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    <title>sydneyanglicans.net: modernministry</title>
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      <title>Thank you, youth leaders</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/thank&#45;you&#45;youth&#45;leaders</link>       <description>Now I have teenage children of my own, I have a fresh appreciation for the ministry of the youth leaders in our churches.</description>
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      <content:encoded>Now I have teenage children of my own, I have a fresh appreciation for the ministry of the youth leaders in our churches.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2012-05-22T01:28:57+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Jodie McNeill)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/thank-you-youth-leaders</guid>
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      <title>How the church can reconnect with young people</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/how&#45;the&#45;church&#45;can&#45;reconnect&#45;with&#45;young&#45;people</link>       <description>Matt Brain is not your stereotypical youth minister. He’s over 30, he’s married, he has five children, and a PhD.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>Matt Brain is not your stereotypical youth minister. He’s over 30, he’s married, he has five children, and a PhD.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2012-05-15T12:35:20+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Graham Stanton)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/how-the-church-can-reconnect-with-young-people</guid>
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      <title>What kind of radio station is your church?</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/what&#45;kind&#45;of&#45;radio&#45;station&#45;is&#45;your&#45;church</link>       <description>Choosing songs to sing in church can often seem just as complicated as choosing songs to play on a radio station.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>Choosing songs to sing in church can often seem just as complicated as choosing songs to play on a radio station.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2012-05-08T00:05:58+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Jodie McNeill)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/what-kind-of-radio-station-is-your-church</guid>
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      <title>Talking to kids about Kony</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/talking&#45;to&#45;kids&#45;about&#45;kony</link>       <description>Seven things to note when talking to children and youth about Kony 2012</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>Seven things to note when talking to children and youth about Kony 2012</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2012-03-13T01:22:01+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Jodie McNeill)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/talking-to-kids-about-kony</guid>
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      <title>What I learned from a beer ad</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/what&#45;i&#45;learned&#45;from&#45;a&#45;beer&#45;ad</link>       <description>When I first saw this billboard I was incensed.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>When I first saw this billboard I was incensed.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2012-03-08T07:40:12+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Graham Stanton)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/what-i-learned-from-a-beer-ad</guid>
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      <title>Evangelistic First Aid</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/evangelistic&#45;first&#45;aid</link>       <description>Do we need to simplify our evangelistic first aid skills?</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>Do we need to simplify our evangelistic first aid skills?</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2012-02-14T00:29:10+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Jodie McNeill)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/evangelistic-first-aid</guid>
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      <title>You Lost Me</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/you&#45;lost&#45;me</link>       <description>I’ll get straight to the point: you need to read You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church...and Rethinking Faith by David Kinnaman.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>I’ll get straight to the point: you need to read You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church...and Rethinking Faith by David Kinnaman.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2012-01-23T10:35:32+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Graham Stanton)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/you-lost-me</guid>
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      <title>No need for hot cross buns at Christmas</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/no&#45;need&#45;for&#45;hot&#45;cross&#45;buns&#45;at&#45;christmas</link>       <description>What would be helpful to talk to our children and young people about this Christmas?</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>What would be helpful to talk to our children and young people about this Christmas?</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2011-12-20T01:24:16+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Graham Stanton)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/no-need-for-hot-cross-buns-at-christmas</guid>
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      <title>The Latest Innovation in Ministry</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/the&#45;latest&#45;innovation&#45;in&#45;ministry</link>       <description>In the recent NCLS survey I couldn’t help but feel there were a disproportionate number of questions about our perspective on innovation and change.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>In the recent NCLS survey I couldn’t help but feel there were a disproportionate number of questions about our perspective on innovation and change.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2011-12-13T00:49:13+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Jon Thorpe)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/the-latest-innovation-in-ministry</guid>
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      <title>Embracing otherness</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/embracing&#45;otherness</link>       <description>The last in a series of conversations about youth ministry and where we go from here.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>The last in a series of conversations about youth ministry and where we go from here.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T11:49:39+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Graham Stanton)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/embracing-otherness</guid>
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      <title>Turn up the heat in Year 12</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/turn&#45;up&#45;the&#45;heat&#45;in&#45;year&#45;12</link>       <description>The final year of school is the best year to turn up the heat, not quench the flames.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>The final year of school is the best year to turn up the heat, not quench the flames.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T05:58:47+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Jodie McNeill)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/turn-up-the-heat-in-year-12</guid>
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      <title>Time to invest in a reflective trainee</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/time&#45;to&#45;invest&#45;in&#45;a&#45;reflective&#45;trainee</link>       <description>How youth ministry in Sydney can move forward.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>How youth ministry in Sydney can move forward.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2011-11-09T07:57:15+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Graham Stanton)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/time-to-invest-in-a-reflective-trainee</guid>
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      <title>How to find a youth minister</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/how_to_find_a_youth_minister</link>       <description>I often get calls from ministers asking if there are students from College who could come and run the youth group at their church.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>I often get calls from ministers asking if there are students from College who could come and run the youth group at their church.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2011-10-24T14:40:47+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Graham Stanton)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/how_to_find_a_youth_minister</guid>
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      <title>Put newcomers on the roster</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/put_newcomers_on_the_roster</link>       <description>When we start serving, we start belonging.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>When we start serving, we start belonging.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2011-09-19T21:51:40+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Jodie McNeill)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/put_newcomers_on_the_roster</guid>
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      <title>An Interesting Youth Story</title>
      <link>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/an_interesting_youth_story</link>       <description>From my perspective the patchy nature of youth ministry in Sydney offers an immense opportunity.</description>
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      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <content:encoded>From my perspective the patchy nature of youth ministry in Sydney offers an immense opportunity.</content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2011-09-12T12:49:13+10:00</dc:date>
			<author>editor@sydneyanglicans.net (Graham Stanton)</author>
   <guid>http://sydneyanglicans.net/ministry/modernministry/an_interesting_youth_story</guid>
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