The Orange Conference ’17 Recap

Whoa! I’m still in recovery mode from Orange ’17 as it was an amazing 3 days. This year it seemed like every session I went to was flat out amazing where I learned a ton.

So, as I process still, here are some blog posts of the sessions I went to as well as some others from around Orange. Also, here are some quotes that I heard that stood out to me:

YM Sidekick Orange Blog Posts

• “Reimagining Senior Sunday” Notes
• “Parenting Teens in a [insert Social Media Platform] World” Notes 
• “Growing Young” Notes 
• “Building a Year Long Event Strategy for Students” Notes
• “10 Ways to Focus Your Student Ministry around Volunteers this Year” Notes

Other Orange Blogs:

• 20 Powerful Leadership Quotes From #OC17 Session 1 by Corey Jones
• Kill the Spider by Matt Norman
• Top 10 ways to survive reentry from #OC17 by Ben Kerns
• Overheard at #OC17 by Frank Bealer
• Vertical vs. Horizontal Morality by Steve Cullum
• OC#17 Rundown 17.1 by Cory Sullivan

Quotes:

• “Mr. Rodgers didn’t qualify who gets to be his neighbor. Jesus didn’t qualify who could be his neighbor” – Jon Acuff
• “Parenting is one of the loneliest jobs in the parent. If we are for our neighbors we never let parents parent alone.” – Carlos Whittaker
• “Sometimes it takes a party A party is any effort to celebrate to serve and enjoy each other in a way that adds value to life.” – Reggie Joiner
• “Where were you when I was 12?” – A Brothel Madam asked this to Danielle Strickland when she was telling Danielle her story.
• “The reason why we should be generous is because it helps people” – Andy Stanley
• “If our church went out of business, would the community even notice?” – Jeff Henderson
• “How do we become the best church FOR the neighborhood?” – Kara Powell
• “If you hold a grudge long enough that grudge will start holding you” – Jud Wilhite
• “Don’t be right. Be Jesus.” – Bob Goff
• “If Jesus did it…we should do it…if we don’t do it…the ones who follow us won’t do it” – Doug Fields

What about you? What stood out to you from the Orange Conference? Share them and your experiences below or on social media use my twitter handle @tapounder when you share.