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For those of you who were able to register for Verge please register for your breakouts today! The deadline for Breakout registration is midnight, Sat, Jan 30! After thatyou'll be auto-assigned to the sessions in the Worship Center.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email us!
As of yesterday afternoon the Verge 2010 Conference has been SOLD OUT! For those who were not able to register for the conference be on the look out in the weeks following on our blog or the Verge website. We will be posting information as to where you will be able to view or listen to the audio of the conference.
Thank you to everyone who has registered! We are very excited you will be joining us and please continue to return to the Verge website for more information.
For three days in February leading thinkers and practitions of missional community will come to Austin, TX to share and teach from their own experiences, convictions, and lessons God has shown and taught them. Verge is a national conference involving people from many churches in Austin and beyond.
Come learn with others from across the nation as we listen to these leading thinkers and practitioners of Christ-centered missional community. Whether you are a leader of a group or serving team, or are simply interested in the redemption and renewal of your community, the Verge Conference will give you the tools to unleash a Christ-centered movement wherever you are. Speakers for the event include Francis Chan, Alan Hirsch, Dave Gibbons, and many others!
Regular conference registration is $99 (for three days of high-quality learning and powerful community with others who share your passion for impacting the world), but we're offering a discounted price to The Austin Stone of only $39!
We'd love for our missional community leaders or members, ministry leaders or volunteers, and anyone else from The Austin Stone to join us. Please don't come alone! Ask your missional community, those you are discipling, your roommate or neighbor to come along! Click here to register. Once there, select the "All-Inclusive Badge," and use the discount code "ASCC" to get the $39 rate ($59 after January 11).
You can find a few more details below or to learn more visit the Verge Conference website or [KEEP READING]
Whether you're a pastor, church-planter, or simply interested in the redemption and renewal of your community and city, the Verge Conference will give you the tools to build gospel movements wherever you are. It is unique in that it is committed to the development and multiplication of missional communities, with a theme for 2010 of The DNA of Gospel Movements.
Francis Chan, Matt Carter, Alan Hirsch, and many other speakers will be speaking on numerous cutting-edge movement strategies and practices to help pastors, planters, leaders and ordinary people build gospel movements in their own contexts.
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010 through Saturday, February 6, 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Registration: Vist the Verge website for more information or click here to register!
Below is an article written by Jonathan Dodson from Austin City Life. You can read the article below or download the original document here.
1. Eat with Non-Christians.
We all eat three meals a day. Why not make a habit of sharing one of those meals with a non-Christian or with a family of non-Christians? Go to lunch with a co-worker, not by yourself. Invite the neighbors over for family dinner. If it's too much work to cook a big dinner, just order pizza and put the focus on conversation. When you go out for a meal invite others. Or take your family to family-style restaurants where you can sit at the table with strangers and strike up conversation. Cookout and invite Christians and non-Christians. Flee the Christian subculture.
2. Walk, Don't Drive.
If you live in a walkable area, make a practice of getting out and walking around your neighborhood, apartment complex, or campus. Instead of driving to the mailbox, convenience store, or apartment office, walk to get mail, groceries, and stuff. Be deliberate in your walk. Say hello to people you don't know. Strike up conversations. Attract attention by walking the dog, taking a 6-pack (and share), bringing the kids. Make friends. Get out of your house! Take interest in your neighbors. Ask questions. Pray as you go. Save some gas, the planet, and some people.
3. Be a Regular.
Instead of hopping all over the city for gas, groceries, haircuts, eating out, and coffee, go to the same places. Get to know the staff. [KEEP READING]