Building a Family Legacy: Dobson and son update 1978 parenting film series

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Ryan Dobson may be the son of a famous father but, like many adult children, he still likes to come home and ravage around hidden places for pieces of the past. He was doing just that seven years ago when he stumbled upon an old film-taped by his father, Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson-sitting on a shelf in the family basement. Lacking commercial packaging, the case was simply marked “Film Series 1978.” “I thought, ‘Oh, this is what I’ve been hearing about my whole life,’ because the stories that were told about me […]

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FREE Back To School Immunizations Offered

The Florida Department of Health in Broward County will offer free immunizations for school age children (up to age 18) during the month of August inside the Lauderhill Mall, located at 1299E NW 40th Avenue in the City of Lauderhill. Parents and guardians are advised to prepare early and get the required immunizations for their children before the school rush. Immunizations will be offered inside the Lauderhill Mall on the following dates and times: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday August 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18 & 19 – 9:00am to 3:00pm Thursday August 7 & 14 – […]

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321 Improv Releases Comedy DVD

321 Improv, a unique interactive comedy experience featuring Carl Crispin of Boca Raton, Mike Domeny, of Birmingham and Jeremy Schofield, of Oklahoma City, has released their first comedy DVD.  321 has performed for various audiences from 50 to 10,000 at various student and adult events, but the typical 321 Improv Comedy show is a comedy night hosted by the local church. An evening with 321 Improv at a church is an opportunity to build community among the adults of the church; to invite unchurched friends to see what it’s all about; or just enjoy an evening out with a spouse or […]

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U.S. Works for Meriam Ibrahim Exit in Sudan Death Row Case

KHARTOUM, SUDAN (ANS) — The U.S. says it is working with Sudan to ensure a woman freed from death row can leave the country, after she was detained at Khartoum airport. According to a story by the BBC, Meriam Ibrahim’s lawyer says she and her husband are being questioned over their travel documents. She was sentenced in May to hang for renouncing Islam – sparking an outcry – but was released from jail on Monday. Ibrahim’s husband is a Christian from South Sudan. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Sudan’s government had given assurances that Ibrahim and her family […]

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Influence Culture Church Launches Love Week

Influence Culture, a new church in downtown Fort Lauderdale that launched just a few short weeks ago, has partnered with local outreaches to serve the city during Love Week, June 9 – 15. Although they have only opened their doors in February of this year, Influence Culture Church has been active in their community for over a year. BJ & Sarah Johnson, leaders of Influence Culture, want to be a church known for what it does Monday through Saturday more than for what happens on a Sunday morning. They are already being unconventional in their venue space as the church meets at Revolution Live, […]

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Get Involved With Vacation Bible School

Because I am a seminary professor, I live most of my life in the ivory tower of academia. In spite of that, I love Vacation Bible School! Despite the fact that I teach New Testament Greek as my vocation, I have no greater privilege than helping children to understand the gospel. In my life I have been a worker or attendee at well over two hundred Vacation Bible Schools. Learning to love the Gospel Because I spent a good part of my life as a professional juggler/ventriloquist and have used these skills to pay my way through graduate schools, I […]

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Ministering Beyond The Four Walls

The Refuge Ministry, Calvary Chapel, is an outreach program that has been ministering to the homeless in Broward County since 2006. The program was started by Jym Kaye, then pastor at Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, about eight years ago. Dirk Ruyf took up the challenge to oversee the program about a year now since Pastor Jym left to overseer the satellite churches. Lifenet4Families provides meals at its facility located at 1 NW 33rd Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, from Monday to Saturday. This leaves Dirk and his very able volunteer staff to fill in the gap on Sundays. It is heartwarming to […]

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Christian Hip-Hop Superstars Da’ Truth, Flame, KB, Thi’sl Come to Miami on June 1

MIAMI – Fuzion Promotions & KYMG are bringing in Christian Hip-Hop Royalty – Da’ Truth, Flame, KB, Thi’sl, V. Rose and more – to turn Miami upside down for the Kingdom of God during the South Florida stop of The Black Out Circuit Tour on June 1 at Central Bible, 1300 SW 87 Avenue in Miami. Doors open at 6 p.m. The night promises to be both high energy and entertaining, but all for the glory of God to empower Generation Now, the young adult generation to change the world. In addition to the star-packed line-up, there will be a […]

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Women of Faith™ 2014 Tour Brings Speakers, Musical Line-Up to Church by the Glades June 6-7

Nation’s largest Christian gathering of women hopes to inspire transformation Thousands of women are expected to gather at Church by the Glades in Coral Springs on June 6-7 for a weekend of encouragement and teaching from the Bible – with a line-up of powerful speakers presenting transformative messages designed to help women move “From Survival to Revival.” International speakers and bestselling authors Sheila Walsh and Lisa Harper, along with guest musicians Matthew West and Laura Story are scheduled to headline the event. The Gateway Worship band will lead worship throughout the weekend. The “From Survival to Revival” 2014 theme is […]

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Christian Music Artist Don Moen Helps Food for the Poor

Christian music artist Don Moen performed a six-city Canadian concert tour in 2011, during which fans made donations to Food For The Poor. This resulted in the construction of 13 two-room homes in Haiti. Now Moen is allowing donors of Food For The Poor to download one of the tracks from his much-anticipated “Hymns of Hope,” which is the follow-up to “Hymnbook:16 Classic Hymns,” for free. The mid-tempo version of “My Savior’s Love” can be downloaded at FoodForThePoor.org/freesong from May 1-13.

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