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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day, 2012 &#8211; A Writing by Anne Lamott</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/05/13/mothers-day-2012-honoring-mothers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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<h2><strong><em>Rev David Felten</em></strong></h2>
<p><strong><em></em>May 13, 2012</strong></p>
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		<title>Mithras and the Origins of Communion</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/05/06/mithras-and-the-origins-of-communion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 14:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outcasts and All Rev David Felten May 6, 2012 Click on the right arrow to play: Outcasts and All &#60;em&#62;Click on the &#60;span style=&#8221;color: #cd6406;&#8221;&#62;Right Arrow&#60;/span&#62; above to play the sermon audio&#60;/em&#62;]]></description>
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<h2><em>Rev David Felten</em></h2>
<p><em></em><strong>May 6, 2012</strong></p>
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		<title>Precious In My Eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/04/29/precious-in-my-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><em>Rev David Ragan</em></h2>
<p><strong>April 29, 2012</strong></p>
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		<title>Lighting a Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/04/22/lighting-a-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><em>Rev David Felten</em></h2>
<p><strong>April 22, 2012</strong></p>
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		<title>The Rich Man and Lazarus</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/04/15/the-rich-man-and-lazarus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><em>Rev David Felten</em></h2>
<p><strong>April 15, 2012</strong></p>
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		<title>Cantor Shira in the Pulpit!</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/04/11/cantor-shira-in-the-pulpit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fountains is pleased to welcome Cantor Shira Batalion to deliver the message “Growing Into the Image of God” at both services on Sunday, April 15th. Currently serving as the Rabbi/Cantor of Fountain Hills’ Congregation Beth Hagivot, Cantor Shira also serves as the music specialist at Pardes Jewish Day School. Cantor Shira was invested as a cantor through the Reconstructionist [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Fountains is pleased to welcome Cantor Shira Batalion to deliver the message “Growing Into the Image of God” at both services on Sunday, April 15th.</p>
<p>Currently serving as the Rabbi/Cantor of Fountain Hills’ Congregation Beth Hagivot, Cantor Shira also serves as the music specialist at Pardes Jewish Day School. Cantor Shira was invested as a cantor through the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2005 and serves as community clergy providing weddings, baby namings and other life cycle events to the non-affiliated Jewish community in the greater Phoenix area and around the country.</p>
<p>Pastor David was honored to speak at Shabbat services at Beth Hagivot in March and is excited to have this opportunity to “exchange pulpits” with Cantor Shira.</p>
<p><a href="https://fountainsumc.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/haggadah_cover_shira.jpg"><img class="alignleft" title="haggadah_cover_Shira" src="https://fountainsumc.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/haggadah_cover_shira.jpg?w=300&amp;h=299" alt="" width="300" height="299" /></a>Before moving to Arizona, Cantor Shira served as the Spiritual Leader (Kol Bo) of Temple B’nai Abraham in Bordentown, NJ, and as the Education Director for Congregation Bet Haverim, in Atlanta, GA.  She recently joined the Board of Directors of the Jewish Multiracial Network, an organization that advances Jewish diversity through empowerment and community<br />
building with Jews of Color and multiracial Jewish families. Cantor Batalion has essays published in Torah Aura’s book,  ”God: Jewish Choices for Struggling with the Ultimate,” and collaborated with author<br />
Debra Jill Mazer as a content editor to publish the  ”Open-Eyed Heart-Wide Haggadah.”  She is currently pursuing a degree in Holistic Health.</p>
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		<title>Walk to Emmaus</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/04/08/amwas-abu-ghosh-mozah-and-fountain-hills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>April 8, 2012 (Easter)<br />
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		<title>Lose Yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/04/01/lose-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><em>Rev David Felten</em></h2>
<p><strong>April 1, 2012</strong></p>
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		<title>The Incontrovertible Undubiousness of Leeriness</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/03/25/the-incontrovertible-undubiousness-of-leeriness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev David Felten March 25, 2012 Click on the right arrow to play: The Incontrovertible Undubiousness of Leeriness Click on the Right Arrow above to play the sermon audio]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><em>Rev David Felten</em></h2>
<p><strong>March 25, 2012</strong></p>
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		<title>Life is Short.  Cut the B.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.thefountainsumc.org/2012/03/18/life-is-short-cut-the-b-s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. David Felten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life, Death and the Divine Series #8 Rev David Felten March 18, 2012 Click on the right arrow to play: Life is Short.  Cut the B.S. Click on the Right Arrow above to play the sermon audio]]></description>
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<h2><em>Rev David Felten</em></h2>
<p><strong>March 18, 2012</strong></p>
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