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		<title>NEW Sermon Series &#8211; Teach Your People How to Face Life&#8217;s Storms!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most helpful and well-received sermon series we&#8217;ve done at The Journey this year was called &#8220;Unshakeable Faith.&#8221; And now I&#8217;m excited to let you know that the full, six-part series (and everything you need to teach it at your church) is available in the Church Leader Insights Store. Here are the details: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/09/02/new-sermon-series-teach-your-people-how-to-face-lifes-storms/</link>
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		<title>3 Ways to Help your Worship Leader Succeed (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“I want my worship leader to succeed!” This is Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and and Founder of www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com, and I can’t name a single pastor that I’ve met anywhere that would disagree with that statement. After all, as goes your worship team, so goes your worship service. Having personally coached [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/09/01/3-ways-to-help-your-worship-leader-succeed-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Is There Such Thing as &#8220;Too Much Space?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I did a series of posts on the Top Three Growth Barriers that all churches face, regardless of size (click here to read), and from the feedback I&#8217;ve received it was helpful to many of you. One question that I have gotten (and often get at live events about this) is about SPACE, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/30/is-there-such-thing-as-too-much-space/</link>
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		<title>Information vs. Communication &#8211; A Saturday Quote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The two words &#8216;information&#8217; and &#8216;communication&#8217; are often used interchangeably, but the signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.&#8221; &#8211; Sydney J. Harris, Journalist]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/28/information-vs-communication-a-saturday-quote/</link>
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		<title>No-Nonsense Leadership &#8211; CLI Newsletter Rewind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each month in the Free Church Leader Insights Newsletter, I include least one book recommendation (in addition to all of the articles, podcast training, events and more). I pick only the best of the best of what I read and share a book that will help you lead your church more effectively. Just in case [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/27/no-nonsense-leadership-cli-newsletter-rewind/</link>
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		<title>What are New People Experiencing at Your Church?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For all of you who have read my book Fusion or listened to The Assimilation Seminar, you know that part of the Assimilation System that I teach is emailing out a brief online survey to every First Time Guest that attends The Journey. There are a couple of reasons behind this survey: 1) To get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/26/what-are-new-people-experiencing-at-your-church/</link>
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		<title>How to Use &#8220;Play Groups&#8221; to Connect People to Your Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups, Kerrick Thomas and I lay out a proven system of semester-based, free market small groups that you can implement to see 80, 90, or even 100% participation in small groups at your church (we regularly see well over 100% of our weekly attenders involved in groups). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/25/how-to-use-play-groups-to-connect-people-to-your-church/</link>
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		<title>Be Clear About Who You (Don&#8217;t) Want to Hire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since releasing The Staffing Workshop this summer, I&#8217;ve been blown away by the great feedback from pastors and churches all over the country who are already reaping the benefits of re-vamping their staffing processes. One vitally important item that I talk about in the workshop is to be abundantly clear about who you want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/24/be-clear-about-who-you-dont-want-to-hire/</link>
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		<title>Three Speeches &#8211; A Saturday Quote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.&#8221; &#8212; Dale Carnegie]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/21/three-speeches-a-saturday-quote/</link>
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		<title>Live Training Events in Your Area (Portland, OR &#8211; Richmond, VA &#8211; Atlanta, GA)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoyed my recent &#8220;Top 3 Growth Barriers Tour,&#8221; where I got to meet and interact with many of you all over the country, and it got me thinking&#8230; Did you know that there are a number of CLI Certified Trainers that lead training events based on my content all over the country? These [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/20/live-training-events-in-your-area-portland-or-richmond-va-atlanta-ga/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let The Economy Limit Your Evangelism &#8211; CLI Newsletter Rewind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you get this month&#8217;s Church Leader Insights Newsletter? Each month I send out the latest and best thinking on Church Growth, Evangelism, Leadership, Church Planting, and more &#8211; the best church leadership content I can find - designed to help you lead your church to greater health and growth. And the best part&#8230;. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/19/dont-let-the-economy-limit-your-evangelism-cli-newsletter-rewind/</link>
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		<title>Coaching Alumni Highlight &#8211; Craig Walker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My new Tele-Coaching Network for Senior Pastors is just TWO DAYS AWAY - it starts THIS THURSDAY. I&#8217;m so pumped about the great group of pastors who are already signed up for this network, but I have to mention that this is your LAST CALL to get in on this network (so if you&#8217;re one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/17/coaching-alumni-highlight-craig-walker/</link>
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		<title>Why Be a Renegade Pastor?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you have noticed the name of this blog (Renegade Pastor) and emailed me asking what that means. So I wanted to take a moment today to not only explain what it means to be a renegade pastor, but to encourage you to become a Renegade Pastor as well&#8230; Why be a Renegade Pastor? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/16/why-be-a-renegade-pastor/</link>
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		<title>Not Now &#8211; A Saturday Quote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How soon &#8216;not now&#8217; becomes &#8216;never&#8217;&#8221; &#8211; Martin Luther]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/14/not-now-a-saturday-quote/</link>
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		<title>Coaching Alumni Highlight (plus a Free Download)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may know, I have a brand new Senior Pastor Tele-Coaching Network that begins Next Thursday, August 19. With the time drawing near, I&#8217;ve really been having a blast telling you about some of my Coaching Alums and the great things they&#8217;re up to. Today I&#8217;d like to tell you about Michael Lukaszewski, Lead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2010/08/13/coaching-alumni-highlight-plus-a-free-download/</link>
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