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		<title>No Prayer, No Power.  Little Prayer, Little Power.  Much Prayer, Much Power!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;No prayer, no power.  Little prayer, little power.  Much prayer, much power!&#8221; &#8211; Bishop Julius Calvin Trimble, Bishop for the Iowa Conference UMC. The above statement was repeated several times this week by our Bishop during the Iowa Annual Conference &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2013/06/10/no-prayer-no-power-little-prayer-little-power-much-prayer-much-power/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=793&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>125 Years Sharing God&#8217;s Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 19:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Grace United Methodist Church in Sioux City kicked off its celebration of 125 Years serving God in Sioux City by announcing three mission. As the anniversary committee thought about all we could do to celebrate our anniversary as the &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2013/05/05/125-years-sharing-gods-grace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=759&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Milestones of God&#8217;s Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started this blog almost three years ago to talk about God leading me to change the direction of my ministry and became a pastor in the United Methodist Church.  For those of you who have read my posts you &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2013/04/08/milestones-of-gods-grace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=753&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mea Culpa!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confíteor Deo omnipoténti et vobis, fratres, quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo, ópere et omissióne: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa.  Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, omnes Angelos et Sanctos, et vos, fratres,oráre pro me ad Dóminum Deum nostrum. Translation &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2013/02/06/mea-culpa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=745&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been quite a while since I&#8217;ved blogged.  Sometimes when I&#8217;ve been away a while I&#8217;ve felt almost compelled to apologize for not writing.  (As if very many people read my musings anyway!.  :-)  )  But you won&#8217;t get &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2012/12/04/know-your-limits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=743&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CROP Walk, Those in Need, and Social Holiness</title>
		<link>http://circuitwriter.org/2012/10/16/crop-walk-those-in-need-and-social-holiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was really proud of Grace UMC this week!  Every year we participate in the annual CROP Walk to raise funds for Church World Services and the work they do with those who are hungry and needy here in Iowa &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2012/10/16/crop-walk-those-in-need-and-social-holiness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=728&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>URL for New Forum</title>
		<link>http://circuitwriter.org/2012/10/10/url-for-new-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The forum I started this week for Methodist/Wesleyan  Christian discussion now has its own url at methodistsonline.com.  (Notice I didn&#8217;t end up with the .org domain at least at this time.) Filed under: United Methodist Church<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=723&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One in Five Adults Have No Religious Affilation</title>
		<link>http://circuitwriter.org/2012/10/09/one-in-five-adults-have-no-religious-affilation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first threads on the new Methodists Online forum began with a post about a study from Pew Research showing that now one in five adults in the US have no religious affiliation.  See the study here http://www.pewforum.org/Unaffiliated/nones-on-the-rise.aspx .   &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2012/10/09/one-in-five-adults-have-no-religious-affilation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=715&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where the Road Forked</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am reminded this month of Robert Frost&#8217;s poem &#8220;The Road Not Taken which end, &#8220;Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.&#8221; In October 2009 &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2012/10/08/where-the-road-forked/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=686&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Holy Grail of Church Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you read enough church related blogs you will realize that the Holy Grail of Church Growth is getting young adults (for want of a better indicator 18-35) to be an active part of your church.  I&#8217;ll be 49 before &#8230; <a href="http://circuitwriter.org/2012/09/07/the-holy-grail-of-church-growth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=circuitwriter.org&#038;blog=14494021&#038;post=657&#038;subd=circuitwriter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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