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	<title>Children&#039;s Ministry 1234</title>
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		<title>Napkin Conference</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1179</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
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The Napkin Conference 2012 is almost here! If you&#8217;re unable to make it (like me), you can still register for the online option! It&#8217;s a great way to make this great conference accessible for your whole team!
Check it out here&#8230;
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		<title>Before you do</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1168</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1168#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esther Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  



“God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.” Ephesians 3:20. This is my prayer for you this year. That with God you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungry Kids</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1148</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1148#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
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Children&#8217;s story books have always amazed me. In complete simplicity, there is often a message so profound (1 Corinthians 1:27- &#8221;But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise&#8221;). I was looking at one of the all time classic children&#8217;s books, &#8216;The Very Hungry Caterpillar&#8217; recently, when God began to speak to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Flock</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1142</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1142#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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&#8220;Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds&#8221; (Proverbs 27:23 NLT)
To care for your flock is to know your flock. How well do we know those in our care? We care for them on Sunday&#8217;s, but do they hear our voice during the week?
In John 10 Jesus talks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A walk on the wild side</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1140</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1140#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jokes/Humour]]></category>

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This is a crack up. You can&#8217;t say God doesn&#8217;t have a sense of humour! If only animals could talk&#8230;
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		<title>Final Volunteer Ad</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1137</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1137#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planetshakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's ministry volunteers]]></category>

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This was our final volunteer ad of the series. We received some really positive feedback, not only from a stack of interested volunteers in our church, but also from our Planetshakers media team! Children&#8217;s ministry should be challenging the media guys in the big church! 
The most talented leaders will never shout it out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers? No. 3</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1134</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1134#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planetshakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planetkids]]></category>

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Planetkids Ad 3 from Paul Orton on Vimeo.
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		<title>Volunteers? 2nd Ad&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1130</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1130#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
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Planetkids Ad 2 from Paul Orton on Vimeo.
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		<title>Volunteers?</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1120</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1120#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Harland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems children&#8217;s leaders face is trying to find more volunteers for their ministry&#8230; have you ever been there?
While there is no formula to get more volunteers, there are many things you can do to encourage the members in your church to volunteer and get involved in serving in your children&#8217;s team.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call to action: CRE in schools Australia</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1116</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1116#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 04:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Articles/Interesting News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may well be aware of the orchestrated attack through the media on the work of Christian Religious Education in Schools in Australia. Your voice is needed even in this most simple of ways.  There is a poll currently running on the Age web page about CRE.
Click here to vote!
Below is a link to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penguins &amp; Slime? Camp!</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1073</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1073#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 02:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planetshakers]]></category>

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Have you ever wished there was a hearty camp for your kids over the school holidays? Is your child moping around like a wet rag? Well, look no further, ‘Planetkids Camp 2011’ is guaranteed to be a blast for ankle-biter’s of all ages!
&#8216;But wait! There’s more&#8217;… Including characters such as Squirt the Clown, Captain Obvious, Gameking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Culture: Serial Browsers</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1098</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1098#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 03:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

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There seems to be growing online culture of being seen but not heard. Let&#8217;s take a look at Facebook&#8230; People &#8216;add friends&#8217; on Facebook without the intention of leaving a message. People&#8217;s status is &#8216;online&#8217; but instead they are really hanging their cloths on the line&#8230; Blogs all around the world may be receiving thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dis-traction</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1075</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1075#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 13:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles/Interesting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planetkids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planetshakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traction]]></category>

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Why do we get distracted? Have you ever noticed that there are some days where you feel like you have got nothing finished because you have done so many obscure and unimportant tasks? Distraction brought about the very fall of man in the garden. Today, man continues to fall through distraction. Distraction is the very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planetshakerkids Conference Highlights</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1040</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1040#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 02:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esther Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conferences/Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planetshakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conference]]></category>

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What a truly amazing God we serve. He is so faithful. Over the school holidays we had Planetshakers Conference ‘Supernatural’!
Throughout the week we had the honour of ministering to over 350 kids.
It was a conference full of laughter, fun, new experiences and life changing moments for everyone in attendance. We had Reggie Dabbs come for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The appointment</title>
		<link>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1042</link>
		<comments>http://childrensministry1234.com/cmblog/?p=1042#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Orton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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I recently took my wife to the doctors. We walked in with an expectation that we would soon receive an answer and a prescription. 1 hour later we walked out with neither an answer nor a prescription. The doctor simply shrugged his shoulders and said “I dunno”. I guess you could say we felt pretty [...]]]></description>
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