Aspen Group President, Ed Bahler, will be a speaker at the upcoming Doing Church in the Burbs conference.

Ed’s topic deals with today’s cultural realities and the new thinking churches must incorporate as they plan ministry facilities that will be effective tools in the “digital age.” The title of his session is Telling an Epic Story in a YouTube Age . . . Getting Ahead of the Curve.

The keynote conference speaker is Randy Frazee, Teaching Pastor - Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington Campus and author of The Connecting Church and Making Room for Life.

The tagline of the conference is "An inter-denominational one day conference for connecting Chicagoland church leaders to maximize their church's impact."

The conference is Thursday, February 21, 2008, 9am to 3pm at Wheatland Salem UMC in Naperville, Illinois.

Cost is $20 per person (lunch included). Conference hosts include: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Wheatland Salem UMC, Crossroads, and Community Christian Church.

For more information or to register, visit their site.