One of the highlights of my job is the production of our Annual Conference. This conference consists of several worship sessions and business meetings over three or four days, held in early June. For the last three or four years the conference was held in Greenville, NC. This year, due to a scheduling conflict, the [...]
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23 Jun
Death By Paperwork
It’s been a very busy month at the office. I can usually guage how busy I am by looking at how high the credit card bills and invoices pile up. Yes, even the IT Office generates paper sometimes. I spent most of today catching up. I hope this brings me back into the good graces [...]
17 May
It Could Be Worse
Today I had the opportunity to visit our Disaster Recovery warehouse in Rosewood. The purpose of my visit was to scout the computer equipment stored there and perform a quick inventory. I was meeting a co-worker who was performing a similar function so that we could discuss the equipment together. After finishing up I noticed [...]
10 May
Race of Grace
At work we are all wearing pedometers this year and competing to see who can get the most steps. I’ve only ever really exercised in fits and starts before so getting up and moving doesn’t really come naturally to me. I figured it would help me gain more steps if I actually got off the [...]
17 Apr
United Methodist Leadership Summit
Last week the United Methodist Church met globally for a Leadership Summit. With membership declining steadily over the last several years the denominational leadership hosted a global brainstorming session. Video from the main session was broadcast globally as United Methodists gathered around the world to discuss the issues facing the church today. The event was [...]
7 Apr
WordPress 5k
In honor of the WordPress 5k that will be taking place this weekend I gathered several of the Conference Staff together for our own event. We met up at the end of the day yesterday and completed our own informal 5k race. Some ran and some walked (including me) but we all finished and had [...]
1 Apr
Walking With WordPress
The company that produces WordPress (Automattic) is hosting a Worldwide 5k. With 80 employees living in 62 cities it is very difficult to put together a group event. To get all of their employees moving on the same day they decided to challenge everyone to run, walk, swim or bike 3.1 miles on the same [...]
16 Nov
Visiting The Library
My latest post is up on the Faith & Tech blog. I discuss Archive.org and some of the many United Methodist related resources available within. Go check it out and support the F&T blog!
12 Oct
Go West Young Man!
Next week I will be traveling to San Francisco to attend the 2010 annual meeting of the United Methodist Information Technology Association (UMITA). Representatives from the IT staff of many of our Annual Conferences will be meeting for a week to discuss the latest technology trends, share insights and fellowship with each other. [...]
