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		<title>NWOS-ELCA.ORG now has a Site Map!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever feel lost on our website? Fear not! We&#8217;ve got a comprehensive at-a-glance listing of all of the pages on our website! Check it out here: http://www.nwos-elca.org/sitemap.htm
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		<title>New age: Aging congregations, clergy driving change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this courtesy of our friends in the SEPA synod blog:
Aging is an issue that many traditional Christian churches cannot ignore.
And the issue is twofold:
» There are more gray-haired people in the pews and congregations are  dwindling.
» Clergy are aging, too
A 2001 report for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America set the median age [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwos.wordpress.com&blog=1839437&post=61&subd=nwos&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year to you all! I know we&#8217;re running a little behind here, so I&#8217;m going to include Merry Christmas as well  
The NWOS Blog will soon be updated with more content and postings will begin again. Until then, why not drop us a line and tell us what you want to see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwos.wordpress.com&blog=1839437&post=60&subd=nwos&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evangelism Coaching Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Evangelism Team of Northwestern Ohio received grant monies from the ELCA to increase our effectiveness in the area of evangelism.  The Northwestern Ohio Synod Evangelism Team is hosting a Coaching Training for interested evangelism leaders in our Congregations.  The training will be held on February 29 &#8211; March 1, 2008.  We are committed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwos.wordpress.com&blog=1839437&post=59&subd=nwos&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Companion Synod Sunday Materials Now Online!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Materials for the synod-wide Companion Synod Sunday, set to be held on Epiphany, Jan. 6, 2008, are now available online by clicking here.
Below is a synopsis of what&#8217;s happening:
Epiphany
The light of Christ shining into the World
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		<title>Something to Look Over During the Thanksgiving Weekend&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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		<title>Presiding Bishop Hanson&#8217;s 2007 Christmas Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas 2007
“Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way…”
Matthew 1:18
Many generations after God promised a Messiah, a young girl named Mary conceived a child by the Holy Spirit.  Joseph, the young man to whom she was betrothed, was told by an angel that the child she would bear was God’s Son, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwos.wordpress.com&blog=1839437&post=56&subd=nwos&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ELCA Responds to Disasters on Three Continents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (ELCA) &#8212; Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), through its International Disaster Response, provided $173,500 to support recovery efforts in Indonesia, Nicaragua and Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe
Seen as the &#8220;breadbasket&#8221; of Southern Africa for years, Zimbabwe&#8217;s economy is facing hyperinflation, said Dr. Belletech Deressa, director for international development and disaster response, ELCA Global Mission.

&#8220;The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwos.wordpress.com&blog=1839437&post=55&subd=nwos&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ELCA Church Council Elects Leaders, Acts on Variety of Proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[     CHICAGO (ELCA) &#8212; The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected four churchwide leaders, heard a report from the ELCA presiding bishop, acted on proposals regarding social policy on sponsorship of legal gaming by American Indian tribes, a proposed &#8220;Lutheran Malaria Initiative,&#8221; and received an implementation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwos.wordpress.com&blog=1839437&post=54&subd=nwos&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lutheran Bishop in Holy Land Meets Former President Carter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (ELCA) &#8212; The Rev. Munib A. Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), met in person with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta Nov. 12 to discuss the situation in the Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians.  Younan was also invited by Carter that evening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwos.wordpress.com&blog=1839437&post=53&subd=nwos&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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