tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72363272024-03-14T06:34:59.464-04:00Brent Dongell's ThoughtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger802125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-8787268900079299052016-12-15T15:22:00.000-05:002016-12-15T15:22:03.503-05:00God's Call SeriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-60613989885337231262016-09-15T08:41:00.000-04:002019-10-24T15:11:32.245-04:007 Communication Tips For Preaching As A Woman <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">"How Do I Preach With Authority As A Woman?</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span> </span></i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">"…especially when I know people are listening who
may disagree with me preaching because I'm female?"</span></i></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">A student in my preaching class
asked <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">me </span>this question recently. Trying to find the answer took me on a two month journey seeking out answers from </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">solid female preachers. Since </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">I couldn’t speak from personal experience as a guy,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">I sought out</span><span lang="EN-US"> women who speak primarily from a general platform
to both men and women.</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">I'm looking to encourage more than debate, since I
serve in a Christian community that openly embraces leaders and
preachers, whether male or female. </span>As I interviewed four different highly
respectable female preachers/leaders, certain themes started to surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realize
these tips won’t universally apply to all women depending on your situation,
personal calling, or doctrinal stance, but this was too rich for me to keep to myself. </span></div>
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ANOINTING HAVE?</span></b></span></span></h2>
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#1: “People Need Jesus.”</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> </span></span></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>The shared heartbeat of these women is that, “People need Jesus.”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> </b> </span>They
see spreading the gospel of Jesus as the main issue. </span></span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-US">It isn’t these preacher's and leader’s first and foremost mission to prove women’s role in</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><b> ministry.</b> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Actually, focusing on being a female too
much was </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US">seen as potentially inhibiting by losing sight of
the main goal. “When you preach, it’s not
about </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US">being a woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It's about </span>you wanting people to
hear from God…” </span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">*These
pictures included are of women preachers I respect but aren't meant to
be tied to specific quotes, answers, or themes below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Answer #2: “Focus More On Growing In Communication and Leadership As A Leader, Than <i>As A Woman</i>.”</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> </span></span></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>These women treat ministry challenges as universal leadership and preaching issues</b>, rather than making it gender specific to <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">female</span> leadership and communication issues.<span lang="EN-US"><b> “At the forefront of our thoughts, we are, first, prophets called by God,</b> (Joel 2, Acts 2, Galatians 3:28) before we are women, men, young, old, red or yellow, black or white.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">“It’s not, 'How do I lead and preach better specifically as a woman?' <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s, 'How do I </span></span></i></span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">lead and preach better as a whole?'”</span></span></i></span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span></span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">Remember that most difficulties, “are not because you're a female, but because you’re in ministry.” </span></span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">People & ministry are messy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There will always be problems and problem people</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;">.</span></b> See new job adjustments as young leader challenges that every young leader has to face rather them unnecessarily attributing them to being </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">a young <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">'female</span>' leader</span></i>. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US">I understand the irony that more extreme stances might argue this blog's title including "as a women," is counterproductive or
contradictory</span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> for the reason stated above in #2</span></i>.</span> </span></i></span></div>
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#3: “It Becomes An Issue When You Make It An Issue.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>As mentioned above, These women repeatedly commented that preaching and leading as a women often becomes an issue when you make it an issue.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The encouragement was that "being a woman is
not a personal hindrance for many of their ministry contexts and world circles. It's about being
qualified or the right leader for the opportunity." </span></span></i><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;">Don't use your gender as an excuse or obstacle.</span><span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-ansi-language: #047F; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span></span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Focus on walking in confidence in your calling & pursing
competence first and foremost as a leader. </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">If you </span>“walk in your gifting (as
equals)</span><span style="font-family: "wingdings";">...</span><span lang="EN-US"> people will then equalize you</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">... </span></span><span lang="EN-US">so that </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US">you’ll talk less about your difficulties specifically as a woman.”</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b> “I do not speak about being a
woman when I am in the pulpit [in a mixed crowd].</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <b> </b></span><b>If we
don’t bring so much attention to it, then it helps others to stop bringing so
much attention to it."</b> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US">(Those interviewed acknowledged women can face specific hardships </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">and would never seek to undermine legitimate discrimination & hard circumstances</span></i></span></span></i></span></i>), but they were consistently trying to
relieve female students from fears of pending hardships in the “real world.”
Their tone was more about open doors and ample opportunities than closed
doors for gifted women. </span></i></span></div>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Heather Semple</span></span></td></tr>
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#4: “Settle It In Your Own Heart.” </span></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>These women are all very settled in their hearts on their calling and role in ministry.</b>
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other women to do so sooner than later too. Finding resolve in your
hearts about what capacity you felt comfortable serving in was game
changing. They P</span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US">rioritized their deep resolve to minister & preach </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US">the gospel out of their strengths. </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>If you’re confident &
called to speak/minister, then step out and do it.</b> Don’t preach in certain settings if you have a strong conviction or deep questioning about women being in front of men. Believe in your ministry call so much that it drives you at
your core. Otherwise you'll continually be aware or insecure about things like age or gender... <b> </b></span></i><b><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US">"If the gospel rewards your steps, go with it."</span></i></b><i><b> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Also, “Help other people with the language" of women in ministry</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">. </span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">I've heard multiple lead pastors mention how they expect to yearly or </span><span lang="EN-US">semi-regularly answer questions about women leading and preaching at their church.</span><span lang="EN-US"> It's wise to have resources on hand </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">(like the ones provided in the next paragraph). </span></i></span></i></span></div>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Christy Lipscomb</span></span></td></tr>
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#4 (Part 2):</span></b><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Settle It In Your Own Heart</span></b><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> Biblically.</span></b></i></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Two beginning sources to read for a Biblical basis in my denomination are </b></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.wesleyan.org/d/dNV9/Why-Wesleyans-Favor-Women-in-Ministry-Schenck-%285%29.pdf" target="_blank">Why Wesleyans Favor Women In Ministry</a> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">for a short Biblical explanation and</span></i> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.wesleyan.org/62/women-in-ministry" target="_blank">Women In Ministry Resource Page</a></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> for more Resources.<b> </b><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">Helping honest inquirers with Biblical </span></i></span></i></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">answers
and explanations for 1 Timothy & 1 Corinthians will most likely be a semi-regular part of your future ministry.</span></span></i></span></i></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>To settle things in your heart, you need to have A starting Scriptural basis for women preachers & leadership</b> is that men and women are "One in Christ" </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">Galatians 3:27-28 and both are made in God's image back in the Genesis 1-3 Account.</span></i></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;">Joel 2:28 and Acts 2:17 predicted that Christian daughters would prophesy.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Philip’s four virgin daughters
prophesied (Acts 21:9)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o</span></span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span lang="EN-US">The Spirit is without preferential treatment based off gender</span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;">in </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span lang="EN-US">Acts 2:1-11 & 1 Cor 12:7,11
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o</span></span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">In Romans 12:4-8 & 1 Peter 4:10-11,
all believers offer gifts for the benefit of the Body</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o</span></span></i></span></span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Phoebe is a “deacon” Rom 16:1-this word is used in Phil 1:1 and 1 Tim 3:8 for church leaders</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">The church meets in women’s
homes like Lydia Acts 16:15 & Nympha Col 4:15.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Junias may have been an apostle
(Romans 16:7)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o</span></span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></i></span></i></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">Men and women together make up the new priesthood in Christ. (</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">1 Peter 2:9-10).</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></i></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">1 Cor 11:4-5 </span></i></span></i>Refers to married women prophesying -The </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">lack of covering dishonors their heads which 11:3 defines as their
husbands. And nothing in the context indicates that these women only prophesied to women,
1 Cor 11-12 actually imply the contrary since women and men are undifferentiated
“in Christ.”</span></i> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>The starting Scriptures used against women preaching or in certain ministry roles often include</b></span></i></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">1 Timothy 2:11-15 “</span><span class="text"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man…</span></span><span lang="EN-US">”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">1 Corinthians 14:34-36 “</span><span class="text"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></sup></span><span class="text"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Women
