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	<description>An online curriculum with training materials for volunteers in every age-group ministry, plus personal development for ministry leaders. Orange Leaders connect here, sharing best practices and creating community among people with a common passion.</description>
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		<title>Friday Fav- Business Card Holders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to get lost on the Internet shopping for this and that. As I &#8220;window shopped&#8221; online, I discovered some business card holders that are sure to become favorites of any Orange Leader. 

You can find this one online here  for only $4.95!

You can find this one online here for only $12.

And lastly, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3129</link>
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		<title>New Church Finder to get a Fresh View</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I passed by these cows this week. I was taking a couple of days off while in California to speak to leaders. The herd sits off the famous Hwy 1 that runs along the West Coast overlooking cliffs on the majestic Pacific. They have a perspective of life that most cows just never get. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3106</link>
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		<title>5 Types of Leaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When all five &#8230; functions (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers) are present, the church operates at peak performance. To use Paul&#8217;s terms (in Ephesians 4:11), it &#8220;grows,&#8221; &#8220;matures,&#8221; &#8220;builds itself up,&#8221; and &#8220;reaches unity in the faith.&#8221;
Sometimes it is easier for people to see the wisdom of this fivefold structure when it isn&#8217;t presented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3099</link>
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		<title>Are you at risk?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you at risk of burnout? In her book,Mad Church Disease, Anne Jackson talks about some external risk factors that can lead to burnout.  See if you can relate.
“Working in ministry can prove to have explosive results if we don’t share key values with our team.  We can work through the smaller differences, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3091</link>
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		<title>CONNECTION POINT: Connecting with Student Ministry Parents – Part 1</title>
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For those of you who work with high school students, we know that it can be a challenge to find a way to connect with their parents.  So we’re giving you an easy solution.  This is the first of a three part series about stuff for college freshman.  Feel free to send [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3047</link>
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		<title>Want an Orange iWrap?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a Fun Friday post we thought we&#8217;d make sure you&#8217;d heard about&#8230;
Pexagon&#8217;s &#8220;i Love Apple&#8221; Campaign &#8230;
WE LOVE APPLE and so do they, SO YOU GET A $20 CASE FOR FREE!
With the Apple iPhone 4 antenna problems forming a growing wave of
concern &#8211; Pexagon Technology is offering a free solution to consumers. Through their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3037</link>
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		<title>Anne Jackson on Seasons (part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With improvements in technology over past centuries, we’ve been able to save time&#8230;
If we let technology run the show, we don’t save time — we just end up with a different set of things to do. The amount of work hardly changes, if it changes at all.
This chapter, titled Do Everything Faster, ends with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3026</link>
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		<title>Anne Jackson on Seasons (part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anne Jackson wrote a post about how a book called, &#8220;In Praise of Slowness&#8221; begins Chapter One with this question:
“What’s the very first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?”
The answer: We look at the clock.
For me, it just so happens that my clock is also my alarm is also my phone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3023</link>
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		<title>Rest is a Four-Letter Word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jewish rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel writes,&#8221;The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things… on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time… to turn from the results … to the mystery of creation.&#8221;
So important is the Sabbath… [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3020</link>
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		<title>Workaholics-R-Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My name is Jenn, and I am a workaholic.   
We are all a bit guilty of being like this at some point in time. But what if it&#8217;s your norm? Being in ministry doesn&#8217;t help.  In my world, ministry basically has two seasons: busy and busier. We all know the argument. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3006</link>
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