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		<title>40 Days of Love &#8211; Day #6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not surprising that the book we&#8217;re reading for 40 Days of Love &#8211; The Relationship Principles of Jesus &#8211; emphasizes the importance of memorizing Scripture. How do you love God &#8220;with all of your mind&#8220;? Here&#8217;s what Tom Holladay says:
&#8220;To love God with all your mind, you must put God&#8217;s words into your mind&#8230;Left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/02/19/40-days-of-love-day-6/</link>
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		<title>Scripture Memorization, Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next 40 days would be a great time to memorize passages and/or verses on love. What if you memorized 1 Corinthians 13 &#8211; the entire chapter? I can&#8217;t help but think that loving God and others better would be the overflow. Anyone willing to try?
Below are verses from the message on Sunday that you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/02/17/scripture-memorization-part-3/</link>
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		<title>Love Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention OCC and the greater Orrville community!
&#8220;Love Haiti&#8221; is the name for the Orrville community collection project to be held from February 21-24 at OCC. We are donating much-needed items to the Haitian Christian Outreach to help the Haiti people that were affected by the tragic earthquake. The following items are needed:
- Peanut Butter
- Adult [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/02/16/love-haiti/</link>
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		<title>40 Days of Love &#8211; Day #3</title>
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We had a great kickoff to 40 Days of Love on Sunday. I hope you came forward and got a &#8220;heart&#8221; to symbolize your commitment to learning how to love.
I&#8217;m enjoying The Relationship Principles of Jesus book by Tom Holladay. Below are a few things I&#8217;ve highlighted over the past three days. (If you need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/02/16/40-days-of-love-day-3/</link>
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		<title>Scripture Memorization, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Do not let the Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.&#8221; (Joshua 1:8)
How can we &#8220;meditate&#8221; on the Word of God &#8220;day and night&#8221; if we don&#8217;t have it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/02/12/scripture-memorization-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Scripture Memorization, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.&#8221; (Psalm 119:11)
I&#8217;m going to do a few posts on the importance of memorizing Scripture. Check out the new poll to the right.
I took a class called &#8220;Spiritual Formation&#8221; at Cincinnati Bible Seminary a couple years ago. One of the books [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/02/11/scripture-memorization-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Humble Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday we talked about another spiritual training exercise in our quest for godliness (1 Timothy 4:7). We didn&#8217;t just talk about service. We talked about humble service. The best picture of this is Jesus. Read John 13:1-17. What the disciples should have done for Jesus, He does for them. He even washes the feet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/30/humble-service/</link>
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		<title>Sunday Reflections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few thoughts from Sunday and the weekend.
- The OCC elders, deacons, and full-time ministerial staff (Tom and me) went on a retreat this weekend. Gary Dolan, Executive Pastor at RiverTree Christian Church, facilitated the retreat. We began work on a vision statement and also reviewed our mission, values, and key initiatives. Thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/25/sunday-reflections-3/</link>
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		<title>New Interim Youth Director!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have some exciting news to share&#8230;
OCC has hired Kevin Leimeister as part-time (15 hours per week) Interim Youth Director. Kevin will provide overall leadership for OCC&#8217;s youth ministry until we hire a full-time person. He will work with our existing adult volunteers to plan, organize, and supervise ALL youth activities. We&#8217;ve hired Kevin, at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/21/interim-youth-director/</link>
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		<title>Better Late Than Never</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greg Swartzentruber and I traveled to Los Angeles over the weekend to visit a worship minister candidate. We hardly did any sightseeing, but we had to see one important landmark. I guess it&#8217;s better late than never. Go BUCKS!



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		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/20/better-late-than-never/</link>
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		<title>Prayer &amp; Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.&#8221; Matthew 5:44, 45
How do we love our enemies? One way is to pray. We love when we pray. Not only that, but God begins to do something in our heart. We pray so we can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/16/prayer-love/</link>
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		<title>Sunday Reflections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend was extremely busy, but very good! Below is a recap.
- OCC was the only church represented at the YMCA Health Fair on Saturday morning. Thanks to my assistant, Val Leimeister, for getting our display organized. It ROCKED! See pictures below.



- Hundreds of people continue to come to our facility on Saturday&#8217;s to watch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/11/sunday-reflections-2/</link>
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		<title>Solitude, Part 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.&#8221; Mark 1:35
It&#8217;s obviously not a requirement, but Jesus chose (at least in this instance) to have His quiet time with the Father in the morning. Let me give a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/09/solitude-part-4/</link>
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		<title>Solitude, Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Be still and know that I am God&#8230;&#8221; Psalm 46:10
There are many &#8220;solitude stealers&#8221; in our lives. So many things are vying for our attention and allegiance. One of the big ones these days is technology. It&#8217;s a blessed curse. Surfing the net. Email. Texting. TV. Twitter. Facebook. All of these things have their place, but without boundaries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/08/solitude-part-3/</link>
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		<title>Solitude, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.&#8221; Luke 5:16
Why?
It seems to me, at least in part, that Jesus&#8217; capacity to love and continue His mission was dependent on His times alone with God.
For example, in Mark 1:35ff, Jesus goes off to a quiet place to pray. Simon Peter and others go looking for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmulpas.com/2010/01/05/solitude-part-2/</link>
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