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    <title>Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast) - Episodes Tagged with “Religion”</title>
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    <description>Lay Catholic evangelists Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle bring you a podcast series that teaches you how to confidently share your Catholic faith with your family members, friends, co-workers, and the strangers you meet on airplanes. Every episode, Mike and Dave give you five steps you can take each week to become an instrument God uses to spread the Gospel, heal hearts, and renew his Church. Be inspired by stories of miraculous conversions and be reminded that God still powerfully intervenes to transform people's lives.
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    <itunes:summary>Lay Catholic evangelists Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle bring you a podcast series that teaches you how to confidently share your Catholic faith with your family members, friends, co-workers, and the strangers you meet on airplanes. Every episode, Mike and Dave give you five steps you can take each week to become an instrument God uses to spread the Gospel, heal hearts, and renew his Church. Be inspired by stories of miraculous conversions and be reminded that God still powerfully intervenes to transform people's lives.
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  <title> Ripe Evangelization Cultures: Bars, Schools, and Corporations</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>There are ripe evangelization opportunities everywhere, we just have to be willing to notice them and bring Christ into them. Today, Dave VanVickle answers listener questions and offers us practical tools when it comes to evangelizing at bars, in schools, and at work. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>There are ripe evangelization opportunities everywhere, we just have to be willing to notice them and bring Christ into them. Today, Dave VanVickle answers listener questions and offers us practical tools when it comes to evangelizing at bars, in schools, and at work. 
Snippet from the Show
To transform society, we must first reach those souls in our local spheres of influence. There are ripe evangelization opportunities everywhere, we just have to be willing to notice them and bring Christ into them. 
We want to hear from you! Email us at eksb@ascensionpress.com with your questions/comments
Don't forget to text “EKSB” to 33-777 to get the shownotes right to your inbox! 
You can also find the full shownotes at www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow 
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    <![CDATA[<p>There are ripe evangelization opportunities everywhere, we just have to be willing to notice them and bring Christ into them. Today, Dave VanVickle answers listener questions and offers us practical tools when it comes to evangelizing at bars, in schools, and at work. </p>

<p><strong><em>Snippet from the Show</em></strong></p>

<p>To transform society, we must first reach those souls in our local spheres of influence. There are ripe evangelization opportunities everywhere, we just have to be willing to notice them and bring Christ into them. </p>

<ul>
<li>We want to hear from you! Email us at <a href="mailto:eksb@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">eksb@ascensionpress.com</a> with your questions/comments</li>
<li>Don&#39;t forget to text “EKSB” to 33-777 to get the shownotes right to your inbox! </li>
<li>You can also find the full shownotes at <a href="http://www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow" rel="nofollow">www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow</a></li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>There are ripe evangelization opportunities everywhere, we just have to be willing to notice them and bring Christ into them. Today, Dave VanVickle answers listener questions and offers us practical tools when it comes to evangelizing at bars, in schools, and at work. </p>

<p><strong><em>Snippet from the Show</em></strong></p>

<p>To transform society, we must first reach those souls in our local spheres of influence. There are ripe evangelization opportunities everywhere, we just have to be willing to notice them and bring Christ into them. </p>

<ul>
<li>We want to hear from you! Email us at <a href="mailto:eksb@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">eksb@ascensionpress.com</a> with your questions/comments</li>
<li>Don&#39;t forget to text “EKSB” to 33-777 to get the shownotes right to your inbox! </li>
<li>You can also find the full shownotes at <a href="http://www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow" rel="nofollow">www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow</a></li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Reaching the Hearts of Teenagers: A Guide to Confirmation ( with Colin MacIver)</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Navigating Confirmation preparation with teenagers in today’s times is not easy. Today, Colin MacIver and I discuss his newest book, The Catechists Field Guide to Confirmation, how to reach the hearts of teenagers, and how to implement practical tools to create the best confirmation experience for candidates. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>40:37</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Navigating Confirmation preparation with teenagers in today’s times is not easy. Today, Colin MacIver and I discuss his newest book ,The Catechists Field Guide to Confirmation, how to reach the hearts of teenagers, and how to implement practical tools to create the best confirmation experience for candidates. 
Snippet from the Show
The main goal of Confirmation is not to check off a box in Sacramental preparation, it’s to reach the hearts of candidates and form them into lifelong disciples of Christ. 
We want to hear from you! Email us at eksb@ascensionpress.com with your questions/comments
Don't forget to text “EKSB” to 33-777 to get the shownotes right to your inbox! 
You can also find the full shownotes at www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Navigating Confirmation preparation with teenagers in today’s times is not easy. Today, Colin MacIver and I discuss his newest book ,The Catechists Field Guide to Confirmation, how to reach the hearts of teenagers, and how to implement practical tools to create the best confirmation experience for candidates. </p>

<p><strong><em>Snippet from the Show</em></strong></p>

<p>The main goal of Confirmation is not to check off a box in Sacramental preparation, it’s to reach the hearts of candidates and form them into lifelong disciples of Christ. </p>

<ul>
<li>We want to hear from you! Email us at <a href="mailto:eksb@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">eksb@ascensionpress.com</a> with your questions/comments</li>
<li>Don&#39;t forget to text “EKSB” to 33-777 to get the shownotes right to your inbox! </li>
<li>You can also find the full shownotes at <a href="http://www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow" rel="nofollow">www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow</a></li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Navigating Confirmation preparation with teenagers in today’s times is not easy. Today, Colin MacIver and I discuss his newest book ,The Catechists Field Guide to Confirmation, how to reach the hearts of teenagers, and how to implement practical tools to create the best confirmation experience for candidates. </p>

