{"id":808,"date":"2011-11-14T23:42:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T23:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/?p=808"},"modified":"2011-11-14T23:42:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T23:42:44","slug":"canvas-conference-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=808","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Conference Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This past weekend we had a conference called Canvas for our volunteers at the Campus I am leading at NewPointe Community Church.\u00a0 Our team put together a great conference that included interviews with three local restaurant manager’s.\u00a0 We had the manager from Starbucks talk about building culture and how to leave a lasting impression.\u00a0 She also talked about how they treat their employees or partners and how they emphasize relationships company wide.\u00a0 The manager from Chipotle talked about teamwork and the importance of preparation and excellence.\u00a0 The final interview was with the owner\/manager of Chick-fil-a and he talked about how to engage people and provide superior customer experience.\u00a0 After each speaker we had our volunteers meet with their teams and brainstorm ideas on how we can work on the things we just heard. Each team got a canvas to write down ideas.\u00a0 It was an amazing day and we are hoping to do it again at other campuses.\u00a0 This was a day of casting vision on how we can improve and get better at connecting with and reaching the people that come to NewPointe.<\/p>\n

I did the opening welcome and shared part of my story about how I stopped going to church in the mid 90’s because I was frustrated with the leadership of my church and was not growing spiritually.\u00a0 We simply stopped going to church for about a year.\u00a0 That experience of leaving church and then God working through a variety of people to get my wife and I back into church has helped me to identify with people that are going through similar struggles today.\u00a0 I understand that people need time to get reconnected and re-engaged in the church.\u00a0 They need time to determine if this church is any different or just the same old church in a new color.\u00a0 I understand that many people have given up on the church but not on God.<\/p>\n

As I shared that story I also shared why I love NewPointe, and why I believe NewPointe is a different kind of church.<\/p>\n

I love that NewPointe Community Church:<\/p>\n