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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Letter &#8211; March, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
Hold on it is windy March.
It is the month that falls THIS  year right in the center of our Lenten journey
and it is the month when spring  always arrives!
I love March.
Perhaps because I have so many  happy memories
of March spring breaks with my  children,
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		<title>Singing for Your Supper: Benefit Jazz Concert March 7th</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, March 7th, Ellsworth United Methodist Church music director
Amy Tellier-Briggs and the generous group of musical souls that call
themselves Joyful Jazz will be cookin&#8217; up an afternoon of sweet
standards from the Great American Songbook, followed by some good ol&#8217;
home-made chowders and stews.
The concert starts at 4:00, with a fish chowder and beef stew supper
immediately [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellsworthumc.org&blog=5864175&post=432&subd=eumc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Amy B.</media:title>
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		<title>Ash Wednesday Service</title>
		<link>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/02/16/ash-wednesday-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be an Ash Wednesday service at Ellsworth United Methodist Church on Wednesday, 2/17 at 6:30PM, in our downstairs contemporary worship space. Ashes will be distributed. All are welcome.
Filed under: General, News &#38; Information Tagged: ash wednesday service      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellsworthumc.org&blog=5864175&post=429&subd=eumc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Amy B.</media:title>
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		<title>Health Kits for Haiti &#8211; 1100 in our district!</title>
		<link>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/02/02/health-kits-for-haiti-1100-in-our-district/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from our District Superintendent&#8217;s office:
&#8220;Health Kits update:
As of this writing, 29 churches have dropped off health kits and more are expected today.  We have also received health kits from the Levant Elementary School (27 kits), a young girl in Milo who made health kits for her birthday party (10 kits) and from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellsworthumc.org&blog=5864175&post=423&subd=eumc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Letter &#8211; February, 2010</title>
		<link>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/01/31/pastors-letter-february-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
The long trek through Lent awaits us, beginning on February 17, Ash Wednesday and ending with  the glory of Easter morning, April 4. Lent is a journey through winter, then , come March it slips over the edge into Spring.
February 2nd is known by several names, like  Groundhog&#8217;s Day &#8211; will he or won&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellsworthumc.org&blog=5864175&post=415&subd=eumc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Amy B.</media:title>
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		<title>EUMC News &#8211; January, 2010</title>
		<link>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/01/17/eumc-news-january-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/01/17/eumc-news-january-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Winter-long Local Mission Collection
We are again collecting supplies that would be available for the Pastor to distribute as she sees fit to folks who have a need. We are asking people to contribute items on the designated Sundays as follows:
Jan 31= Toilet Paper
Feb. 7 = Hand/bath soap
Feb 14= Shampoo/conditioner
Feb 21= Disposable razors
Feb 28= Personal Items:(example) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellsworthumc.org&blog=5864175&post=409&subd=eumc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>United Methodist Church helps in Haiti</title>
		<link>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/01/17/united-methodist-church-helps-in-haiti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
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The United Methodist Church is a global organization, always poised and ready to help in times of need. Haiti is definitely in crisis, and Methodists have responded in kind &#8211; sometimes at the cost of their own lives.
Recently, news was received that the executive director of UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) Sam Nixon was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellsworthumc.org&blog=5864175&post=401&subd=eumc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No GPYes! tonight (1/4/10)</title>
		<link>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/01/04/no-gpyes-tonight-1410/</link>
		<comments>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/01/04/no-gpyes-tonight-1410/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be no GPYes! contemporary worship service on Monday, January 4, 2010. The church parking lot is still a bit treacherous, and our resident clean-up crew isn&#8217;t feeling very well.
Enjoy your week, and see you all next Monday!
-Amy
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Letter &#8211; January 2010</title>
		<link>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/01/03/pastors-letter-january-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://ellsworthumc.org/2010/01/03/pastors-letter-january-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[January 2010!
Does that number make you pause as it does me?
It reminds me a bit of a sea-saw
I am a child swinging my legs above the ground on the &#8220;20&#8243; part,
while at the opposite end, someone sits heavy, feet snug in the grass,
holding me up,
grounded,
yet allowing me to enjoy the beauty of feeling high in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellsworthumc.org&blog=5864175&post=392&subd=eumc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Letter &#8211; December 2009</title>
		<link>http://ellsworthumc.org/2009/11/30/pastors-letter-december-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://ellsworthumc.org/2009/11/30/pastors-letter-december-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
When someone says December so many of us can think of only one thing: &#8220;The Holidays.&#8221; Then we branch off &#8211; some making the &#8220;to do&#8221; lists and worrying there will not be enough time to do all that family and/or church traditions demand. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got to&#8230;..&#8221; And yes, perhaps we do, but remember [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellsworthumc.org&blog=5864175&post=387&subd=eumc&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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