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	<description>Bishop David deFreese's newsletter for ministry leaders of the Nebraska Synod, ELCA</description>
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		<title>Be wise!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bishop David deFreese
Nebraska Synod, ELCA
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not rely on your own understanding … it will be healing for your flesh and a refreshment for your body.” (Proverbs 3:5,8)
Two weeks ago, Aug. 2, the Omaha World-Herald carried a story from the New York Times under the headline: “Stressed-out clergy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/08/be-wise/</link>
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		<title>Time for immigration reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,
The time has come for immigration reform in the United States. Yes, the issues are complex and not easily resolved. It is understandable that people are wary of engaging this politically and emotionally charged issue.
Yet it would be tragic if we withdrew as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/08/bishop-hanson/</link>
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		<title>Meeting the Mission: Jackson Soccer Team (First Lutheran Church, Omaha)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First Lutheran Church co-sponsored a boys soccer team in south Omaha this summer.
The  team was comprised of Hispanic boys from the neighborhood around  Jackson Elementary School in Omaha. First partnered with the school to  sponsor the team, enabling it to play this summer.
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		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/08/meeting-the-mission-2/</link>
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		<title>Congregational Opportunity: Engaging in Global Mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Martin Russell
Assistant to the Bishop
Nebraska Synod, ELCA
The church does not have a mission - the mission of God has a church! God is in charge of God’s mission to the world.
We do mission. Mission is the very identity of every Christian and every church.  As Bishop deFreese likes to remind us, congregations should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/08/global-mission/</link>
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		<title>More Than Cosmetics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bishop David deFreese
Nebraska Synod, ELCA
&#8220;For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.&#8221; (Mark 9:41)
They simply gave themselves… and it made a huge difference!
They took time, made the effort, worked hard, shared… and now a community [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/07/more-than-cosmetics/</link>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Eateries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lisa Kramme
Director of Faith Formation
Nebraska Synod, ELCA
It was Saturday, June 26, and we had loaded into five coach busses earlier that morning, bound for Minneapolis and the 2010 Nebraska Synod Youth Mission Trip. Our bus was scheduled to stop for lunch at a particular fast food restaurant in Sioux City, Iowa, and wisely, each of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/07/a-tale-of-two-eateries/</link>
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		<title>Meeting the Mission: VBS Students Contribute to Global Barnyard (St. Paul&#8217;s Lutheran Church, Hooper)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This summer, vacation Bible schools all across the Synod are doing a variety of projects to help others. One example of this took place at the VBS held at St. Paul&#8217;s Lutheran Church in Hooper.
More than 40 children attended the VBS at St. Paul’s June 21-25. Throughout the week, the youth brought coin offerings for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/07/meeting-the-mission/</link>
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		<title>Investing in Eternity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bishop Dave deFreese
Nebraska Synod, ELCA
“The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him.” (Luke 2:40)
A 17-year-old boy lay in a hospital bed dying because of leukemia. His father was there at the bedside. Through the years, he had given that boy “everything” … a home, comforts, education, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/05/investing-in-eternity/</link>
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		<title>The Field Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mitch McCartney
Director of Communications and Development
Nebraska Synod, ELCA
I remember as a youngster growing up in central Nebraska looking forward to the field trip that my class would get to take at the end of the school year.
Heading into the year-end field trip, everyone was excited because it meant a day away from the stress of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/05/the-field-trip/</link>
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		<title>Meeting the Mission: Seeing a Vision for Nicaragua (St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Omaha)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Omaha sent nine members to Nicaragua April 14-18 to take part in a vision trip.
The mission was to share Christ’s love with Nicaragua&#8217;s poorest people by partnering with The Rainbow Network to help the vastly impoverished portions of the country with healthcare, education, economic development and housing.
Verne Sandhurst said they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fillspillthrill.org/2010/05/meeting-the-mission-seeing-a-vision-for-nicaragua/</link>
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