CityTalks Will Bring Leaders Together After Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast

Shelly Pond
1 Mar 2016
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When people unite, they drive change. Now for the second year, CityTalks will bring city leaders together with the faith-based community and business professionals to spark conversation and ignite change in our community. The conversation begins on Thursday, March 31, immediately following the 54th Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast at the Broward County Convention Center. While the prayer breakfast is a way to unite and encourage our community to affirm, support and pray for our city leaders, CityTalks hopes to engage leaders to create an impact in South Florida in key areas where there are substantial felt needs. The initiative is […]

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Be Secretly Incredible with Bob Goff at Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast

Shelly Pond
1 Feb 2016
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On March 31st thousands of city leaders, ministers and citizens will gather at the Broward Convention Center for the 54th Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast with a mission to unite and encourage our community in fellowship and prayer. Bob Goff, bestselling author of Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World, will give the keynote address. When I asked him what message he planned to share, he said simply, “Love everybody always.” It was a shockingly simple reply.  But after reading his book, I should not be surprised because Bob, as he would prefer to be called, has […]

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Ron Blue Offers Advice on Faith and Finances

Shelly Pond
5 Jan 2016
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Born shortly after Pearl Harbor, Ron Blue, director of Kingdom Advisors, admits he’s witnessed a great deal of economic fluctuation throughout history from the Korean War to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Watergate to the inflation of the 80’s, 9/11 and the Iraq War followed by recession. Speaking at a Lifework Leadership class last month, Blue said that for many, wages don’t keep up with lifestyles as there is a desire for keeping up with the Joneses, and that creates financial pressure. However there are a few key things he said he’s learned over the years.   First, economic uncertainty is […]

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The Faith Center to Host International Believers Conference with T.D. Jakes and Doug Sauder

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One of the nation’s most prominent religious leaders, Bishop T. D Jakes, will appear along with local pastor Doug Sauder, of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, and Bishop Henry Fernandez, of the Faith Center, during the 2016 International Believers Conference hosted by The Faith Center on February 18 – 19 in Sunrise. Now in its 24th year, Fernandez said the conference is designed to be relatable to an international audience of believers and “it makes no apology that there is no other name by which people can be saved but Jesus. We want people to know that our God is a […]

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Human Trafficking Awareness Month Seeks an End to Slavery in Florida and the World

Shelly Pond
1 Jan 2016
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Although slavery was outlawed in the United States in 1865, it is estimated that there are approximately 21 – 30 million people in slavery in the world today, a number that may be higher than any time in history. Worldwide, about 78 percent of these are victims of labor slavery while 22 percent are victims of sex slavery. And of those in slavery, 26 percent are children under the age of 18, according to freetheslaves.net. In the United States, however, Florida ranks third in the nation for reported cases of human trafficking, where 41 percent of those cases are sex […]

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South Florida Pastors Gather in Harmony

Shelly Pond
23 Dec 2015
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There is a movement afoot in South Florida that is bringing churches together in the spirit of unity. It’s based in the heart of 1 Corinthians 13. “The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit. … God has put each part just where he wants it…. This makes for harmony among […]

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Jim Daly Encourages Pastors to Love Their Enemies

Shelly Pond
8 Dec 2015
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Speaking to a gathering of pastors and ministry leaders in Fort Lauderdale last month, Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus on the Family, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families thrive, said he is concerned when he looks at the culture wars that are so pervasive in our country. “Does anyone here know anyone who was beaten into the Kingdom of God?” asked Daly. “The one weapon Satan can’t steal from us is love.” While acknowledging that he is conservative in his politics, Daly said, “I don’t want FOX News running my theology.” He shared 2 Timothy 2:23-26 as […]

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John Fisher Has a Passion for Leaving a Legacy with Your Wealth, Values & Influence

Shelly Pond
1 Dec 2015
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John Fisher, owner of Fisher Precious Metals, is a national industry expert on buying gold and silver bullion and establishing precious metals IRAs. He is also a Certified Appraiser with the International Society of Appraisers and facilitates certified appraisals. However, his expertise was originally developed in support of Christian ministries. After spending over a decade in the business incentive industry, John Fisher was asked to join Stephan Tchividjian in establishment of the local Christian Community Foundation (CCF) in Fort Lauderdale, originally the local presence for the National Christian Foundation. Having gained experience as the Vice President of CCF in donor […]

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Walgreens Executive Shares His Experience as an Orphan Boy

Shelly Pond
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Ultimately, we are not measured by what we inherited but by what we do with the story we’ve been given. Steve Pemberton’s story is one of resilience. Born to an alcoholic mother, a murdered father and discarded by his sisters, he was placed in the foster care system at the age of three and had no memory of his family. By age five he had been in so many homes he’d lost track, and the people who eventually were entrusted with his care stripped him of his self esteem, hope or encouragement. “The teachers, nurses and doctors looked but didn’t […]

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Calvary Chapel Worship Singer Celebrates Her Sister: Donna Summer

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Among the voices on the worship team at Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale is a woman whose life experience has taken her performing around the world – not from church to church, but rather on US and European tours at concert venues as large as 17,000 people. Her name is Mary Gaines Bernard, and she is the younger sister of Donna Summer, affectionately remembered as the Queen of Disco. An accomplished singer and songwriter, Mary released her first solo CD recording in 2008 entitled “You Made It” that features contemporary Gospel songs, and she performed at Disney’s Night of Joy that […]

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