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2007 Assembly & Festival
June 1-3, 2007 at Midland Lutheran College Event Center, Fremont, Nebraska
Date(s): June 1-3, 2007. Album by Nebraska Synod, ELCA. Photos by lf, jw, mf, jf, lejg, submitted. 1 - 287 of 287 Total. 37629 Visits.
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I have set before you an open door ...
Stand UP!
Step Through!
SHOUT FOR JOY!


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Ready to participate!
An eager toddler awaits the beginning of Friday morning worship at Assembly & Festival 2007
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Learning about Assembly, and fellowship with Dad.
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Bible Village - a replica village from the 1st century offered children of all ages a chance to "visit" a place Jesus might have visited in his travels
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Several groups of children visited the Bible Village in the Hopkins Arena while Assembly and Festival were in sesssion
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FLYs - First Lutheran Church of Fremont acoloytes await worship Sunday morning
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Smiling faces - enjoying fellowship
at Assembly and Festival 2007!
Hundreds upon hundreds of Nebraska ELCA Lutherans gathered June 1, 2 and 3 in Fremont .


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Smiling faces - enjoying fellowship at Assembly and Festival 2007
People came for worship, workshops and forums, concerts,


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Smiling faces - enjoying fellowship at Assembly and Festival 2007 as well as
a Bible Village experience, conversations and church business


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Smiling faces at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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.... ready to teach in the Bible Village ...

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Smiling faces at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Bible Village
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Bible Village weaving
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Bible Village treats
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Bible Village tasting
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Bible Village - weaving
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Bible village
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Bible Village  - rope belts
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Bible Village -- water at the well
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Bible Village
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Bible Village - basket weaving
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Bible Village
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Bible Village- making crosses
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Bible Village - learning ancient games
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Bible Village - making belts
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Bible village - basket making
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Bible Village
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Bible Village - weaving

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A pensive moment at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Smiling faces at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Voting Members register for workshops and events

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Getting ready! SpiritBorne provides video enhancement.
Order DVDs from them on our website.


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Assembly Planning co-chair, Paul Coen, preps the stage for opening worship preacher, Kathy Fick.

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Pastor Helen King prays with presenter Gerald Thomas Straub.
Straub offered a 90-minute forum on Friday and Saturday, Poverty and Prayer
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Time to meet and greet other voting members.

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Planning Team Stephen Peeler and Mike Thomas greet Synod Councilman Rex Kirchhoff

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Getting ready!  Bishop David deFreese, Dr. Harry Wendt, and AF Co-chair Pr. Mike Thomas discuss presentation details.
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Getting ready!  Musician Peder Eide chats with the Nebraska Synod liturgical dancers
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John Burch prepares for the video enhancement

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Planner Orrin Strand getting ready

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Thursday night registration - volunteers and Ellie Kuhlmann

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Clarifying the plan ...

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Chris Kendall helps with challenging registration issues

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Pr. Tom Wilson discusses Friday's opening worship which highlighted Campus Ministry's 100 Anniversary with Crystal Corman, Kathy Fick and Julia Shear

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Assembling!  voting members and many visitors gather on both levels of the Midland Lutheran Event Center as Assembly and Festival 2007 begins
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Kathy Fick preaches about "radical hospitality" of campus ministry Friday morning

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Kathy Fick at Friday's Opening Worship

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Kathy Fick at Friday's Opening Worship

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Kathy Fick at Friday's Opening Worship

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Kathy Fick at Friday's Opening Worship

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Christian musician Peder Eide opens with humor and song!

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Zach Meissner, Messiah/North Platte, continues as camera operator

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Peder Eide

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Getting into Eide music!

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Getting into Eide music

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Pastor Marcus Pera touts Campus Ministry during our opening worship

Pera is ELCA Regional Director for Campus Ministries


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Praying the Lord's Prayer .. in German. Pat Branson

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Praying the Lord's Prayer in Spanish ... Pr. Liz Conner

Pastor Maria "Liz" Conner serves Cristo Rey/Omaha


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A blessing from Campus Pastor Andrea Ng'weshemi who serves at Dana College in Blair

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Peder Eide ... God is good.  All the time. All the time.  God is Good

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Assembled!

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Learning body movements with Peder

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Learning body movements with Peder

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Learning body movements with Peder

At Center are the video team: Assistant to the Bishop Jim Petersen, John Burch, Eide staffer


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Pastor Eric Bostrom is introduced by Pastor Pera as the newly called campus pastor at Campus Lutheran, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

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Lutheran Youth of Nebraska help receive offering for Nebraska Synod Campus Ministry at Friday morning's worship

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Prayer offered by Julia Shear, Interim Campus Minister, Wayne State College

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Praying the Lord's Prayer ... in Nuer (John Gokkuang)and Lakota (Pr. Will Voss) ...

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Pr. Will Voss serves the Lakota Lutheran Chapel and Center in Scottsbluff

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Secretary of the Synod Council, David Sites, participating in the Assembly

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Peder Eide

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Peder Eide

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Peder Eide

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People on the Assembly floor, and around the upper levels listen to gathering music on Friday.

