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		<title>Four Questions To Ask When Facing Obstacles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the school year is often a time of evaluation.  You and your team step back to access where, by God&#8217;s grace, you succeeded and where you ran into obstacles that kept you from reaching your desired goals. Consider the following for questions when wrestling with the latter. When facing obstacles ask: What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=1162&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4 New Things at Challenge 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reachstudents.org/?p=1072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks just 60 days until Challenge 2012, the EFCA&#8217;s bi-annual national student conference.  Over 5000 people have already registered for what is going to be an incredible week in New Orleans. I can&#8217;t say enough about the Challenge Team, all of whom are amateurs in the true sense of the word.  The word amateur comes from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=1072&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Group Starbucks?</title>
		<link>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/04/26/youth-group-starbucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting in Starbucks with my son today, John is working behind the counter.  John is a super nice guy and is very helpful.  When I come to the meca of coffee houses I usually order a grande, skinny, upside down, vanilla latte (pease don&#8217;t think less of me).  John strives to be &#8220;legendary,&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=1075&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Stats + 10 Observations + 10 Reflections From Japan</title>
		<link>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/04/23/stats-observations-reflections-and-youth-ministry-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/04/23/stats-observations-reflections-and-youth-ministry-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week I had the chance to visit Japan along with Brian Cole, the EFCA ReachGlobal’s Director of Mobilization, and Dave Boerema, Student Ministry Pastor at Hershey EFCA.  Our two primary objectives were to: 1)  assess the viability and need for student/family teams for Japan 2)  build bridges with EFCJ’s youth workers. On March [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=1095&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Believe the Gospel</title>
		<link>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/04/06/believe-the-gospel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>krause55</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gospel Romans 8]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a Youth Worker and reading this, I have a couple guesses about you… 1. You’ve considered reading Hunger Games. 2. You have Toms. 3. Your last three sleepless nights have involved teenagers. Am I a genius? No? Well, if I just struck out on all those predictions, here’s a better one… I’ll bet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=897&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disciplemaking Genius of Jesus &#8211; Part 9</title>
		<link>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/04/02/disciplemaking-genius-of-jesus-part-9/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/04/02/disciplemaking-genius-of-jesus-part-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Allison and Dave Garda- Cadre International Ministries (Posted with permission.) See also:  Part 1, Part 2,Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 What are you obsessed about? A woman was sipping on a glass of wine while sitting on the patio with her husband. She said, &#8220;I love you so much, I don&#8217;t know how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=1062&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Critical Questions Seniors Need to Wrestle</title>
		<link>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/03/29/7-critical-questions-seniors-need-to-wrestle/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/03/29/7-critical-questions-seniors-need-to-wrestle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College/Emerging Adult]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transitioning Seniors; College Campus; Youth Ministry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My friend, Derek Melleby, has just recently written a helpful little book that is a great tool to put in the hands of your seniors.  Derek is the director for the College Transition Initiative for the Center of Parent and Youth Understanding (CPYU).   He attends Hershey EFC, and will be one of our regular contributors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=827&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Questions to Ask Seniors</title>
		<link>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/03/26/10-questions-to-ask-seniors-edited-version/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/03/26/10-questions-to-ask-seniors-edited-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grade Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a person leaves a business, the HR department often has an exit interview with the employee. Employers engage in such interviews to gain information on how they may improve the care of their people.  This also allows for the transfer of knowledge to successors. It seems to me that we miss a huge learning opportunity when we simply [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=987&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1982 to 2012 Teen Comparison</title>
		<link>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/03/25/1982-to-2012-teen-comparison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great comparison between teens from 1982 and teens from 2012.  Lots changes in a generation.  What is the most surprising fact in the comparison to you?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=1054&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>8 Steps to Creating a Great Senior Transition Plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/03/19/8-steps-to-creating-a-great-senior-transition-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reachstudents.org/2012/03/19/8-steps-to-creating-a-great-senior-transition-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College/Emerging Adult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transitioning Seniors; College Campus; Youth Ministry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite Andy Stanley quotes is:  “Your church (or ministry) is perfectly designed to get you the results you are currently experiencing.”  This is a relevant statement when it comes to transitioning High School seniors to college. Do you have a clear, identified system for how you handle grade transitions? Without a clear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reachstudents.org&#038;blog=22382731&#038;post=815&#038;subd=efcareachstudentsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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