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		<title>Transitions &#8211; Amazing Testimonies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the center of this story, I am riding in a vintage 1982 Corvette Collector Edition on the freeway in Southern California. My very first time to ride in a &#8216;vette.

Loud, stiff, low to the ground, there is nothing like the &#8220;All American Sports Car!&#8221; the creaking of the fiberglass shell is part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Car &#8211; A New Life? Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting Two Strangers I Didn&#8217;t Want to Know

Three years ago I had time to evaluate, to think, to reestablish a new layer to my life. In the process I had many discussions along the way.

I was in a passionate conversation with a friend of mine about how each of us processed the issue of homosexuality. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Car, A New Life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through the Windshield of My Life &#8211; Stepping forward to a more recent history.

2007 Toyota Sienna

In 2007, I bought a new Toyota Sienna minivan. I had no idea that this car would be a new symbol of a dramatic change in my life and would play out in amazingly surprising ways in the near future.

I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grace Rivers Featured in Local Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the June 2010 issue of &#8220;Delivered&#8221; magazine, StefanieLewallen wrote a very good article on the ministry of Grace Rivers.  It very clearly displayed the heart and soul of our ministry.  This is the first media representation of the ministry that has been done.  We are thankful for her insightful writing following the interview she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Personal Note from John Smid


A good friend asked me what motivated me in ministry. I shared with her some things that really tugged at my heart.

The modern American &#8220;church&#8221; is typically known as people who gather in buildings on Sunday morning for teaching, singing, and smiling about life.

I see it more as a collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of the Year Message from John</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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Dear Friends,
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, I cannot help but be thankful for His life and transforming power in our world. It is his personal touch and intervention that brings me hope; not only for myself, but for the many whose lives He will touch deeply.

This year God has taken me deeper into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; My Own Journey &#8211; Truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
by John J. Smid
 
Job 20:20-22
Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth. Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you. Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
 
 
My wife and I have gone through a huge transition during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; Our Own Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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by John J. Smid
 
Followers of Jesus Christ &#8211; Impacting our communities with the gospel!
 
As I think of the main purpose of The Journey of Thomas, I find myself continually coming back to what started all of this in the beginning. My heart changed a while back and a new burden developed for the lost, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; A New Life, John J. Smid&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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Printable PDF &#8211; John Smid&#8217;s Journey Testimony
 
Psalm 116:1-2
I love the LORD, for he heard my voice, He heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
 
&#8220;John, you need to know Jesus! We are Christians and we want you to know that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; Honor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
 
We have gone through 8 other Core Values which bring us to Honor. We began with Honesty, and have ended with Honor. I think it is very interesting to see the &#8220;H O N&#8221; at the beginning of each of these book [...]]]></description>
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