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		<title>refuel reflections (dec 10)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went and had a great time Christmas caroling tonight! Too bad only a few of the pictures turned out well, including these of us drinking hot cocoa and eating donuts at Grandma K&#8217;s house! Plus the one at the bottom of us caroling.






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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We went and had a great time Christmas caroling tonight! Too bad only a few of the pictures turned out well, including these of us drinking hot cocoa and eating donuts at Grandma K&#8217;s house! Plus the one at the bottom of us caroling.</p>
<p><a title="Christmas Caroling - the not so ready group shot by Nick Arnold, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickarnold/3099187267/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3099187267_69e031969a.jpg" alt="Christmas Caroling - the not so ready group shot" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Christmas Caroling - the bit more ready group shot by Nick Arnold, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickarnold/3099187141/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/3099187141_80d0f1f6e6.jpg" alt="Christmas Caroling - the bit more ready group shot" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Amy and Felicia by Nick Arnold, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickarnold/3100019978/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/3100019978_443815afaa.jpg" alt="Amy and Felicia" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="The not so together Christmas caroling shot! by Nick Arnold, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickarnold/3100019866/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/3100019866_1a749e6a7f.jpg" alt="The not so together Christmas caroling shot!" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>


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		<title>refuel reflections (dec 3)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refuel last night was pretty laid back compared to some of the other nights we&#8217;ve had. Numbers were on the low end, we had 10 students. Even the Kid&#8217;s Club attendence was down; I wonder if there was something going on with school or something.
We played a game of hide-and-go-seek (which my high schoolers still [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Refuel last night was pretty laid back compared to some of the other nights we&#8217;ve had. Numbers were on the low end, we had 10 students. Even the Kid&#8217;s Club attendence was down; I wonder if there was something going on with school or something.</p>
<p>We played a game of hide-and-go-seek (which my high schoolers still love to play) and then headed into the youth room (which was a bit chilly). We talked about Gabriel appearing to Mary, announcing that she was with child, the Son of God no less! We focused in on how Mary responded to Gabriel&#8217;s words when she asked, &#8220;How can this be?&#8221;</p>
<p>I think sometimes we ask God this question when we&#8217;re told that God has a plan for our lives and God wants our lives to be full and whole and whatever else the church teaches us. When those things don&#8217;t seem to pan out the way we think they should, however, we can begin to doubt. I don&#8217;t know if Mary doubted Gabriel, but she wanted an explanation.</p>
<p>&#8220;And the Holy Spirit will overshadow you,&#8221; the same Holy Spirit that overshadowed the unformed earth during creation, to work in you and create in you something awesome that you could not do on your own.</p>
<p>So I challenge you, next time you begin to doubt whether or not God does want to use you for His kingdom, that you would remember that it&#8217;s not about you, it&#8217;s not by your power that He does this, but His power and for His purpose that He will use you.</p>
<p><strong>Coming up: </strong> Christmas caroling, next week perhaps? Will work with Debbie (Kid&#8217;s Club leader) on that. Then Christmas party! White elephant gift exchange, Christmas music, Christmas games. Any ideas?</p>


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