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		<title>Goal to grow!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our recent constituency session in September, five statements were voted to provide guidance for our conference during the next several years ahead. Probably the most important one of those statements is the one on growth. It is the most important because it addresses specifically the Gospel Commission which is the task God Himself has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=46&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2007 Constituency Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My heart is filled to overflowing after listening to the reports of how God has led us these past four years – miracle after miracle! Almost 2500 new members of the family, financial blessings beyond belief, lives transformed, disciples trained, young people educated for service, problems solved, challenges met, needs supplied, buildings built, and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=32&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Found In The Flyleaf of Ellen G. White&#8217;s Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Year’s ago while I was teaching conversational English in Djakarta, Indonesia Dr. Boyd Olson came through on an itinerary in the Far Eastern Division. At that time he gave a devotional based on this quotation. He said it was handwritten in the flyleaf of Ellen White’s Bible with no notation as to whether she or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=24&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling Mercies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I picked Jon Corder up about 7:00 AM and as we drove out of his driveway we paused briefly, as our custom is, to pray and ask God for traveling mercies. We were on our way to Walla Walla for a Strategic Planning Commission meeting. Just south of Rosalia we hit some ice, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=20&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane Valley Mortgage Burning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marked the “mortgage burning” of the Spokane Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church. What a milestone representing the completion of a huge project that has endured for well over a decade. With the leadership of several different pastors the congregation remained focused on the dream of a new facility. The last phase has been perhaps the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=19&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer for Healing</title>
		<link>http://maximumperspectives.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/prayer-for-healing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was devoted to fasting and prayer for the healing of God’s people. Just a few days ago we became aware that one of our longtime office employees, Sharon Fellows, has been diagnosed with cancer in an advanced stage. It has really hit close to home for all of us who work at the conference [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=18&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bach&#8217;s Magnificat</title>
		<link>http://maximumperspectives.wordpress.com/2007/02/16/bachs-magnificat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>garrettsenior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This evening Linnea and I attended a concert held in St. John’s Cathedral which included a performance of J. S. Bach, The Magnificat. The Magnificat (also known as the Song of Mary) is a canticle found in Luke 1:46-55. Mary, after finding out she was with child, went to visit her cousin, Elizabeth. In the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=17&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love is a Memory</title>
		<link>http://maximumperspectives.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/love-is-a-memory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>garrettsenior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am doing premarital counseling with Dusty and Michelle. The wedding is planned for April. I am enjoying this opportunity to feel like a real pastor again. This couple is actively involved in the life and ministry of the Spokane Valley Church. We have talked about the fact that “love is a memory.” I know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=16&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cohutta Springs Retreat</title>
		<link>http://maximumperspectives.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/cohutta-springs-retreat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>garrettsenior</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership and Vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been attending the North American Division Conference President’s Retreat being held this year at Cohutta Springs Retreat Center in the Georgia-Cumberland Conference. The camp is beautiful with guest rooms of Holiday Inn quality. The Retreat provides a valuable opportunity to network with the other 58 conference presidents in the division. We can learn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=15&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Planning Update</title>
		<link>http://maximumperspectives.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/strategic-planning-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>garrettsenior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UCC Strategic Planning Commission had its second meeting. I go to so many committee meetings, but this is one that is really exciting. Many “thought leaders” from our conference gathered together to vision for the future. Dr. Jon Dybdahl, recently retired President of Walla Walla College, is the chair. I have encouraged this group [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maximumperspectives.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1074897&amp;post=14&amp;subd=maximumperspectives&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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