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		<title>Fr Chris Townsend: Marriage No Longer Means The Same</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 03:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Fr Chris Townsend: Don’t Manage – Inspire!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 03:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Should Churches Pay Tax?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 05:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[South Africa has to face a difficult reality. The cupboard is bare. The delinquent children and their friends have eaten [&#8230;]<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-related-none yarpp-template-list'>

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		<title>When A Parish Wins The Lottery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 05:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I’m #AngryForJustice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>There are Times to use Cookie-Cutters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 06:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Fr Chris Townsend: As I Move to a New Parish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 06:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Our Renewal Must Centre on Christ</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Townsend]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why We Need to Revisit the Past</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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