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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</description>
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		<title>A change of Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Sunday night gathering is in the midst of a truly life-giving weekly conversation focused on &#8220;Why we do What we do…&#8221; (Intro here) This Sunday we will be moving into our new space back at First Presbyterian… the side &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/05/08/a-change-of-space/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=222&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do we do what we do? What&#8217;s the point of church, anyway?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The questions flood in… Why do we do church the way we do? Why do we take communion? Why do we need a sermon? Why do we all sit in pews or face the front or have microphones? Can we &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/04/28/why-do-we-do-what-we-do-whats-the-point-of-church-anyway/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=217&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special visitor to Bend&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone reading, I am excited to extend an invite to anyone interested&#8230; Karen Sloan will be spending an evening with us at First Presbyterian on Sunday, October 28 at 5:30pm. Karen has written a book, Flirting with Monasticism, and &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2007/10/19/special-visitor-to-bend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=57&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relational Influence – being missional in Bend</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something I put together for the church publication. Not the final edit&#8230; but it sums up what I am thinking about a lot of things. My thoughts regarding my first writing for this publication center on the purpose &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2007/10/09/23/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=23&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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