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		<title>New Summer Opportunity at Joy Fellowship Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[after-school programming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m so happy because, well, I love crafts! I love to do the things like making bird houses, you know? and cards and even the persuasive letters. I love the persuasive letters!&#8221; The enthusiasm in 10-year old Anna Karen&#8217;s eyes &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/new-summer-opportunity-at-joy-fellowship-center/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Souled Out.</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/souled-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until several years ago, Mission Centers of Houston offered our pre-teen and teens&#8217; programs an overnight lock-in every summer. In 2010, however, assistant director Haley Jones was struck with the realization that perhaps an even greater impact could be taking &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/souled-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Will Give You a New Heart.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/i-will-give-you-a-new-heart/</link>
		<comments>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/i-will-give-you-a-new-heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, several pre-teens ended up sitting in on the regular leadership meeting held at Fletcher Center with a handful of volunteers and staff members. As the conversation got underway and leaders began to discuss Mission Center of Houston&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/i-will-give-you-a-new-heart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Does It Take to Make a Seed Grow?</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/what-does-it-take-to-make-a-seed-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/what-does-it-take-to-make-a-seed-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[community garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gano Mission Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[produce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Harvest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is pretty amazing how a vision, a set of plans and a little hard labor can transform an empty plot of land into a spacious, welcoming patch of green growth. Shortly after the demolishing of an old building connected &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/what-does-it-take-to-make-a-seed-grow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>This Is Our Home: Responding to the Need in Your Own Backyard.</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/this-is-our-home-responding-to-the-need-in-your-own-backyard/</link>
		<comments>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/this-is-our-home-responding-to-the-need-in-your-own-backyard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So all I told my youth group was, Hey, we&#8217;re going on a missions trip! but they didn&#8217;t know what to expect. A lot of the students were not expecting to be in that part of town [in Magnolia Park &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/this-is-our-home-responding-to-the-need-in-your-own-backyard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on a Board Member.</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/spotlight-on-a-board-member/</link>
		<comments>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/spotlight-on-a-board-member/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current board chair and long-term supporter of Mission Centers of Houston since the 80s, Marc Schwartz reminisced recently over his first experience volunteering at one of our centers. &#8220;I was standing back in the kitchen in Gano,&#8221; he related wryly, &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/spotlight-on-a-board-member/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>One Feisty Lady: Tommie, Director of Joy Fellowship.</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/one-feisty-lady-tommie-director-of-joy-fellowship/</link>
		<comments>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/one-feisty-lady-tommie-director-of-joy-fellowship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite her petite stature and calm speech, Tomasa &#8220;Tommie&#8221; Mendez &#8212; director of Joy Fellowship Center &#8212; is no shy wallflower. In the words of a co-worker, Tommie&#8217;s &#8220;tough love&#8221; approach in both her leadership style and her community interactions &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/one-feisty-lady-tommie-director-of-joy-fellowship/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s My Turn to Help Now: A Volunteer Highlight.</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/its-my-turn-to-help-now-a-story-of-how-served-became-servant/</link>
		<comments>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/its-my-turn-to-help-now-a-story-of-how-served-became-servant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you stop by our Fletcher Mission Center on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, chances are you&#8217;ll soon spot the trademark blue brim and handy clipboard of our one of our favorite community members-turned-faithful volunteer. Emilio, born and raised here in &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/its-my-turn-to-help-now-a-story-of-how-served-became-servant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Modern-Day Manna.</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/modern-day-manna/</link>
		<comments>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/modern-day-manna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kateambrose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;it will be God who gives you meat for your meal in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning.&#8221; (Exodus 16:8, The Message) &#8220;I think we might need more than just the two of us to unload &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/modern-day-manna/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Educate Yourself on Modern Day Slavery</title>
		<link>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/educate-yourself-on-modern-day-slavery/</link>
		<comments>http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/educate-yourself-on-modern-day-slavery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gingersmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Basics: Know the National Hotline # 1.888.3737-888 (1.888.373.7888) Pray for direction and wisdom Do not exploit victims or dramatize their stories for your own benefit Educate yourself Work with law enforcement Be aware Websites: http://freedomnetworkusa.org/ http://www.justice.gov/ http://houstonrr.org/ &#8211; Houston Rescue &#8230; <a href="http://missioncenters.org/blog/2012/educate-yourself-on-modern-day-slavery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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