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		<title>Sunday download</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2011/09/18/sunday-download/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[• pre-Sunday action: preached at a porn shop last night.  Well, a former porn shop at Surfers' Church last night in Wahiawa.  My good friends, Tom and Cindy Bauer, founders and directors of Surfing the Nations are doing some incredible, transformational work in Wahiawa.  Go check them out. • It was a good finish to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small groups are important</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/10/15/small-groups-are-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Rick Warren's post on six important reasons you need a small group.  Here are the six in a nutshell: 1. It’s the classroom for learning how to get along in God’s family. 2. A small group helps me develop spiritual muscle. 3. A small group confirms my identity as a genuine believer. 4. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/10/09/youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm stoked about what our youth are planning to take this ministry to the next level.  Dane, Malen, and Josh are doing a great job developing this ministry.  One thing I really love is that the youth are running the same offense as the rest of the church.  Our "faith, connection, life" discipleship strategy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defining moments</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/10/08/defining-moments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grace Bible Church Kapolei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastor Mike Ohara]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Defining moments are those times in life that determine or alter your life's course.  Defining moments can be big decisions or events such as getting married, having a baby, or choosing your career.  These are defining moments that definitely determine your life's direction. However, defining moments also happen in smaller, less tangible ways, yet they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Major Trends for Amercian Churches&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/05/11/five-major-trends-for-amercian-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 18:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[emerging trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's an interesting article at the ChristianPost.com about research that identifies five emerging trends in U.S. churches. Here are the five: 1. Our nation will see the emergence of the largest generational mission field in over a century. 2. The dominant attitude of this huge generation toward Christianity will be largely indifferent. 3. Senior adult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staff meeting agenda</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/05/04/staff-meeting-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/05/04/staff-meeting-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm always interested in how other church's run their staff meetings, so I'd thought Id' share our meeting agenda just in case someone else has the same interest. We meet on Tuesdays from 9am to 5pm.  Mondays are a day off.  The meeting is formatted around the three main "flywheels" GBCK is pushing on: 1)discipleship, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/04/28/change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grace Bible Church Kapolei]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At GBCK we are walking through a lot of change in areas of leadership, systems, spiritual growth track, and even our service times.  Last Summer there was something brewing inside of me that as a church we needed to change; that is, what got us to our current state wasn't going to get to where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clear as Mud</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/04/22/clear-as-mud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Church planting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace Bible Church Kapolei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leader]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can never be too clear.  Like a window can never be too clean, or water can never be too clear. Clarity is something we're working hard on at GBCK.  Here are some things we're learning, and re-learning, about clarity: • It may be clear in your head (or in your staff meeting) but it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking barriers</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/04/21/breaking-barriers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace Bible Church Kapolei]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Dane and I listened on CD to the first hour of Nelson Searcy's Breaking Growth Barriers workshop. One of the first growth barriers a church will face is space.  At some point your facility begins to feel full even when it isn't full.  Searcy uses the "70% rule": when you are filling 70% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Questions</title>
		<link>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/02/12/parenting-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeoharalive.com/2010/02/12/parenting-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hale akamine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kapolei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have some great questions coming in for our "Rock the Doc" feature that's part of our parenting series at GBCK.  These questions will be answered by psychologist, Dr. Hale Akamine on February 21 and 28. Here's a sample of some of the questions: • What do I do when my child (4 years old) [...]]]></description>
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