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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Fathers’ Day to all our Dads! Today is a double Fathers’ Day celebration for me—not only did our children celebrate with me earlier in the year (South Africa has Fathers’ Day in May) but today is also our eldest son Garth’s 35th birthday. So it was thirty five years ago today that I first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/09/08/pastors-notes-43/</link>
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		<title>Newsletter 5 September 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, here is the latest newsletter – Newsletter 5 September 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/09/08/newsletter-29-august-2010-2/</link>
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		<title>Newsletter 29 August 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, here is the latest newsletter &#8211; Newsletter 29 August 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/29/newsletter-29-august-2010/</link>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has really been great to have Chris Walker to speak with us about being a relevant church this weekend. I trust that you have been inspired and invigorated about your part in the Bride of Christ. And I pray that we as a congregation of God’s people will become truly relevant in our community [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/29/pastors-notes-42/</link>
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		<title>The Barefoot Cafe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, The Barefoot Café is now open. If you are in town at lunchtime why not bring your lunch to the church enjoy an hour of fellowship &#38; tea with your mates. There will be &#8220;Table Tennis, Talking &#38; Tucker&#8221;. It is a great chance for some fellowship, have a break from work and to have some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/27/the-barefoot-cafe/</link>
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		<title>Newsletter 22 August 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, here is the latest church newsletter &#8211; Newsletter 22 August 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/23/newsletter-22-august-2010/</link>
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		<title>Sermon: When the Spirit comes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Audio Version: http://sermon.net/daviddekock When God is with us, it changes our lives fairly dramatically. First, as we have seen in the case of the Philippian jailer, it creates the situation that people want to be with us. They want what we’ve got. They are attracted to who we are when God is with us. Then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/23/sermon-when-the-spirit-comes/</link>
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		<title>Sermon: God&#8217;s Presence with us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Acts 15:5-21 5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.” 6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/18/sermon-gods-presence-with-us/</link>
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		<title>Relevant Church Seminar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday the 28th of August Rev Dr Chris Walker will be conducting a seminar titled, &#8220;Relevant Church&#8221;. Chris Walker is the National Consultant for Theology &#38; Discipleship for The Uniting Church in Australia. Chris has served in a range of positions and places in the Uniting Church including local church ministry in three congregations in NSW, as a regional education and mission officer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/17/relevant-church-seminar/</link>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are continuing this morning to look at aspects of “God with us”. As I prepare and pray through this concept it is becoming increasingly apparent to me that we cannot even begin to function as Christ Followers until we begin to realise that God is actually with us. We are not alone. In our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/13/pastors-notes-41/</link>
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		<title>Newsletter 15th August</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, Here is the latest newsletter for this weekend &#8211; Newsletter 15th August 2010. God Bless, Dave Q]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/13/newsletter-15th-august/</link>
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		<title>Prayer for Rain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Churches in Merredin are responding to an urgent need to seek the Lord for rain in the district. The format will be in one hour blocks (come for one hour or for all the time!) comprising singing, talk, prayer and a 10 minute break. The focus in each hour is: 7pm Praise &#38; Gratitude &#8211; David [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/10/prayer-for-rain/</link>
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		<title>Sermon: If Your Presence &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If Your Presence is not with us &#8230; Turn with me to Matthew 5:13…. This is part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. He says of those who follow Him – You are ‘the salt of the earth’ and you are ‘the light of the world’. That means something ……. it is our identity as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/10/sermon-if-your-presence/</link>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I shared with the ladies at the Ladies Guild last Tuesday how I had intended to spend a significant part of my holiday praying and seeking the Lord’s direction for preaching His word after I finished up the series on Philippians. I came back still not having any direction but as the days moved on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/09/pastors-notes-40/</link>
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		<title>Newsletter 8th August 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, Here is the latest newsletter for this weekend &#8211; Newsletter 8th August 2010. God Bless, Dave Q]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/06/newsletter-8th-august-2010/</link>
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		<title>Newsletter 1st August 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, The latest newsletter is now online. It is the one from 1st August 2010. You can click on the link below to download it. Newsletter 1st August 2010 God Bless, Dave Q]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/05/newsletter-1st-august-2010/</link>
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		<title>Sermon: EMMANUEL &#8211; God &#8220;with&#8221; us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John 1:1 – In the beginning was the Word &#038; the Word was WITH God and the Word was God… John introduces us here to an understanding of the intimacy of the Trinity … In the beginning, when there was still nothing … even before the so-called “Big Bang”, or whatever you would like to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/08/04/sermon-emmanuel-god-with-us/</link>
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		<title>Sermon: How do we know?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sermon: How do we know? by Kevin Tengvall How do we know what God wants us as individuals to do in this world? The short answer to that is, I don’t know.  For some people it is easy there calling is obvious, but I would hazard to guess that for most of us our callings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/07/20/sermon-how-do-we-know/</link>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings! Margie and I are really looking forward to our visit back to South Africa and the opportunity to visit with our family and friends. We depart at midnight on Monday and after an 11 hour flight, arrive in Johannesburg at 5.25am their time. Our daughters will fetch us at the airport and we will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/06/27/pastors-notes-39/</link>
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		<title>A Life worth living &#8211; NEW Generosity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TEXT: Philippians 4:10-23 Ephesians 3:14-21  (Audio Version: http://sermon.net/daviddekock) This is the last sermon in our series on the Letter to the Philippians, and we deal primarily with the subject of generosity. I don’t know about you but whenever the issue of money and giving in the church is raised I get the picture of the American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/06/27/a-life-worth-living-new-generosity/</link>
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		<title>A Life worth Living &#8211; NEW Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TEXT: Philippians 4:1-9  (Audio Version: http://sermon.net/daviddekock) As we continue in this series on Paul’s letter to the Church in Philippi, we come today to reflect on the resources which we have which will enable us to stand firm in this life in Christ. We need a good foundation from which we can draw our steadfastness. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/06/22/a-life-worth-living-new-resources/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings! This morning our focus is on “standing firm in the Lord” and particularly on how we are to do that. Our text sets out three simple rules – Be care-full of our relationships with each other, with the Lord and with ourselves. First, we must watch our relationships with each other – in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/06/20/pastors-notes-38/</link>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christian greetings to all of you. Shalom. Peace. A little while back, Margie bought me an iPod Nano. They were at reduced prices at Target. I loaded up all my favourite music – real classic rock stuff, the blues and those songs which have been my personal “golds” through the years. I haven’t had much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/06/16/pastors-notes-37/</link>
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		<title>A Life worth living &#8211; NEW Ambition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TEXT: Philippians 3:10-21  Hebrews 12:1-3   (Audio Version: http://sermon.net/daviddekock) Should Christians be ambitious –striving for success? Some would say not, that we should rather go through life taking whatever comes as “God’s Will”. This is a foolish thought –it makes this life irrelevant, a mere waiting room for that which is still to come. This life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/06/07/a-life-worth-living-new-ambition/</link>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What are your thoughts about life and the reason for existence? Does it have anything to do with your faith, your destiny, your plans? And if you had a view based on the Bible, what would it look like? I jotted down some thoughts … (It took just ten minutes so don’t expect a brilliant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merredinunitingchurch.org/2010/06/07/pastors-notes-36/</link>
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