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| The most overlooked key to growing a church: We must (blank) unbelievers the way Jesus did. |
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| What draws people and a lack of what drives people? |
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| Creating an atmosphere of (blank). |
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| Long before the pastor preaches, the visitors are already deciding if they will what? |
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| The most influential factor in public speaking is (blank) |
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| Personally Greet People Before & After Service (blank) People |
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| Use a (blank), personal style in writing to visitors. |
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| Our world is filled with lonely people who are starving for the affirmation of a loving what? |
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| Every pastor must decide whether he wants to impress people or (blank) them. |
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| The church should be what without approving? |
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| We cannot expect unbelievers to (BLANK) like believers until they (BLANK) believers. |
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| There is no method, program, or technology that can make up for a lack of (BLANK) for unbelievers. |
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| Jesus often established a beach-head for evangelism inn a person’s life by meeting a what? |
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| Anybody can be won to Christ if you discover the (BLANK) to his or her heart. |
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| A church will never grow beyond its capacity to meet what? |
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| Changed lives are a church’s (BLANK) advertisement. |
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| We do not have to (BLANK) the Bible relevant—it already is! But we do have to (BLANK) its relevance. |
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| Most unbelievers are looking for (BLANK), not truth. |
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| People need fewer “ought-to” sermons and more what kind of sermons? |
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| When God’s Word is taught in an uninteresting way, people don’t just think the pastor is boring, they think who is boring! |
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| Jesus taught profound truths in (BLANK) ways. Today we teach simple truths in (BLANK) ways. |
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To believers, Jesus says, (BLANK)
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| Only who can truly worship God? |
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| You don’t need a what to worship God? |
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| There is no correct (BLANK) of worship. |
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| Your preferred style of worship says more about our what background than your theology? |
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| Unbelievers can what believers worship? |
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| Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers if God’s (BLANK) is (BLANK) and if the message is (BLANK). |
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| Presence;Felt;Understandable |
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| In genuine worship God’s (BLANK) is felt, God’s (BLANK) is offered, God’s (BLANK) are revealed, and God’s power is displayed. |
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| It is worship that provides the what for evangelism? |
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| God expects us to be sensitive to the fears, hang-ups, and (BLANK) of unbelievers when they are present in our worship services. |
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| A worship service does not have to be shallow to be seeker sensitive. The message doesn't have to be compromised, but what? |
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| Making a service “comfortable” for the un-churched doesn't mean changing your theology. It means changing the what? |
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| The needs of believers and unbelievers often (BLANK). They are very different in some areas but are very similar in many areas. |
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| Being seeker sensitive doesn't limit what you say, but it does affect what? |
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| It is best to specialize your services according to their what? |
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| A service geared toward seekers is meant to supplement personal evangelism, not what? |
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| There is no (BLANK) to design a seeker service. |
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| There are only three nonnegotiable elements of a seeker service, what are they? |
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1. Treat unbelievers with love and respect
2. Relate the service to their needs
3. Share the message in a practical, understandable manner. |
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| What really attracts large numbers of un-churched to a church is (BLANK) lives! |
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| It takes unselfish, (BLANK) believers to offer a seeker-sensitive service. |
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| Visitors have already formed an opinion about your church within the first how many minutes after they arrive? |
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| Visitors often describe the atmosphere as what? |
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| We don’t call people visitors, we call them what? |
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| Most members never bring any lost friends to church. Why is this? |
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1.The target of the messages is unpredictable.
2.The services are not designed for unbelievers.
3.Members may be embarrassed by the quality of the service. |
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| Increasing the size of your church is simple: You must get what? |
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| A crowd is not a church. But to grow a larger church you must first attract a what? |
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| Plan the Service with your (BLANK) in mind |
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| Make it as (BLANK) as Possible to (BLANK) |
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| Improve the (BLANK) of the Service (Warren Services last (BLANK)) |
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| How can we make it easy as possible for people to attend? |
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1.Offer multiple Services
2.Offer surplus Parking
3.Offer children’s Sunday school simultaneously with the service.