should remain silent in the churches…"</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="text"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Other verses involve the themes of Headship & Submission </span></i><i><span class="text"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><span lang="EN-US">(1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5) </span></i></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Note: Biblical scholarship has strong defenses for both sides of this argument </b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">So, be diligent in your Scripture study</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "courier new"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Find voices who can patiently explain, discuss, & explore your hard questions with you.</span></i></span></div>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Anita Eastlack</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Answer
#5: “Go Where You’re Welcomed & Disregard The Settings Where
You’re Not.” </span></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><b>The women interviewed respectfully but confidently dismissed their need for the approval of </b></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><b>closed audiences and people</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">“It doesn’t matter if others
question you…” they advised. </span></i></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">"If they </span></i></span></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">don’t believe I should be preaching… that’s
okay I’m still going to see them in heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are </span></i></span></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US">plenty of people who don’t struggle with this theology and they’re
usually unsaved."</span></i></span></span> "</i></span></i></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">It’s not your </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US">responsibility to make sure
everyone believes and listens to you…” <b><i><span lang="EN-US"><i>One leader added,</i> </span></i>“I would advise a called woman
to pray and seek out a setting where the theology allows for women in
leadership.”</b> </span></i></span><br />
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">*JoAnn Lyons</span></span></td></tr>
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#6: Model Respect & Professionalism Through Work.</span></b></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Stay consistently professional
in your work relationships.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will send
a message about boundaries to yourself and to those around you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will also help you earn trust. Even if you
have an outgoing and down-to-earth personality, you can choose to
sacrifice that for the sake of your calling just as missionaries make personal
sacrifices for their calling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Dress, act, and talk according
to the respect that you wish for people to give you.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, it can be a sacrifice, but our outward
appearance is a part of our testimony.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">You will dress different as the point leader of churches than as
a preschool teacher</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">… always professional but different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dressing for the role. What I wear is about
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">stewarding the role while giving hints of my personality.</span></i></span><br />
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Constance Cherry</span></span></td></tr>
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#7: Preach and Lead in Christ From A Well Carried and Humble Self-Confidence that's Obedient, Authentic, Adaptable, Excellent, & Direct.</span></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">"Spiritual
Authority is the blessing of the Holy Spirit bestowed as a result of
serving God's purposes faithfully while receiving the voice that G</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>od</b></i>
<i><b>has given to you and are willing to embrace</b>." One's spiritual
authority, whether female or male, emerges over time as they faithfully
employ the giftedness and calling that comes from God... humbly obeying and investing in you
craft. </i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">“Authority comes [with] authenticity.”</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> The women interviewed consistently encouraged young women looking to preach or lead to be themselves.</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> “You can’t be something you’re
not.”</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> “You can't be a great communicator if you're not being yourself. Don’t despise the vessel.” </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">"</span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">Just be you."</span></i></span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></i></span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Self-awareness and grit are essential for welcoming the necessary feedback & changes you need to remain healthy.</b> </span></span></i></span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i>Your insecurities left unbridled or un-dealt with can ruin your ministry and the people around you. </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">You have to be strong enough to face the facts (instead of blame,
excuse, or deflect). </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">For example, if people avoid having a necessary but sensitive conversation with you around dress and modesty</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US"> out of fear of you </span></i>being offended or defensively reacting, this can be symptomatic of an unhealthy "walking on eggshells" environment. <span lang="EN-US"><b>"...you can't lead with a chip on your shoulder.”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Leading or preaching defensively or being bitter won't bring the results you want.</span></i></span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">“Know your audience.”</span></b></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"> These preachers were very aware and sensitive to knowing their platforms and audience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>“Great communicators need to
know their audience”</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">and whether they are speaking to children, teenagers, elderly, men, women, etc? Being "all things to all people" is an art.</span></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">“Work towards using the best illustrations & sermons possible.”</span></b></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Instead
of defensively avoiding how to sound "too female" or feminine, focus on
preaching and using the best illustration possible.</span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US"> If you speak about your family… make sure it can take the whole audience down </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">memory lane with something they can all connect with from their childhood… </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;">avoid </span></span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"> limited crowd or isolating</span> experiences like </span></span></span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">shopping experiences only girls would understand</span></span></span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">.</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"> </span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"><b>Preach to the point. </b></span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> These women all had a directness to
their communication that allowed them to speak candidly and to the</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> point without being passive. </span></i></span>Don't helicopter and keep circling and talking around a point... Land the plane</span>!</i><i><span lang="EN-US"> Also, stay to the main point... V</span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;">ary</span> between using "We"/"Us" language with "You" language, to avoid </span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">coming across as condescending.</span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> W<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">atch your pace & breathing to avoid getting </span></span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">to high pitched.<span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"> </span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Natasha Dongell</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">A few other blogs to consider: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/actually-need-women-teach-lead-preach-i//?fbclid=IwAR2bJ3htB8ZXfXuVVDiqaCkT_23plRvN1bsGCD0cGZAT7KDWuytM-DK9uqw</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">https://www.seedbed.com/was-paul-for-or-against-women-in-ministry/?fbclid=IwAR0KBBDyg9s53TvQ71qOQUN6S1bOaeD7GZotpjediucFwBgecuZttAzRur4 </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">I've been observing nuances in the different saying and accents of the Maritimes (the New Bruswick, Nova Scotia, & Prince Edward Island area in Canada). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Here are a few techniques you can choose to embrace or avoid depending on how much you want to fit in around this part of Canada.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Here's a Fun Video for Prince Edward Island specifically: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6hFdkUSuMw">P.E.I. slang: How to talk like an Islander</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>1. ADD AN "S" TO THE END OF "WHERE"-</b> to say something like, <i>"I live somewheres around here."</i> Use it like
"Somewheres," "anywheres," "nowheres," "everywheres,"</span> etc.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2. WHEN PRONOUNCING "SORRY" </b>say it like "Soar-ee" instead of "Saur-ee" or "Sawr-ee." This could similarly apply to your pronunciation of boat</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3. APOLOGIZE & SAY YOUR SORRY A LOT-</b> If someone bumps into you, say "sorry". If you have the possibility of offending someone or misspeaking or interrupt, say "sorry". Just say "sorry" in most of your interactions. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4. TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER </b>(as the typical conversation starter)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">5. ADD "SOME" OR "RIGHT"</span></span> </b>before something your describing- </span><i>"That was some good meal" </i>or <i>"You got that done right quick." "It's right foggy today."</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>6. BREATH IN A SILENT "YEAH"OR GASP</b> in agreement or in the middle of conversation. This is sometimes known as the<b> </b>"Gaelic Gasp" or inhale in replace of yes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>7. PRONOUNCE YOUR T's FULLY, ALMOST LIKE A BREATH AT THE END OF A WORD.</b> with words like "but" or "boat" </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>8. DON'T PRONOUNCE YOUR T's AT OTHER TIMES. </b> Don't Pronounce T's on other words like "muddin," which is when you take your truck or vehicle out in the mud to potentially get stuck.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>9. SOMETIMES THROW IN A "EH"</b> but not as often is stereotyped in American media.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">10. ON PEI YOU CAN TRY OUT SLANG LIKE SLIPPY</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">/ PADADERS-</span> </b>"slippy" instead of "slippery," and "pa-day-ders" for potatoes.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>11. EMBRACE ACTIVE LISTENING BY SAYING "YEAAAAAH, YAH, YAH."</b> (throughout a conversation while
