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					  <title>&#34;Community&#34; Standards</title>
					  <link>http://smallgroups.com/articles/372/1/quotCommunityquot_Standards.html</link>
					  <description>It's Tuesday night at 7:00, time once again for small group. The group has been meeting now for almost two years, and every one of these couples in their 30s and young 40s would say they have formed a strong bond with one another. It is community at its best, they would tell you. </description>
					  <author>micmac@smallgroups.com (Michael C. Mack)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Community Evaluation</title>
					  <link>http://smallgroups.com/articles/373/1/Community_Evaluation.html</link>
					  <description>Each member of the group should complete this evaluation individually. Prayerfully, honestly and humbly answer each question for your group. Underline the number, from 1 to 5, that best describes your group for that attribute,</description>
					  <author>micmac@smallgroups.com (Michael C. Mack)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Circles of Indemnity</title>
					  <link>http://smallgroups.com/articles/374/1/Circles_of_Indemnity.html</link>
					  <description>One cold winter day in Denver, Colorado, while people were absorbed by the activities of life, a backdrop of snow and sleet fell to the ground. As the people of Denver went about their daily routines, one woman was focused solely on her child.</description>
					  <author>susan_skalicky@educ8.org (Sue Skalicky)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Loving Beyond Barriers</title>
					  <link>http://smallgroups.com/articles/375/1/Loving_Beyond_Barriers.html</link>
					  <description>A small group encourages members to share with each other on an intimate level, which is good. Yet there is a danger that isolation may result. By focusing on each others' needs, group members may become detached from the body of the church.</description>
					  <author>baileywick@juno.com (Esther M. Bailey)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Building the Dynamics of the &#34;One Another's&#34;</title>
					  <link>http://smallgroups.com/articles/376/1/Building_the_Dynamics_of_the_quotOne_Anothersquot.html</link>
					  <description>&#34; Love one another&#34; John 13:34</description>
					  <author>mike@connectedlife.us (Mike Shepherd)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>We are So Different!</title>
					  <link>http://smallgroups.com/articles/377/1/We_are_So_Different.html</link>
					  <description>How do we end up being irritated by the very things that used to attract us?</description>
					  <author>michael@smalley.cc (Michael Smalley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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