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		<title>The 219th General Assembly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There were a number of contentious issues on the agenda at the recently concluded 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): civil unions and marriage, ordination standards, Middle East peacemaking, a new denominational Form of Government, and a response to the immigration law recently passed by the state of Arizona. For details on these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=122</link>
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		<title>Mikl Cook’s Guatemala Journal, Part 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 29,  2009 Sounds Through the Night Rooster walking and crowing on the tin roof Dogs barking Dogs howling Pigs snorting Gunshots? Firecrackers? At 3:00 a.m. . . . As the horizon brightened, the smell of woodsmoke as the ladies are talking low, starting our breakfast. As I step out the front door of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=116</link>
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		<title>Mikl Cook&#8217;s Guatemala Journal, Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 28,  2009 Sounds Through the Night Guatemala insects (katydids) Spanish being spoken by security guards Roosters crowing Howling and barking dogs Pigs snorting Radio next door blasting mariachi music very early in the a.m. slowly sunlight the smell of woodsmoke Woke up to 4 ladies over the 3 wood stoves preparing our breakfast with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=112</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Get Scammed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent after-worship conversation, a Trinity member told me about a new scam she’d heard about—a new way that crooks have found to take advantage of the unwary and unsuspecting. Thanks (or no thanks) to the Internet, it’s become fairly simple for people with bad intentions to get others’ family information. The way this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=109</link>
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		<title>Mikl Cook&#8217;s Guatemala Journal, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 27,  2009 Up at 6:30a.m., drive about one hour, breakfast at an awesome place in Escuintla, roadside restaurant, with a beautiful back garden area. Breakfast included: fresh squeezed orange juice, tortillas, frijoles, huervoes, green chile, fried plaintains, queso(white creamy cheese)  Cost 277Q, about $40 for 9 of us. Observations out the Window along the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=106</link>
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		<title>Mikl Cook&#8217;s Guatemala Journal, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following is the first installment of Mikl Cook&#8217;s Guatemala Mission Trip Journal. A team of eight Trinity members and friends&#8211;Mikl, Carole Ball, Emily Stanley, Beth Miller, Becky Stanley, Bev Luzadder, Tim Kuykendall, and Michael Kanupp&#8211;went to Guatemala last Christmas to further our congregation&#8217;s partnership with the Fuenta da Vida Church. Look for other installments, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=104</link>
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		<title>Lenten Psalm Study Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Philip Bentley returns to Trinity beginning this Sunday, Feb. 21, for a Lenten series on the Psalms. Often, when we think of the disciplines of Lent, we think of “giving something up.” Another way to approach Lent is to “take something on,” and certainly the study of Scripture is an area in which we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=101</link>
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		<title>Does Outside Help for Haiti Do Any Good?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haiti&#8217;s past history is not a happy one, though its present is of course even worse. Because of this, you may have heard loud voices in American society suggesting that we waste our money when we give it to Haitians or organizations that are trying to help Haitians. So: does outside help for Haiti do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=99</link>
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		<title>In the Month When I Was Born</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the U.S. holiday that commemorates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One not-well-known fact about Dr. King&#8217;s life and work—a fact that should hold some particular interest for Presbyterians in these parts (western North Carolina)—is that Dr. King spoke at Montreat Conference Center in the summer of 1965, shortly after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=90</link>
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		<title>Help for Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has issued an emergency appeal for Haiti, where millions of people have been affected by a major earthquake that struck the country on Tuesday, January 12. PDA is rushing an initial $100,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing and designated funds to help provide immediate emergency relief to the affected people. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://trinitypresnc.org/blog/?p=88</link>
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