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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-type-userreference field-field-name&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;Author&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item&quot;&gt;Bill Chapman&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-type-text field-field-yyyy-mm-dd&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;yyyy-mm-dd&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item&quot;&gt;2008-10-22&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:15:26 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Bill Chapman</dc:creator>
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 <title>October John Joseph Mastandrea Ministers Report</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:52:11 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>John Joseph Mastandrea</dc:creator>
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;event-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;2007-06-27 18:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;event-end&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;End: &lt;/label&gt;2007-06-27 21:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Official Board Meeting&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:38:06 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Chris Osborne</dc:creator>
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 <title>Slowly, slowly the little bird builds it&#039;s nest</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;When I was in &lt;a href=&quot;http://burkina-adventures.blogspot.com/&quot; title=&quot;Link to my sister&amp;#039;s blog about life in Burkina Faso&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Burkina Faso with my sister&lt;/a&gt; this summer, I learned the saying  &amp;quot;Doni doni kono nita niama&amp;quot; which means, in Jula (the language of the Jula people who live in Bobo Dioulasso), &amp;quot;Slowly, slowly the little bird builds its nest.&amp;quot;  This had become a bit of a motto for me as I work on launching the website, and passing responsibility over to the organization, one twig at a time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br class=&quot;clear&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.metunited.org/node/895&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/111">Official Board</category>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/125">Community Services Team</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/126">Peace &amp; Social Justice Group</category>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/113">Trustees Committee</category>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/114">Ministry &amp; Personnel Committee</category>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/115">Worship Committee</category>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/124">Outreach Committee</category>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/117">Congregational Care Committee</category>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/128">Christian Education Committee</category>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/129">Music Committee</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:46:44 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Claire Sauve</dc:creator>
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 <title>The Official Board</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Official Board is the think-tank and clearing house for church business. Its authority on issues and policy is final, subject to congregational approval. It is composed of all committee chairs, plus some members at large. Senior staff attend Board meetings as ex-officio Board members, or when requested to be present for reports and information sharing. The Official Board seeks consensus among the committees, makes certain that committee mandates and responsibilities are clear, and monitors both program and financial health. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br class=&quot;clear&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.metunited.org/node/742&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/12">Our Organzation</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:41:00 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Claire Sauve</dc:creator>
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 <title>Congregation Approves Amended Agreement</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;About 75 people stayed after the Sunday worship service on June 24, 2007 to discuss and eventually approve the amendments to the agreement with Lancer Corporation to develop the north end of Metropolitan&amp;#39;s property. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The motion was passed almost exactly as presented, the only change being that the Trustees will seek Presbytery Approval &amp;quot;as necessary&amp;quot;. The motion references the attached document.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.metunited.org/node/616&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/37">Public</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:51:08 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>David Hughes</dc:creator>
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 <title>Annual Meeting</title>
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;event-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;2006-03-05 12:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;event-end&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;End: &lt;/label&gt;2006-03-05 14:30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The annual meeting of the congregation took place on March 5, 2006 following the Sunday Service.  At the meeting, the 2005 annual report, attached, was presented.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <comments>http://www.metunited.org/node/460#comment</comments>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:31:12 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Andrew Clarke</dc:creator>
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 <title>Board Meeting - Chancel Room</title>
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&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;event-end&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;End: &lt;/label&gt;2007-03-21 20:30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The monthly meeting of the Official Board will take place in the Chancel Room.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <comments>http://www.metunited.org/node/411#comment</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.metunited.org/taxonomy/term/111">Official Board</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:28:15 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Andrew Clarke</dc:creator>
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 <title>Annual Meeting</title>
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;event-nodeapi&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;event-start&quot;&gt;&lt;label&gt;Start: &lt;/label&gt;2007-02-18 12:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The annual meeting of the congregation took place on February 18th, 2007 following the Sunday Service.  At the meeting, the 2006 annual report, attached, was presented. &lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:16:04 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Andrew Clarke</dc:creator>
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 <title>What We Believe</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;inline right&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.metunited.org/files/images/stained-glass.jpg&quot; class=&quot;image preview&quot; height=&quot;600&quot; width=&quot;171&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Like other Christian churches, The United Church of Canada is rooted in God, Jesus, and the Bible. However, the way we understand God, practice our faith, and read the Bible is different than you&amp;#39;ll find in other denominations of the Christian church.&lt;br /&gt;Below, you&amp;#39;ll find some basic information about what we believe in at The United Church of Canada.  If you&amp;#39;re interested in more information on any of the topics below, we encourage you to visit the United Church of Canada website.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.metunited.org/node/60&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:28:05 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Andrew Clarke</dc:creator>
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