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		<title>YM Devo: Facing Opposition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read Nehemiah 4
Some questions to answer:

Who was upset with Nehemiah for rebuilding the wall?  Why were they upset?
As they continued to face threats and opposition, what two things did Nehemiah and the Israelites do?

Encouragement:
Things looked so promising for Nehemiah in his quest to rebuild the Jerusalem wall and restore hope to the people of Israel. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/03/08/ym-devo-facing-opposition/</link>
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		<title>Am I the only one working without a job description?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had an interesting discussion about job performance with my Senior Pastor.  It was very good and helpful but the problem was that as we were trying to go over how I've been performing of late, we had nothing to gauge it by.  You see, ever since I have been at my Church [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/03/04/am-i-the-only-one-working-without-a-job-description/</link>
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		<title>Watching Trees Die</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have 2 pine trees in my backyard that are dying.  I don't know when they started to die, but at their current state, I doubt that I can do anything to reverse the death march they are on.   I'm not really a tree guy but I do take a look at my trees [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/03/01/watching-trees-die/</link>
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		<title>YM Devo: Getting Others Involved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read Nehemiah 3
Some questions to ponder:

How many groups of people helped in rebuilding the wall?
What were some of the different jobs that were involved in rebuilding the wall?
How much of the wall did Nehemiah rebuild?
What does this show you about involving others?

Encouragement:
It was Nehemiah's passion and heart to begin to rebuild the Jerusalem wall (Nehemiah [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/02/25/ym-devo-getting-others-involved/</link>
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		<title>Planting Seeds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago one of my volunteer leaders called me up and started the conversation saying, "I hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and...".  Now, I don't know about you but anytime that phrase or something like "I hope you are not mad at me, but" start a conversation, my mind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/02/22/planting-seeds/</link>
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		<title>YM Devo: Assessing Your Walls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read Nehemiah 2:11-20
Some questions to process:

What sticks out to you in these verses?
What was the first thing Nehemiah did with the Jerusalem wall?
What was his assessment of the wall?
How did the workers respond to Nehemiah's challenge?

Before Nehemiah got into actually rebuilding the Jerusalem wall, he had to do an assessment of the wall.  He had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/02/18/ym-devo-assessing-your-walls/</link>
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		<title>Ministry and Life Lessons Learned from Snowmageddon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As everyone knows, this past week Washington, DC got hammered with Snowmageddon.  Snowmageddon dumped over 32.5 inches of snow in my Suburb - 30 minutes outside of DC.  It was a crazy week in which the Federal Government closed for 4 consecutive days (that has never happened before) and schools were cancelled all week.
As I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/02/15/ministry-and-life-lessons-learned-from-snowmageddon/</link>
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		<title>YM Devo: What Are You Building?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a new "Category" and something I will be doing once a week.  As a youth minister I know that being fed spiritually consistently is hard to do as we can sometimes get so caught up in doing God's work, we fail to allow God to work in us.  Don't get me wrong, being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/02/11/ym-devo-what-are-you-building/</link>
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		<title>Youth Ministry Training and Continuing Education Survey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fellow Youth Ministers.  The survey below is designed to find out what kind of training youth ministers have had and would like to have in order for them to be effective ministers to today's teens.
Could you take 5 minutes (literally 5 minutes is probably all you need) and fill this out.  Thank you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/02/06/youth-ministry-training-and-continuing-education-survey/</link>
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		<title>Bridge Events that Work: Coffeehouses and Talent Shows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you look at the title and say to yourself, what is a “Bridge event”, let me clarify before I get into how a Coffeehouse or Talent Show is a great bridge event. A Bridge event is designed to give every student an opportunity to come and experience some of what we do as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.notamegachurch.com/2010/02/03/bridge-events-that-work-coffeehouses-and-talent-shows/</link>
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