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		<title>Why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Why Have Big Dreams? Big goals enable us to think and act differently. Why Church Planting? Healthy churches are God&#8217;s plan for personal, community, and national transformation.&#160; Why Prison Reform? Compassion moves us toward sustainable long-term helpful solutions. Why Africa? Brazilians are eager to help in Angola, Mozambique, and Portugal. What an opportunity! Why Do [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Part of a Greater Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Our 2020 Vision 1. Plant 1,000 churches in the Xingu Region2. Help Brazilians form partnerships to work in Angola, Mozambique, Portugal, and North Africa.2. Prisoner Rehabilitation? &#8211; Start in Maraba. Part of a&#160;Greater Vision Our vision outlined above is part of a much bigger vision. In 1992 Deanna and I felt called to plant churches [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Our 2020 Vision 1. Plant 1,000 churches in the Xingu Region2. Help Brazilians form partnerships to work in Angola, Mozambique, Portugal, and North Africa.2. Prisoner Rehabilitation? &#8211; Start in Maraba. Part of a&#160;Greater Vision Our vision outlined above is part of a much bigger vision. In 1992 Deanna and I felt called to plant churches [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Our Compass Bearing / GPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Our Purpose in Life LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART &#8211;&#160;We see the world as Jesus sees it by spending significant time alone with Him. This comes first. There are no shortcuts. Relying on others who spend significant time with God may not take you where you need to go because God desires a strong [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Our Purpose in Life LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART &#8211;&#160;We see the world as Jesus sees it by spending significant time alone with Him. This comes first. There are no shortcuts. Relying on others who spend significant time with God may not take you where you need to go because God desires a strong [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Compassion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Compassion goes beyond empathy. Empathy is when we feel another&#8217;s pain. Once we learn to be good listeners and observers, others will sense this and start sharing. But we have to be careful. This can also lead to burnout. Compassion is when we feel people&#8217;s pain or see their needs and we do something about [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Compassion goes beyond empathy. Empathy is when we feel another&#8217;s pain. Once we learn to be good listeners and observers, others will sense this and start sharing. But we have to be careful. This can also lead to burnout. Compassion is when we feel people&#8217;s pain or see their needs and we do something about [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Seeing The Thin Places</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 04:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[The angels are bursting with the good news! Bursting! This is truly good news! “Glory to God in the highest heaven,    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests” (Luke 2:14). But who gets the peace? On whom is God&#8217;s favor resting? Who Gets God&#8217;s Favor? Jesus was asked how He got authority to [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The angels are bursting with the good news! Bursting! This is truly good news! “Glory to God in the highest heaven,    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests” (Luke 2:14). But who gets the peace? On whom is God&#8217;s favor resting? Who Gets God&#8217;s Favor? Jesus was asked how He got authority to [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Great Pastors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 03:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Three generations of pastors all attending the same church. Pastor Dave and Fran planted City Life Church in 1961, the year I (Rick Bergen) was born. Pastor Dave and Fran retired about 20 years ago and passed the leadership of City Life Church over to Pastor Lorne and Linda. Pastor Lorne and Linda passed the [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Three generations of pastors all attending the same church. Pastor Dave and Fran planted City Life Church in 1961, the year I (Rick Bergen) was born. Pastor Dave and Fran retired about 20 years ago and passed the leadership of City Life Church over to Pastor Lorne and Linda. Pastor Lorne and Linda passed the [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What will the next move of God look like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[This week I met with three pastors from three different churches, one baptist and two mennonite. For two hours we talked about what the next move of God might look like. It is a mystery how our relationship with God is so good we wouldn&#8217;t trade it for anything, but how can we effectively help [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This week I met with three pastors from three different churches, one baptist and two mennonite. For two hours we talked about what the next move of God might look like. It is a mystery how our relationship with God is so good we wouldn&#8217;t trade it for anything, but how can we effectively help [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Prayer Walking? Try This. . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Curtis Sergeant used Disciple Making Movement principles to bring the gospel to an unreached people group. When he started in 1991 there were 100 known believers. By 2008 there were 500,000. Click&#160;here&#160;to learn more. In this 10 minute video Curtis tells a story that encapsulates the potential of prayer-walking. It is VERY encouraging. This story [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Curtis Sergeant used Disciple Making Movement principles to bring the gospel to an unreached people group. When he started in 1991 there were 100 known believers. By 2008 there were 500,000. Click&#160;here&#160;to learn more. In this 10 minute video Curtis tells a story that encapsulates the potential of prayer-walking. It is VERY encouraging. This story [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Please pray for the people of the Amazon Region.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 06:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We are dreaming of a movement of God that has 1,000 + key leaders who love Jesus passionately, who are winning their private battles against fear and pride, who laugh at hardship in the course of following Jesus. They think hardship&#160;is fun!]]></description>
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		<title>Mão de Ouro</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Mão de Ouro came to visit me at lunch time this week.Some of you have prayed for Mão de Ouro. He helped us develop the Mission Property for many years. Then he lost his job with the city, as their backhoe operator. He went through a long dark season. He had been drinking, and making [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mão de Ouro came to visit me at lunch time this week.Some of you have prayed for Mão de Ouro. He helped us develop the Mission Property for many years. Then he lost his job with the city, as their backhoe operator. He went through a long dark season. He had been drinking, and making [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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