4.Put a map to your church on all advertising. |
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| The difference between an average service and an outstanding service is what? |
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| Inspire, Movement, Praise, Adoration, Commitment, and Tie. |
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| How can we make visitors feel comfortable? |
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1.Reserve the best parking spots for visitors.
2.Station greeters outside your building.
3.Set up information tables outside your buildings.
4.Place directional signs everywhere.
5.Have taped music playing when people enter your buildings.
6.Allow visitors to remain anonymous in the service. |
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| The way many churches welcome visitors causes them to experience their (BLANK) all at once! |
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| In America, the most common fears are what? |
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1. Going to a party surrounded by strangers.
2. Speak before a crowd
3. Being asked a personal questions in public. |
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| There is no such thing as Christian music but what does Warren suggest? |
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| What is the statement by Columbia Records? |
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| After a song is sung 50 times, people no longer thinking about the meaning of the lyrics. |
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| How long is their worship service? |
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Who said, "Music has the power to shape
character"? |
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| The music you use (BLANK) your church in your community. |
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| Match your music to the kind of people God wants your church to what? |
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| Churches also need to admit that no particular style of music is “sacred.” What makes a song sacred is its what? |
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| Handel’s Messiah was widely condemned as (BLANK) by the churchmen of his day. It contains nearly one hundred repetitions of (BLANK) and that of course is too much repetition and not enough message. He must have bee Pentecostal. |
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| Vulgar theater;Hallelujah |
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| One of our weaknesses as evangelicals is that we don’t know what? |
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| Spurgeon called his music ministry “the (BLANK) Department”. |
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| Music sets the what of your service? |
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| What are the rules for selecting a music style? |
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Speed up the tempo
Update the lyrics
Encourage members to write new songs |
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| Every true revival has always been accompanied by (BLANK) music. |
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| It is a mistake to remove all (BLANKS) singing from a seeker service. |
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| We forget 90 to 95% of what we hear within the first how many hours? |
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| Warren’s sermon titles sound like they come what article or magazine? |
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| Best length of a sermon series. How many weeks? |
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| Where do people make their public profession of faith? |
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| Both verse-by-verse (BLANK) exposition and verse-with-verse (BLANK) exposition are necessary in order to grow a healthy church. |
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| Book exposition works best for (BLANK). Topical exposition works best for (BLANK). |
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| How can we make the Bible accessible to un-believers? |
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Read Scripture from a newer translation.
Use pew Bibles.
Select your Scripture readings with the unchurched in mind.
Provide an Outline with Scriptures Out
Plan Your Titles to Appeal to the unchurched
Preach in Series
Be Consistent in Your Preaching Style
Choose Guest Speakers Carefully
Preach for Commitment |
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| Too many pastors go fishing without ever reeling in the line or drawing up the what? |
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| What are the 8 renewal movements listed in the Introduction to Ogden's book? |
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-Charismatic Movement: the Holy Spirit has been rediscovered as the means of direct encounter with the living God
-Small Groups Movement: the church is a living organism, the body of Christ
-Worship Renewal Movement: worship is the defining event in the church
-Spiritual Gifts Movement: all God’s people are ministers
-Ecumenical Movement: an Ecumenism of the Spirit transcends denominational loyalties
-Church Growth Movement: identifies the ministry of the laity as one of the 7 vital signs of healthy churches
-Seeker Church Movement: created the vehicle of a “seeker service” as the means to mobilize all believers for witness
-New Paradigm Church Movement: assumes that the ministry is what the people of God do; “the extensible network of home fellowships in new paradigm churches is part of a strategy to de-professionalize religious functions, returning the priesthood to the people.” |
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Ogden Ch 1 will cover the following: The Chapter is entitled: The Church as
Organism:‘Together We have what’? |
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| There are how many word pictures to describe the N.T. Church? |
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| In the section on what is Christ relationship to the Church, there is a discussion in relating the human body to the church. First, the body displays oneness or what? |
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| Second, the body is a perfect expression of what? |
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| On page 45 is the following statement: You could go so far as to say that Jesus continues his incarnation through what? |
