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		<title>A Combined Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Call to Ministry Stories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Dock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Mennonite Seminary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kirby King]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Kirby King, Minister of Adult Formation at Souderton Mennonite Church

To speak about call in my life for church work requires that I speak about my call to teach at Christopher Dock Mennonite High School as well as my call to become a licensed leader of Adult formation at Souderton Mennonite Church. Both calls are so inter-twined that I cannot separate them. <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/call-to-ministry-stories/a-combined-call">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>May 17, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
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<h2>In this week's newsletter:</h2>
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<li>Franconia youth collect "Pedals for Progress"</li>
<li>AMBS introduces new name and program</li>
<li>Featured Blog: Why I skipped church on Mother's Day</li>
</ul></div> <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/intersectings/may-17-2012">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Franconia youth collect “Pedals for Progress”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franconia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Franconia Mennonite Church senior high youth will be collecting used bikes this Saturday, May 19, from 9am to noon at the church on Harleysville Pike in Telford, Pa.  These bikes will be repaired and distributed through Pedals for Progress, an organization that collects over 5000 bicycles a year to redistribute in countries in the global south and Eastern Europe. <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/news/franconia-youth-collect-pedals-for-progress">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I skipped church on Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://franconiaconference.org/front-page/why-i-skipped-church-on-mothers-day</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawn Ranck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Dawn Ranck, Plains I don&#8217;t normally journal . . . or blog . . . I rarely write anything except sermons. So why am I sitting at Starbucks writing about skipping church on Sunday to spend a day in Philly with seven friends? First, a bit about me and church. Yes, I am a pastor, so being at church on a Sunday morning is duty, part of my job, an expectation. But, for me, church is much more than that. Sunday morning worship is a spiritual practice; it is as important to me as breathing.  Something is profoundly missing in my week when I don&#8217;t worship with God&#8217;s people on Sunday morning. I have started to attend church when &#8230; <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/front-page/why-i-skipped-church-on-mothers-day">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>AMBS introduces new name and new program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AMBS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donella Clemens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seminary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A verse from Isaiah 43 was the focus for the hum of activity at AMBS, a seminary of Mennonite Church USA (Elkhart, IN), the weekend of May 4 and 5—“I am about to do a new thing”!   The weekend recognized a new name and programs and the dedication of new facilities.

Had you walked on the AMBS campus on Friday evening, May 4, you would have been treated to a music extravaganza celebrating the renovated Sermon on the Mount chapel.  A great variety of gospel, classical, folk, brass, piano, and organ musicians played and sang, and yes, the legendary Mary Oyer led the congregation in several rousing hymns of worship.  It was a celebration of “The New” at AMBS! <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/news/ambs-introduces-new-name-and-new-program">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bulletin Announcements (May 15, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://franconiaconference.org/bulletin-announcements/bulletin-announcements-259</link>
		<comments>http://franconiaconference.org/bulletin-announcements/bulletin-announcements-259#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franconia Conference Office</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forum Two, a conversation between Eastern District and Franconia Mennonite Conferences, is scheduled for Thursday, May 24, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Christopher Dock Mennonite High School.  Building on the March 29 conversation that focused on the history of the 1847 split, the May 24 forum will look more at present-day realities of our conferences, where we are already collaborating, some sharing from a recent joint meeting of the Eastern District Conference Administrative Board and the Franconia Mennonite Conference Board, and consider how God might be calling us to work together in the future.  All interested persons are invited. A Chicken BBQ and Yard Sale will be held on Saturday, May 26, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Perkiomenville Mennonite &#8230; <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/bulletin-announcements/bulletin-announcements-259">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conference focuses leadership and ministry priorities</title>
		<link>http://franconiaconference.org/news/franconia-conference-focuses-leadership-and-ministry-priorities</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ertell Whigham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intercultural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Goshow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Kriss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision and finance plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Franconia Conference’s board identified  the fulfillment of its Vision and Financial Plan through the realignment of resources and the movement toward cultivating healthy and growing disciples, leaders, congregations, and connections. In response, the board and Executive Minister Ertell Whigham have discerned continuing priorities for conference staff and ministry. <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/news/franconia-conference-focuses-leadership-and-ministry-priorities">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>May 11, 2012</title>
		<link>http://franconiaconference.org/intersectings/may-11-2012</link>
		<comments>http://franconiaconference.org/intersectings/may-11-2012#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intersectings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<div style="float:left; width:330px;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-8013" style="border: 5px solid white;" title="Plains Mural Contest Winner" src="http://franconiaconference.org/media-uploads/DSCF0966-300x200.jpg" alt="Plains Mural Contest Winner" width="300" height="200" /></div>
<div style="float:right; width:360px;"><h2 style="clear:none;">In this week's newsletter:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Franconia Conference focuses leadership and ministry priorities</li>
<li>Community children design mural for Plains Park</li>
<li>Ministerial Update (April 2012)</li>
</ul></div> <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/intersectings/may-11-2012">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Update from the Ministerial Committee (April 2012)</title>
		<link>http://franconiaconference.org/news/update-from-the-ministerial-committee-april-2012</link>
		<comments>http://franconiaconference.org/news/update-from-the-ministerial-committee-april-2012#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connie Detwiler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franco Salvatori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Hunsberger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakeview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Life Athens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noah Kolb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Maenza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocky Ridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rose Bender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April update from the Ministerial Committee on ordinations, licensings, installations, and closings. <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/news/update-from-the-ministerial-committee-april-2012">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community children design mural for Plains Park</title>
		<link>http://franconiaconference.org/news/community-children-design-mural-for-plains-park</link>
		<comments>http://franconiaconference.org/news/community-children-design-mural-for-plains-park#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alyssa Kerns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawn Ranck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intercultural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plains Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some blank walls just call out to be painted.

That’s what a group of members from Plains Mennonite Church (Hatfield, Pa.) decided in October 2010 as they walked through Plains Park, located next to the church, discussing how to enhance spirituality in the park. The blank wall of the kitchenette in the park was the perfect place for a mural. Since the wall faces the playground, the group chose the phrase “Jesus said, ‘Let the children come to me.’” to guide the design. <a href="http://franconiaconference.org/news/community-children-design-mural-for-plains-park">read more</a>]]></description>
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