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Maximum Impact Photos with Liz Murry to Kevin Carroll

Scott Fillmer — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:14:56 +0000

It has been a while since my last post but I still wanted to post a few of my favorites from Maximum Impact. It was a great event and I am glad I was able to be in Atlanta for the live simulcast location. One of my favorite photo shoots of the afternoon ended up being several different shots I got of Kevin Carroll. He was great to put up with two different photographers hounding him and it made for some great images. Some others posted below are Liz Murry from Homeless to Harvard and Mark Sanborn with his new book the Fred Factor.

If you get a chance to see any of these folks in person it is well worth your time, they were great inspirational speakers and have amazing stories to tell.

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Confessions of a Pastor by Craig Groeschel :: Catalyst Photos

Scott Fillmer — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:06:44 +0000

I wanted to post an update of the books that have made it to my read (or reading) list. I was planning on reviewing each one but just ran out of time. Over several months prior to my official start of Seminary (a topic I haven’t posted about yet, but will at some point) I tried to get back into the habit of reading, a lot. In my first two seminary classes I had a combined 8 books for eight weeks of class, so getting into the habit of reading, all the time, has been very helpful.

One of the books I am almost finished with is Craig Groeschel’s book called Confessions of a Pastor. Published back in 2006, Confessions has a great combination of self deprecating humor of his own sin with real teaching and application of God’s principles for life in general. What got me interested in reading Craig’s book wasn’t really the topic but meeting Craig and listening to him speak in Atlanta and most recently at Catalyst West Coast in Orange County California.

Here are some images of Craig speaking at Catalyst West Coast I took a week or two ago.

I haven’t made it to the end of Craig’s book yet but one of the last sections in the book, “I’m Afraid of Failure” had one of the best examples of how we condition ourselves for failure before we even begin (read the section called Failure by Numbers).

To avoid potential failure and pain, people abort their dreams. They stop trying.

Confessions of a Pastor is a great church leadership type book, glad it made it on to my “read” list.

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The Longest Day as Catalyst West Coast Begins

Scott Fillmer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:51:51 +0000

I can’t quite remember a day that lasted this long since my last trip to Las Vegas when we arrived at 2am after leaving Atlanta early in the morning. Today at least I did arrive in the 3pm area but not it is 12:30am at home and I am just trying to process everything that went on today.

I did take a tour of Mariner’s Church for tomorrow’s main event. It was very great to get an early walk around and I did get to see some familiar faces from Atlanta over here in Orange County. After the labs ended today the kick-off event started with Carlos as the MC.

Below are just a few photos form the evening. The last shot is the chapel here at Mariner’s Church. At night it was transformed into this incredible flood of colors and I may do a post with just shots of this chapel, it is very beautiful.

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Catalyst West Coast with Hillsong United Band

Scott Fillmer — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:16:38 +0000

Many of you may know about the great conferences put on by the Catalyst folks, well this Wednesday is the big one, Catalyst West Coast. Having been to the full multi-day conference in October (photos), I know this one is going to be a great time of learning and fellowship. I feel privileged to have been asked by Catalyst to be one of the photographers for the west coast event (along with Daley Hake on his home turf), so this week I will make my way out to Los Angeles and to Mariner’s Church for the shoot.

Look for some photos here starting around Wednesday or Thursday if I can find a wifi connection (and some time).

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Top 10 Points Taken at NewSpring’s Unleash Conference

Scott Fillmer — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:17:59 +0000

At the end of last week I went to the Unleash Conference with most of the staff in our church. It was one of those days filled with so much information that you just want to run back toy our church and implement all at once when you can’t even remember half of what was said. To try to make some sense of the information at Unleash I compiled the live twitter notes I took that day.Â Everyone likes a quick little top ten list so I will do that below, but if you are interested in the full unedited version, below are the 127 points I made on Twitter during the Unleash Conference.

If I was using scribble, the 127 points is what my original post would have looked like, but that is a little much to take in from one post. One of the main points Perry Noble made in the first session was to not follow people who are harmful to your walk, and he gave bloggers as his first point as an example. I of course keyed in on this since I didn’t think of myself as a harmful blogger, and with just a little digging I was astonished to see how much of what Perry Noble preaches has been taken out of context, misquoted, and all around misused when the whole point is to leave disunity out of the church.