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| Also on the it is mentioned on that same page that Christ is someway incomplete with what? |
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| Read the story of Jeff Cotter on pgs 47 & 48. What was the punch line? |
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| He was talking about the church and about God. |
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| Jeff said, “After all, we have a 2000 year old tradition and it is called what?” |
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| On pgs 50-51 the author mentions that the Apostle Paul uses a number of synonyms to capture what he means by spiritual gifts. What are they? |
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| Gifts, services and working |
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| Read the story of the “Rabbi’s Gift” on pgs. 51-52.The only thing that I can tell you is that one of you is the what? |
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| There is a great illustration from Paul Stookey of the folk group “Peter, Paul & Mary.” He refers to the latest magazine to appear will be called what? |
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| The middle ground between inferiority and superiority is what? |
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| Ogden Chp. 2: the Institutional Entrapment of the Church. Pg 67 discusses the clerical. There are two kinds of the people. What are they? |
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| What is the church organism characteristics? |
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| Starting point (the body of Christ. The church is the whole people of God in whom Christ dwells), bottom-up (the church’s ministry is shaped by the gifts and callings distributed by the Holy Spirit to the whole body of Christ), all ministry is lay ministry, and conclusion (one people/one ministry). |
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| What is the church institution characteristics? |
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| Starting point [leadership offices in the church. The true church is found where A) the Word of God is rightly proclaimed; B) the sacraments are rightly administered.], top-down (the ministry is the province of the ordained offices of the church), lay ministry supplements and is secondary to ordained ministry, and conclusion (two people, clergy and laity, two ministries. |
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| Only (BLANK) can truly worship God |
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| You don't need a (BLANK) to worship God! |
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| There is no correct (BLANK) of worship. |
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| Unbelievers CAN (BLANK) believers worship |
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| Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers if God's presence is (BLANK) and the message is (BLANK). |
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| God expects us to be sensitive to the what to unbelievers when they are present in our worship services. |
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| A worship service does not have to be (BLANK) to be seeker sensitive. The message doesn't have to be compromised - just (BLANK)! |
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| It is best to specialize your services according to their what? |
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| A service geared toward seekers is meant to (BLANK) personal evangelism, not (BLANK) it. |
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| What really attracts large numbers of unchurched to a church is what? |
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| It takes (BLANK),(BLANK) believers to offer a seeker-sensitive service. |
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| Make it as (BLANK) as possible to attend. |
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| Improve the (BLANK) and (BLANK) of your service. |
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| Focus on making visitors feel what? |
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| Your visitors's first emotion is what? |
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| What should people project when they greet people? |
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| How should your greeter your match people when they greet? |
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| Make name tags available to who? |
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| What are 3 keys to remember? |
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1. Don't expect people to act like believers until they are.
2. If you want to minister to the unchurched, you can't be shocked by them!
3. Jesus showed acceptance of people without approval of everything they did. |
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| What are some factors that create a friendly environment? |
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1. Lighting
2. Temperature
3. Sound
4. Seating arrangements
5. Space: Don't have too much or too little.
6. Decorations:The best & cheapest are plants.
7. Clean, safe nurseries
8. Clean, odor-free restrooms |
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| Read scripture from a (BLANK) |
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| Practical needs of the people |
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| Plan your titles to what? |
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| Appeal to the unbelievers |
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| Provide an outline with the (BLANK) |
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| Maintain a (BLANK) style. Don't alternate your focus between believers & seekers. |
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| Choose your (BLANK) carefully |
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| What are the two biggest mistakes involved with music? |
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1. I underestimated music's importance/power
2. We tried to appeal everyone's taste |
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| Avoid singing songs in what? |
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| Don't sing (BLANK) or (BLANK) |
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| Use music for the (BLANK) not the "art". |
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| Encourage your members to what? |
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