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.. title: Happy New Year and Welcome to 2012!
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.. slug: 2012/01/01/happy-new-year-and-welcome-2012
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.. date: 2012-01-01 15:01:07 UTC
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.. description:
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Looking back over the past year, OpenLP has had quite an eventful year.
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In 2011 we had the last two releases of openlp.org 1.2.x, had five
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releases of OpenLP 2.0 (1.9.x), we moved from alpha releases to beta
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releases, and we end-of-life'd openlp.org 1.x. Not only that, OpenLP
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even has an Android app!
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Both as an application, and as a project, OpenLP has gone from strength
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to strength during 2011. Since the first beta release (version 1.9.5) we
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have had over 80,000 downloads, and the new manual has seen steady
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improvement since it was first put together. There have been a number of
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favourable reviews of OpenLP, and we've seen people talking about OpenLP
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more on the Internet this year. The OpenLP site has also seen almost
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150,000 visitors this year.
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This coming year promises to be even bigger and better. While we don't
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have a fixed release date for OpenLP 2.0, the general feeling is that it
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will likely be toward the end of 2012. This means that lots of bug
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fixing lies ahead of us, we'd like to get things like translations and
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the manual complete, and look at revamping the web site for the final
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release too.
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Often we make New Years resolutions but in 2 Corinthians 13:5, Paul
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tells us:
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Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test
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yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus
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Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test!"
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2 Corinthians 13:5, ESV
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A careful self-evaluation is often insightful and motivating, especially
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for Christians working on their New Year’s resolutions. As we kick off
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the new year, take time to examine you faith and confirm your commitment
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to Christ, reflecting on what He has done for you this past year, and
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thinking of what you can do in the coming year to strengthen your faith
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and deepen your relationship with Him.
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In short, the OpenLP team wishes you a blessed and fruitful new year.
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PS: Don't forget to upgrade OpenLP to version 1.9.8.
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