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		<title>Glubble &#8211; An Internet Family Filter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a 7 and 4 year old at home, and they&#8217;re both becoming more computer savvy everyday. For this reason, my wife and I started looking for an internet filtering device recently, and last week we stumbled upon Glubble.
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		<title>Parent Link</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil b</dc:creator>
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How are parents involved in your children&#8217;s ministry? And I mean all of your parents&#8230;any parent that has a kid enrolled in your ministry program.
We are endeavoring to make our children&#8217;s ministry a true &#8220;partnership&#8221; with the families and a good portion of our parents do not have an active roll in this ministry.
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		<title>Words Kids Need to Hear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil b</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the subtitle that hooked me&#8230;&#8221;to help them be who God made them to be.&#8221;
This new book from David Staal the director of Promiseland, the children&#8217;s ministry at Willow Creek Community Church, is most certainly a must read for all children&#8217;s ministers and parents. Having read the intro and chapter one, I am not qualified [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=140&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Don&#8217;t Belong Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
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Today in GenesisKIDS we wrapped up a lesson series entitled &#8220;Major Pain&#8221; where we talked about suffering. Today&#8217;s lesson was entitled &#8220;GRADUATION!&#8221; and we talked about how perseverance through our pain can bring about wisdom and maturity in our faith.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, children&#8217;s ministry leaders and children&#8217;s pastors need to be on the watch and educate their parents and children.  In December, a film with the title The Golden Compass is being released.  It is my understanding that Phillip Pullman, the author, is an atheist and desires to pull kids and families in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=84&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Childhood Disappearing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tony l</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you believe it?  Portland, Maine.  King Middle School.  Birth control pills available for girls as young as 11 years of age!  And, after the parents sign a waiver for medical care at the school, they are excluded from knowing about the care, including the dispensing of birth control pills to their children!  The whole [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=79&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Quotable Lewis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve b</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Especially since the release of the motion picture &#8220;Narnia&#8221;, many have become a fan of C. S. Lewis.  Quite frankly, I was surprised at how many people I knew personally had never heard of him or some of his famous works (i.e. The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, etc.).  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=76&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Family Ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At GenesisChurch.tv, we&#8217;ve been employing a ministry concept spelled out in Dave Ferguson&#8217;s book, The BIG Idea. At our worship experiences, we teach on the same subject matter for all ages from elementary kids and up. We just closed out the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Champion) series for the adults where we focused on three champions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=73&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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