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	<title>Ray Griffin &#124; Thoughts on Ministry/Life &#187; Ray</title>
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		<title>Happy New Year!  Couple of things for a great start&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I am so thankful for all that happened in 2011, so many good things and great memories.  From first baseball team play for my son, to great camps and vacation trips, to incredible things happening with our church family, God is good!  I am certainly optimistic about a powerful and challenging 2012.  Aren&#8217;t you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting Part 4: Great Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The journey for me over the last few months in particular in the realm of church planting has been a stretch.  I am a basic small groups/Sunday School kind of guy.  I have a huge amount of respect and appreciation for the pastors and families who boldly step out to create and begin church body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting Part 3: Bylaws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Godly Passion.  Excitement.  Pioneering spirit.  When church planting is considered and even launched, these are common responses.  There is a zeal and a robust attitude when some large work is being considered.  But as I have learned, and had affirmed at a recent church plant conference, that energy and momentum will not take you far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting Part 2: Mark IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admittedly, one of the reasons I have this site is to point to resources I have found.  My prayer is that there are others on the same journey, and I certainly appreciate learning from others where the trails are.  One slightly hard to find trail relates to church planting, that is healthy church planting. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My wife&#8217;s blog&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I have been hit or miss blogging; but I am so excited that my wife Jennifer is hitting the ground running in the blogger world.  She just launched a site recently.  Many, including myself, had been encouraging her to take the plunge.  She is so creative, and beautiful, and smart, and fun.  You would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuning Drums</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 03:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playing the drums is a great extra passion that I get to do from time to time.  Recently I was blessed to play at my home church.  We are blessed with multiple styles of worship! Of four services on Sunday mornings 2 are traditional, 1 is contemporary, and 1 is modern.  3 services meet in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lord continues to bless and stretch the work at my home church.  One of the ways is through opportunities to see new churches begin.  This is a new venture for me; not in understanding the passion and vision, but more so the practical plan help a church plant launch.  This is beyond mere financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating 17th Anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer and I took a quick trip up I-35 to Kansas City, MO to celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary.  It was a great, relaxing trip filled with some pretty cool shopping and sight-seeing with my bride.  Here are some highlights:]]></description>
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		<title>Best of 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 04:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year was a blast and a blur! And obviously we are flying through 2011. Just a couple of quick highlights of 2010 were: 1.  My son professing Christ as his Lord and Savior, and following Him in baptism. Great moment, and I will not forget a ride in the car as I watched him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heaven&#8217;s Rain-A Lesson in Forgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Next week, a powerful movie will hit a theater near my home, Heaven&#8217;s Rain. I am familiar with this tragedy (see here), though I have not seen the movie yet. I had time to sit down with the person at the heart of this movie, Brooks Douglas, yesterday. I gleaned at least three things from [...]]]></description>
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