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		<title>Weekly Update January 26, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On our recent trip to Romania and Hungary we were privileged to witness the unbelievable work of our chaplains who labor for Christ and the Kingdom under far less than the best circumstances. One point in fact is the significant financial battles they face daily. Things we take for granted, such as easy access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Update January 19, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his book, Spiritual Formation, author Henri Nouwen describes a period of great dissatisfaction in his life. At the time, he was an academic but sensed his journey with God was calling him to do far more than he was currently doing. It was a friend who offered him the opportunity to travel another road. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2012/01/weekly-update-january-19-2012/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Update January 12, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”  (Jeremiah 29:11 NLT)
Over the past few weeks, while experiencing the Christmas holidays and New Year’s celebrations, I have had the opportunity to listen to more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2012/01/weekly-update-january-12-2012/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Update December 14, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;And they shall call his name Emmanuel … God with us&#8221; (Matt. 1:23).
During this season of the year most of us are focused on a number of things such as family gatherings, church related events, purchasing gifts and an assortment of other seasonal lists. And yet, life goes on!  For the chaplain, ministry continues. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2011/12/weekly-update-december-14-2011/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Update December 7, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some thirty-eight years ago I was appointed to serve as pastor of the Leeds, Alabama Church of God near the metropolitan area of Birmingham. It wasn’t a large congregation. In fact, our attendance was less than 30 when I first arrived. However, at 23 years of age, it was, to me, a divine appointment. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2011/12/weekly-update-december-7-2011/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Update November 30, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Church of God
Chaplains Commission
Weekly Update
November 30, 2011
Fulfilling our Missional Mandate 
A couple of weeks ago, while visiting the Philippines, Jake Popejoy and I had the opportunity to be present during Pastor Gerald Holloway’s seventieth (70) birthday celebration. The staff at “Word for the World Church” did an excellent job in making his birthday a very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2011/12/weekly-update-november-30-2011/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Update 11-23-2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;O Give Thanks Unto The Lord For He Is God&#8221;
Last night I passed through the airport in Atlanta and witnessed the vast number of troops that were returning home from desert battlefields. It was an awesome moment in time, after all, many times before I had observed our young men and women in uniform as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2011/11/weekly-update-11-23-2011/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Update 11-17-2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past week much has happened. Only a few days ago Barbara and I were in the British Virgin Islands ministering for Bishop Ismael Charles. The New Testament Church of God International Worship Center on the Island of Tortolla is a power house of non-stop ministry that is reaching, not only the Virgin Islands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2011/11/weekly-update-11-17-2011/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Update 11-2-2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Period of Great Adjustment
Most of us are probably perplexed by all of the assorted activity that is taking place globally in the name of “occupy”. I’m not sure if anyone knows just yet what the purpose of these protests really is, nor am I certain if that, in particular, really matters. The fact is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2011/11/weekly-update-11-2-2011/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Update 10-27-2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Church of God Chaplains Commission is a distinct arm of the Division of Care and Benevolence within the Church of God. Apart from having a Chaplains Commission Board that has the specific oversight of our Chaplaincy ministry we also have a Divisional Board that meets twice each year and allows us the opportunity to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2011/10/weekly-update-10-27-2011/</link>
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