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striking the winning blow; service is gathering up the results.</span></em><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You can do more than pray after you have prayed,</span></em><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.</span></em></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'><br>- S.D. Gordon<br><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr id=twocolumn-content-row><td width=640 style='width:480.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=640 style='width:480.0pt'><tr><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:black;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=140 valign=top style='width:105.0pt;background:black;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' id=left-sidebar><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=140 style='width:105.0pt'><tr><td width=140 style='width:105.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=toc-heading1>TABLE OF CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=3 style='width:2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=6 style='width:4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=toc-item1><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#toc_item_0"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>Growing Healthy Churches</span></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=3 style='width:2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=6 style='width:4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=toc-item1><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#toc_item_1"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>Membership: Raising the Bar</span></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=3 style='width:2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=6 style='width:4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=toc-item1><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#toc_item_2"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>Wisdom From the Garden</span></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=3 style='width:2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=6 style='width:4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=toc-item1><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#toc_item_3"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>The Conviction to Lead</span></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=3 style='width:2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=6 style='width:4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=toc-item1><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#toc_item_4"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>Multiply13</span></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td width=140 style='width:105.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=140 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width=410 style='width:307.5pt'><tr><td width=410 style='width:307.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=article-title style='background:#C4470F;border-radius:5px 5px 5px 5px;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0in;background-position-y:0in'><a name="toc_item_0"></a>Growing Healthy Churches<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right><tr><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:61.3pt;margin-top:0;width:112.5pt;height:84pt;z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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This will continue but not in the same format. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'>In place of the monthly newsletter I will be posting blogs on the new CRCA website. These blogs will appear more frequently. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'>The Catalyst will continue to tell the stories of the CRCA at work through workgroups and local churches. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'>If you visit one of the blogs you can also subscribe to the blogs or receive a RSS feed. This way you will automatically receive new posts as soon as they are published. You can also follow Ministry Formation on Facebook and/or Twitter @crcamtc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'><a href="http://emarketing.tubemedia.com.au/t/y-l-tdhdhdt-thkuatdr-n/"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>Ministry Formation blogs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'><a href="http://emarketing.tubemedia.com.au/t/y-l-tdhdhdt-thkuatdr-s/"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>Catalyst</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'>Here are some of the recent blogs I have posted. The first one shares some resources as you think about church membership. In the next one I encourage you to think about church health. The final one is a review of one of the best books I can recommend on church leadership.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td width=410 style='width:307.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:7.5pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a name="toc_item_1"></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=410 style='width:307.5pt'><tr><td width=410 style='width:307.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=article-title style='background:#C4470F;border-radius:5px 5px 5px 5px;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0in;background-position-y:0in'>Membership: Raising the Bar<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=150 height=100 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/y/07/DF6/FF5/csimport/Raise-the-bar.094015.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table><div style='margin-bottom:13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'>Membership in a church used to be a big deal. Unlike a membership at the local gym or even joining the area golf club, membership in the church meant giving of yourself wholeheartedly to the life and ministry of the church. Not only did you attend every worship service, but you gave generously of your time, talents, and treasures to the well-being and growth of the church you joined.. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'><a href="http://emarketing.tubemedia.com.au/t/y-l-tdhdhdt-thkuatdr-g/"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>Read more</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td width=410 style='width:307.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:7.5pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a name="toc_item_2"></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=410 style='width:307.5pt'><tr><td width=410 style='width:307.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=article-title style='background:#C4470F;border-radius:5px 5px 5px 5px;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0in;background-position-y:0in'>Wisdom From the Garden<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right><tr><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:61.3pt;margin-top:0;width:112.5pt;height:67.5pt;z-index:251659264;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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There is much wisdom we can learn from the garden.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'><a href="http://emarketing.tubemedia.com.au/t/y-l-tdhdhdt-thkuatdr-w/"><span style='color:#F7B50C;text-decoration:none'>Read more</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td width=410 style='width:307.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:7.5pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a name="toc_item_3"></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=410 style='width:307.5pt'><tr><td width=410 style='width:307.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=article-title style='background:#C4470F;border-radius:5px 5px 5px 5px;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0in;background-position-y:0in'>The Conviction to Lead<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=150 height=226 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://i4.createsend1.com/ei/y/07/DF6/FF5/csimport/9780764210044.094118.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table><div style='margin-bottom:13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D4C5B2'>"True leadership starts with a purpose, not a plan." In many ways this statement sums up Albert Mohler's excellent book on leadership: The Conviction to Lead. Leadership has to do with conviction. 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