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	<description>fellowship, training, and resourcing for children's ministry leaders</description>
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		<title>Words Kids Need to Hear</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/08/19/words-kids-need-to-hear/</link>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KIDFEST &#8216;09</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/07/30/kidfest-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tony l</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You thought Kidfest &#8216;08 was the greatest?  Wait till you see what&#8217;s in store for Kidfest &#8216;09.  This is the greatest weekend of the year for kids.  It&#8217;s a time of transformation!  Mark your calendar now for the 2009 Kidfest season dates and locations.  New Kidfest locations will be added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PIXAR&#8230; Master Story Tellers!</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/07/30/pixar-master-story-tellers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My family went to the movies recently to see &#8216;Wall-e.&#8221; As expected, the genuis of Pixar shined through once again. The makers of some of the best animated films ever&#8230; including The Incredibles, Toy Story, and Monster&#8217;s Inc&#8230; once again showed why they are the best. They are MASTER story tellers!
Sure, they always have amazing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOCUS Debrief</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/04/27/focus-download/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Alright&#8230; FOCUS &#8216;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 NEW Exhibitors and Some ol&#8217; Favorites</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/04/09/3-new-exhibitors-and-some-ol-favorites/</link>
		<comments>http://thenclablog.com/2008/04/09/3-new-exhibitors-and-some-ol-favorites/#comments</comments>
		<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 your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOCUS! Are You Ready?</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/03/28/focus-are-you-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://thenclablog.com/2008/03/06/register-for-focus-by-march-15-and-save/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></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>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BIG Challenge</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/02/24/the-big-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil h</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
We recently closed out a teaching series at GenesisKIDS entitled the BIG Challenge. In the series we talked about getting into spiritual shape. We covered issues with the kids that would help them focus on becoming all that God wanted them to be.
When we closed the series, I remember praying for the kids during that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engage 21 Conference</title>
		<link>http://thenclablog.com/2008/02/01/engage-21-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tony l</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An invitation is being extended to visionary leaders who desire to be connected and empowered for ministry.  Engage 21, February 28 and 29, is the first conference of this type in the Church of God and we are excited about its potential!  I long for a re-focus on the mission which Jesus initiated. [...]]]></description>
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