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	<description>...finishing the thought</description>
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		<title>Where you going &amp; how you going to get there?</title>
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Vision has been defined as “a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be”. The Bible states in Proverbs 29:18, &#8220;Where there is no vision, the people perish.&#8221; Establishing a vision for your ministry is essential to knowing where you are going and getting everyone on the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2010/03/vision/</link>
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		<title>Strategy for Multisite Children&#8217;s Ministry</title>
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about our multisite strategy for children’s ministry at 12Stone Church. Currently we have 3 campuses, with more on the way. The most common questions I get is, “what is our model for multisite?”
Before we talk about our model, let me identify the three main ways I see churches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2010/02/multisite-strategy/</link>
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		<title>First Imprint-sions</title>
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My three children are fascinated with animals. They love to learn interesting facts about animals. Recently we checked out a book about baby animals that was full of amazing facts about all kinds of creatures. One of the discoveries that I found most interesting had to do with baby ducks and how they imprint.
When baby [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2010/01/first-imprint-sions/</link>
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		<title>The Forgotten Children</title>
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On January 4th, our team in Haiti discovered that brokenness has faces as we entered a walled in property that consisted of a cinderblock building and an acre of barren land. It was hard to imagine that this placed housed 120 orphans. 60% of their parents had died of HIV/AIDS, 40% were abandoned on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2010/01/the-forgotten-children/</link>
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		<title>Earthquake in Haiti</title>
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Surreal&#8230;that&#8217;s the best I can describe the feeling of seeing images and hearing stories of the devastation in Haiti. To think that our team was there 1 week ago is unreal. Our hotel (pictured below) in the city of Jacmel is demolished. Thankfully, we have heard from our friends in both Port-au-Prince and Jacmel and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2010/01/earthquake-in-haiti/</link>
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		<title>Elementary Small Groups in 3D</title>
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At 12Stone Church we often get asked, &#8220;How do you organize your elementary small groups?&#8221; Throughout our services we transition between large group &#38; small groups at various times to discuss the Bible Story and maintain interaction within the groups. We want our small group to be 3D:
DO &#8211; This is our hands-on element. Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2009/12/elementary-small-groups-in-3d/</link>
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		<title>God in the small stuff</title>
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The fact that God created the universe doesn&#8217;t surprise me. Isn&#8217;t that what God does? He creates moons &#38; stars, planets &#38; solar systems. He gives life. He redeems mankind. He heals sickness. He causes  the sun to rise &#38; commands the oceans to stop. He authors love. These are all God sized jobs.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2009/06/god-in-the-small-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Leadership requirements</title>
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Good leaders are strong and courageous. In Braveheart, William Wallace says, &#8220;People don&#8217;t follow titles, they follow courage.&#8221; Strength and courage inspires people to sacrifice their time, resources, and even their lives to follow their leader.
This principle was true for Joshua. He just became the new leader of Israel. It was his time to step up and lead. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2009/06/leadership-requirements/</link>
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		<title>Action Required</title>
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The Bible is such a unique book in that we should not approach it like we do other books. For example, the Bible was never intended to be simply “enjoyed” as we would enjoy good literature…although there is beauty in the words of the Psalms, the writings of the prophets, and truth of the Gospels. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2009/05/action-required/</link>
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		<title>All You Can Eat</title>
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&#8220;All You Can Eat&#8221;. Many restaurants offer this culinary ritual by asking you to pay a flat fee of about $5.99 and then stuffing yourself on an never ending array of options&#8230;from fried chicken to egg rolls &#38; salisbury steak to tacos. After 4 trips to the &#8220;food bar&#8221; it is then time to visit the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://echolsjourney.com/2009/04/all-you-can-eat/</link>
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