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				<title><![CDATA[admin wrote a new blog post: Jesus Centered Christmas]]></title>
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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/admin/" title="admin" rel="nofollow">admin</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/jesus-centered-christmas" rel="nofollow">Jesus Centered Christmas</a> <img src="http://www.freefoto.com/images/90/04/90_04_50---Nativity-Scene_web.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" /> I read an article on Fox News called <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/02/christians-are-to-blame-for-commercialization-christmas/" rel="nofollow">"Christians are to Blame for the Commercialization of Christmas" </a> that challenged me about how Christ centered my Christmas celebration really is. Not only did it challenge me, it gave me practical applications and i thought I would share with you. At ekklesia communities church we talk a lot [...]</p>
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				<title><![CDATA[Steve Valero wrote a new blog post: Jesus Centered Christmas]]></title>
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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/steve/" title="Steve Valero" rel="nofollow">Steve Valero</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/jesus-centered-christmas" rel="nofollow">Jesus Centered Christmas</a> <img src="http://www.freefoto.com/images/90/04/90_04_50---Nativity-Scene_web.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" /> I read an article on Fox News called <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/02/christians-are-to-blame-for-commercialization-christmas/" rel="nofollow">"Christians are to Blame for the Commercialization of Christmas" </a> that challenged me about how Christ centered my Christmas celebration really is. Not only did it challenge me, it gave me practical applications and i thought I would share with you. At ekklesia communities church we talk a lot [...]</p>
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				<title><![CDATA[admin wrote a new blog post: This is Discipling]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:12:57 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/admin/" title="admin" rel="nofollow">admin</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/this-is-discipling" rel="nofollow">This is Discipling</a> I came across this video and loved it. Again we are seeing more and more people with this heart of being on mission. Here is the quote from the site:<br />
<blockquote> “What would it look like if, as leaders, we focused less on the things that make our churches entertaining and more on making disciples?” This [...]</p></blockquote>
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				<title><![CDATA[Steve Valero wrote a new blog post: This is Discipling]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:12:57 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/steve/" title="Steve Valero" rel="nofollow">Steve Valero</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/this-is-discipling" rel="nofollow">This is Discipling</a> I came across this video and loved it. Again we are seeing more and more people with this heart of being on mission. Here is the quote from the site:<br />
<blockquote> “What would it look like if, as leaders, we focused less on the things that make our churches entertaining and more on making disciples?” This [...]</p></blockquote>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:11:57 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/admin/" title="admin" rel="nofollow">admin</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/helping-those-in-need-for-free" rel="nofollow">Helping those in need for free</a> <img src="http://www.eala-enamels.com/images/saints/bridget2.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" /> With a sluggish economy times are tough for ourselves, people we know, and people we may not know! Despite it being a tough economy, we can still help and offer hope. The Bible is littered with verses on helping those in need, providing for the poor, and feeding those who are hungry.<br />
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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/steve/" title="Steve Valero" rel="nofollow">Steve Valero</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/helping-those-in-need-for-free" rel="nofollow">Helping those in need for free</a> <img src="http://www.eala-enamels.com/images/saints/bridget2.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" /> With a sluggish economy, times are tough for ourselves, people we know, and people we may not know! Despite it being a tough economy, we can still help those in need and offer hope. The Bible is littered with verses on helping those in need, providing for the poor, and feeding those who are hungry.  [...]</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:10:49 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/admin/" title="admin" rel="nofollow">admin</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/vision-of-where-are-church-is-headed" rel="nofollow">Vision of Where are church is headed</a> <a href="http://vimeo.com/22754743" rel="nofollow">Soma Communities - Tacoma, WA </a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/vergenetwork" rel="nofollow">Verge Network </a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com" rel="nofollow">Vimeo</a>. This is a great video of Soma Communities in Tacoma WA. Since joining Acts29, Jeff has been a great influence to us. In January I went up to Soma Communities and now their whole church has been a great gift in helping us to live out Soma in [...]</p>
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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/steve/" title="Steve Valero" rel="nofollow">Steve Valero</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/vision-of-where-are-church-is-headed" rel="nofollow">Vision of Where our church is headed</a> <a href="http://vimeo.com/22754743" rel="nofollow">Soma Communities - Tacoma, WA </a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/vergenetwork" rel="nofollow">Verge Network </a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com" rel="nofollow">Vimeo</a>. This is a great video of Soma Communities in Tacoma WA. Since joining Acts29, Jeff has been a great influence to us. In January I went up to Soma Communities and now their whole church has been a great gift in helping us to live out Soma in [...]</p>
