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		<title>April Youth Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April is a quiet month for youth because of school vacation, but we have two important events: Friday, April 13 – All youth help serve Agricultural Society Dinner as fundraiser             Sunday, April 29 – Giv2 Workday at Torrington Children&#8217;s Center and Celebration hosted by our church!!]]></description>
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		<title>Are you on Church Email Lists?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the church has a number of email newsletters that you can sign up to receive?  There are weekly activity updates, youth news, sermons, Sunday school news, Mission Events, a prayer network, and more!  If you want to receive any of these emails, all you have to do is go to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Week Worship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday – April 5 with dinner at 6 pm &#38; worship at 7 pm:    A special communion service marking Jesus’ last supper with his disciples and the “coming of the shadows”.  &#160; Good Friday Vigils – April 6 from Noon- 3pm and 7-9 pm       Observe Good Friday and Jesus’ death on the cross [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lent 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the earliest days of the Christian church, the season of Lent was originally a special time of preparation and fasting for people preparing to be baptized on Easter morning and to become Christians.  The preparation was rigorous!  Over time, other Christians felt that a special season of preparation made Easter celebrations more joyous and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s page:  January</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “Full-Contact Sports &#38; Faith”       So I am usually oblivious to what is going on in the football world, but this time of year, it is pretty hard!  Everyone is sneaking peaks at scores and talking about their favorite teams.  Even with pads and helmets, football is rough and tumble – a full-contact sport.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mission 1 results</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mission:1 was a great success both for our local church and also for the United Church of Christ as a whole.  At the close of business on Nov. 28, the totals stood thus: 1,438,124 food items collected; 37,443 letters sent to Congress regarding hunger-related concerns; $119,584 raised for hunger-related ministries; and $113,271 raised for East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Note for December</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Amy Grant has a song out on one of her Christmas albums:  “I need a Silent Night.”  It expresses well the struggles that many of us have in December:   I&#8217;ve made the same mistake before Too many malls, too many stores December traffic, Christmas rush It breaks me till I push and shove Children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Giving Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Russell Lowell, who lived in the 19th century, wrote:  “All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.” As we have come passed Consecration Sunday, I continue to be moved by the generosity of so many friends and members of the church – even during these challenging economic times.    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soup Kitchen Volunteers Rock!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first Saturday of every even-numbered month, is our day to help at the Torrington Soup Kitchen. Volunteers of all ages come together in service to people who, for whatever reason, have come to be fed a hearty meal, and wrap them in the further warmth of our love and support. This week, we enjoyed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Note:  Bit by Bit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had an interesting conversation at our last Deacon’s meeting.  We were discussing the Stewardship theme:  “Celebrating Blessings and Changing Lives”.  “How has your life been changed by the church?” I asked.  Many found this a difficult question to answer, not because their lives aren’t different, but because they have been part of the life [...]]]></description>
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