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</div>]]></content:encoded><description>I had an opportunity to catch the U2 concert on Tuesday night. It was a great spectacle, as you can imagine. One of the great things about Bono and the band is they know when to take themselves seriously, and...</description><feedburner:origLink>http://stevengibbs.typepad.com/steven_gibbs/2009/10/madness.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Geeeez</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StevenGibbs/~3/lWhL2DHWnBE/geeeez.html</link><category>Sunday</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Steven Gibbs</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:48:54 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8a2d53ef0120a5bc5635970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Not sure any words can do it justice.  Yeah, there was a swimming pool in the auditorium. Yeah, the water was perfect :).  Yeah, people were called out, and yeah, we had 126 get baptized today.  Hope you were there.  We can only imagine what's gonna happen next week...think we might try to add a diving board.  <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded><description>Not sure any words can do it justice. Yeah, there was a swimming pool in the auditorium. Yeah, the water was perfect :). Yeah, people were called out, and yeah, we had 126 get baptized today. Hope you were there....</description><feedburner:origLink>http://stevengibbs.typepad.com/steven_gibbs/2009/10/geeeez.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Baptism</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StevenGibbs/~3/EJc7RoeIk1U/baptism.html</link><category>Sunday</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Steven Gibbs</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:12:16 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8a2d53ef0120a6107250970c</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Just a quick note.  You do not want to be late for service tomorrow!  You will not get a seat.  We have a BOAT LOAD of baptisms (no pun intended).  Because we have so many, don't let what you find in the auditorium scare you :).  We got some surprises planned...<a href="http://stevengibbs.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8a2d53ef0120a5b9b7b5970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Niagra" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8a2d53ef0120a5b9b7b5970b " src="http://stevengibbs.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8a2d53ef0120a5b9b7b5970b-320wi"></img></a> <br><div class="feedflare">
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