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	<title>Connexions</title>
	<link>http://connexionsministry.org</link>
	<description>People. Seeking. Christ.</description>
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		<title>The Last Pygmy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the remote border region between Burma and Tibet lives the Taron people, a &#8220;pure-blood&#8221; race of Mongoloid pygmies on the verge of self-imposed extinction. Rabinowitz shares his encounter with one family member, Dawi, who saw the &#8220;deep, deep hole&#8221; existing within both men — and the bounty of that friendship in his own life.
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/the-last-pygmy/</link>
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		<title>Trekking Nepal:  Episode IV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vampires in Paradise
I have seen a goddess.  And now she is gone, vanished behind stacks of clouds.  Other peaks come and go in the billowing mist, but I watch them without seeing.  My pupils focus inward again and again, straining to see the twisting ridges of Machapuchre, her vaporous after-image burned on my retina. Looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/trekking-nepal-episode-iv/</link>
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		<title>Lessons in Mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First Serve welcomes Kari and Monte Cheney to the stage 7/24/10, sharing their hard-won wisdom from Thailand.  8:30 AM
Monte and Kari Cheney are returning to Central Oregon after serving at Asia-Pacific International University (formerly Mission College) in Thailand for four years.  While there, Monte taught mathematics in the international program and served as dean of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/lessons-in-mission/</link>
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		<title>The Life of Jesus, (Part I)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ConneXions Class 7/24/10:  The Life of Jesus
Facilitator:  Marc
9:30 AM, Classroom A, Bend SDA Church.
&#8220;What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.  The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion and that man&#8217;s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/the-life-of-jesus-part-i/</link>
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		<title>A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this TED video, a secularist grapples with the meaning of success in the modern world.  I found it fascinating and insightful.
What advantage, if any, does the Christian have in forming a kinder, gentler definition of success than the one society has given us?


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		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/a-kinder-gentler-philosophy-of-success/</link>
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		<title>First Serve:  Matt Melashenko</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This sabbath First Serve welcomes Matt Melashenko, who will present a musical program and share his testimony of God&#8217;s grace in redeeming him from the depths of depression and suicide.
Matt comes to us from Milo Adventist Academy, where he teaches computer technology and math.
Matt began piano lessons when he was only seven years old. He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/first-serve-matt-melashenko/</link>
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		<title>The Crux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ConneXions Class 7/10/10  Scott Neil
After the Apostle Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, people &#8220;were cut to the heart and said&#8230;.&#8217;Brothers, what shall we do? Acts 2:37
What shall you do?
Downsize your home to to give to the needy? Quit your job and go to the mission field in another country? Love your neighbor as yourself [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/connexions-class-71010-the-crux/</link>
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		<title>Creation Care Update</title>
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		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/creation-care-update/</link>
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		<title>Revolutionary Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ConneXions 7/3/10
Watch and discuss Revolutionary Love by Tony Compolo
Facilitator:  Laura Silva
See you there!



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		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/revolutionary-love/</link>
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		<title>Knowing God&#8217;s Will</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Knowing God&#8217;s Will from :redux on Vimeo.
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		<link>http://connexionsministry.org/2010/07/knowing-gods-will/</link>
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