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    <description>Welcome to the Table! You are listening to the Kingstowne Communion podcast, with lead pastor Michelle Matthews. The Kingstowne Communion is a new United Methodist church existing to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ and extend God's table into the world through courageous conversation, creative community, and collaborating for the common good. We worship at Hayfield Secondary School (7630 Telegraph Rd, Door 9 off Old Telegraph) every Sunday at 10am. For more information, visit kingstownecommunion.net, or like, follow, or subscribe on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.  
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    <itunes:subtitle>We exist to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>Welcome to the Table! You are listening to the Kingstowne Communion podcast, with lead pastor Michelle Matthews. The Kingstowne Communion is a new United Methodist church existing to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ and extend God's table into the world through courageous conversation, creative community, and collaborating for the common good. We worship at Hayfield Secondary School (7630 Telegraph Rd, Door 9 off Old Telegraph) every Sunday at 10am. For more information, visit kingstownecommunion.net, or like, follow, or subscribe on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.  
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  <title>Coming Soon (Wk 6): "Love, Actually"</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Pastor Michelle connects one last Christmas movie, a cult favorite "Love, Actually," to the Christmas story and significance of the birth of Jesus.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Pastor Michelle relates the classic Christmas story to "The Polar Express" and discusses the effect of the "uncanny valley" on our perceptions of Jesus.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In our Traveler's Christmas service, Michelle recounts the life of Dr. Seuss and his writing of the Christmas classic, while asking whether our personal images of Jesus are filled with the kind of transformative, cosmic wonder that saved the Grinch.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Coming Soon (Wk 3): “The Santa Clause (and the Problem with Being Good for Goodness Sake)” | Luke 1:39-55 | Michelle Matthews</title>
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  <title>Coming Soon (Wk 2): "Home Alone (for the Holidays)" | Luke 1 | Michelle Matthews</title>
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  <title>Coming Soon (Wk 1): "Old-Fashioned Griswold Christmas" | Mark 13:24-37 | Michelle Matthews</title>
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