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online coupon = cheap eats

If you're near a Max & Ermas during the holiday season and want a deal when eating out. They have an online coupon for $5 off a purchase of $15...
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Star Wars Christmas!

I was 3 when it aired, but I never knew about it then. A true classic that was the "Star Wars Holiday Special" More like the Muppet Show than a...
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Share your Legacy Story with Video

We made a cheesy video to announce it, but if anyone saw the YouTube debates, you may get the idea what we are thinking and some possible usages for this....
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Mustard Seed Foundation invitation

We received the following e-mail and decided to get the word out by posting it... if you're in the SoCal area and would like to find out more about MSF...
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good quote

“Leadership is defined not by the scale of the opportunity but by the quality of the response.” -Chris Lowney, from “Heroic Leadership” Carla LaFayette, our VP of Strategic Programs, spoke...
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Troubling Tradition (conference in LA)

"God is challenging us to take the idea of troubling texts to the next level, to begin a new conversation across faiths and throughout the world, with the goal of...
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Relational Barriers to Networking

The first barrier in regards to networking that we discussed at the retreat was the "Relational Barriers". These stemmed from many times a lack of trust of people in other...
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Conference Call on Self-Injurious Behavior in Students

Here is a great opportunity for urban youthworkers to be trained and discuss a critical issue. Center for Youth Ministry Studies (CYMS) at North Park University and North Park Theological...
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an Opportunity for Men

TechMission's program Safe Families is offering a program called "Towards Sexual Purity." The purpose of this group is to help participants experience freedom and healing in the realm of sexual...
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Urban Youth Ministry Certificate

Fuller’s Center for Youth and Family Ministry is getting more and more excited about their next Urban Youth Ministry Certificate cohort, set to begin in March 2008. UYWI has a...
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new job entries

Our "jobs list" is constantly being updated with new entries and removing positions which have been filled. Currently there are 4 opportunities on there which have come in within the...
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Casualties of War video

Several of you wanted to find out where we got that stats video from the opening General Session at UYWI07 (the general session Harvey Carey spoke at). BattleCry has it...
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