Top 10 Points Taken from Unleash

#13 we don’t want to become a monument or museum, we want to continue to be a movement for Christ
#16 are you kissing toilets all week long to them show up on Sunday to hear a Jesus service
#26 sheep don’t lead the Sheppard, pray for your pastor and church leaders :: let them know, you are with them
#28 Satan doesn’t want to split your church, he wants to split your staff
#59 the only churches that numbers aren’t important to are the ones that aren’t willing to change
#60 God didn’t call your church to condemn the city it called it to reach the city, it isn’t always about us, the church
#70 You are only as deep as the last person you served
#74 is there anything you are manufacturing at your church just so as not to hurt the feelings of the people running said event
#78 churches need to get out of the business of competing with each other and get into the business of completing each other
#85 if you are telling people who can and can’t come to your church you are telling God he can’t come

All 127 Notes Taken at Unleash on Twitter

@jpvandyke crowd at #unleash was incredible, every seat was filled and most was standing room only
@givelovecoffee exactly, I’m right there with ya, out of “church” and into “ministry” #unleash
RT @ipiphanist: tired, sore throat, still lots to do before i’m ready for sunday=post #unleash hangover :: I’ll agree with that
givelovecoffee @ I’m doing this TODAY get OUT of church work to get back into ministry #unleash going deep not wide trusting the Lord for $$$
Back in Auburn and for some reason it feels like I have been gone a week #unleash
@ipiphanist it was great, super glad we were able to connect at #unleash , a lot to digest down the road
the ride home #unleash feels a lot longer than ride to SC, although @jackfisher is flying at low altitude
ipiphanist @ great meeting you today! hope #unleash encouraged and inspired you
http://twitpic.com/21fmc – what I took away the #unleash today
that last set here at NewSpring had the balcony bouncing, literally, it was flexing under foot #unleash
RT @MrJaceBreeback: “Only when you have the ball can you advance it downfield” #unleash @perrynoble GOD i Want the BALL!!
MrJaceBreeback RT @: @perrynoble talking about @cnn and @foxnews regarding declining number of Christians in America #unleash
we don’t want to become a monument or museum, we want to continue to be a movement for Christ #unleash
when was the last time as a leader you were desperate for the presence of God #unleash
do you want attendance or repentance #unleash
are you kissing toilets all week long to them show up on Sunday to hear a Jesus service #unleash
am I placing limits on myself that God hasnâ€™t placed on me, according to 2 Cor #unleash
New blog post: Final Session at NewSpring #unleash // Photos http://tinyurl.com/bpbabe
do we understand that ministry is received and not achieved, we depend to much on ourselves and not God #unleash
Pastors, you might have to get OUT of church work to get back into ministry #unleash
@jamiepruitt agreed, and noted #unleash
jamiepruitt @ well. We could. But I don’t want to remember that story #unleash
@perrynoble is now telling stories that can’t be repeated on twitter #unleash
Kittysafe @ I think after what I’ve been through in this life time maybe God can start doing some pleasing around here. #2 #unleash
question #2, are we asking God… am I pleasing you #unleash
sheep don’t lead the Sheppard, pray for your pastor and church leaders :: let them know, you are with them #unleash
joshagerton RT @: Satan doesn’t want to split your church, he wants to split your staff #unleash Wow…how true.
Satan doesn’t want to split your church, he wants to split your staff #unleash
pastors, you can’t expect people to buy into you until you buy into them (on pastor church hopping) #unleash
how to stay in the game :: leaders, who is with me in the church? #unleash
man does the music at NewSpring and #unleash rock
contwext Trendy users tweeting about #unleash – @michaelharrison, @mrjacebreeback, @countrycuban, @jamiepruitt, @jayuff, @, @shrop
final session about to get started over here at #unleash
Am loving all the cool T-shirts everyone has on “Got Jesus, It’s Hell Without Him” is my fav so far #unleash
RT @michaelharrison: Don’t seek a process but a person. Listen to God and do what He says —@shaneduffey #unleash
they just said at Multi-site Tech session that @perrynoble is expressional when he speaks… ya think! #unleash