listening in conversational agreement or a sense of togetherness)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">These Are My Right Good Observations about Maritime Life!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here's another link for more!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.capebretonpost.com/opinion/columnists/2014/10/2/even-after-moving-away-accents-and-expr-3890495.html">http://www.capebretonpost.com/opinion/columnists/2014/10/2/even-after-moving-away-accents-and-expr-3890495.html</a></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6hFdkUSuMw">P.E.I. slang: How to talk like an Islander</a></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Coming from away (CFA), </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">I've been observing nuances in the different saying and accents of the Maritimes (the New Bruswick, Nova Scotia, & Prince Edward Island area in Canada). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Here's a few techniques to embrace or avoid depending on how much you want to fit in around this part of Canada.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>1. ADD AN "S" TO THE END OF "WHERE"</b>- to say something like, "I live somewheres around here." Use it like "Somewheres," "anywheres," "nowheres," "everywheres,"</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"> etc.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2. WHEN PRONOUNCING "SORRY" </b>say it like "Soar-ee" instead of "Saur-ee" or "Sawr-ee." This could similarly apply to your pronunciation of boat.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3. APOLOGIZE & SAY YOUR SORRY A LOT-</b> If someone bumps into you, say "sorry". If you have the possibility of offending someone or misspeaking or interrupt, say "sorry". Just say "sorry" in most of your interactions. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4. TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER </b>(as the typical conversation starter)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>5. ADD "SOME" OR "RIGHT"</b> before something your describing- </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><i>"That was some good meal" </i>or <i>"You got that done right quick." "It's right foggy today."</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>6. BREATH IN A SILENT "YEAH"OR GASP</b> in agreement or in the middle of conversation. This is sometimes known as the<b> </b>"Gaelic Gasp" or inhale in replace of yes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>7. PRONOUNCE YOUR T's FULLY, ALMOST LIKE A BREATH AT THE END OF A WORD.</b> with words like "but" or "boat" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>8. DON'T PRONOUNCE YOUR T's AT OTHER TIMES. </b>Don't Pronounce T's on other words like "muddin," which is when you take your truck or vehicle out in the mud to potentially get stuck.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>9. SOMETIMES THROW IN A "EH" </b>but not as often is stereotyped in American media.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>10. ON PEI YOU CAN TRY OUT SLANG LIKE SLIPPY/ PADADERS- </b>"slippy" instead of "slippery," and "pa-day-ders" for potatoes.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>11. EMBRACE ACTIVE LISTENING BY SAYING "YEAAAAAH, YAH, YAH."</b> (throughout a conversation while
listening in conversational agreement or a sense of togetherness)</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">These Are My Right Good Observations about Maritime Life!</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here's a link a little more:<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.capebretonpost.com/opinion/columnists/2014/10/2/even-after-moving-away-accents-and-expr-3890495.html"> http://www.capebretonpost.com/opinion/columnists/2014/10/2/even-after-moving-away-accents-and-expr-3890495.html</a></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-84435685036911729552016-09-07T13:14:00.000-04:002016-09-07T18:17:50.153-04:00My Car Traveling Secrets (for long trips)<span style="font-size: large;">I think most travelers have their <b>"tricks" </b>for those long drives...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've driven a lot this summer between Canada & the USA. <b>These ideas that have saved me more than once</b>, hopefully they might help you too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">The AC power plug for my computer has been helpful at times.</span></i></span></h2>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It holds my phone easily without getting in the way of the charging cord</span></span></i></h4>
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3. EZ Pass</span></h2>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's so nice to slowly drive through toll stations without having to fully stop, roll down the window, and pay a teller, especially when you're traveling with sleeping passengers.</span></span></i></h4>
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4. Add "00", when using Canadian Credit Cards at US gas pumps that ask for a Zip Code (see example)</span></h2>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It can be frustrating driving in the USA with a Canadian credit card. I try to pay at the pump, but it sometimes ask for the card's Zip Code. The problem is it won't accept the Canadian 6 digit zip code instead of the USA 5 digit zip code, so I would have to cancel and go inside each time... until this answer below solved the problem!</span></span></i></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.mastercard.ca/education/travel-tips/US-gas-code.html">http://www.mastercard.ca/education/travel-tips/US-gas-code.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. And when crossing the border, don't forget your Passport! :)</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-6924187291479034262016-09-01T11:08:00.000-04:002016-09-03T18:04:26.025-04:00After Camp (Day 1) - Start Serving<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">(Keep Reading <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-2-get-plugged-in.html">Day 2)</a></span></i></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1266863/images/o-TEENS-CHORES-facebook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1266863/images/o-TEENS-CHORES-facebook.jpg" height="640" width="410" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">It's your first day back to life (outside of camp)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>START SERVING.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One of the best things you can do <i>today</i> is find ways to show loving kindness to those around you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>HERE ARE A FEW STARTING IDEAS: </b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Clean </b>your room or the house, without being asked (dishes, laundry, toilet, vacuum, mow the yard, etc.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Encourage</b> a friend by sending a message saying "You're awesome" for no reason</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Hang out and <b>play with your brother or sister</b>, and make sure to be nice while trying to treat them as Jesus would.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Make a homemade gift</b>, drawing, or card for your grandparents or someone who would appreciate it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Buy or find something valuable of your own stuff <b>and give it away</b> to someone who has less that you, that you know could use it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tell your parents </b>"Thank you" and that "you love" them.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Mow the neighbors yard or clean up and <b>pick up trash </b>around the neighborhood, just because.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Go out of your way to be nice to the neighborhood or school kid who sits by themself or <b>the kid that everyone makes fun</b> of or thinks is weird.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bake cookies </b>for someone or recycle to make some money to give to those in need.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">When you stop at a restaurant, gas station, or store, be </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>nice to the workers</b>,</span> and say thank yo. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">While doing life, when you see a chance to <b>stop and help someone... just do it</b> (whether it's at home, in the neighborhood, or your out somewhere... just do it).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ask your pastor</b> or youth pastor if there's anything you can do to help at church or Sunday mornings.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Commit to Christ</b> whatever you do today (Proverbs 16:3 & Colossians 3:23) </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>REMEMBER: When You <i>SERVE</i> God More, You'll See Him More.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Much like <i>When You SEEK God More, You'll See Him More.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>DO YOU HAVE A READING PLAN? ...</b>Click here to read <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+1&version=NIV">Proverbs 1</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other Options For Reading A Daily Chapter Of Proverbs:</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Daily Email: <a href="http://bibleplan.org/plans/proverbs-in-a-month/#niv">http://bibleplan.org/plans/proverbs-in-a-month/#niv</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">App, Email, or Text: <a href="https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/149-proverbs">https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/149-proverbs</a> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Instructions For Email/Text. Sign in. Sign Up For Proverbs Reading Plan. Click On Name In Top Right Corner. Go To Settings. Click on "Verse Of The Day Subscriptions." Choose email or mobile app subscription..</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">App: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/proverb-day-proverbs-bible/id649669515?mt=8">https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/proverb-day-proverbs-bible/id649669515?mt=8</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Prayer App: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prayermate-quiet-time-organiser/id434815549?mt=8&ls=1">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prayermate-quiet-time-organiser/id434815549?mt=8&ls=1</a> </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">(Keep Reading <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-2-get-plugged-in.html">Day 2</a>, <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-3-gospel-is-this-cool.html">Day 3</a>, <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-4-think-marathon.html">Day 4</a>, <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-5-school-friends-role.html">Day 5</a>, <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-6-make-things-right.html">Day 6</a>, <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/09/after-camp-day-7-stand-up-for-whats.html">Day 7</a>)</span></i></span></span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-40831122578872201542016-09-01T11:07:00.000-04:002016-09-03T17:54:15.361-04:00After Camp (Day 2)- Get Plugged In<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">(Keep Reading: <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-1-start-serving_26.html">Day 1</a> or <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-3-gospel-is-this-cool.html">Day 3</a>)</span></i></span></span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://awordywoman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/eventimage.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://awordywoman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/eventimage.png" height="640" width="640" /></a></span> </span></i></span></span></i></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Where are you going to youth group or church this week?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Get Plugged In.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the best ways to grow, is having the right friends and influences.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Getting plugged into the power of Christian community helps you change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been said: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">"<b>You are the average of the five</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b> people you spend the most time with." </b>Jim Rohn</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Statistics say that attending church <i>WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO</i> of starting university</b> is</span> huge in keeping Christian teenagers from leaving church.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><b> </b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Five Christ-Centered Things You Can Plug In</b> <b>To</b>:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Church</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Youth Group</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Bible</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Christian Music</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Online Sermons </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Remember: Coals stay warmer together longer than the coal removed from the fire. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Go to youth group </b>or church this week for the friendships and teaching. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reading the Bible & Praying</b> can help you connect to God now.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Christian Radio Challenge: </b>only listen to a Christian radio station and Christian music for a month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>DO YOU HAVE A READING PLAN? </b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+2&version=NIV" style="font-family: Times;"><span style="color: #0000e9;">Click to Read Proverbs 2</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">or <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-1-start-serving_26.html">Click Here for more Reading Options (at the bottom of this link)</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-23732128504923017612016-09-01T11:06:00.000-04:002016-09-03T17:57:21.537-04:00After Camp (Day 3) The Gospel Is This Cool...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGlx11BxF24">#fallingplates</a> video below... the Gospel of Jesus is so Cool!!!</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We were dying inside and out... </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">but now we're given new life, love, and purpose!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Four Ideas To Focus on Jesus</b>:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jesus can change your worst, most impossible scenarios </b>and people into the best, most incredible stories of life and goodness. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keep your eyes open</b>... God's giving you <b>opportunities <i>today</i> to show Jesus' sacrificial love.