Everybody Loves UNCO!
Come one, come all to the most awesome unconference.
Unco 2012 will be three days of worship and open space discussion on the church and its future.
With an eye toward intentional diversity and ecumenism, we will be drawing from the wealth of knowledge at the gathering.
The leaders, topics, and workshops will be harvested from the participants.
Church Leaders
- Ryan Kemp-Pappan
"Unstructured community and ministry reboot."-Mark Smith
Pastors/Seminarians
"Being Church (not doing church)."
-MB McCandless
"Greatest study leave ever."
-Mary Ellen Moss
"UNCO makes Jesus dance happily."
-Jason Cashing
Families
"If church is for families, and UNCO is about doing church in new, different and better ways, then UNCO is for families."
-Megan Dosher
"One of the thin places." -Joe Martinoni
Latest News

UNCO New Girl
I will admit it:I'm actually not really sure what this whole UNCO thing is about.From what some past UNCO participants and organizers have told me, it sounds like one great big conversation--a conversation about who we are as people of God and as the Church, where we find our place in this world, and where/how do we move forward.That idea alone might get me to go to UNCO. But in addition to participating in great conversation, I get the sense that being a part of UNCO also initiates … Continue Reading -->

UNCO Stickiness
by Joe SmithIn the days of yore attending church conferences, one of the most curious handouts I received in a packet included a participant list.The participant list provided a deluge of contact information: name, home address, church address, home phone, work phone, cell phone, home email, work email, and website (whew!). I remember thinking the compilation of these lists represented good networking theory. I have a list of new colleagues, and possibly friends. If I had a question of … Continue Reading -->

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Getting to UNCO12 East
(including all wheeled vehicles with two or more wheels) This post is meant to help you make your travel arrangements to Stony Point in May.Highlighted are the most cost effective ways to get to Stony Point. Other options are listed on Stony Point’s website with additional fees. I have linked to them at the conclusion of this post.Stony Point Conference Center is located about an hour outside of Manhattan near - are you ready for this - Stony Point, NY.Remember, UNCO check-in is … Continue Reading -->

Confession: I think I’m in a little over my head here.
Full Confession: I think I’m in a little over my head here.I’ve been told the UNCO community is very tech savvy. I am not. I have 70 followers on twitter, but I’m pretty sure several of those are robots.The only post I’ve made on Facebook since November was to put a picture up of my new (ironic?) mustache. I thought QR codes were weird looking barcodes until a couple weeks ago.UNCO seems to be comprised of many very intelligent, well-read theologians and … Continue Reading -->