<p><strong><em>Snippet from the Show</em></strong></p>

<p>The main goal of Confirmation is not to check off a box in Sacramental preparation, it’s to reach the hearts of candidates and form them into lifelong disciples of Christ. </p>

<ul>
<li>We want to hear from you! Email us at <a href="mailto:eksb@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">eksb@ascensionpress.com</a> with your questions/comments</li>
<li>Don&#39;t forget to text “EKSB” to 33-777 to get the shownotes right to your inbox! </li>
<li>You can also find the full shownotes at <a href="http://www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow" rel="nofollow">www.ascensionpress.com/EveryKneeShallBow</a></li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Why the Church Isn’t Typically Good at Evangelization and One Way to Stop That Problem</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Ascension</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Dave “Thunderclap” VanVickle and I are talking to the one and only Mark Hart—author, speaker, and Executive Vice President of Life Teen. We talk about the struggles parishes have to organize a movement of evangelization and the difficulty of training and empowering individuals to spread the gospel. Instead of just telling people to evangelize, Mark is on a mission to teach people to evangelize with a new program—The 99. Featuring Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Josh Johnson, Leah Darrow, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, and more, the program will help parishes start a movement of evangelization in their communities. See more at evangelization.com.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>47:18</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Dave “Thunderclap” VanVickle and I are talking to the one and only Mark Hart—author, speaker, and Executive Vice President of Life Teen. We talk about the struggles parishes have to organize a movement of evangelization and the difficulty of training and empowering individuals to spread the gospel. 
Instead of just telling people to evangelize, Mark is on a mission to teach people to evangelize with a new program—The 99. Featuring Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Josh Johnson, Leah Darrow, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, and more, the program will help parishes start a movement of evangelization in their communities. See more at evangelization.com.
Snippet from the Show - “The Church is an organized religion, but we’re painfully disorganized on a parish level.”
SHOWNOTES
Quote attributed to St. Francis of Assisi - “Preach the gospel at all times, when necessary, use words.”
Mark’s 4 Practical Tips
1. As part of your morning prayer, ask the Lord for greater awareness of the people he’s putting in your path that day.
2. Pray an examination of conscience at the end of the day (consider using Romans 12).
3. Put your phone down more often to be present to those around you.
4. Instead of texting someone, call them and leave a voicemail if you have to. 
One last tip from Gomer and Dave: Buy The 99 (https://ascensionpress.com/pages/the-99-coming-soon)!
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    <![CDATA[<p>Dave “Thunderclap” VanVickle and I are talking to the one and only Mark Hart—author, speaker, and Executive Vice President of Life Teen. We talk about the struggles parishes have to organize a movement of evangelization and the difficulty of training and empowering individuals to spread the gospel. </p>

<p>Instead of just telling people to evangelize, Mark is on a mission to teach people to evangelize with a new program—The 99. Featuring Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Josh Johnson, Leah Darrow, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, and more, the program will help parishes start a movement of evangelization in their communities. See more at evangelization.com.</p>

<p><em>Snippet from the Show - “The Church is an organized religion, but we’re painfully disorganized on a parish level.”</em></p>

<p><strong>SHOWNOTES</strong></p>

<p>Quote attributed to St. Francis of Assisi - “Preach the gospel at all times, when necessary, use words.”</p>

<p><strong>Mark’s 4 Practical Tips</strong></p>

<ol>
<li>As part of your morning prayer, ask the Lord for greater awareness of the people he’s putting in your path that day.</li>
<li>Pray an examination of conscience at the end of the day (consider using Romans 12).</li>
<li>Put your phone down more often to be present to those around you.</li>
<li>Instead of texting someone, call them and leave a voicemail if you have to. </li>
</ol>

<p>One last tip from Gomer and Dave: <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/pages/the-99-coming-soon" rel="nofollow">Buy The 99</a>!</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Dave “Thunderclap” VanVickle and I are talking to the one and only Mark Hart—author, speaker, and Executive Vice President of Life Teen. We talk about the struggles parishes have to organize a movement of evangelization and the difficulty of training and empowering individuals to spread the gospel. </p>

<p>Instead of just telling people to evangelize, Mark is on a mission to teach people to evangelize with a new program—The 99. Featuring Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Josh Johnson, Leah Darrow, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, and more, the program will help parishes start a movement of evangelization in their communities. See more at evangelization.com.</p>

<p><em>Snippet from the Show - “The Church is an organized religion, but we’re painfully disorganized on a parish level.”</em></p>

<p><strong>SHOWNOTES</strong></p>

<p>Quote attributed to St. Francis of Assisi - “Preach the gospel at all times, when necessary, use words.”</p>

<p><strong>Mark’s 4 Practical Tips</strong></p>

<ol>
<li>As part of your morning prayer, ask the Lord for greater awareness of the people he’s putting in your path that day.</li>
<li>Pray an examination of conscience at the end of the day (consider using Romans 12).</li>
<li>Put your phone down more often to be present to those around you.</li>
<li>Instead of texting someone, call them and leave a voicemail if you have to. </li>
</ol>

<p>One last tip from Gomer and Dave: <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/pages/the-99-coming-soon" rel="nofollow">Buy The 99</a>!</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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