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It was easy to follow along and join in the words of the songs

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Dana Campus Pastor Ng'weshemi

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Pr. Tom Wilson, UNK Campus Pastor

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Kathy Fick addresses voting members and visitors

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Kathy Fick, Friday morning preacher at opening worship

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Nebraska Synod liturgical dancers

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Liturgical dance opens Friday worship ... Shout to the Lord!

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Liturgical dancers added grace and beauty to our worship

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Friday morning worship

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Liturgical dancers at Friday morning worship

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Liturgical dancers at Friday morning worship

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Smiling faces show people enjoying fellowship at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Smiling faces show people enjoying fellowship at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Smiling faces show people enjoying fellowship at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Pr. Judy Gifford and and voting members from her congregations

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during a break

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Bishop deFreese takes time out of leading the Assembly to talk with pastors and lay members.

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Smiling faces show people enjoying fellowship at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Bishop deFreese takes time out of leading the Assembly to talk with pastors and lay members.

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Pastor Nathan explains procedure to his congregation delegation

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Bishop David L. deFreese calls Assembly to order Friday morning

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As we have each year, we place a chair near the podium, in which none of us will sit.  It will be reminder to all of us that we are gathered in Jesus' name, and we trust He is in our midst.

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Co-chair of the Planning Team Pr. Mike Thomas

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Pastor Helen King, Planning Team, Prayer Team

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Co-chair of Planning Team Pastor Paul Coen

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Smiling faces show people enjoying fellowship at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Peder Eide and Pastor Chip Borgstadt have worked together often, including on the 2001 Nebraska Synod Youth Mission Trip to Thunder Bay

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Searching for companions at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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An adventure at Assembly and Festival 2007!

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Concentrating on the materials...

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These anonymous Assembly participants bring their own seats after years of bleacher sitting!

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Dr. Harry Wendt talks about the Jesus as the Radical Messiah

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Dr. Wendt addresses Assembly

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The Nebraska Synod shirt -- to be worn on Tuesdays -- is a traditional gift for Assembly presenters

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Don Bussian, parliamentarian

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Contemplating Eide retail store

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Nebraska Synod Secretary
Pastor David Sites


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Julie Callahan, Chair
Strategic Planning Implementation Team


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Dr. Tex Sample discusses justice in Biblical terms

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Linda Parsons, Administrative Assistant to Bishop deFreese shares a laugh break with David Sites during their minute-taking responsibilities

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Bishop thanks synod staff:
Chris Kendall, Linda Parsons, Marty Jones, Sharon Miley, Judy Williams, Ellie Kuhlmann, Connie Stover, Lee Griess, Martin Russell, Damon Laaker, Judy Gifford
Not pictured:  Jim Petersen, Linda Janssen Gjere .. at the video workstation


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Dr. Tex Sample

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Visitors from the Bible Village in costume

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Midland Lutheran College Interim President Dr. Stephen Fritz welcomed the Nebraska Synod Assembly and Festival to campus.

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voting yes

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Gifts from particpants for the Low Income Food Pantry in Fremont

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Terry Boggs conducts a forum on Church in Public Life - What is the role of the Church in the public life of God’s people, our nation and this world? How do we stay true
to the Biblical mandate for justice and yet not cross the line into partisan politics?


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LYON Board members test the inflatables behind the Bible Village

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Seeds” — Religious Art exhibit by Cindy Rhodes and Denise Weyhrich.

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Good Samaritan Society booth

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Bible Village pottery shop

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Terry Boggs

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Some Lutheran lunch under the One Way sign ...

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Camel waits outside the Bible Village

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Lutheran Campus Ministry Forum

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Dr. Harry Wendt's workshop
the Importance of Adult Education


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Peder Eide workshop on working with Youth

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Mary Ann Johnson's workshop discusses Diversity and focus on how the Church is stronger with diversity and the multiplicity of
gifts of color, culture and context


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Kathy Fick talks about campus ministry

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Bible Village

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Mission Interpreter Leader Jim Schmidt staffs the booth with Virginia Geu

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Bible Village

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Chuck Bentjen musical group performs during Friday "indoor" picnic

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Peder Eide Concert, Friday nite

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Carol Joy Holling Camp Counselors come in for Eide Concert

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A standing ovation for the leaders of our Serving Arms --

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Women of the ELCA Nebraska President Beth Meyer
Nebraska Women will convene in Kearney this fall


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Lutheran Men in Mission Nebraska President Dean Heairet
Nebraska will host the 2008 National Gathering of Lutheran Men in Mission in Omaha


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Lutheran Youth of Nebraska
President Katie Larson


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Bishop deFreese thanks David Nelson for his 6 years of service on the ELCA Church Council

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Bishop deFreese gives ELCA Representative Don Hallberg a corn head hat!

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With great good humor, Pastor Hallberg dons the cornhead hat for the Assembly

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Nebraska Synod Treasurer
Bill Davis


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Yessenia Vazquez Mendez tells the story of her journey to the U.S.

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Yessenia Vazquez Mendez

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Yessenia Vazquez Mendez

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Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska President and CEO Ruth Henrichs talks about immigration
Presentation available on our website
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Box lunch distribution

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Eating out!

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Sudanese visitors

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Sudanese visitors vist Bible Village

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Pr. Phillip Nielsen,
Resolutions, Reference & Counsel Committee Chair


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