then this is irrelevant. otherwise you will always face uncertainty.
This should be okay with us as Christians.
Every story in Scripture has uncertainty - conflict, tension, God showing up in uncertain times. God gets maximum mileage in uncertain times.
As Christians we don't see time as cyclical. Isn't God up to something? There is more to the story.
Practically:
- clarity
ok to be uncertain - not ok to be unclear
pull back to what God called you to originally
hang on to it - leverage from clarity
There is no correlation between clarity and uncertainty - and this fact is not intuitive.
[reminded me very much of Buckingham's The One Thing]
- flexibility
plans change - vision remains the same
a vision is not equal to a plan
if the plan changes, sometimes people imply that there is something vitally wrong with the vision - not true
don't confuse a plan with the vision.
in times of uncertainty, plans change a lot.
We fell in love with our plans and forgot the vision.
Right now - no easier time to abandon bad plans - blame it on the economy.
When plans and a vision collide - sacrifice the plan.
Leadership is not about making decisions on your own, but owning the decision once you have decided.
+ Guy Kawasaki [if you don't know him, you should look him up]
The Art of Innovation
1. Make meaning
this is why we exist
2. Make a Mantra
most mission statements suck - too long, broad, can't remember them
mantra - define why it exists
2 or 3 words [you know what the mantra is around here, don't you?]
3. Jump to the next curve
perspective of innovation - create or jump the next
1.0 - ice worker
2.0 - factory to create ice
3.0 - refrigerator
most define what they do as what they currently do.
4. Roll the DICEE
Deep - lots of features, powerful
Intelligent - anticipation, smart
Complete -
Elegant - great design, intuitive, simple
Emotive - generate strong emotions
5. Don't Worry Be Crappy
can't wait for perfect or you will never ship
don't wait for the perfect world
can't get it perfect until you hit the consumer
6. Polarize People
can't appeal to everyone
7. Let 100 flowers blossom
people who are not your intended audience will love your product
wrong people will use your product - take the money
If people don't get it in the first 15 minutes, they don't get it ever - move on.
8. Churn Baby Churn
ignore bozos - ship - then listen to them
9. Niche Thyself
unique vs value - all you need to know about marketing
Fandango
Clear Card
Briton Emergency Watch
10. 10-20-30 Rule
[link]
11. Don't let the Bozos Grind You Down
bozosity is like the flu - inoculate just a little bit.
+ Catherine Rohr - Prison Fellowship
+ Lunch - World Vision Global Poverty experiential lunch
While the rest of the conference got free Chick Fil A, we went and had a bowl of rice. Actually, they gave us more food at the end. We got a free book, The Monkey and the Fish by Dave Gibbons [you know me and free books...] I read most of it on the flight home and it's good.
The focus was on inviting people to go on a World Vision 'vision trip' and building relationships between WV and churches. They also had some very well done handouts titled "The World in the 21st Century.' I probably grabbed 15 of them to bring home, they were that good.
+ Jud Wilhite [you will definitely hear more from this guy]
pastor of Central Christian Church - Las Vegas
fabulous speaker - about distorted view of self - wrote terms on a mirror - broke it at the end. 40 minutes with no notes.
his 1st 6 months at Central - over 1000 people left
Biggest mistake - engaging homeless to work as greeter team for Sunday mornings. They gave off the wrong impression to visitors and one of them was making money off the others.
'We should talk to ourselves more than we listen to ourselves.' Martin Lloyd Jones
Nothing left to prove, nothing left to lose.
+ Ravi Zacharias
eternity, morality, accountability, charity
[zoned out during this one. this was one of those speakers, though, where no one made a sound while they spoke.]
+ Brian Houstan
Hillsong Sydney
[also zoned out]
+ Nick Vujicic
Life without limbs
I would be dishonoring God if I didn't believe I could change the world' - Henrietta Mears
++ Catalyst Friday
+ Social Justice panel with IJM, Nightlife and Wellspring Intl.
[left me wondering what percentage of audience had never heard these stats before]
+ ErwinHis session was interspersed with two dance routines from Mosaic arts team illustrating his points. The whole thing was phenomenal. [One of the videos] He's speaking from inside a cage in the picture on the left.
The world needs each one of us to live our most heroic life.
Acts 7:17 - visions/dreams -> nurturer/educator
Ordinary Gospel is the most narcissistic narrative ever. Instead Jesus calls us to live a heroic life for others - this demands too much of us.
There has never been one ordinary child - but we live ordinary lives as adults.
Churches are not the portals to hope/imaginations/dreams/freedom.
Leader as a vision caster is almost an impossibility. Instead, maybe leaders need to be people that awaken vision in others.