</b> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">REMEMBER: As you <b>Surrender More</b>, (walking with Jesus' power & the Spirit's help), you can <b>Sin Less. </b>(Gal 5:16)<b><br /></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">If you're seeing areas where you haven't acted like Christ since camp, take a few minutes right now and decide, <b>"What action can I specifically surrender</b> to be able to live more like Him this next week?" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pray for an opportunity to share your faith</b> with someone this week.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>REMEMBER: He Turns Our Mess Into A Message</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BIBLE READING PLAN? </b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%203&version=NIV" target="_blank">Click to read Proverbs 3</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-1-start-serving_26.html">Click Here for more Reading Options (at the bottom of this link)</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-50747294903497762082016-09-01T11:05:00.000-04:002016-09-03T17:58:21.254-04:00After Camp (Day 4) Think Marathon. #WarriorStatus<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Christian Life </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is Like</span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Training For A Marathon.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Think Marathon, </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">instead of Sprint.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">(Go outside or close the door to your room, flex, and fiercely scream with all you've got!)</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Cast off Sin and Clothe yourself with Christ.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fight for what's right. </b></span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's not always easy, </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">It's Courage. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Few Ways To Stand Up & Embrace Training With Warrior</b> <b>Intensity</b> This Year:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stand Up For The Outsider </b>when someone's picking on them.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stand Up For Your Morals And What's Right,</b> whether you're at home, school, a party, or a friend's house</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>REMEMBER: Weigh the Cost, And Answer His Call (Luke 14)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">or <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-1-start-serving_26.html">Click Here for more Reading Options (at the bottom of this link)</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-85313801204143916002016-09-01T11:04:00.000-04:002016-09-03T17:59:46.469-04:00After Camp (Day 5) School Friends & Role Models<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Choose your school friends & role models wisely</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A big person makes you feel bigger when they're around.</span></i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I met a guy on the street who wasn't a Christian. He told me how he had recently overcame his addiction to illegal drugs, so I asked him how he did it. He said, "I just had to stop hanging out with certain friends and choose not to go back to them until I was strong enough to </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">start saying, "No,"</span> and start hanging out with them in smaller doses again." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Positive Influences are <i>GAME CHANGERS</i></b> in your Christian walk.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which bad influences do you need to <b>stop hanging out with less?</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which good influences do you need to </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>start hanging out with more?</b></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>If you could be like anyone your age or older, </b>who would that be? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">How can you hang out with that role model (Question #3 Person) and <b>try and be more like them? </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>To become more like Jesus,</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> follow Him and <b>those who live like Him.</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>REMEMBER: Add instead of Subtract. Build People Up Instead of Down. (Ephesians 4:29)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">or <a href="http://brentdongell.blogspot.ca/2016/08/after-camp-day-1-start-serving_26.html">Click Here for more Reading Options (at the bottom of this link)</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-68250212414933608492016-09-01T11:01:00.000-04:002016-09-03T18:01:27.565-04:00After Camp (Day 6) Make Things Right<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Make Things Right.</span></b> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A Big Step in Making Things Right is Confession and Forgiveness.</span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Is someone upset at you</b> for something you did wrong? </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Have you wronged someone </b>and not asked for forgiveness yet?</span></span></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Lead the way in vulnerability.</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> Think about asking them for forgiveness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Christians, it's best that <b>we relentlessly try and live in right relationship with God and others</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">At camp, I taught you these <b>5 Elements Of Repenting and Apologizing to God and Others</b> (below).</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>You can</i> <i>control</i></b> whether you forgive and ask for forgiveness,<b> </b>but <b><i>you can't control</i> </b>or force someone else to forgive.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>REMEMBER: Confessing Leads To Refreshing, So Confess to be Refreshed. (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+3&version=NIV">Acts 3:19</a>; <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+5%3A16&version=NIV">James 5:16</a>)</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Right relationships are at the center of the gospel of Jesus.</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Stand Up, Even When It's Hard.</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">only thing necessary for the triumph of evil</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> was that good men should do nothing<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">"</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-Edmun<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">d Bu<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">rke-</span></span></span> </span> </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">This world <i>needs</i> the life changing love of Christ. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It needs us to live it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>The most loving way to live</b>, is through Christ each day.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>CONSIDER: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Buying a Devotional to Read Daily From The List Below:</b></span> </div>
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<li><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Year-Devotions-Kids-Book/dp/084235087X/ref=pd_sim_14_8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=SBM2841Z8E0653WGDW5E"><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle">The One Year Devotions for Kids</span></a> </span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Only-Devotions-Carolyn-Larsen/dp/1414322097/ref=pd_sim_14_25?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=SBM2841Z8E0653WGDW5E"><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle">For Girls Only! Devotions</span></a><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle"> </span><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="ebooksProductTitle"> </span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US">In honor of it being exactly one year ago that we crossed a huge
family milestone where Natasha & I received </span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">Roya & Alea's</span> official adoption papers saying their last name has been changed to
Dongell, here’s a list of some of my favorite moments as a dad over the past two years. (and yes I used stock photos for efficiency, even though I have a very photogenic family).</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Holding their small hands and
walking and talking with your child. </span><br />
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something funny they are doing.</span><br />
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A Kingswood graduate recently quoted my first book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Twenty-Somethings-Brent-Dongell/dp/1622954394/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1462132143&sr=8-2&keywords=hard+twenty+somethings" target="_blank">The Hard Twenty Somethings </a></i></div>
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With <a href="http://www.kingswood.edu/" target="_blank">Kingswood University</a>'s Commencement/Graduation happening yesterday, I wished I had a second book to give the graduates.* But since I don't have a second book yet, let me leave you with a few thoughts to guide and help avoid the disappointment gap between your expectations & reality that Dr. Steve Elliott so eloquently teaches in class. <br />
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<b>Here Are 11 Things To Remember Leaving Bible College Going Into Ministry</b></h3>
<b>1. God Given Life Paths Aren't As Linear As We Want. </b><br />
Success comes through faith, love, obedience over accomplishments & prestige (although these can be fruit). Hebrews 10 tells
us that the faithful don’t always receive or have a right to a “full” or
happy ending here on earth. Obedience doesn't equate a linear happy Christian life path. God's even been known to lead the Israelites on a <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+13%3A17-18&version=NIV" target="_blank">non-linear path on purpose</a>.<br />
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<b>2. Expect To Be Expected To Create Your Own Support Community (Instead Of Inheriting One).</b><br />
It’s easy to experience loneliness the first year and ask, “Where are the other people my age?” <br />
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You will most likely be the youngest leader or couple. You then are expected to bring in more people or couples like you. You’ll have to create a group of friends your age rather than getting to join a group already there. Some of you will be lonely because you didn’t realize you’ve inherited these instant communities in your lives through churches & school systems up until this point in life.<br />
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<b>3. Expect To Have To Create A New Culture To Make The Big Difference You Envision </b><b><b>And Find Fulfillment</b>.</b><br />
It’s easy to expect quick change & think, “I or we can fix this real quick if we just…” <br />
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You’ve inherited a culture others have built. Systems or symptoms can often be changed quicker than people. Now, to see lasting change in your world, it won’t always come over night by making a lot of surface adjustments. You must now carry your attitude and values to a new level for a committed length of time to help build a new culture that changes this world. <br />
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Be the change you want to see.<br />
Culture consistently takes multiples years of committed people to change.<b> </b><br />
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<b>4. Own Personal And Ministry Integrity As Your Own Responsibility </b><b><b> To Find Fulfillment </b>(Instead Of Your Pastor or Leader's Job).</b><br />
It’s easy to think, “Why don’t they pour into me more or probe deeper?” <br />
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It’s most likely expected that you'll bring concerns or problems to your leader rather than them prying them out of you.<br />
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When being hired, no one that I can remember has asked me if I had a porn problem. It was just assumed or trusted, but can be dangerous & deadly if hidden and left unaddressed. <br />
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A pastor can’t fully watch over your emotional/spiritual health, you must own living what you preach. I believe that living a few
morals with full conviction and dedication is often more respected than a hundred
morals that appear to result in little or no life change. <br />
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<b>5. Fight For Your Spiritual Walk In The Midst Of Your Drive To Succeed.</b><br />
Don’t gain the whole ministry world and <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16:26" target="_blank">forfeit your soul</a> and spiritual health. <br />
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A great leader or team will often require or encourage your devotional time & Sabbath days, but it's often the exception and not completely their responsibility (as mentioned above).<br />
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We must make sure our spiritual disciplines, heart, & lifestyle can overflow and drive our ever growing responsibilities. <br />
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“[A Young Leader] is both sincere and ambitious. A contradiction,
perhaps, but true, nonetheless. He probably means some of what he says.
