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		<title>Sunday&#8217;s coming! Is your team?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across a book on my shelf and couldn&#8217;t help but remember how many of their suggestions I have found useful.  I highly recommend the book &#8220;Simply Strategic Volunteers: Empowering People For Ministry&#8221; as well as the Simply Strategic Volunteers Workshop happening at Granger on Friday, May 21.  If you work with volunteers in any capacity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2010/04/27/sundays-coming-is-your-team/</link>
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		<title>how we connect through the clutter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every week someone asks &#8220;can you get this announced today?&#8221; or &#8220;why isn&#8217;t my _______ in the announcements?&#8221; Someone else asks &#8220;why do we take time to read the announcements?&#8221; and someone else wants to know &#8220;why didn&#8217;t I heard about ______?&#8221; Some may think we are choosing favorites &#8230; and everyone thinks that &#8220;fair&#8221; is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2009/10/26/how-we-connect/</link>
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		<title>favorite apps for my blackberry storm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve had my Blackberry Storm for about a month now and it’s just what I’ve been waiting for.  I been using a Palm for about four years (I need to use it for phone calls too, so I have to have Verizon) but I was in the middle of my contract when the Storm came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2009/09/16/favorite-apps-for-my-blackberry-storm/</link>
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		<title>deal maker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday was another one of those &#8220;deal maker&#8221; days for me. I&#8217;m the kind of guy who needs a shot in the arm every once in a while to keep me motivated. I have a hard time with the &#8220;status quo&#8221; &#8230; I need to see things progressing, be a part of something &#8220;new&#8221;. When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2009/07/22/deal-maker/</link>
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		<title>miracles with a guarantee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past five weeks we’ve been teaching (@MapleGrove) a series called Miracles. This week we used the illustration of Jesus’ first recorded miracle in the Bible – when Jesus turned water into wine at the wedding. You can listen to the message here. (Week 5 – Water to Wine) So the basic point of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2009/07/05/miracles-with-a-guarantee/</link>
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		<title>church directory using facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the questions I frequently hear from unconnected people in the church is &#8220;we need a church directory&#8221;.  These are usually people that have been in church for a while, or been at another church where they had some form of printed directory. Many churches print a photo directory once a year with color [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2009/06/09/church-directory-using-facebook/</link>
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		<title>life. money. hope.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the times we&#8217;re in, everyone and their expert are giving financial advise.  But the truth is, the truth has not changed. Financial mentor Dave Ramsey is currently teaching a 3-week series at LifeChurch.tv for churches across the world to use. It’s called Life. Money. Hope. Dave did an interview about the series (you can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2009/03/13/life-money-hope/</link>
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		<title>that will never happen!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday this guy said something to me that got me thinking. &#8220;That will never happen&#8221; &#8230; We were talking about some of those &#8220;what if&#8221; kinds of things. Dreaming big. All these church &#8220;experts&#8221; are saying &#8220;watch out&#8221; right now because of the economy, money is tight, some churches are laying people off, others are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2009/03/02/that-will-never-happen/</link>
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		<title>Getting Small</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday we had a great turn out for our first &#8220;Get Small&#8221; event @MapleGrove. People interested in finding a LifeGroup pre-registered for the short get together held immediatly after the Sunday morning service.  Everyone was seated at tables and were asked to share answers to a couple simple &#8216;ice breaker&#8221; questions. A simplified version of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2009/02/10/getting-small/</link>
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		<title>MapleGrove turns two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week marks the two year anniversary of this ministry we call MapleGrove, and it has been an exciting ride. I’d like to share some of our accomplishments from this year. A year ago our average Sunday attendance was just over 100.  Now, we’re averaging 170.  We’ve already had three Sundays over 200 this year.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deancraig.com/2008/12/03/maplegrove_turns_two/</link>
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