Members of the 105-year-old First Baptist Church of Deerfield Beach recently voted 95 percent in favor of renaming the church The Church at Deerfield Beach, a move that went into effect on Pentecost Sunday, June 4th. The trend is gaining momentum among mainline Protestant churches to exclude their denominational affiliation from their church’s name as denominationalism becomes increasingly irrelevant in a post-Christian culture. Critics argue that a church without a denominational reference is five times more likely to be perceived as hiding their beliefs; however, proponents are quick to identify exactly what is believed about church denominations. President of LifeWay Resources […]

The Florida and Georgia Thrivent Member Network and Thrivent financial representatives held a Generosity Night on August 15 at Coral Ridge Country Club, featuring Hope Haven. The event raised more than $4,000 for Hope Haven International, a ministry that manufactures and distributes wheelchairs to children and adults with disabilities in developing countries worldwide. It also stirred interest among attendees in short term mission trips to deliver, assemble and personally fit the wheelchairs to recipients. Thrivent Brings Hope During the event, John Novoa, a Thrivent advisor, explained that as a Christian organization, Thrivent helps members be wise with money and live […]

Cynthia Martin has been named the new Family Services and Training Manager at Habitat for Humanity of Broward. She will be responsible for providing direction to the Habitat Family development program, including financial education, empowerment and homeownership incubation. “We could not be more excited to welcome Cynthia to this position,” said Nancy Robin, Habitat Broward’s Executive Director & CEO. “Cynthia has been a strong advocate for our Habitat community for many years. Bringing her talent and passion to our team is a huge win for our families.” Martin arrived at Habitat Broward following a 40-year career in the financial services […]

Each month, the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce celebrates one of its Ambassadors with the Chamber’s Ambassador of the Month Award. John Campanola, an agent with New York Life Insurance Company with an office in Delray Beach, won the award for July. Mr. Campanola said, “I joined the Delray Chamber because it is an amazing organization whose main purpose is to support local businesses and bring out the best that Delray Beach has to offer. There is a lot of enthusiasm and devotion in the local business community because of what the Chamber does.” The Greater Delray Beach Chamber […]

More than 200 guests attended the 16th Annual “Helping Turn Lives Around” event in support of the Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) on May 19. During the event, which raised funds for Fort Lauderdale’s most vulnerable children and families, CHS presented its highest honor, the 2017 R. David and I. Lorraine Thomas Child Advocate of the Year Award to Yvette Dubose, of the Heart Gallery of Broward County. CHS serves more than 50,000 children and families throughout the state each year, including 1800 in Broward. Its mission is to help build strong and loving families through adoption and foster […]

Journey Church has partnered with the Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation for a “Go & Love” community outreach project where Journey Church will present 200 “GO & LOVE ROCKS” to the foundation’s clinic, located in Wellington, Florida. The LOVE ROCKS feature encouraging messages and heartfelt decorations, providing a symbol of hope and love to those who receive the rocks. During delivery, Journey will be bring the big “Journey truck” full of rocks and members of the Church. The rocks will be decorated by Journey Church’s Student ministry, which includes high school and middle school students mostly attending Palm Beach County School […]

Firewall Centers was one of eight to be selected out of 20 different nonprofits for Leadership Broward Foundation’s Community project. Out of these 8 projects, Firewall was then chosen to receive this year’s Class Choice Award and a $500 donation! Throughout each school year, Firewall asks community leaders to come share about their careers and success stories to inspire their students. This year, a group of seven individuals from Leadership Broward’s Class of XXXV came together to help plan and organize the 2016-2017 T.H.I.N.K. Leadership Speaker Series. A wide array of community leaders spoke at Firewall’s eight different centers to […]