This past Thursday and Friday was the 2010 Orange Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Sponsored by the ReThink Group, the conference focuses on all things children’s and family ministry. Over 4,000 people involved in children’s ministry showed up and learned from the conference. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of them. I was grateful that many of those who did attend shared what they learned through twitter and their blogs. On Saturday, I posted My Favorite Tweets from Orange 2010, in this post I shared all the blog posts related to Orange 2010 from the last week or so. I had originally intended to include these posts as part of tomorrow’s Children’s Ministry Blog Patrol for the month of April. However, given the 85 or so articles related to the Orange conference, I decided that these posts warranted their own showcase. I tried to weed out the blog posts related to contests during the conference and announcements of live feeds and get together that are already over, but some may have slipped through. If you appreciated the work these authors did to help educate those of us who could not be there, leave them a little love in the comments on their blogs!
UPDATE: JUST A FEW MERE HOURS AFTER PUBLISHING THIS “COMPREHENSIVE” COMPILATION OF ORANGE POSTS, MY GOOGLE READER RSS FEED IS ALIVE WITH NEW INSIGHTS AND POSTS AS PEOPLE DECOMPRESS AFTER ORANGE. I EVEN STUMBLE ACROSS A COUPLE OF BLOGS THAT I HAD, FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON, NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY FOLLOWING. SO, CHECK BACK NEXT MONDAY (I AM GIVING EVERYONE A WHOLE WEEK) FOR AN UPDATE TO THIS LIST WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL POSTS. HAPPY BLOGGING!
Orange – Children’s Ministry Online (Kenny Conley)
- Check out #Orange10 Backstage!
- #Orange10: Two things not to miss
- Contests this week at the #Orange10 Conference
- Pre-Orange networking
- #Orange10 Meat up to Tweet up
- Brand New Orange Leaders App
- #Orange10 Bloggers Brown Bag Lunch
- #Orange10 Day 1: Catching volunteers up to Speed
- #Orange10 Day 1: Building an apprentice mindset
- #Orange10 Conference contest #2
- #Orange10 Day 1: Opening Session
- Drinking from a fire hydrant
- After my Kidmin/Orange marathon, this is how I feel
- #Orange10 Tweet up
Orange – Elemental Children’s Ministry (Henry Zonio)
- It’s Orange 2010! I’m Here! Finally!
- Orange 2010 PreConference #2 Notes – Developing a Successful Social Media Strategy by John Saddington
- Orange 2010 PreConference #3 Notes – Storyrealing with Michael and Andrew
- Family Experience Showcase to Be Livestreamed!
- Orange 2010 PreConference #1 Notes – Blogging For Fun and Effectiveness with John Saddington and Tom Shefchunas
- Orange 2010 Opening Session – Part 1
- Orange 2010 Opening Session – Part 2
- Orange 2010 Breakout Notes – Communicating and Culture with Julie Pierce
- Orange 2010 Breakout Notes – How a Small Church Can Make a Big Difference with Shaun King
- Orange 2010 Collisions – Introduction
- Orange 2010 Opening Session – Part 3
- Orange 2010 Collisions – Theresa Haskins
- Orange 2010 Collisions – Anthony Prince
Orange – Lemon Lime Kids (Amy Dolan)
- it’s orange week at lemon lime kids!
- 3 orange hopes
- start a blog!
- lead strong!
- 5 stupid things
- #orange session 1
- perhaps a change in direction
- me & the rev!
- community is messy
- early childhood matters!
- orange & a great group of people
Orange – Chad Swanzy
- THE ORANGE CONFERENCE LINE-UP
- Jamey Dickens Breakout Session
- SAM LUCE KEEP BLOGGING…
- DON’T WANT TO WASTE MY LIFE, LECRAE
Orange – Jonathan Cliff.com
- Missing Oranges
- Orange Conference: Pre-Conference Breakout #1
- Orange Conference: Pre-Conference Breakout #3
- Orange Conference Link Love
- Orange Breakout // Parenting Beyond Your Capacity
- Orange Breakout // Influencing Transition
- Orange 2010 Finale
Orange – Orange Leaders
- Ten Orange 10 Tips…
- Announcing an Orange Leaders App…
- Lead. (Session 1)
- Strategy (Session 2)
- Message (Session 3)
- Family (Session 4)
- Community (Session 5)
- Orange Leaders exists to…
Orange – West Coast CM (Anthony Prince)
Orange – Dan Scott
- Dan Scott Blog – Orange 10 and a Bit of Spring Cleaning
- Orange | In the Waiting
- Orange | Session 1 | Mark Batterson
- Orange Conference | Session 1 | COLLIDE
- Orange | Hangin’ Out
- Orange | Session 3 | Rev Run Wisdom
Orange – Gina McClain
- Orange Conf 10 – Day 1
- Orange Conf 10 – Day 2
- Drinking From the Fire Hydrant
- Orange10 – Final Session
Orange – Sam Luce
- Orange Pre Conference: The Big Deal Guys
- Creative Orange Resources: TheCreativeBoard.com
- Orange 2010 Opening Session
Blog Series – Orange – Other
- Matt McKee – Warning: Oranges Ahead
- Jim Wideman – Orange Is Almost Here
- Sojourn Kids – Thinking Orange: A History of Family Ministry the Reformation to Reggie Joiner
- Nick Blevins – My Orange Conference Schedule & Breakouts #orange10
- Saved Sister – Orange You Ready? I am!
- SmallTownKidmin – Blue About Orange
- Rick Smith – The Making Of Orange – behind the veil
- Church Crunch – Orange Conference: Launching a Blog and Having Fun Doing It
- SmallTownKidmin – Orange Links
- Dustin Aagaard – It’s all Orange!
- Rick Smith – Can you say “DELUXE ” accommodations…..
- SmallTownKidmin – More Orange Fun
- Rick Smith – Orange 2010 does it big..!
- Jim Wideman – Orange Has Come And Gone
John,
Indeed it is. I enjoy your blogs and insights into blogging. I particularly enjoyed reading Henry Zonio's live blog of your session on Developing a Successful Blogging Strategy. I wish I could have been there in person. Hope to meet you sometime in the near future! Keep up the great work.
yes, love to meet sometime!
You missed my orange conference dreamin' post but who cares this list is awesome and thanks a bunch.
http://www.chadswanzy.com/2010/04/orange-dream.ht…
My recent post ORANGE CONFERENCE CHIK-FIL-A AVATAR
Chad,
I will make sure to add it to next week's update! Thanks for all your great posts. I loved the Sam Luce video!
My recent post Orange 2010 – A Blogging Extravaganza
wow.! big list!