- 11:13 PM henryjz - Worship happening right now
- 11:14 PM henryjz - Charles Lee is doing the intro… great header video.. hopefully they post it on the site (hint, hint)
- 11:15 PM henryjz - Charles: “The next person you meet might be the next friend for life.”
- 11:17 PM henryjz - Thanks to NewSong church for hosting The Idea Camp
- 11:18 PM henryjz - Charles: “We have set aside intentional time for you to network and meet with other people… We want you to CONNECT with other people.”
- 11:19 PM henryjz - Questions can be texted during the general sessions by texting CAMP + your question to 47201… that even applies to those following online… um, so cool!
- 11:20 PM henryjz - Haven’t printed out any schedules… you can see them posted around or go to mobile site m.theideacamp.com
- 11:21 PM henryjz - General sessions being video streamed to theideacamplive.com
- 11:22 PM henryjz - Watching a video about project of putting up park benches and trash cans at bus stops without them
- 11:24 PM henryjz - giftcardgiver.com presneted the video
- 11:26 PM henryjz - Jeff Shinabarger (giftcardgiver.com): was challenged by mentor to do something in his neighbourhood, which led to the park bench project
- 11:27 PM henryjz - Jeff: started a new project with his wife called giftcardgiver.com
- 11:27 PM henryjz - Jeff: collected unused giftcards… more than 10% ($6-$10 billion unused)… they combine them and give them to those who need it
- 11:28 PM henryjz - Jeff: story of family in Atlanta that had everything stolen 2 days before Christmas and were able to replace Xmas gifts and food with giftcards
- 11:29 PM henryjz - Jeff: also supply school supplies to inner city kids and more
- 11:29 PM henryjz - charles: How do you process ideas and bring them to execution?
- 11:30 PM henryjz - Jeff: every project he launches if first a social experiment… try it once… and then do some “community analysis” to see how it worked with the community
- 11:30 PM henryjz - Jeff: giftcardgiver.com took two years to become sustainable
- 11:30 PM henryjz - Jeff: easier to launch an experiment rather than a full-blown campaign
- 11:31 PM henryjz - BTW, you can also check out the twitter feed by searching for #theideacamp (for those of you who know what that means)
- 11:32 PM henryjz - Question: did you get pushback from the city?
- 11:32 PM henryjz - Jeff: communicated with a bunch of city agencies with no response so they just did it, and city likes it :)
- 11:33 PM henryjz - Jeff: property they did the bench project on was owned by a church so they had permission to do it
- 11:33 PM henryjz - Charles: How can ppl get connected with you (Jeff)?
- 11:34 PM henryjz - Jeff: tell your friends about giftcardgiver.com… you can host a gift card giver party at your house… collect cards as ppl come in… send cards in
- 11:34 PM henryjz - Jeff: read my blog for more ideas
- 11:34 PM henryjz - Mike Foster coming up
- 11:35 PM henryjz - Mike: introducing Mel McGowen, president of Visioneering
- 11:35 PM henryjz - Mel is the anti-church anti-architect :)
- 11:37 PM henryjz - Mike: how has using creativity helped your clients and help you grow?
