I am super stoked to be attending this 1-day leadership conference called The Nines . I hadn’t heard of it, but thanks to the AMAZING communication skills of our pastors, they made sure EVERYONE who wants to come and experience this would have the opportunity to. Its being hosted in the Cooper City Campus Auditorium. So, if you wanna come have a life-changing leadership experience (they ALWAYS are), come join us, 9.9.09 at 10am : ). Hope to see you there!

From their website:

The THEME:
Leadership Network asked some of the church’s greatest communicators: “If you had nine minutes to talk one-on-one with thousands of church leaders, what is the one thing that you would tell them? The result is a series of passionate and personal messages that will help you and your church navigate into the future.

The FORMAT:
The format is simple: Nine minute video leadership lessons that can help multiply your church’s impact. You will be stretched as a leader, and motivated as a church. And you’ll hear a personal word from many of the leaders you know and trust (along with some great new leaders we’ll introduce you to).

The Nines from Todd Rhoades on Vimeo.

A sampling of the speakers (YES, that is our VERY OWN Pastor Troy Gramling listed on there!):
Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church)
Steven Furtick (Elevation Church)
Nancy Beach (Willow Creek Church)
Leonard Sweet (Author/Speaker)
Mark Batterson (National Community Church)
Larry Osborne (North Coast Church)
Dave Ferguson (Community Christian Church)
Alan Hirsch (Forge Mission Training Network)
Troy Gramling (Flamingo Road Church)
Michael Trent (Third Place Consulting)
Jorge Acevedo (Grace Church)
Scott Williams (LifeChurch.tv)
Steve Robinson (Church of the King)
Keld Dahlman (Europe Church Planter)