But his ambition will continue long after he discovers his inability
to do the things he promises.” A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards <br />
“Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.” Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley <b> </b><br />
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<b>6. Understand That Trust Is Built Not Inherited.</b><br />
It’s easy to be frustrated and confused, “Why won’t they trust me with more?” <br />
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You're starting over… even if not with your boss, you are with other people... & trust rightfully must be built rather than inherited. <br />
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You can be entrusted a lot of responsibility early on, but your influence and trust with people is still being built over time and through repeated experiences. (For example: people are wondering if you will accept their really "secular" friend or whether you will be discipleship "deep" enough for their calling. You may have the title pastor, but they still don't know if you have yours or their best interest at heart.<br />
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Be patient & okay with rebuilding trust, as you start in a new place.<b> </b><br />
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<b>7. Determine That Your Circumstances Will Make You Better, Not Bitter. </b><br />
It’s about turning lemons into lemonade, turning storms from disaster into dancing in the rain… One well known businessman has said that the “luck factor” in success isn’t luck. It's the attitude difference between people who do or don't ask, “How can I turn this bad into the best possible good?”<br />
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We must speak thankfulness, goodness, and good news into every circumstance in our lives (1 Thessalonians 5:18, Philippians 4:8) <br />
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An example of this is Joseph's godly grace-filled response to his brother's who wronged Him who can say with full integrity, "<span class="text Gen-50-20" id="en-NIV-1527">You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives</span>." (Genesis 50:20)<br />
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The beauty of this is the redemption of God that can take the son born from murder and out of an adulterous marriage and make him into the wisest man, call him “loved by God,” and allow him to build the very house and Temple of God. <b> </b><br />
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<b>8. Lead Through Face To Face Relationships & Conversations: </b><br />
We've all responded to an email or text by email or text that was misread. We know we should've called or talked to them in person instead. <br />
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Communicating and doing relationships well can’t be replaced. Even though Millenials are replacing phone calls and voicemails more and more with messaging by text, email, facebook, etc., Messages can be misinterpreted too easily. Communication with weight issues is better face to face or by voice instead of text. Vision is also best communicated and infused through a person speaking than a well crafted email.<br />
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Facebook Messages, texts, and emails won’t inspire like leading face to face in relationships and conversations will. It just can't be replaced. Conveying vision is the same. <b> </b><br />
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<b>9. In The Local Church, You Aren’t Leading The Same Group Of Worship Leaders And Pastors Anymore. </b><br />
You can't assume...<br />
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It’s easy to go from Kingswood into a church a get little crowd response during the service and think, “This church is dead.” <br />
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You can't forget Kingswood is a Bible college where many churches or universities for that matter have the range of people from completely lost and disengaged to just starting to be committed to deep 80 year old followers of the Lord. You will have to create a new culture and train deep to have the same response you would have from a group of trained worship leaders and pastors intensely working on their spiritual walk already sitting in the crowd ready to engage in worship.<br />
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You can’t assume… as preachers that everyone believes they should care or naturally will want to be engage or be ready to hear from the word of God.<br />
You can’t assume… as worship leaders that everyone believes they should care
or naturally will want to be engage in music or singing to God.<br />
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You don’t have the same worship leaders & preachers infiltrating your crowd, so how will you lead this new setting into a greater sense of worship, investment, and deeper commitment.<b> </b><br />
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<b>10. Take The Initiative In Fixing Problems. </b><br />
It’s easy to be watch a problem continue and be too embarrassed to walk in front of people to fix it and think, “That leader will fix it.” <br />
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We had Sharon Guptill come preach in chapel this year. She had big hoop earrings on that kept making a clicking sound with her headset mic. As a community of leaders and believers, we saw this distraction and none of us said anything about this distraction for too long as we all let it continue waiting for someone else to say something. Similarly at my last church, we had a faulty blinking stage light that didn't get fixed for weeks and every week, it would start to act up as the preacher was in the middle of the message. We should've fixed it earlier, but during the service, as soon as it started blinking I should've taken care of it, if the leadership behind wasn't. <br />
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Take initiative in fixing problems when you know something needs to be fixed and everyone's sitting around waiting.<b> </b><br />
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<b>11. Always Be Driven By The Belief That The Gospel Of Jesus Transforms Lives, And Therefore Their Communities, Cultures, & The World. </b><br />
We can be fatalistic and begin to see people or places as never being able to change. This isn’t the gospel message. Don’t give up.<br />
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The gospel changed your life and many others. The people that others thought could never change are forever changed. People now, can't picture them the way they used to be. The world is full of gray areas and people who doubt and plenty of hard circumstances. You are in a battle where the enemy is trying to convince you to give up. The gospel prevails. You know it. Continue to believe it and give your life to it.<br />
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Go get em!!! <br />
<span class="text 1Cor-15-58" id="en-NIV-28777">Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*My first book only had capacity to address half of the story for Christian young adults. I focused on reminding us that who we’re becoming is what matters as we’re navigating through the unexpected difficulties of early adulthood (and increasingly as single rather than married), but I didn’t give many directions/answers to the end goal of who we are to become and how to get there. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Just over a year ago, I went from a 30 year
old traveled single pastor to a married husband (of a wife who lost her first husband 2 years earlier) father of their two kids in a rather
overlooked part of the world in Canada (outside of my home country in the middle of adjusting to my second year of teaching as a professor).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was recently asked to write about my journey, so here's a few
thoughts (or pretty much a book) about relationships, marriage, & parenting for those who would
enjoy to know the lessons I’m learning so far:</span><br />
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Most recently I’ve been
challenged by the concept of continually “Turning towards” you’re spouse
instead of away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the difference
between growing closer or feeling more distant (and despite my overwhelmed
feelings at times of “not having the emotional energy or time” when I’m stressed),
I’m realizing how much it makes a difference to keep turning towards my spouse instead of away.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Bill Hybels from Willowcreek
encourages the idea of saying “the last 10%” of what you're thinking that we so often hold back in conversations to really build
trust and be at our best working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This truly is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">key</i> to intimacy,
despite it feeling so scary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
recently while my wife and I were talking on a Sunday afternoon drive, she
was unpacking and exposing a ministry difference her and I have regarding our preference in church
styles and I didn't want to respond because I knew she was at least partially
right and it felt dangerous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew I
could potentially be walking into one of those unsolvable perpetual problems that only
gets worse, taken personally, or creates more distance if we disagree and can’t
figure it out, so I tried to keep my mouth shut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But instead, there was an unresolved tension
in the dead space until I decided to treat and trust this conversation like my other solid friendships where I talk out my opinion and we work
through it together rather than trying to avoid a crucial conversation. It was good to discuss the obvious unresolved issue below the surface (I turned towards my wife
instead of away).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a knot in my
stomach at first but we both felt heard and better understood after we talked
through the last 10%... and trust had been built through our first year of
marriage to have this conversation. In fact, "Honesty" was the obvious winner out of seven qualities in one secular Valentines survey asking "which attribute humans look for and appreciate most in their significant other."</span><br />
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">I heard Joseph Grenny who wrote
<i>Crucial Conversations</i>, say there are two things necessary for a person
to be ready to receive hard words from you when entering a difficult but necessary
crucial conversation:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span>i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">One, they must know you truly love/accept them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span>ii.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Two, they must know you truly want what’s best for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">them</i>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The more this trust is established and known or felt (the
more readily the last 10% conversations can happen).</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><b>A Good Distinction To Make: You
Can Fully Love Someone without Fully Having to Trust Them… </b>(while both together
is the ultimate goal)</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Love can remain intact while
trust is broken or being built.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
fully love your child or friend but not trust them with feeding your fish (if
you know it’s not their strong point to be responsible). It doesn’t mean you
don’t fully love them, yet you just don’t fully trust them with that task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know Natasha and we truly love each other
and committed our lives to each other on the wedding altar, but I also knew that
meeting and getting married so quickly (without a lot of previous life experience
together), meant I would still be partially building trust into the marriage <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">post wedding rather than prior</i>. </span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">We built trust as we built life experiences together</span> after the loving
marriage and full lifelong commitment was made. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was still earning or proving my wife’s trust
to be true and right (which can feel or sound weird, but makes sense in my
head).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m answering, affirming, and
proving that I love her and want what’s best for her as I build trust). </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">The First Year Marriage
Investment</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">I’ve taught in my marriage
counseling (as a single pastor in the past ironically but more normal than you’d
think) that marriage is like a money investment that will pay more dividends
long-term the earlier you invest, especially during the first year of
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Old Testament professor
Wilbur Williams from university said, “You keep your wife the way you caught