talking budgets for AVL for multi-site campus locations to run live feeds to other campus locations… wow… can you say tithe? #unleash
Opening a Multi-site campus location doesn’t actually sounds as impossible as you might think, but does takes leadership #unleash
@rustyhutson oh my goodness… I think I am glad I am at Tech session and not kids #unleash
New blog post: Breakout Sessions and Lunch #unleash // Photos http://tinyurl.com/dhhl95
nickcarnes RT @contwext: Trendy users tweeting about #unleash – @, @aproudarmymom, @michaelharrison, @nickcarnes, @moviepastor
@sgoodger thanks for the RT’s #unleash
@givelovecoffee thx, you bet… last full main session starts in about 3:30pm ET #unleash
http://twitpic.com/215gb – It’s Chick-fil-A for lunch at #unleash wow do they get the biz
@deborahfillmer you would have loved the Chick-fil-a, dry w/ pickles in sealed Dixie cups #unleash
sgoodger RT @: the only churches that numbers aren’t important to are the ones that aren’t willing to change #unleash
sgoodger RT @: the Baptist church will criticize beer but they won’t say a word about a buffet @perrynoble #unleash
givelovecoffee @ thanks for the key thoughts #unleash had to step away computer
sgoodger RT @: don’t ever let money drive the voice of change in your church, let God will be the voice of change #unleash
dawnnicole @ [I meant the packed Comms session you're in] #2 #unleash
@bradhuss I think I said that about snail mail this week #unleash
@dawnnicole thx, session #2 starts around 1:45 ET, will be back up soon #unleash
dawnnicole @ Look forward to reading your posts! Will they broadcast this after the event? #unleash
snail mail is the most ineffective and costly means on communication in the church, provides least return of any form of comm #unleash
comm and web tech session is crazy full guessing hundreds more than expected #unleash
Apparently everyone had the same idea, Comm and Web Tech is full full #unleash
session 1 is over at #unleash, twitter can take a break now, on to the breakout sessions :: Communication and Technology for me
lloydowens RT @: the only churches that numbers aren’t important to are the ones that aren’t willing to change #unleash
the only churches that numbers aren’t important to are the ones that aren’t willing to change #unleash
God didn’t call your church to condemn the city it called it to reach the city, it isn’t always about us, the church #unleash
lloydowens @ I have thought it several times, but I couldnt hold that one back #unleash
bradhuss @ – watching and listening! – thanks … #unleash
RT @lloydowens: WOW!!!!!!! Did Perry just say that? #unleash :: I have said that a few times already
vinceparker RT @: types of churches :: missional = most overplayed term in the church, like saying a fish likes water #unleash
types of churches :: missional = most overplayed term in the church, like saying a fish likes water #unleash
types of churches :: blended = no one at our church posses a set and knows where we stand and we reach no one #unleash
bradhuss @ #unleash – surprising – I do not think we are … is it not shameful?
#4. Are we serious about reaching the world? @perrynoble #unleash
mitchm RT @: Your only as deep as the last person you served #unleash
You are only as deep as the last person you served #unleash
God called His church to fly above the fray and not criticize each other #unleash
@perrynoble just said #3 :: ignore the jackass, translated in the bible = blogger (guess that’s me) #unleash
mitchm RT @: now @perrynoble is talking about manufacturing energy at church… target —>> Sunday School :: EXACTLY #unleash
is there anything you are manufacturing at your church just so as not to hurt the feelings of the people running said event #unleash
now @perrynoble is talking about manufacturing energy at church… target —>> Sunday School :: EXACTLY #unleash
the Baptist church will criticize beer but they won’t say a word about a buffet @perrynoble #unleash
RT @tonymorganlive: 3,000 people in Anderson. over 800 people online for #unleash: http://www.newspring.cc/unleash/2009/
churches need to get out of the business of competing with each other and get into the business of completing each other #unleash
we need to spend money on our youth, the rest of the world is and gets their attention #unleash
jasoncurlee RT @: Pastors need 2 get out of day 2 day operations of areas they don’t need 2 b involved with #unleash
Pastors need to get out of the day to day operations of areas they don’t need to be involved with, they need to get out of the way #unleash
