Lilly Endowment Awards Palm Beach Atlantic University $5 Million Pathways for Tomorrow Grant

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8 Aug 2022
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Palm Beach Atlantic University, Lilly Endowment Inc, Good News Media Group, August 2022

Palm Beach Atlantic University has received a grant of $5 million over five years from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish new routes from theological education to careers in community development and chaplaincy. The Community Transformation and Chaplaincy program is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative. It is a three-phase initiative designed to help theological schools across the United States and Canada as they prioritize and respond to the most pressing challenges they face to prepare pastoral leaders for Christian congregations both now and into the future. Palm Beach Atlantic’s School of Ministry developed an interdisciplinary concentration […]

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FFTP Volunteers Pack More Than 116,000 Meals to Help Ukraine

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3 Aug 2022
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More than 450 volunteers filled FAU Arena Saturday to help Food For The Poor pack 116,640 lifesaving MannaPack rice meals for families in desperate need in Ukraine. Meals for Ukraine FFTP teamed up with longtime partner Feed My Starving Children to host Join The Pack Ukraine, drawing South Florida churches, businesses, community groups and civic-minded individuals. After seeing how MannaPack meals have blessed the lives of families in Honduras, Linda Coello, President and Founder of CEPUDO, FFTP’s longtime partner in Honduras, said she wanted to “pay if forward” to help those suffering in Ukraine. Volunteers also raised money to help […]

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Young Adults “Rally Loud” at Church by the Glades Conference

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Rally Loud was a free two-day event for young adults featuring four unique experiences, live music, and powerful preaching. Under the leadership of twenty-two year old Charlie Hughes, the young adults movement of Church by the Glades called “Rally” was launched in 2019. Given the explosive growth of the ministry over the past three years, Hughes knew they needed to host an event on a larger scale to further reach the community of South Florida — this is how Rally Loud was birthed. Who’s who at Rally Loud Influencers and speakers such as Madison Prewett from ABC’s “The Bachelor,” hit […]

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God’s Gift, Inc. Empowers Girls of Colors to Lead Healthy Lifestyles

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Recent data from the National School Boards Association indicates that 45% of Black students nationwide attend high-poverty schools, compared with just 8% of white students. Leading efforts to provide a supportive, faith-based environment for Black girls within South Florida is God’s Gift, Inc., a nonprofit with a mission to help students of color achieve their dreams. By way of mentoring, career preparation and weekend retreats, God’s Gift, Inc. helps girls develop their character, leadership skills and overall self-worth.  The girls recently came together with The Beauty Initiative to host a period-packing party in Fort Lauderdale with Florida State Representative Daryl Campbell […]

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OVERTURNED! Leaders Respond to the Historical Reversal of Roe v. Wade

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7 Jul 2022
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Rob Pacienza, Lead Pastor, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Friday, June 24th, 2022, was certainly a watershed moment for our nation. The highest court in our land upheld the sanctity of human life and rightly defended the most vulnerable in our society, the unborn. After 49 years and the cruel slaughter of more than 63 million babies, the US Supreme Court has finally reversed its 1973 decision Roe v. Wade. By overruling Roe, the Supreme Court has finally acknowledged that the greatest civil authority in the United States is the Constitution. This is extraordinarily good news for all Americans, especially the […]

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Good News Wants to Know… – TV Show Character

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6 Jul 2022
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Summertime may have you dreaming of a change of pace. In your dreams, Good News Wants to Know… What TV show character (past or present) would be the most fun to change places with for a week?   Mike Rowe would be the TV personality I would change jobs with for a week so as to be the host of Dirty Jobs and narrator for Deadliest Catch. Mike brought to light the importance and necessity of blue-collar jobs held by many Americans and has now provided resources to train these essential workers.  William “Bill” C. Davell, Director, Tripp Scott PA Coach Beard. Would like to […]

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Rob Pacienza: Roe Ruling is “Extraordinarily Good News,” says CRPC Senior Pastor

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24 Jun 2022
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(Scroll down to leave a comment on the Roe ruling) Rev. Robert J. Pacienza, Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church released the following statement today in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade:   After 49 years and the cruel slaughter of more than 63 million unborn humans the U.S. Supreme Court has, at long last, reversed its deadly 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade.   This is extraordinarily good news for all Americans—and especially the unborn. But while it means justice for some preborn children . . . others remain at risk.   Roe’s […]

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Speak Up For Kids Congratulates Celebrating YOUth Scholarship Awardees and Class of 2022

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15 Jun 2022
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(Scroll down to leave a comment on Speak Up For Kids) Did you know only half of youth in foster care graduate from high school? Less than 3% graduate from college. “We help our youth defy graduation statistics by breaking the barriers of insufficient support, lack of appropriate guidance and unmet financial needs,” said Coleen LaCosta, Executive Director of Speak Up for Kids of Palm Beach County. “When they do cross the finish line, we are there to recognize them with Gifts for Grads and our Celebrating YOUth Scholarship.” The Growing Grads campaign exists to rally the community in celebration […]

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Good News Wants to Know… – Absolute Truth

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14 Jun 2022
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It has been said that “curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” Good News Wants to Know… If you could know the absolute and total truth to one question, what question would you ask? A very interesting question indeed! I think I would ask: “How do I get the most amount of people SAVED in the shortest amount of time? I’m thinking that what lasts eternally is what is really important to focus on today. Rabbi Joe Vitkus, Senior Rabbi, Temple Aron HaKodesh Jesus spoke a lot about it; the apostles wrote about it; authors have speculated about it; pastors […]

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TIU-Florida Celebrates 125th Anniversary

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3 Jun 2022
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Trinity Florida‘s 2022 Commencement on Saturday, May 7, represented the 125th Commencement in the history of Trinity International University. The featured speaker this year, TIU Provost Dr. H. Wayne Johnson, gave this charge to the BA and MA graduands, “Be a people at peace with God who demonstrate his peace; be a people in whom the Word of Christ dwells richly, and be a people who get up every day and say, ‘What I do today, no matter what it is, I’ll do it for Jesus.’” Celebrating Graduates for 125 years! Valedictorians Peggy Glasior, graduating with an MA in Mental […]

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