Israel Yad Vashem Holocaust museum

Yad Vashem, the world’s center for Holocaust remembrance and education, is one of the most visited sites in Israel. Perched on Jerusalem’s Mount of Remembrance, the 45-acre complex includes museums, monuments, memorials, gardens, sculptures and world-renowned research centers. Yad Vashem is the largest museum of its kind in the world, and boldly shares the story of the Holocaust from the Jewish perspective, including personal testimonies, riveting displays and rare artifacts. In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe was approximately 9 million. By 1945, the Germans and their collaborators had killed nearly two out of every three European Jews. In stunning […]

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Love and Respect Marriage Conference

Emerson Eggerichs and his wife, Sarah, are bringing their Love & Respect marriage conference to Fort Lauderdale on Feb. 12–13. They will be offering couples a unique way to celebrate Valentine’s Day by investing time in their relationship. “We see people that are newly married attending the conference, as well as couples that have been married for decades,” Eggerichs says of the live two-day event, which also attracts singles who desire to learn more about marriage. The Eggerichs (pronounced Eggerich) have been married for more than three decades and have three children. The couple started hosting the conferences in 1999, […]

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Trinity Spirit Fest II

“Get ready to be moved” is the theme of the Trinity Spirit Festival to be held on Saturday, February 6th in Delray Beach, featuring Dallas based-band, Addison Road, Colorado based-duo, The Sonflowerz, and South Florida-based, Cadence. The second annual event began when parents at Trinity Lutheran Church and School were developing a fundraising idea. “I thought maybe we needed more of a faith raiser than a fundraiser, says Steve Cruz, parent at the school and church member. Cruz points towards our culture and the divorce rates as something that concerns him. “Kids get dropped off at school, they learn all […]

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Youth Center Opens in Pompano Beach

If the name Rocketown sounds familiar, you may know it as the record label of hit-song man, Michael W. Smith. What you may not know is that it’s also the name of a mega-popular youth center in Nashville. And now, there’s a Rocketown youth center in Pompano Beach. It looks like it’s going to be a rising star, too, just like its Nashville parent. Executive Director and former NFL player, Clay Shiver, is excited about how well the program has been received in its first few weeks of existence. Rocketown Florida is a 13,000-square-foot Culture facility with a music venue, […]

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Retired attorney pens first Christian novel

Paul Turk practiced law as a board-certified trial lawyer at one of Florida’s most prestigious law firms, yet he’s always harbored a dream of writing a novel on his own personal docket. “I’ve had a passion for writing for a long time,” says the Wellington resident. “I love the creativity and developing characters.” “I wanted to write something with Christian themes, but did not want sensationalism. I did want it to be intriguing,” he explains. More than anything, Turk says he wants to inspire his readers in his first novel, Faith Beyond the Trials. If they’re not inspired by one […]

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The Star of Bethlehem

O Star of wonder, star of night Star with royal beauty bright Westward leading, still proceeding Guide us to thy Perfect Light … and so goes the lyrics of We Three Kings as penned by John Henry Hopkins at a New York seminary in 1857. Over the years scholars have debated if this star of wonder, the Bethlehem Star, was actually a real astronomical event or something told in stories. According to Rick Larson, host of the documentary, The Star of Bethlehem, the star was indeed an actual event and part of a dramatic poem God was writing in the […]

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Bethlehem nights

Tired of the commercialized madness of the holidays? Feeling the need to experience the real meaning of Christmas? Hollywood Hills Church comes to the rescue with Bethlehem Nights. This church family wants to take you back in time and across the globe to Bethlehem–no passport necessary. Bethlehem Nights, held at Hollywood Hills United Methodist Church, brings to life the ancient town of Bethlehem–shepherds, soldiers and tax collectors included. Volunteers in full costume along with live animals will transport you back in time, unveiling what life was really like 2,000 years ago when a bright Star over Judea put an exclamation […]

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Preparation for the birth of Christ

“At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth” (Luke 1:39). What did Mary do to “get ready” in the above verse? Perhaps she tidied up, or packed up something beautiful from her loom–maybe a recent project she was weaving. Can you picture her bringing a lovely token to her cousin, Elizabeth as they celebrated their God-given appointments to carry and deliver miraculous babies that would rock our universe for all time? We don’t know exactly what she did to “get ready” to visit […]

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Athlete raises aware of abused kids

New Orleans Saints Fullback Heath Evans hails from South Florida and even graduated from The King’s Academy in West Palm Beach in 1997. Highly regarded in the professional sports world, Heath views his successful career in football as nothing more than a platform to impact lives for Christ. “God doesn’t need NFL players, he needs NFL players to love him … so I’m doing my best to live my life in such a way that people will see what a difference Jesus Christ makes,” he says. Evans speaks frequently at schools and churches in South Florida, Alabama and around the […]

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Local couple brings Gospel to Croatia

Many South Floridians were touched by Andrew and Daniele Vuksic as they reached out to people imprisoned behind bars, young children in foster care and single adults through ministries at Spanish River Church in Boca Raton. Now, the couple is working to conquer an entire country for Christ. Shortly after saying their wedding vows in 2007, the Vuksics waved goodbye to hundreds of friends and supporters in Florida and boarded a plane to Croatia with the Gospel message deeply planted in their hearts. Their Life, called Gospel on the Go, was created in an effort to share the love of […]

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