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GBUMC selected as Leadership Summit site

More than 70,000 leaders and emerging leaders throughout the world are expected to experience the Leadership Summit 2006, an annual gathering of church and business leaders. The Leadership Summit, which originates from Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., will be beamed live via satellite to nearly 130 locations in North America, Thursday, Aug. 10 - Saturday, Aug. 12, and will be videocast to an additional 52 cities worldwide in late September. The Leadership Summit provides inspiration and motivation for those with leadership - or potential leadership - abilities or responsibilities.

The Community Life Center of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church has been selected as the 2006 host site for the south east coastal region. Leadership confirms that they are expecting over 250 attendees from the northwest Florida area as well as attendees from as far away as New Orleans LA, Dothan AL and Tallahassee, FL. Jim Bell, Director of Discipleship at CLC who has attended the Summit in the past, said, "I have attended numerous leadership conferences and seminars over the years and, without a doubt, the Willowcreek Leadership Summit has been one of the best I have ever attended. No where else can you be exposed to and learn from the best leaders in the church, business and the academic world at one event. I highly recommend it to anyone who is in a position of influence in their church, business, or community."

Bono Speakers at the Leadership Summit 2006 will present motivation and innovative principles on topics that are applicable in both the boardroom and church and ministry settings, with topics including conflict management, team building, and avoiding burnout. Leadership experts will include:

.Bill Hybels - International leadership expert, presidential counselor, founder and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., one of the largest churches in the U.S.; author of Courageous Leadership.

.Bono - (via videocast) Lead singer of the rock band U2, co-founder of DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) a group leading efforts in the fight against global poverty and the AIDS pandemic. TIME Magazine's 2005 Person of the Year.

.James Meeks - An established leader in civil rights and diplomacy, and founder and pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Chicago's Roseland Community, one of the nation's fastestg r o w i n g churches.

. J i m Collins - Authority of e n d u r i n g great companies - how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how they become great. He is co-author of the classic v o l u m e , Built to Last and Good to Great.

.Andy Stanley - Founding and senior pastor of North Point Community Church, a congregation of 12,000 just north of Atlanta, and author of Visioneering.

.Peg Neuhauser - A management and organizational consultant who specializes in areas of conflict management, organizational culture, stress, and avoiding burn out.

.Patrick Lencioni - Founder and president of The Table Group, Inc., a specialized management-consulting firm focused on executive team-building and organizational health, and author of the bestselling The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.

To register or to learn more about Leadership Summit 2006, visit www.willowcreek.com/summit or call (800) 570-9812. For local information about the conference, call the Community Life Center at (850) 9161660.