her.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a firm believer and advocate
for being intentional to do more investing together in each other during that first
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Natasha and I doing some crazy adjusting in
our schedules and family structures, this meant spending more time and money on road trips,
marriage counseling, books, and couple getaways together earlier on which I believe
will be worth every invested dollar spent.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Getting Married Early Means
More Time Alone Early On After The Wedding</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Getting married quicker means,
that after your honeymoon (if you have one), you will probably spend less time with your friends
as you have to intentionally “date” your spouse the first year after marriage
while still getting to know them and build your life experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my head I had this assumption that we would get
married and just run off side by side to make friendships and tackle the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew we would grow face to
face, but I somehow missed that where we lacked life experiences and face to
face moments in our past, we would have to intentionally catch up and
intentionally “log in” extra hours with each other to know each other deeply
and live together well for the rest of our lives (so we invested early… which
built trust… which has allowed us to have the last 10% conversations… so we
turn towards each other more… you get how it works.)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">It’s Weird, But You have to Love Yourself Well to Love Your Wife and Family Well. </span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I first found this intriguing concept of love from </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">St Bernard</span></i><span class="st"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of
Clairvaux</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> in a book called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Smart Stepfamily </i>where he proposes that there’s another level of
love beyond what we often see as the pinnacle Christian act of selflessly loving
others for their own sake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>St. Bernard
taught a fourth level beyond this where <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you
love yourself to love others</i> (see the progression below):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #047F; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #047F; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To love myself solely<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(love self for self)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #047F; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #047F; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To love you for my sake<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(love of God for what He gives)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #047F; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #047F; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To love you for your sake<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(love of God for what He is)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #047F; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To love
myself for your sake<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(love of one’s
self for God’s sake)</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m more and more convinced that your greatest gift to
others is yourself and what you give out of who you are more than what you "give" in you’re life in
Christ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But too often we think our
greatest gift comes out of our performance or love acts (incontingent or even in
spite of whether our lives are currently healthy or dependent on God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> But those temporary acts will vanish. </span>Our greatest gift and example can’t come
without healthiness since our greatest gift and impact is through our
healthiness and abiding relationship in God rather than our loving acts or things apart from Him.)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">The Space and Solitude Adjustment That Goes Away When Moving From Single to Married (and especially children).</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">For example, I didn’t realize
how much I valued the free space I had while driving by myself in the car... I let my thoughts run wild and listen to music really loud and
dance or sing along when I want, and then didn't have that for months after the wedding. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My music choices, noise levels, and range of
thoughts differed a little when it’s just me in the car for an hour versus having
a wife sitting next to me upfront and two younger girls either asleep or ready
to be entertained in the back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I still enjoy the occasional joy ride getaway! :) </span>This is
just one small but major adjustment… which also included at home.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Home Went from Neutral Free Space to a Potential Deficit or Positive Place.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Regarding the space adjustment
just mentioned, also affected my Home space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Where, as a single person, I could always retreat to my home as a
Neutral space to do what I needed or wanted without outside pressures, I now
came home this first year of marriage from a busy outside life often feeling like there was a deficit or place
at home where I was failing to meet a standard by not spending enough time with
my wife or the girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The positive of my
new family meant there was more joy in both my work and home when things were
going well, but it also meant home went from a neutral or positive place to another place I could feel like I was
failing (my family) with little escape of my shortcoming on the days where both my work and family worlds weren’t
going well.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">We Must Choose The Intentional Discipline of Hope, Smiling, & Finding the Best Good
in Our Bad Scenarios.</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">One of the biggest lessons I’ve
been learning as key to a successful life, family, marriage, etc. is<i> living a
life of hope</i> that chooses to look on the good things of God and life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be expectant of how God will redeem and
use even the worst sins, trials, and obstacles in your life as a part of
victory if you remain faithful and trust in Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was told in university that a crying girl often
just wants you to give her a hug and tell her “everything is going to be alright.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although this is
generally true, this <i>really</i> works best when you actually <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">do
believe</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">know</i> that everything
is “going to be alright” because of your own expectant belief in the good and
best that’s yet to come. We must choose to ask ourselves how we and God can make the best possible good out of this bad scenario. The obvious Scriptural base to this is clear with Phil 4:8, Rom 8:28, James 1:2-4,17</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">This is a deep core truth, I’m
sure I’ll be writing more on.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">I Humbly Desire a Lifelong Marriage.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">I’ve been humbled lately by
stories of broken marriages in ministry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve come home a few times just wanting to hug my wife for a long time
to make sure that I treasure our marriage and she knows it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know that calling marriage fickle is
what I mean, but I’m becoming more aware of how the beginning signs or steps
that act as a precursors to a rocky marriage or divorce aren’t far from each
one of us without intentionality. </span><br />
The <i>The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work</i> says,"80% of Divorcees said their marriage broke up because they gradually grew apart and lost a sense of closeness, or because they did not feel loved and appreciated. only 20-27% said extramarital affairs were even partially to blame." The ways you can turn away from your marriage or spouse by not growing closer can be so subtle but also dangerous.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><b>Here are a Range Helpful of helpful Statistics </b>surrounding Marriage & the Dangers/ Effects of Divorce for you and I as we continue
towards a Healthy Marriage Mentality:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As a pastor, pastor's kid (pk), and now Bible college professor, relating to other pastor's kids has been a part of my world. Here's my own list with the help of some other pk blogs (included at the bottom): </span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">You involuntarily volunteered for all church functions. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You've been asked, "So are you going to be a pastor when you grow up?"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You were expected to be best friends by going up and talking to every kid at church. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You're very familiar with your parent's Sunday afternoon naps.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You weren't missing church unless you literally threw up that morning.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You've snacked on communion bread at some point.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">You're still not sure how quick to volunteer when a group is asked, "Will someone please pray for us?" </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Your first concert was a Christian concert... probably in a church.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">You got so used to being the last
one to leave places, you still feel some
weird responsibility to keep doing it.</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You have a stack of t-shirts with verses or Christian art on it from camps, missions trips, and university promo t-shirts. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Your mom or dad have referenced your personal life as an example without you knowing it
and you were left confused when a stranger came up joking and talking to you about it as if you knew.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You know the Glass House/Fishbowl Effect all too well... Where you're aware of what "<i>THEY</i>"
(whoever that is) would say or think, even if you don't hear their comments. And everywhere you go, you feel like someone is
always watching your example or that someone else will always hear about whatever you're doing.<span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You meet other PKs and just, get each other.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You're not surprised by jokes or a reference to "rebellious PKs."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You know the shortest verse in the Bible and have tried to say John 3:16 as fast as possible. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Youth group games... enough said.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">You </span>have specific memories of watching your mom or dad preparing a message/lesson. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">You have a special memory with your parents from a missions trip or ministry moment, that you'll never forget.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">There are people from church who've made positive lifelong lasting impressions on you and some who've left not so positive lasting words and impressions.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Deep down you love and respect your parents, knowing how much they have loved and sacrificed, through incredibly tough times others outside your home will never fully see or grasp.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.projectinspired.com/10-ways-you-know-youre-a-pastors-kid/">http://www.projectinspired.com/10-ways-you-know-youre-a-pastors-kid/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://stuffchristianslike.net/2014/07/02/31-signs-might-pastors-kid/">http://stuffchristianslike.net/2014/07/02/31-signs-might-pastors-kid/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/hcconnell/life-as-a-pk/">https://www.pinterest.com/hcconnell/life-as-a-pk/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/mjthevath/life-as-a-pk/">https://www.pinterest.com/mjthevath/life-as-a-pk/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/kelsey-ognibene/2014/11/7-things-ways-every-preachers-kid-grew-up-differently/">http://thoughtcatalog.com/kelsey-ognibene/2014/11/7-things-ways-every-preachers-kid-grew-up-differently/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/172463-thom-rainer-hear-the-real-story-of-pastors-kids.html?print">http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/172463-thom-rainer-hear-the-real-story-of-pastors-kids.html?print</a></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Why We Do Pulse, Pulse Groups, & Bands?</span></b></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></b></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">We care about spiritual growth in and beyond the classroom and church service doors </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">We care deeply about our student experiences resembling and transferring as closely as possible to their regular church life experiences beyond school.</span></span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></b></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Bands- (2-4 students) </span></b></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Our Bands function as core accountability</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> and key to spiritual growth, transformation, and vulnerability in deep relationships. [1]</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Band Accountability Questions- </b>There are common accountability themes discussed in weekly groups of this nature including Scripture, Sin, Evangelism, & Prayer.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Groups- (6-8 students) </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Our
