10:17:18 AM: Heading down with some of our staff to take in a day of coaching with Bill Hybels. I’ll be live blogging everything via twitter.

10:53:47 AM: Good to see some familiar faces today. Reconnecting is really my favourite part of stuff like this.

11:08:05 AM: Interesting format from Hybels – no intro, straight to questions from the crowd. Here we go!

11:12:28 AM: Re: young adults in church – “there is no flash flashy enough to draw that generation.” -Hybels

11:26:15 AM: “Pastors put in 2x the effort on getting their people fired up about evangelism and get 1/4x the results compared to discipleship.” -Hybels

11:30:02 AM: “The worst response to ‘failure’ in evangelism is to stop sowing seeds.” -Hybels

11:46:31 AM: Lots of good stuff here with Hybels. Exciting to think about the impact of these words in churches around southern Ontario.

11:50:17 AM: “The non-stop work of the Holy Spirit is to move us towards complete Christ-centredness.” -Hybels

12:05:29 PM: Re: satellite/regional campuses – “If you replicate weakness, you’ll get weakness. Replicate strength and you may get strength.” -Hybels

12:24:11 PM: “We have to be more concerned about the potential of the church than we are about protecting our jobs.” -Hybels

12:32:41 PM: Time for lunch. Great stuff so far. Thanks for the replies and RT’s on this – more coming this afternoon.

1:38:28 PM: Mmmmm… Conference lunch. You’ve had it before – you know you have!

1:46:28 PM: First post-lunch question is all about boards and church governance. Excuse me for a moment while I… Zzzzz…

1:56:13 PM: Hybels laying out his thoughts on emerging church (whatever that is). More good stuff.

2:01:25 PM: “Let’s build churches that have as many missional maniacs as possible. How you get those maniacs is up to you.” -Hybels

2:05:09 PM: All of Willow’s classes (some of them seminary level) are available free on their website. Didn’t know that.

2:20:17 PM: “You do not want to have a fuzzy weekend brand.” -Hybels. Dang.

2:21:23 PM: Hybels spending a big chunk of time related to changes they made to Sunday and why. Right up my alley.

2:23:04 PM: “The hidden treasure in service planning is pre- and post-service content.” -Hybels

2:24:16 PM: Hybels is going off on creative team desires to plan WAAAAY in advance. @earlmarshall is nudging me to pay very close attention :)

2:29:24 PM: “Too many communicators&worship leaders will change your brand. Sunday AM needs a voice.” -Hybels (he’s not saying there should only be 1)

2:30:13 PM: “Sunday morning singers have to be evocative, sincere and able to emotionally move a room.” -Hybels

2:36:16 PM: “I’m not Willow-bashing. I actually like the place!” -Hybels. Hilarious.

2:39:46 PM: Thanks for all the replies and questions about Hybels’ thoughts on programming. I will blog this week. Great stuff.

2:53:05 PM: Hybels talking about his own personal and spiritual replenishment. Obvious that lots of guys in the room need to hear this.

2:59:47 PM: “Don’t play the blame game. You’ll only be postponing the dance with emptiness.” -Hybels

3:36:44 PM: Great day with Bill Hybels & a bunch of leaders. Lots of great stuff. Looking forward to processing my thoughts soon. Thanks for following.