don’t ever let money drive the voice of change in your church, let God will be the voice of change #unleash
we need to spend more time looking at people’s hearts and not the hat on their head #unleash
mitchm RT @: if you are telling people who can and can’t come to your church you are telling God he can’t come #unleash
if you are telling people who can and can’t come to your church you are telling God he can’t come #unleash
NewSpring Church is the church where sinners go… and they are all on staff @perrynoble #unleash
U.S. Protestants more loyal to toothpaste brand than church? http://twurl.nl/q1hkq8 #unleash
the church has a choice :::: change or die #unleash
we are not willing to embrace change in the church, when we do this, the church dies @perrynoble #unleash
New blog post: Opening Music Set at #unleash // Photos http://tinyurl.com/aga6nh
#unleash Are we willing to embrace change 2 Kings 6 @perrynoble
contwext Trendy users tweeting about #unleash – @, @aproudarmymom, @michaelharrison, @nickcarnes, @moviepastor, @billy_johnson
RT @tonymorganlive: @perrynoble is speaking at #unleash. i’m live blogging here: http://tonymorganlive.com
#unleash is getting started now, session 1 under way
http://twitpic.com/2103p - The #unleash conference has officially started, nice
I’m in the car with @jaskfisher and @rustyhutson hoping they don’t kill me on the way to #unleash
someone save me a seat over there at #unleash we are on our way Clemson
pumped to see this many people on Twitter and going to be at #unleash , hope you guys have some serious bandwidth on your wifi
these jogger types (which seems to be a requirement for church staff) sure do get up early #unleash
Trying to finish up a few more chapters of Killing Cockroaches, @jackfisher is long since out, #unleash comes early tomorrow
http://twitpic.com/20p0q – The entire crew @cornerstonebuzz at Fatz Cafe ahead of #unleash
@ipiphanist well, I know at least two here that are planning on showing up regardless #unleash
http://twitpic.com/20ouk – The entire crew @cornerstonebuzz at Fatz Cafe ahead of #unleash
back at the hotel in Clemson, we are just a few yards a very busy train track #unleash
@KatyFisher all made it to Clemson, I am starving, waiting for a ride one of the many vehicles here to take me to some food #unleash
New blog post: What I Want to Learn at Unleash ’09 // #Unleash http://tinyurl.com/bwzynt
@jackchaos nice to see someone down in our neck of the wood coming over for #unleash
thrilled to be finally in the hotel room in Clemson #unleash
starting to see signs for Greenville, that’s good thing #unleash
@flaviupop yeah #unleash was scheduled before the last one, have all my camera equip but i’m not shooting in an “official” capacity
leecadden @ well have fun #unleash
@rustyhutson that’s what I’m talkin about, winner winner chicken dinner #unleash
@leecadden I’m told the drive is all about the journey, not actually getting anywhere #unleash
we are finally about to be almost ready to head to #unleash
@pwilson don’t let @flowerdust give you any grief, heard she was trying to push a book, haha #unleash
@Philpepe I ran out of characters and couldn’t remember the spelling, @aecoxwell and @farrowj are both going #unleash
those of us going to #unleash @cornerstonebuzz on twitter : @bslash @jackfisher @joshagerton @rustyhutson @bjgilbert1 and @
@pwilson didn’t know you were coming to SC too, great, looking forward to seeing you guys again #unleash
checking out the final breakout session list at #unleash, looks like Communications & Web Strategy and Multi-Site Facilities & Technology
am thinking my ride to #unleash should be providing me free wifi along the way so I can work in the car?
all packed up and ready to get over to #unleash today, will actually be sitting and soaking instead of “officially” shooting
is loving another foggy morning, getting ready for a drive to Clemson (Anderson, SC was full apparently) for #unleash today
checking out all the great breakout session options for #unleash tomorrow, can’t wait
RT @tonymorganlive: #unleash LIVE site is live: http://www.newspring.cc/unleash/2009/
was just told that I should NOT (with laughter) go to the Children’s ministry breakout session at #unleash guess I will stick with IT
@zacjs8 thanks for the follow, looking forward to seeing you guys in person in a few days for #unleash
@tonymorganlive looking forward to making the way over to Clemson in a few days #unleash