Pulse Groups meet semi-regularly on Wednesdays for in-house discussion
and serve alongside each other together out in the community and have
1-2 small group leaders that help to facilitate, lead, and pastor this
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Monthly Band Accountability Resources </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(for 6 months)</span></b><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Month 1</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18UUX0ggEKD6jnKgbU-r_JFqHYvRD9Vzzd4cMN1M2R_Y/edit" target="_blank">The Power of Partnership to Overcome Porn</a></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Month 2</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PL3_353hHUmowheKw3mvAxNAdRnVLtkMaRGfBynN4xM/edit" target="_blank">10 Steps to Finding a Great Accountability Partner</a></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Month 3</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H8ZkRL4aL33VY97ZySxsmNeGxjsZM2VnX_wphK1bfO8/edit" target="_blank">4 Ways Porn Kills Great Sex in Marriage</a></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Month 4</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rMoUcRw9Ox4Af8f2GTVL3Krs0FpP9XaWwcGmYAL8yIE/edit" target="_blank">5 Free Resources Every Accountability Partner Should Have</a></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Month 7 Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yfNYrsgZkdEOPDrPgMtqzmqQ9p8AC9v4zwOMoQWTfOQ/edit" target="_blank">Ex Porn Producer Exposes Myths People Believe About Porn</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Month 8 Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rCnALgGksLAi2jT8L3Ake2g9tWEJKUaPIS24BRN7-9Y/edit" target="_blank">Elliot Rodger & The Lies We Believe About Sex</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Month 9 Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uiocWRvIb74ssIkvbrEVD3ryjiZpMZ81HUGFJ7moQN8/edit" target="_blank">10 Reasons Why Accountability in the Church is Unpopular</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Month 10 Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iC1g230KOP1c1p4iiyC57ETesGJMaDVUFMLR1vxFPgI/edit" target="_blank">Accountability as a Lifestyle - Part I</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Month 11 Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15qI2kflPfh9FkBIeOBg-jK-cw3BO_s_hHG41GXY1jZM/edit" target="_blank">Accountability as a Lifestyle - Part II</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Month 12 Handout - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSwvCdGhR_va4zlho9PLQaUzqPJIBLslYILOUqfEd4w/edit" target="_blank">Accountability as a Lifestyle - Part III</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Extra Resources: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LbOFWV-4ZRFiof2Pahs4CcJzOARpPQrUUgBPnDZYUBk/edit" target="_blank">Finding Authentic Accountability - Resources</a>; <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1myGjRHXok0LzTkViZ_6RXNKUrKmxR-8FA92fIWjMcjo/edit" target="_blank">What Self-Aware Leaders Know That Others Don't</a></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">End questions of do I know how or have I done it? Do I know how to Lead effectively? </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Pour In Effectively? Have I done it? feel confident I can?</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%); font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 9.000000pt;">Last week I spoke at a high school conference for Christian schools. One of the things I like to do to show the </span>teachers and other adults just how essential it is to provide teens with the truth about pornography is to hold an open forum—let the students write down any and all questions they have about the topic and submit them to be answered. Every time, teachers are shocked by what the students are asking as they realize just how far this menace has spread and how badly it has infected our schools.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%); font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 9.000000pt;">At the last conference, for example, I had a fourteen-year-old girl ask me what girls should do when their </span>boyfriends pressure them into anal sex (hugely popular in mainstream porn right now.) I had teen boys asking me how to deal with their masturbation problems. I was asked why porn sites were so addicting. I was asked by <span style="color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%); font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 9.000000pt;">one girl why so many boys were demanding oral sex. And I was even asked questions about best<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">ality in porn</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 9pt;"> </span>questions I even had a hard time believing teens of that age could be asking. </div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U_8GfAT9E7e86jXxjOBID7yN4cUGVNIxr_Q_ggtESn8/edit" target="_blank">The World's Simplest Tools for Making Discipleship</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1emy_cZI4Pd7vougZsAHuiz-nU51sOePweoYfGFrD2yE/edit" target="_blank">4 Features of a Healthy Mentoring Relationship</a><br />
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persons of the same gender met in small groups of five to eight members. The
purpose of the weekly band meeting was for testimony and mutual examination.
Particular attention was given to overcoming personal faults and achieving a
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The idea of a weekly class meeting dates back to 1742.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7236327#_ftn2" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[2]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a></div>
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Wesley’s own spiritual pilgrimage had compelled him to seek
and/or establish an atmosphere conducive to the cultivation of the inner life.
Although he had been a frequent participant in the Religious Societies, they
frustrated him by their lack of opportunity to bare one’s soul, to share ones’
spiritual struggles in a secure and accepting group.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7236327#_ftn3" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[3]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a></div>
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This method of “watching over one another in love” was the
foundation, the bedrock, of Wesleyan discipleship. One of the most powerful
ways that God’s Spirit moved within the early Methodist movement was through
this system of small group accountability and support for holiness of heart and
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The role of “Class Leader” was not to be taken lightly. A
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-70908171418300383262014-09-27T23:11:00.000-04:002014-09-27T23:11:00.071-04:00The Canadian Maritimes For Dummies Test (Part 12): <ol>
<li>What is a beaver tail?</li>
<li>When do you stop for a pedestrian crossing the road? If gonna hit them/ when in crosswalk/ when thinking about crosswalk/ 20 yards from </li>
<li>Do you say, "I'm sorry" when: you physically run into somebody/ when somebody runs in to you/ when you almost run into each other </li>
<li>Are we corn pops an oval or circle shape?</li>
<li>What is a double double?</li>
<li>True/ False: Roll-up month is practically a holiday.</li>
<li>What is Roll-up month? </li>
<li>What is a donair?</li>
<li>What is Poutine?</li>
<li>How do you phoenitically pronounce sorry: s-ully/ soar- ee / saw-ree/ su-dee?</li>
<li>True/False: Although considered polite and apologetic, any Atlantic Canadian pedestrian reserves the right to get upset and give an angry stare or gesture at any driver that drives across the crosswalk while they are walking in it and consider the driver a jerk, even if it doesn't disrupt their walking speed or directly endanger them at all.</li>
<li>Y/N: Does Canada celebrate their own Thanksgiving? </li>
<li>Does Canada have two extra time zones in North America east of the US's (EST) including one half hour time zone change?</li>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;">…when I’m not sure I
want to listen. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Saturday I just drove to McDonalds to get a
coffee (and only coffee). </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">As I waited in my car to order, </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">a chocolate milkshake and a chicken
sandwich somehow got added to the order in my head. Right as this was
happening, the verse that says, “Man does not live on bread alone…” came into
my mind. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">So I prayerfully asked God, “God are you my
center?” to which I heard, “No.” I asked, “Well then how can I rely on
You to be my center today?” To which I heard, “Don’t eat today.”
Here is where I sometimes question God's voice and whether this was really of
Him.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">An important detail is that I had committed
to be fasting from food Saturday, so the voice wasn't random.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US">The current predicament was this: I'm questioning
whether the request is truly of God to order what I want and tell myself that
it wasn’t that big of a deal. We do this as humans. I’ve done
this. I question it, I do what I want, then I shrug this not listening
off as no big deal or nothing I could be certain of so that it was okay. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.7250424,-65.5293591,3a,75y,60.91h,92.98t/data=%213m4%211e1%213m2%211sXGInSHlSF9qRAz3T7hw2hg%212e0"><img alt="https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.7250424,-65.5293591,3a,75y,60.91h,92.98t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXGInSHlSF9qRAz3T7hw2hg!2e0" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy6mouv_V_76NncIOBRBW11U7hDEmHtZQaYjD4IqAL7_gX-Q_sRz9FuY5BZKEGlP2y8iE6sNLRps_2aNtm2Qoe0zMpLRGNsq9UfZzvp9K3j6ifveISz7ZIrURN7f8DZvOhzBLpw/s1600/Sussex+New+Brunswick+McDonalds+Drive+Thru.png" height="172" title="Sussex New Brunswick McDonalds Drive Thru" width="400" /></a></span> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> The real hidden danger here is this:</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span lang="EN-US">A mistrust in God is the path to
Hell. </span></i></b><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">It hit me recently, that the fruit Adam
& Eve ate that led to their death was “pleasing to the eye and good for
food…” </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">It was probably a better food choice than
my McDonald’s order, yet it wasn’t good to eat. Why?</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I know what God’s voice sounds like in my
life. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Yet I can also be tempted to question it
(especially when I want differently and the request sounds
uncomfortable). </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Or I question whether I hear His voice if I
keep questioning how He spoke to me in the past when I didn't listen and don't
want to admit it.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">But unless or until this voice in my head
says something completely contrary to the Bible or His love, I need to respond
and act accordingly. I need to obey, if I want to grow closer to God by
hearing and trusting Him more clearly.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">When you hear what you believe to be God
speaking in your head or spirit, you will be tempted to question whether it’s
truly God or whether disobeying is really that big of a deal… IT IS!
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We are to live out of trust in God's words
rather than question and live contrary to His requests; Even when they are less
black and white like whether to eat or not. Follow God’s voice.