- 11:38 PM henryjz - Mel: There is an old mindset to make things as cheap as possible
- 11:38 PM henryjz - Mel: Not just form following function but telling story through an environment that builds connection
- 11:40 PM henryjz - Mel: virtual community is good but through history, God has used “physical place” to connect
- 11:40 PM henryjz - Mel: virtual doesn’t replace the physical
- 11:40 PM henryjz - Question: what are ways that architecture can reflect christ and help the church
- 11:42 PM henryjz - Mel: Buildings aren’t just toasters for worship… buildings should be reflections of cultural context and not look like a “big toe”… be cultural anthropologist
- 11:44 PM henryjz - Mel: building can be a cultural barrier like the Acropolis… or can be like the Agora (the town square) and be a place where you can do daily life… blurring the sacred and the secular in architecture
- 11:44 PM henryjz - Mel: used the example of Jesus meeting the woman at the well
- 11:46 PM henryjz - Mel: can even make church as a town centre… like the idea of the cathedral in the past
- 11:46 PM henryjz - Mel has a book “Design Like God Gives a Damn”
- 11:47 PM henryjz - Mel: book title helps filter out ppl who don’t fit into his ethos :)
- 11:49 PM henryjz - Mel: old cities always had the church at the centre of town; so trying to “steal” that spot through creative real estate
- 11:50 PM henryjz - We’re taking a pause to pair up with another person for 5 minutes to tell them what sticks out
- 11:59 PM henryjz - Matthew Barnett is pastor at the Dream Center in L.A. son of Tommy Barnett
- 11:59 PM henryjz - Lots of good conversation… met a guy named Daniel who pastors in Pasadena
- 11:59 PM henryjz - Charles inroduced Matthew Barnett
- 12:00 AM henryjz - Matthew: I measured success by the numbers and was ready to retire after a year at 21
- 12:01 AM henryjz - Matthew: If you stay in the battle long enough, you find that the you aren’t holding the dream but the dream is holding you
- 12:02 AM henryjz - Charles: how did you deal with the pressure of being Tommy Barnett’s son… being in the spotlight?
- 12:03 AM henryjz - Matthew: Once you are secure in a call, then there isn’t anything that can stop you
- 12:03 AM henryjz - Matthew: I used to be scared of L.A. but now I love it. If you love something long enough, the fear goes away
- 12:04 AM henryjz - How do you want to finish in L.A.?
- 12:05 AM henryjz - Matthew: I want to change the definition of revival. That we’ve made such tangible positive change as revival… the church being the greatest change in cities
- 12:08 AM henryjz - Matthew: telling the story of Dream Center… wow!
- 12:08 AM henryjz - Matthew: “Provision follows the vision”
- 12:09 AM henryjz - Matthew: There is an economy out there that’s God’s economy and he provides for us to reach out
- 12:11 AM henryjz - Matthew: We give away all our ideas… We don’t copyright anything.
- 12:12 AM henryjz - Matthew: To develop a relationship with another church, you need to sow into their lives… help them with their vision, too
- 12:13 AM henryjz - Matthew: Don’t just wait for them to come to you
- 12:13 AM henryjz - What are your thoughts on technology? Has it helped? You have Twitter now
- 12:14 AM henryjz - Matthew: It can create moments ppl need to have turning point moments… opens channels for information
- 12:14 AM henryjz - Matthew: Yes, I’m addicted to Twitter
- 12:14 AM henryjz - Charels: How do you ground yourself with doing so much?
- 12:15 AM henryjz - Matthew: We need to do all things well whatever it is.
- 12:16 AM henryjz - Matthew: When I am home, nothing interferes with that.
- 12:16 AM henryjz - Matthew: I get my work done at work so I can be home when I’m home… bring our passion to all things
- 12:16 AM henryjz - Matthew: I bring my kids with me to places.
- 12:17 AM henryjz - Charles is talking about the Idea Competition: summarize idea in 150 words and submit by 5 p.m.
- 12:19 AM henryjz - Going to pick 3 finalists and record video of ideas and then tomorrow will be text voting so by Saturday night will highlight the winner and allow The Idea Camp community here and online to help bring that idea to fruition
- 12:19 AM henryjz - Idea Camp Idea competition winner has to be able to be here at NewSong… sorry
- 12:20 AM henryjz - Workshops are formatted for facilitators to have 10 minutes or less to present and then conversation is supposed to happen for the rest of the time… COOL!
- 12:21 AM henryjz - TOMS shoes is here at Idea Camp… watching a video about them
- 12:23 AM henryjz - tomsshoes.com
- 12:24 AM henryjz - ending in song and heading to 1st round of workshops
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