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		<title>10 Tips to Avoid Your Illness Support Group Becoming Depressing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live with a chronic illness or chronic pain, the odds<a href="http://restministries.com/2012/02/03/10-tips-to-avoid-your-illness-support-group-becoming-depressing/" rel="nofollow"> > Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>From Illness Comes Unique Card Ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Debbi Farmer This was a rough week for me. One of<a href="http://restministries.com/2012/01/17/from-illness-experience-comes-unique-card-ministry/" rel="nofollow"> > Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do For Those Who Are Hurting When You Don&#8217;t Know What To Do</title>
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		<title>Q &amp; A: I Don&#8217;t Seem To Fit In To Online Support Groups!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel very left out in the online support groups. I<a href="http://restministries.com/2011/06/13/q-a-i-dont-seem-to-fit-in-to-online-support-groups/" rel="nofollow"> > Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony: Why Do Churches Need HopeKeepers Small Group Ministries?</title>
		<link>http://restministries.com/2011/05/27/testimony-why-do-churches-need-hopekeepers-small-group-ministries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In coming months I will be sharing more of your testimonies about<a href="http://restministries.com/2011/05/27/testimony-why-do-churches-need-hopekeepers-small-group-ministries/" rel="nofollow"> > Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New DVD From RM Helps Communicate Our Needs to Churches</title>
		<link>http://restministries.com/2011/05/23/new-dvd-from-rm-helps-communicate-our-needs-to-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 21:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I just wish there was a way I could help my pastor<a href="http://restministries.com/2011/05/23/new-dvd-from-rm-helps-communicate-our-needs-to-churches/" rel="nofollow"> > Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why, As Christians, We Must Go Beyond &#8220;You Look So Good!&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had a pastor asked me, &#8220;If someone comes to church<a href="http://restministries.com/2011/05/12/why-as-christians-we-must-go-beyond-you-look-so-good/" rel="nofollow"> > Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Patch&#8221; &#8211; How God Used a Childhood Experience To Change My Opinion of Nursing Homes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carol Gray I have hated nursing homes ever since I toured<a href="http://restministries.com/2011/04/24/the-patch-how-god-used-a-childhood-experience-to-change-my-opinion-of-nursing-homes/" rel="nofollow"> > Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jenny Prokopy Features Rest Ministries in Speaking at International Technology Event</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lisa Copen Rest Ministries, specifically the Sunroom, was recently featured as<a href="http://restministries.com/2011/04/18/jenny-prokopy-features-rest-ministries-in-speaking-at-international-technology-event/" rel="nofollow"> > Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Gift For a Best Friend Who Is Ill	Can Be Patio Decorations</title>
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		<title>Have a Friend With Illness? Let Her Cry!</title>
		<link>http://restministries.com/2011/04/07/have-a-friend-with-illness-let-her-cry/</link>
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		<title>Does Grief Have a Timeline?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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