Don’t give into the temptation to question God's voice… to question whether
it's God talking or belittle what He is asking to the point of you not having
to obey when you're a little unsure.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I’m not talking about having no room to ask
and wrestle through your honest doubts & hard questions. I think God
desires for us to be real with Him. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I’m talking about the moments He is
speaking to you and you're questioning whether He is speaking to you so that
you don’t have to respond or can do differently. One is a discussion and
dialogue with God about how life works, the other is questioning a request from
God speaking to you so that you don’t have to listen.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">If you question and don't act… the more you
question and don't act… the less you will trust God. The more you will
become contrary or an enemy to God and His work.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US">Drinking coffee versus adding a chicken
sandwich and chocolate milkshake....</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">It may sound like I’m making a big deal out
of nothing.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I believe a chicken sandwich and milkshake
from McDonald’s can be the goodness of God… It's accessible, I have the money,
it reflects the goodness of God providing. But in this case, not
listening to God's voice would’ve been me trading trust in God's voice for
disobedience and a mistrust in what I think I hear Him saying.<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">The same can be said of:</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">-The fruit that was "pleasing to the
eye and good for food" from the tree of knowledge of good and evil</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">-The meal traded to Jacob for Esau’s
birthright</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">-The bread Jesus could’ve eaten from stone
in response to the devil's questioning</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Listen to God's voice and don't question
when He's whispering or telling you to do what's uncomfortable, like giving up
the good accessible things in this world.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: #047F;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I just got coffee this morning and passed on the
food. Thanks God. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 217;">“Satan will try to
convince you that obedience carries much too high a price, but he will never
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<li>Moncton Wesleyan </li>
<li>Kings Valley Wesleyan</li>
<li>Crosspoint Wesleyan</li>
<li>Corbett Avenue Wesleyan</li>
<li>Sussex Wesleyan</li>
<li>Deep Water</li>
<li>Island Wesleyan - PEI</li>
<li>Atlantic Community Church</li>
<li>Hillside Baptist</li>
<li>Hillside Wesleyan</li>
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</b></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Fundy National Park</b> - this park is one of the most beautiful and breathtaking places in Canada. The Bay of Fundy houses the highest tides in the world and what a sight to see! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Covered Bridge</b>s - covered bridges are a historical and fairly common sight, especially in New Brunswick (home to 61 covered bridges). There's even a chip company named after them!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</b></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Magnetic Hill</b> - this "gravity hill" is an optical illusion that will have you confused as you go backwards up a hill in neutral. </span></div>
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</b></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>The Hopewell Rocks </b>- this world-renown sight has been sculpted by the highest tides in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. <b>Halifax Waterfront </b>- walk the waterfront and see the beautiful harbour.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. <b>Peggy's Cove</b> - visit the picturesque lighthouse and dip your toes in the water.</span><br />
9. <b>St. Martin's Sea Caves</b> - walk the beach and explore the magnificent sea caves.<br />
10. <b>Kouchibouguac National Park</b> - this beautiful park has 25km of sand dunes to appreciate as well as barrier island, salt marshes and much more.<br />
11. <b>The Cabbot Trail</b> - this trail is a scenic roadway that takes you around the beautiful Cape Breton. It is one of the most famous drives in Canada and the sights will not disappoint you!<br />
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What places would you recommend in the Maritimes?<br />
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<i>The photo above was taken at Dixon Falls, one of the many beautiful trails in Fundy National Park.</i></div>
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*These are approximates as university numbers flux regularly.<br />
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<td class="xl32">Dalhousie University</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="18564.0">18,564</td>
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<td class="xl32">Memorial University of NL</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="18464.0">18,464</td>
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<td class="xl32">University of New Brunswick</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="8300.0">8,300</td>
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<td class="xl33" x:num="7740.0">7,740</td>
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<td class="xl33" x:num="5673.0">5,673</td>
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<td class="xl33" x:num="5168.0">5,168</td>
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<td class="xl32">UPEI</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="4388.0">4,388</td>
<td class="xl32">Charlottetown, PEI</td>
<td class="xl34" x:num="0.123611111111111"><br /></td>
<td class="xl35" x:num="3.0"><br /></td>
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<td class="xl33" x:num="4358.0">4,358</td>
<td class="xl32">Wolfville, NS</td>
<td class="xl34" x:num="0.18125"><br /></td>
<td class="xl35" x:num="3.0"><br /></td>
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<td class="xl32">Mount Saint Vincent </td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="3859.0">3,859</td>
<td class="xl32">Halifax, NS</td>
<td class="xl34" x:num="0.154166666666667"><br /></td>
<td class="xl35" x:num="3.0"><br /></td>
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<td class="xl32">Cape Breton University</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="3140.0">3,140</td>
<td class="xl32">Sydney, NS</td>
<td class="xl34" x:num="0.272916666666667"><br /></td>
<td class="xl35" x:num="3.0"><br /></td>
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<td class="xl32">UNBSJ</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="2550.0">2,550</td>
<td class="xl32">Saint John, NB</td>
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<td class="xl35" x:num="2.0"><br /></td>
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<td class="xl32">Mount Allison</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="2530.0">2,530</td>
<td class="xl32">Sackville, NB</td>
<td class="xl34" x:num="0.0604166666666667"><br /></td>
<td class="xl35" x:num="2.0"><br /></td>
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<td class="xl32">St. Thomas</td>
<td class="xl33" x:num="2346.0">2,346</td>
<td class="xl32">Fredericton, NB</td>
<td class="xl34" x:num="0.0597222222222222"><br /></td>
<td class="xl35" x:num="2.0"><br /></td>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Tim Hortons restaurant opened in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first U.S. restaurant opened in 1984 in Tonawanda, New York.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2008, the 500th U.S. restaurant opens in Detroit, MI.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In December of 2011, Tim Hortons opened its 4,000th restaurant.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim Horton, an NHL player, was a partner in the company until his tragic death in 1974.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The very first Timbit was introduced to its customers in 1976.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim Hortons began its annual Roll Up The Rim contest in 1986 and more than 31 million prizes have been distributed.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only 56 percent of Canadians can roll their r’s similar to the company’s commercial.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Approximately two billion Tim Horton's coffees are sold every single year (as of 2011).</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Despite having a population of just 64,128, the city of Moncton, </span><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://ca.askmen.com/top_10/travel_100/115_travel_top_ten.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">New Brunswick</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">, has a staggering 22 full-sized Tim Hortons franchises. That equates to 1 restaurant for every 2,915 residents.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim Hortons INC. total revenue in 2012 - $3.2 million.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">New
Brunswick’s motor vehicle registrations in 2000 were 562,563. Therefore, approximately </span><b style="font-family: Times, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>1 in 796 New
Brunswick drivers will hit a deer and 1 in 2278 drivers will hit a moose. </u><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/user/Dropbox/Front%20Desk/Lins/KU/Brent%27s%20Knowing%20Canada%20&amp;%20Moose%20&amp;%20Driving%20Canadian%20Stats.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title="">[i]</a></span></b></span></span></b></li>
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accidents are reported year round, <b>more than 70% occur between May and October</b>.
The three most critical months are June, July, and August.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The risk of an animal-vehicle collision occurring is
<b>2.7 times greater during the peak</b> versus the non-peak period.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">The risk of a severe injury is <b>1.5 times greater during
darkness than daylight</b>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">The risk of a severe injury is <b>1.8 times greater at
highway speeds</b>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">The
risk of a severe injury or death when involved in a </span><b style="font-family: Times, serif;">moose-motorcycle accident is 12 times greater</b><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"> than for all
other passenger vehicles combined.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><b>9% of injured occupants were not wearing seatbelts </b>when
the accident occurred (excluding accidents involving motorcycles). This
group <b>accounted for 29% of fatalities.</b></span></li>
<li><b style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The risk of a
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for those individuals involved in an accident and who are not wearing a </span><b style="font-family: Times, serif;">seatbelt.</b></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">According to an RCMP report in Newfoundland, the
<b>average estimated vehicle damage is $3,000.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The likelihood of injury is<b> twice as high between dusk and dawn</b> as compared to daytime.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Moose on the <b>right side of the vehicle</b> are avoided more often than those on the left because drivers concentrate more on the right. Therefore, it important to scan both sides of the road.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Don't let yourself be distracted. A <b>driver who is alone</b> and concentrating on the road is <b>less likely to strike a moose</b>, than is a driver whose attention wanders while talking to a passenger.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Remember <b>most accidents</b> occur on clear nights and on <b>straight road sections,</b> maybe because drivers are more cautious on curves or in poor weather.<a href="file:///C:/Users/user/Dropbox/Front%20Desk/Lins/KU/Brent%27s%20Knowing%20Canada%20&amp;%20Moose%20&amp;%20Driving%20Canadian%20Stats.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[i]</span></span></span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">The New Brunswick Department of Transportation (NBDOT) analyzed accident data from 1995 to 2000 and found a total of </span><b style="font-family: Times, serif;">4,239 deer-vehicle collisions and 1,482 moose-vehicle collisions over the 6 year </b><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">period (G. Violette, NBDOT, pers. comm. 2002). This represented </span><b style="font-family: Times, serif;">8.6% of the total 66,279 vehicle accidents i</b><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">n the province over those 6 years, and translates to an </span><b style="font-family: Times, serif;">annual average of 707 deer and 247 moose collisions</b><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">. According to Statistics Canada (2003), New Brunswick’s motor vehicle registrations in 2000 were 562,563, therefore approximately </span><b style="font-family: Times, serif;"><u>1 in every 796 New Brunswick drivers will hit a deer and 1 in 2278 drivers will hit a moose. </u><a href="file:///C:/Users/user/Dropbox/Front%20Desk/Lins/KU/Brent%27s%20Knowing%20Canada%20&amp;%20Moose%20&amp;%20Driving%20Canadian%20Stats.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[ii]</span></b></span></span></a></b></span></li>
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