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		<title>Fonder guilty of murder (phillyBurbs.com) &#124; Intelligencer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fonder guilty of murder (phillyBurbs.com) &#124; Intelligencer A Bucks County jury deliberated for nearly seven hours before finding Mary Jane Fonder guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of Rhonda Smith, 42, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Pleasant Valley, on Jan. 23.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=179&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Associated Press: Churches are looking at hard times</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press: Churches are looking at hard times With the economy in crisis, congregations around the country are cutting expenses at the very moment many members need help with food, heating bills and gasoline. Some members of the clergy say their fundraising has remained steady despite the economic downturn, but how long that will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=177&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social services agency defends salary &#8211; The York Daily Record</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diakon responds to the Lower Susquehanna Synod Assemblys request to justify compensation to its top executives. Social services agency defends salary &#8211; The York Daily Record<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=175&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blessing of animals at Trinity, Lansdale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<title>Bullying victims ‘suffer in silence’ phillyBurbs.com &#124; Courier Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rev. Bernard Kelly of the Family of God Lutheran Church in Buckingham tells the stories of bullied youths to a Bucks County summit on the problem. Bullying victims ‘suffer in silence’ phillyBurbs.com &#124; Courier Times<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=168&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lutheran Disaster Response in the Eye of 2008 Hurricane Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[wfn.org &#124; Lutheran Disaster Response in the Eye of 2008 Hurricane Season Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ELCA are responding in the aftermath of tropical storms and hurricanes, waiting to assess the damage of Hurricane Gustav and preparing for the remainder of the 2008 hurricane season. &#8220;We are in difficult days,&#8221; said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=166&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ELCA Congregations Report 4.7 Million Members in 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ELCA lost 64,000 members in 2007, a drop of 1.3%, and the number of congregations declined by 22. ELCA Congregations Report 4.7 Million Members in 2007<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=165&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prayers requested for SeMi Synod</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The website of the Southeast Michigan Synod, our partner synod, reports that Bishop John H. K. Schreiber died Saturday, August 16th. Please keep his wife, Rev. Colleen Kampke, and their children, Paul and Claire, and the people and staff of the synod in your prayers. Rest eternal grant John, O Lord, and may perpetual light [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=161&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Metro NY elects Rimbo bishop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pr. Robert Rimbo of Holy Trinity, Mahnattan and former bishop of our domestic partner synod, the Southeastern Michigan Synod, was elected bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod on Saturday. Read more on the web: Metropolitan New York Synod In other elections: Pr. Michael Burk, executive for worship in the ELCA, was elected bishop in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=160&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rejoicing Spirits grows in Souderton</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TheReporterOnline.com Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Souderton, with the lay leadership of Jay Grimes of Franconia, has started a service that allows developmentally delayed members of the community to worship in a ministry that is tailored just for them. “We’re all part of the same community is what it comes down to,” Grimes said. Grimes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sepasynod.wordpress.com&amp;blog=369902&amp;post=159&amp;subd=sepasynod&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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