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Final Session Photos at NewSpring Unleash Conference

Scott Fillmer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:30:20 +0000

The final session of the Unleash Conference started with an unbelievable worship time and moved into Perry Noble talking about leadership in the church. He brought up some serious issues in the church and asked some tough questions. Who is with me? How often are we asking the question, am I pleasing God? How much time are we spending in prayer? Are we only inviting the people we want in church, or are we remembering that God wants everyone in church? He left us a lot to wrestle with and it will take some time to process everything. I am glad there are churches like NewSpring over here in Anderson and around the world.

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Breakout Sessions and Lunch at NewSpring Unleash

Scott Fillmer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:44:47 +0000

We are now halfway through the day here at the Unleash Conference and I have moved into the next breakout session called Multi-site Campus and Technology. It has been a packed morning so far and I will update any photo only posts here with some commentary at a later date, but it has been a great experience so far. What is pretty incredible is the volunteer staff here at NewSpring. I am totally impressed with the force the volunteers have taken over here at NewSpring. They have been nothing but helpful, nice, and servants of everyone visiting from outside the Anderson campus area.

The efficiency that they have shown so far has been just amazing. Lunch was probably the largest display of Chick-fil-a I had seen since the Chick-fil-a Bowl during the SEC football season, and the volunteers served an amazing number of people at one time. Thanks to everyone at NewSpring for your hospitality.

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Opening Music Set at Unleash Conference at NewSpring

Scott Fillmer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:40:54 +0000

All I had time to do here was upload the first opening set of the Unleash Conference. Can’t wait to see what the rest of the weekend has in store, I am ready to take notes.

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What I Hope to Learn at the NewSpring Unleash Conference

Scott Fillmer — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:01:56 +0000

Today was one of those crazy days that started off a little foggy, then things just never rolled into a routine. I spent a good 4-5 hours on I-85 in the back seat of an extend-a-cab truck with four guys on our way to the Unleash Conference put on by NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC. My one instruction from Deb for this conference was to pick up a Clemson tiger for the dog but I am not so sure where in the world I would be able to find one of those guys. Anyone that happens to be in Clemson and is going to Unleash, and happens to have a spare (small) Clemson Tiger, that would be much appreciated.

Most of the staff here at Cornerstone Church made the trip out (in a few different vehicles) and as I write this in the back seat of the truck, one carload is in Atlanta, one is in Greenville, one is behind us by about 10 miles and we are about 2 hours before all of us meet back up at a restaurant for dinner. It is a pretty rare thing for all of the staff to be together in one place at one time, and I am looking forward to catching back up with each of them tonight.

On a side note, if you would like to follow us on Twitter you can do so with the following ID’s for Unleash

Rusty Hutson – @rustyhutson
Josh Agerton – @joshagerton
Jack Fisher – @jackfisher
Brian Johnson – @bslash
Amy Coxwell – @aecoxwell
Julia Farrow – @farrowj
Scott Fillmer – @scottfillmer

One thing that is really nice about traveling, when you don’t have to drive yourself, is the time you have you wouldn’t otherwise have to do those things you don’t normally get to do, like read in the middle of the afternoon or just sit and listen to some music. I use to travel all the time and miss it quite a bit for the free time it provides by nature of traveling. Most that travel a lot get quite bored with it, but in the 10 years or so I did nothing but travel, I always loved it.

Going to Catalyst just a few weeks ago to shoot for the event got me really excited about going to Unleash because I wasn’t going to have to drive. I could actually do something else, like write a blog post and try to finish up Killing Cockroaches (which I did not do). It got me thinking about how much I could get done if I was on vacation, but that sounds like an oxymoron (and I haven’t actually been on an official vacation that I can remember).

One of the guys going with us posed a great question when we piled into the vehicle. What’s the purpose and what are we supposed to learn from by going to Unleash? I starting thinking about what I really wanted to get out of Unleash and realized I hadn’t even given it any thought at all before we got in the car to drive to South Carolina.

What I Want to Learn at Unleash

Communications and Technology – I would like to get a better understanding of how a larger church effectively uses technology to communicate to their church and those not yet at their church

Networking – since I have been working in ministry less than a year I feel like those who have spent their whole life in ministry (which seems to be a lot) already know each other, I don”t, but like every industry, it is a slow process. I hope to meet up with a few people I already met at Catalyst and make some new friends I can connect with once I get back to Auburn.

Leadership – these conferences are always about leadership in the church, but I am looking for some differences between what I have already heard before and what kind of leadership we are looking for in the church that hasn’t made it out of school yet. I am looking for information about where the church body is headed as far as raising up and developing new leadership for the church that will take it into the next generation. I am already too old to make an impact as a young leader, but eventually I could make an impact on a young leader.

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Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel Photos at Catalyst

Scott Fillmer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:57:47 +0000

I am still working through the last part of my edit for Catalyst One Day. Two of the key speakers at the One Day event were Andy Stanley (North Point Community Church) and Craig Groeschel (LifeChurch.tv) who talked about creating and sustaining momentum. They had several individual sessions and then one larger session with both Andy and Craig with a great Q&A session which brought out hard questions from attendees. I only wish I could have mentally recorded everything they said.

What I did record of course were the images of the day. Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel are always animated, making for great photographic subjects. Hope you enjoy a few from the day below. The first photo is back stage with some of the Catalyst staff prepping for the day (that is Brad Lomenick in the middle sporting my very own hair cut).

I still have a few more, one from a session with Lanny Donoho which had everyone on the floor laughing, and then he drops a hand full of Mentos in a 2-liter of Dr Pepper, so stay tuned.