+ Rick Warren interviewed by Andy Stanley
30 year anniv of Saddleback on Easter
Easter - 46 services, 50K people
Pacing schedule long haul
A church that grows too fast is not healthy - it will only be transfer growth.
Divert daily. Withdrawal weekly. Abandon annually.
Practice energy management not time management.
Never compare yourself.
Learn from everyone.
Incremental intentional growth plan - from unbeliever to missionary.
Jesus is constantly redefining what it means to follow. Keeps turning up the heat.
+ Groeschel
I was taught and I thought
1. Church should be a safe place == church should become dangerous again
correction via seeker sensitive
time to be edgy again
invite people to a safe god unintentionally
better life, marriage, finances, etc.
You are called to preach a dangerous message.
Lukewarm pastors build lukewarm churches.
2. Build my church vs. build my kingdom
build on what you are about - not what you are not about
25K churches downloading material provided from lifechurch.tv
3. success is only found in the big numbers vs. the score card is changing [reference to Reggie McNeals book - Missional Renaissance]
redefine the win
Line 3 believers
line 1 - benefit from God - sin management
line 2 - contribute comfortably
line 3 - give my life to it
+ Luis Palau, John Bishops, Kevin Palau
impacting Portland OR
seasonofservice.org
5 areas of impact
homeless
hunger
public ed
medical
dental
+ Francis Chan
Cornerstone Simi Valley
Not many notes on this one but I thought he was the most moving. You had to be there.
Do you hear your name more than Holy spirit in the conversation at church?
Diehards vs. the people who need it perfect
I'll follow even if vs. I'll follow only if.
Our churches are so stoppable.
Acts 4:13 - boldness, astonished, recognized
We have raised a generation of terrified believers.
+ Perry Noble
newspring.cc
Ez 37
There are some leaders here who this session is their last shot. Unless they hear from God, they are going home to resign. [insightful and true]
The size of the vision God will give me is related to the amount of pain I'm willing to endure.
++ My Twitter feed
[ps mpm is now on twitter.]
home from #catwest. major processing to do. happy to see the fam, except for one of the dogs. 1:22 AM Apr 26th
@bradlomenick more notes soon tonytsheng.blogspot.com 4:45 PM Apr 25th
Thanks for the great times LA see you next time 4:44 PM Apr 25th
World malaria day. Look it up. 10:12 AM Apr 25th
@BenArment @bradlomenick - thanks for all your hardwork for #catwest - fantastic experience! 1:26 AM Apr 25th
Mpm is going into the pacific 10:26 PM Apr 24th
Balboa island ferry http://mypict.me/cQl 9:41 PM Apr 24th
Aaron keyes #catwest http://mypict.me/cts 6:21 PM Apr 24th
@decart @dawnnicole @djchuang @cynthiaware anyone get the 5 areas of influence in Portland? Homels Hunger public ed free med... I missed 15:18 PM Apr 24th
Loved my catalyst cupcake yum delicious! #catwest 4:34 PM Apr 24th
Just met virtual friend @bethanyhoang face to face www.ijm.org ngo for human slavery #catwest 2:08 PM Apr 24th
OMG @erwinmcmanus and mosaic life wife awake wow #catwest 1:32 PM Apr 24th
fun seeing @catwest tweeps f2f - @benarment, @cynthiaware, @dawnnicole, @djchuang 12:24 AM Apr 24th
great day2 at #catwest. 1 insight - i'm tired of my season of rest 12:18 AM Apr 24th
Saw prescreen for To save a life youth movie hmm #catwest 11:23 PM Apr 23rd
Nick from life without limbs wow #catwest 8:09 PM Apr 23rd
Global poverty lunch while free chick fil a outside hmm poor guys I brought with me #catwest 3:39 PM Apr 23rd
Open of #catwest so moving church poised to make a difference http://mypict.me/9RU 11:47 AM Apr 23rd
amazing day at origins. will take weeks to percolate. 3 hours of discussion with @jmldad and mpm. #catwest 1:05 AM Apr 23rd
Batterson session stand room only #catwest 5:54 PM Apr 22nd
Rick y from mosaic on two models of org entrepreneurs - amazing session #catwest 5:29 PM Apr 22nd
First session was nuts @erwinmcmanus everything you would expect and of course more now in twola lab #catwest 1:59 PM Apr 22nd
My bionic travel friends mpm and @jmldad http://mypict.me/7KC 12:39 AM Apr 22nd
Hello LA when I grow up I want to be as cool as you 12:09 AM Apr 22nd
minor travel details at the last minute. plan B, it's always about plan B. 11:02 AM Apr 21st
RT @d_ehart @tonytsheng so whats catwest to you? its a local strip joint here! [haha uh no just about the opposite #catwest] 11:05 PM Apr 20th
[Update: What I'm Going to Do About Catalyst]
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