The history of electric Christmas lights is fascinating in itself. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the original light bulb, used the Christmas season to promote electric lights for the trees. In earlier days, people would use candles to light the trees and would stand by with a bucket of water and a bucket of sand to put any fire out. The candles would only be lit for a few minutes at a time, and adults watched carefully for any sparks coming from the branches. Around the turn of the century, the candles were placed in glass balls or small lanterns. […]

The Trinity International University-Florida Alumni Association had an evening full of activities Last on October 15 that reconnected old friends at the First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale’s-Velocity Center. They also honored Trinity International University-Florida and Miami Christian College Heritage Alumni and celebrated their influence, impact and faithful participation in God’s redemptive work in the world. The event was hosted as part of the 1015-2020 Association’s vision to help the University expand their alumni membership goal. They celebrated with a world class-catering menu and had the opportunity to hear a memorable speech on Christian Leadership from keynote speaker, Danisa Suarez […]

As South Florida’s first Christian Women’s Giving Circle, Strikeforce 421 partners believe in radical, life-changing generosity for both the givers and the recipients. In its second year of existence, the ministry gave away $100,000 to three local ministries in October. Firewall Centers, a free after-school mentoring, tutoring and leadership development program, received a grant of $53,000. Strikeforce partners completely funded the new program for Lauderhill Middle School with this grant. Renew South Florida received a grant of $27,500 to fund their Fellowship program and one new church plant in the area.  Renew identifies, develops and resources leaders to start new […]

Over 150 4KIDS advocates, philanthropists and guests came together to raise over $130,000 to help children and families at the 6th Annual 4KIDS South Florida Orphans Classic & Auction presented by Phoenix Package Logistics on October 12th. The event began with an afternoon of golf for nearly 100 golfers at the beautiful Coral Ridge Country Club. As the sun began to set, the golfers were joined by dinner and auction guests to enjoy Chef Udo’s renowned Floridian fare. Between luxury items, once in a lifetime getaways, and generous donations to benefit 4KIDS, the auction was filled with lively bidding and […]

In its second year, the Goliath Gauntlet attracted over 1300 people to the campus of Sheridan House Family Ministries on October 3rd. It’s a can’t miss event for anybody who loves to run in OCR’s or is just looking to have a good time. New this year to the 3.5 mile course that featured 22 obstacles was Frostbite and Running on Water. Frostbite dared runners to take a plunge into freezing ice water, which they couldn’t just run through but had to submerge themselves as they ducked under a wooden board. Fourteen obstacles later was the other addition, Running on […]

Calvary Chapel Delray Beach’s youth basketball program the GodSquad played its first game at the Hester Community Center in Boynton Beach on Friday night, October 16th. It was the Christian Heat vs. Revelation in an amazing game that came down to the final seconds with the Christian Heat edging out Revelation 48-45. “The goal of our program is to ‘bring the game and to bring the Gospel’ and our hope is to engage the youth in the Boynton/Delray area while touching the community with the love of Jesus Christ,” said John Panico, pastor. For information on Calvary Chapel Delray Beach […]