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		<title>Gurupá Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[We are seeing a faint cloud on a far horizon and we are preparing for a deluge, and the start of a long rainy season after drought. We think this will look like an army of people who are winning their private battles with fear and pride. These people delight in time alone with their [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Training Leaders of Communities (TLC)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[There are three distinct phases to church life. 1. Birth: How do groups of people start meeting together as a church?2. Growth: How do churches stay relevant and alive year after year?3. Transition: How do we pass over our churches to the next generation? Each phase has its own set of challenges and best practices. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cristovál 2018 Fotos 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[The first day someone almost stepped on this boa constrictor, which was wrapped around an iguana. We caught it, took some pictures, and then set it free back in the swamp.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The first day someone almost stepped on this boa constrictor, which was wrapped around an iguana. We caught it, took some pictures, and then set it free back in the swamp.]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Cristovál 2018 Fotos 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Cristovál started with an evening of games. The next day one of the big events was a cross-country run, where your team only got points when everyone was at the finish line. This encourages the stronger ones helping the weaker ones. The]]></description>
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		<title>Eric</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[In 2007 I was doing a survey trip with Clenildo. When we got to Marabá he wanted to look up a young girl named Aline who used to go to his church hundreds of kms away. When we moved to Marabá we drove an hour before and after church to bring her to our meetings. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Kid&#8217;s Day Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We love the people who love our kids. Loving and honoring people&#8217;s children is a great church-growth community-building strategy.]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer? How much?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 23:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Jefferson and Simone are the pastors at the Mutirão Church in Altamira. Saturday morning 17 leaders showed up at their house to learn about Discovery Groups. We opened the meeting with time for everyone to air questions, criticisms, or what they hoped to get out of the morning. Since all questions were well received this [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jefferson and Simone are the pastors at the Mutirão Church in Altamira. Saturday morning 17 leaders showed up at their house to learn about Discovery Groups. We opened the meeting with time for everyone to air questions, criticisms, or what they hoped to get out of the morning. Since all questions were well received this [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Church Planting Lessons from Halo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[In 2002 our family discovered Halo. Anni, Via, Emma, and Bella were all in online school, so they had PCs. We got several Halo discs and spent part of many Family Days learning the various hideouts and ammunition caches in all the different worlds. I remember the delight we had in learning something new, especially [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 2002 our family discovered Halo. Anni, Via, Emma, and Bella were all in online school, so they had PCs. We got several Halo discs and spent part of many Family Days learning the various hideouts and ammunition caches in all the different worlds. I remember the delight we had in learning something new, especially [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Organizational Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am thinking about organizational change this week because we extended our time together in Altamira as an opportunity to have some organizational meetings. Igreja da Vinha churches have been planting other churches since their inception. The mission has been helping them in every way we know how. The whole group is full of zealous [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am thinking about organizational change this week because we extended our time together in Altamira as an opportunity to have some organizational meetings. Igreja da Vinha churches have been planting other churches since their inception. The mission has been helping them in every way we know how. The whole group is full of zealous [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>A Discovery-Style Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2017 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[MOne of the 2016 conferences in our church in Marabá was especially enjoyable. Here is why. Fifty people from a wide variety of backgrounds gathered in small groups to study the Bible together, to learn how to behave. On Friday night it was all about questions. As our church has been in this Discovery Bible [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[MOne of the 2016 conferences in our church in Marabá was especially enjoyable. Here is why. Fifty people from a wide variety of backgrounds gathered in small groups to study the Bible together, to learn how to behave. On Friday night it was all about questions. As our church has been in this Discovery Bible [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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