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		<title>It&#8217;s Hot Outside; How&#8217;s Your Electric Bill?</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/08/its-hot-outside-hows-your-electric-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a record setting year. For those of us in the northeast region of the country, the snowiest winter on record is being followed by what may be the hottest summer on record. Globally, this has been the warmest January to June period since they started keeping track in the nineteenth century. Electric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Energy Savings Workshop</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/08/church-energy-savings-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/08/church-energy-savings-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us Thursday, October 14, 2010 for a half-day workshop at Bethel&#8230; The Church @ Franklin Mills in Philadelphia, PA.
Topics to be covered include:

Understanding the changing land­scape of energy use and costs today
The unique challenges churches face in managing energy
Maximizing your return on invest­ment when upgrading and improving
Energy cost implications of deferred maintenance
Energy audits and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Christian&#8221; Gardens?</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/07/christian-gardens/</link>
		<comments>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/07/christian-gardens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A thought provoking question was posed to me recently: “what is a distinctly “Christian” garden?” I thought I’d try to answer it in this blog to conclude the subject of gardens over the past month. It is easier to answer “what is a “Buddhist” garden?” than “what is a Christian garden”, since the garden style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Garden</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/06/the-first-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/06/the-first-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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Gardens are full of rich Biblical significance.  There are several different uses of the term ‘garden’ in the Bible. Often it is an agricultural application, referring to vineyards, groves of fruit trees or vegetable plots.  (Jeremiah 29:5 , Deuteronomy 11:10 ). In other applications, it is primarily an outdoor environment; a place of beauty for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardens for our God</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/06/gardens-for-our-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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When I get a new album that I really like, I tend to play it repeatedly until it plays in my head independent of any listening device. Such has been the case with Phil Wickham’s latest release, Heaven &#38; Earth. The opening song, Eden, poetically expresses a longing to return to a place of origin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vision-casting on the Web</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/05/vision-casting-on-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 18:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good building project website will offer an opportunity for congregational feedback and answer the following questions:
Why? The most important part of a building project website is that it clearly explains the vision and answers the question “Why are we engaged in a building project?” 
What? Next, it is important to give some details about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love146</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/04/love146/</link>
		<comments>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/04/love146/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have children? How about grandchildren? Nieces or nephews? What would you do if a child you knew and loved was being held captive? What if they no longer had a name but instead were only referred to by a number. Doesn’t that sound horrible? Sounds like something from a horror movie doesn’t it? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Money by Reducing Energy Demand (What my pond pump made clear to me)</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/04/saving-money-by-reducing-energy-demand-what-my-pond-pump-made-clear-to-me/</link>
		<comments>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/04/saving-money-by-reducing-energy-demand-what-my-pond-pump-made-clear-to-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the expression “one thing that amazes me about common sense is how uncommon it is”. I don’t know who coined that expression first, but I think of it often (especially when dealing with my kids). When I first studied architecture in the 70’s, the oil crisis was fresh in the minds of most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving Difficult Times</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/03/surviving-difficult-times/</link>
		<comments>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/03/surviving-difficult-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest” ~Matthew 11:28
Are you struggling to make ends meet? Do you wonder if you will survive these difficult times? Do you want to know how this will all turn out? Well, I just read a short book on these and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fabre St: A thriving ministry in a broken building</title>
		<link>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/02/fabre-st-a-thriving-ministry-in-a-broken-building/</link>
		<comments>http://theministrycafe.com/2010/02/fabre-st-a-thriving-ministry-in-a-broken-building/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growth Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Todd and I spent this past Valentine’s Day weekend meeting with a wonderful church in the city of Montreal. Its official name is the Italian Pentecostal Christian Church of Montreal, but it is better known as Fabre St Pentecostal church. Founded in 1920, this church has been faithfully serving the Italian- Canadian community of Montreal. [...]]]></description>
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