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		<title>Reggie Joiner at FOCUS 09</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NCLA leadership team is extremely excited to announce that Reggie Joiner will join us for FOCUS 09. Reggie is the founder of The reThink Group, a non-profit organization encouraging churches and families to think strategically to impact this generation of students from birth through high school. The reThink Group urges ministries to be both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=168&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phil Vischer at FOCUS 09</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NCLA leadership team is gearing up for a great FOCUS 09 conference and in the midst of that hard work we&#8217;re excited to announce that Phil Vischer will be with us. Phil really needs no introduction, but in case you&#8217;ve been doing children&#8217;s ministry under a rock for the past decade, Phil is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=148&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FOCUS Debrief</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alright&#8230; FOCUS &#8217;08 has now come to a close and it was a great success. WOW! I was blown away by everyone involved. I was talking with someone whose worked with conferences before and they said, &#8220;When you show up and everything is running smoothly, it makes you think it wasn&#8217;t a lot of hard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=125&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 NEW Exhibitors and Some ol&#8217; Favorites</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOCUS is a place for networking, inspiration, but also resources. Children&#8217;s ministry leaders have always been able to find new products and services to enhance their ministries when they return home. This year is no exception. In fact, we&#8217;ve got 3 brand new exhibitors who&#8217;ll be with us for the first time: Additionally, many of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=120&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FOCUS! Are You Ready?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the NCLA Team met in Greenville, South Carolina, for our final on-site planning meeting before the FOCUS conference next month. Everyone has been working hard and came prepared. We all drove away with more assignments as we hope to continue the expected excellence associated with the FOCUS conference. For me personally, FOCUS is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=119&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Register for FOCUS by March 15 and SAVE $!</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/03/06/register-for-focus-by-march-15-and-save/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FOCUS Children&#8217;s Ministry Conference is a place of inspiration, encouragement, networking, and resourcing. If you work with kids at your church on any level, you&#8217;ll be blessed by attending this conference. The leadership team has worked hard to put together an awesome lineup of speakers, workshop leaders, and exhibitors this year. We feel certain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=118&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awesome FOCUS Workshop Leader!</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/02/26/awesome-focus-workshop-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marlene LeFever is Director of Educational Ministries for Cook Communications Ministries. She is the author of &#8216;Learning Styles&#8217;, &#8216;Creative Teaching Methods&#8217;, and her 2002 release, &#8216;Flowers from God&#8217;, is a celebration of what God is doing through children&#8217;s ministry workers. The NCLA Leadership Team is excited to announce that she will be conducting workshops at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=114&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Wideman</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2007/12/13/jim-wideman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil b</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you know about Jim Wideman, better known as Bro. Jim. He is one of our guest speakers at FOCUS 08. If you have not checked out his site (which is linked on the right of this blog) I would encourage you to do so. Jim offers many great resources for children&#8217;s ministry leaders. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=94&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farkel!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve b</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK! I&#8217;ve been asked, &#8220;what&#8217;s that game we played at Focus?&#8221; I mean, really, how could you forget? FARKEL! I&#8217;ve been playing this game for over 10 years. It&#8217;s so simple, its almost stupid; except, it brings out so much laughter and hilarity, you have to have it. If you perform an internet search with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=67&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FOCUS 2008</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2007/10/10/focus-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next year&#8217;s FOCUS conference is shaping up to be one of the best ever. We&#8217;ll be back in Greenville with an all new line up. Jim Wideman, Yancy, Jeff Smith, and Brian Hunter are already on the list. Make sure you&#8217;re on it to! Be on the lookout for the brochure coming your way. Or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenclablog.com&blog=1797789&post=25&subd=ncla&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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