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Good news for the Church? The Commonwealth Games is coming to the Gold Coast 2018

Good news for the Church? The Commonwealth Games is coming to the Gold Coast 2018

Last week the delegates from the Commonwealth Games announced victory for Australia\'s Gold Coast in hosting the 2018 games. The games are heralded as a boost to the economy, local infrastructure, social, sport and health programs in the region. But what about the opportunities for the Church?.

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    In what was one of the most unlikely finishes in Major League History, the St. Louis Cardinals captured the hearts of all Americans with a fairly tale finish that is so farfetched it would be considered to cheesy to make a movie script out of it.

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