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		<title>NEW WEBINAR: Clergy Care in Uncertain Times</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/12/03/new-webinar-clergy-care-in-uncertain-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In these uncertain times, clergy stress, fatigue, and spiritual needs usually take a back seat to managerial and budgetary deliberations and decisions.  Why not start the new year right by focusing on clergy wellness and self-care, your own or your pastor's or priest's?]]></description>
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		<title>Alban&#8217;s Response to The Economic Situation</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/12/02/albans-response-to-the-economic-situation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although we had been paying attention all year to worrying signs about the economy—especially the impact of high gas prices and the collapse of the housing market—we still weren’t sure what to expect when we began to construct our business plans this Fall. Enough uncertainty had been introduced to make us reluctant to continue to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Event Tomorrow 1 p.m.</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/10/13/web-event-tomorrow-1-pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still Time to Sign Up!




WEB EVENT:

Ministry and Mission in Uncertain Times



 Tuesday, October 14, 2008
1 PM Eastern Time
Join Alban senior consultants Alice Mann and Susan Beaumont and Alban senior staff in a one-hour online conversation about the current climate of general uncertainty and economic stresses and what this means for congregations and their leaders. By [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vital Congregations as Communities of Practice</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/09/29/vital-congregations-intentional-communities-of-practice-2/</link>
		<comments>http://albanlearning.org/2008/09/29/vital-congregations-intentional-communities-of-practice-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[printer-friendly version
 by Wayne Whitson Floyd
What is a vital congregation? Is it simply a community of fervent conviction and shared belief about who we are, where we came from, why we’re here, and the direction the world is going? Or is congregational vitality to be measured by the emotional intensity of worship and songas evidence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith &amp; Everyday Leadership</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/08/21/faith-everyday-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reinventing the 21st Century Church

September 	 9, 	2008 – 	September 	 11, 	2008
Roslyn Retreat Center , Richmond, Virginia
Facilitator:  	Wayne Floyd
Note: Seminar begins at 12 noon on day 1 and concludes with lunch on day 3.
This retreat introduces you to the exciting new curriculum developed by the Alban Institute, “Faith and Everyday Leadership.”
Are you someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Your Way Home in Preaching, Teaching, and Soul Tending</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/06/30/writing-your-way-home-in-preaching-teaching-and-soul-tending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kentiragroff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Kent Ira Groff
Do you ever think, “I’ve got to write this”? But other times, “I get to write this!” Sometimes duty takes over: Sunday’s sermon, newsletter deadline, persistent e-mails. How can we move through &#8220;got to&#8221; into &#8220;get to&#8221;?
During a writing funk, two things occurred to me.
First, if I find bits of grace in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Assets for Educating Congregational Leaders</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/03/14/continuing-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alban Weekly feature article, March 17, 2008
Wayne Whitson Floyd, Education Department Manager
Depending on whom you ask, continuing-education for ministry is either flourishing, with assets that have never existed before, or struggling to survive. 
Troubling symptoms include increasing costs amidst anecdotal reports of decreasing support for staff and programs sponsored both by seminaries and by national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith &amp; Everyday Leadership™</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/02/04/faith-everyday-leadership%e2%84%a2/</link>
		<comments>http://albanlearning.org/2008/02/04/faith-everyday-leadership%e2%84%a2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMING SOON: EXCITING NEW CURRICULUM! 
Have you ever honestly asked yourself, what does my faith really have to do with the concrete challenges of everyday life? What do my talents from the professional and business world, or from my responsibilities as a parent, have to do with the leadership roles I am asked to play [...]]]></description>
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