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				<title><![CDATA[admin wrote a new blog post: Up, Up, and Away]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:36:57 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/admin/" title="admin" rel="nofollow">admin</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/up-up-and-away" rel="nofollow">Up, Up, and Away</a> <img src="http://www.ekklesiacc.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/nature_1.jpg" width="131.282051282" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" />Since we "went public" w ith Ekklesia in January, we have seen God move in more ways and allowed us to impact more lives than we could have imagined. We started off just a few of us in the planning stages and now we have several community groups meeting at different times in the Gilbert and [...]</p>
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				<title><![CDATA[Paul Johnson wrote a new blog post: Serving Our Community]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:32:32 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/paulj/" title="Paul Johnson" rel="nofollow">Paul Johnson</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/serving-our-community" rel="nofollow">Serving Our Community</a> <img src="http://www.ekklesiacc.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/407400_old_tools.jpg" width="133.928571429" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" />Hi everyone! Paul and Kim Johnson here. This message is being sent out to several people including those on our Thursday Night Dinner email list for our neighborhood. Hopefully by now you've seen our heart as well as our church's heart of being committed to making a difference in our community (not only our community as [...]</p>
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				<title><![CDATA[admin wrote a new blog post: Something is missing...]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:49:42 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/admin/" title="admin" rel="nofollow">admin</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/something-is-missing" rel="nofollow">Something is missing...</a> <img src="http://poiemaproject.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/church.jpg?w=200&amp;h=300" width="66.6666666667" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" /> <span><span><span>Something is missing in many western, protestant churches. As I’ve traveled to Europe and Mexico, one of the most exciting things that I like to do my trips is to visit churches. As you walk into these beautiful churches, you’re engulfed in art – from sculptures, stain glass windows, paintings, mosaics, etc. The are work sometimes [...]</span></span></span></p>
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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/steve/" title="Steve Valero" rel="nofollow">Steve Valero</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/something-is-missing" rel="nofollow">Something is missing...</a> <img src="http://poiemaproject.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/church.jpg?w=200&amp;h=300" width="66.6666666667" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" /> <span><span><span>Something is missing in many western, protestant churches. As I’ve traveled to Europe and Mexico, one of the most exciting things that I like to do my trips is to visit churches. As you walk into these beautiful churches, you’re engulfed in art – from sculptures, stain glass windows, paintings, mosaics, etc. The are work sometimes [...]</span></span></span></p>
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				<title><![CDATA[Paul Johnson wrote a new blog post: Up, Up, and Away!]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:36:57 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/paulj/" title="Paul Johnson" rel="nofollow">Paul Johnson</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/up-up-and-away" rel="nofollow">Up, Up, and Away!</a> <img src="http://www.ekklesiacc.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/nature_1.jpg" width="131.282051282" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" />Since we "went public" w ith Ekklesia in January, we have seen God move in more ways and allowed us to impact more lives than we could have imagined. We started off just a few of us in the planning stages and now we have several community groups meeting at different times in the Gilbert and [...]</p>
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				<title><![CDATA[admin wrote a new blog post: Church and Technology]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:41:14 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/admin/" title="admin" rel="nofollow">admin</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/church-and-technology" rel="nofollow">Church and Technology</a> <img src="http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/c/cr/craigpj/1094742_the_holy_light.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" /> Unlike any other time in our human existence, we have so much information right at our finger tips because of technology.  In the Christian culture you can read magazines, forums, blogs online, watch sermons, classes, inspirational videos, and communicate with other Christians around the world.  We have become consumers of knowledge. So here's the next question.  [...]</p>
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				<title><![CDATA[Steve Valero wrote a new blog post: Kingdom Unity]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:38:33 +0000</pubDate>

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					<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/members/steve/" title="Steve Valero" rel="nofollow">Steve Valero</a> wrote a new blog post: <a href="http://www.ekklesia-communities.com/kingdom-unity" rel="nofollow">Kingdom Unity</a> <img src="http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/s/su/surely/802446_chain.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="Thumbnail" class="align-left thumbnail" /> Each week, I have the great pleasure of having lunch with other church planters. Some of these church planters are doing similar models and some are doing different models. Despite what model and location, these men are excited and want to help out. I always look forward to hearing what God is doing in their [...]</p>
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