worship and open space discussion on the church and its future
Becky Durham blogged about her experiences UNCO11. Her words are wise and are beautifully crafted. Today we would like to share her words with you. UNCO as Amazing Church http://www.beckydurham.net/church/ Go read the whole post, but here is a paragraph to get you excited and click the link above: Honesty comes naturally. Pretending is not necessary. Everyone’s welcoming [...]
Q: What’s it like for kids and their parents at UNCO? A: Christie Hale responds: We went in 2011 with 3 kids ages 1, 4 & 6. The 4 & 6 year olds went to Kid UNCO will we were in sessions and loved it. They’re designed for potty trained kids & above. Our [...]
by Christy Ramsey The first Unconference in 2010 was a spiritual life preserver thrown to me on a sea of tweets. I grabbed it and haven’t let go. I struggle with the challenges of the institutional church, moving through church pastorates and decades of decline always 30 years younger than the congregation as we grow old [...]
Driving You can find driving directions here. Flying SFTS is about an hour away from both San Francisco International and Oakland Airports. There are many shuttles that offer transportation from each. From SFO, we recommend taking either the Marin Airporter to the Central San Rafael Transit Center and from there you can take a 10 [...]
by Sophia Agtarap When I started grad school in Communications and Digital Media in 2009, I attended my first unconference. It was a fascinating concept: open source ideas, conversations led by those with a combination of passion and experience, and the general buzz in the room that comes with a bunch of geeks getting together [...]
Today was the final day of Unco12 East. Here I am sitting in my apartment when 12 hours ago I was sitting in Stony Point’s mess hall pondering the upcoming day. Today is the day of transition. Today we take what Unco has been, the discussions we’ve had, the relationships we’ve formed out into our [...]
Confession: I might have gotten caught up in a conversation today about a comic book store ministry and missed most of morning prayer. Unco Day 2 is the day of breakout sessions. Lots of breakout sessions. The day started with organizing all the breakout sessions. (Well, actually with morning prayer but see confession above.) In [...]
Tues. Events in the Auditorium will be live streamed. 10:15-11:00am Auditorium Subversive Ministry in the Suburbs Conf A Experiential Worship Conf B Creating Entrepreneurial Ministry Seminar 1 Young Adult Status in Ministry Beech Church of Diminishing Returns Walnut Magnolia 11:15am-Noon Auditorium Experiential Ministry Conf A Health, Boundaries and Stuff Conf B Publishing/ePublishing Seminar 1 Interfaith [...]
Several months ago when my friend Mark suggested that I attend Unco, I had no idea what Unco was. Now, after the first day of Unco12, I’m not so sure I have any better of an idea. We all seem to be having a lot of fun. I don’t remember the last time I laughed [...]
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, [...]