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FirstNews<br />
a m o n t h l y p u b l i c a t i o n o f F i r s t U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h , D a l l a s January 2012<br />
Looking Ahead<br />
by Dr. John Fiedler, Senior Minister<br />
It takes a certain amount of audacity and assumptions to muster the courage to set goals. The universe<br />
The universe<br />
m<br />
ust remain intact. The church must still be standing. And the grace of God must still prevail. At FirstChurch,<br />
we gladly make these assumptions and set specific and measureable goals for the coming ministry year.<br />
While the total number of goals is too numerous to summarize, I have made a careful selection to present to<br />
you in this article. This no way discounts the importance of unnamed goals but simply is my way of saying<br />
that if only these goals are met in 2012, it's <a title="jan12firstnews page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0db03962?page=1"> FirstNews a m o n t h l y p u b l i c a t i o n</a>
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