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Who Do Your Kids Look Up To?

Dr. Bob Barnes and Torrey Roberts
1 Oct 2018
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Every fall as we pass 9/11 and are in the thick of storm season, I sit and process the amazing sacrifice our first responders and their families make. I can’t imagine weathering a storm knowing that your father/spouse is at the station preparing to go protect and serve the community. What a truly heroic act. Then it makes me stop and think about my kids and who they look up to…  Who do your kids look up to? Who are their heroes? Is it even important to think about who our children look up to? Only to the extent that we as […]

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Offerdahl’s Gridiron Grill-Off Grows to 3-Day Festival, Raising More for Those in Crisis

Shelly Pond
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Former Miami Dolphins All-Pro Linebacker John Offerdahl and his wife Lynn Offerdahl are hitting the line hard with their newly expanded weekend-long Walgreens Gridiron Grill-Off Food, Wine and Music Festival at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater on November 9, 10 & 11. South Florida’s highly anticipated grilling competition, teams up chefs from high-end restaurants with Miami Dolphin legends to tackle the grill, serving deliciously creative food perfectly paired with wine or a signature cocktail for a cause. All the proceeds will go to support the couple’s passion of “feeding the needs of those in crisis” through the Offerdahl’s Hand-Off Foundation and […]

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Jesus Christ: One Way or The Only Way to Heaven?

Dr. Tommy Boland
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One of the most common concerns that people raise with me is the exclusivity of the Christian faith. Many people in our postmodern, relativistic society want to believe that all roads lead to heaven. In 2016 Lifeway Research conducted a poll and found that 60 percent of all Americans believe that “Heaven is a place where all people will ultimately be reunited with their loved ones.” Only 40 percent of those surveyed agreed with the statement that “Hell is an eternal place of judgment where God sends all people who do not personally trust in Jesus Christ.”(1) Heaven or Hell? […]

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The Power of Us: Expressing Appreciation

Lisa May
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In the previous issue of the Good News, we shared a very common story of Zack and Ally, a couple living the Marriage Selfie life; appearances say they are amazingly happy in their marriage and successful in life. Sadly, social media has allowed us and sometimes pressures us to create “fake news” images and stories of relationship wellness and fulfillment, pictures of what we long and hope for versus the reality of where many of us live. I recently had a man share that his wife posted a picture of their family vacation that looked like they were blissfully happy. […]

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The King’s Academy’s Opens Science and Technology Center

The Good News
26 Sep 2018
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 One cheerful “Einstein” and a “mad scientist” held open the doors to the new Boswell Science and Technology Center, welcoming guests and staff to explore the hallways of scientific discovery at The King’s Academy.  On August 13, 2018, more than 300 guests and staff members toured the pristine classrooms, laboratories and offices of The King’s Academy’s newest investment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) studies. The Boswell Center includes three life science laboratories, a chemistry/physics laboratory, four flexible-design STEM classrooms and four offices.  Funding for the $2.7 million project came from gifts from parents, grandparents, alumni, and friends of […]

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Downtown Harbor Church Announces Shift in Leadership

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As they celebrate their third anniversary, the Downtown Harbor Church Board of Trustees recently announced a change in leadership roles. Adam Duckworth, a nationally acclaimed author on the subject of volunteering, will be stepping back from the role of Lead Communicator and will be transitioning into his new role as Volunteer Coordinator. This change will also allow Adam to attend to his growing travel business, which increasingly requires travel and extensive time away. John Garippa will be transitioning into a new role for Downtown Harbor Church as Lead Pastor. They believe his educational background with bachelor degrees in both English […]

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Praying with My Eyes Open

Rob Hoskins
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I started 2018 with fasting and prayer. During an early prayer time, I felt God calling me to intercede like never before for my community. He asked me to grant these people, with whom I share proximity, a higher level of priority. I struggled with how to pray for my neighbors and their needs beyond a general covering thinking, “There’s gotta be an app for that.” An app for praying Not finding a “pray for your neighbors” app, I downloaded the Nextdoor app and began praying through daily posts. As I read each post, I brought my neighbors’ names and […]

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Keys to Healing Strained Relationships

Dr. Gary Hewins
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Here are a few strategies to help you and I restore or at least redefine our strained relationships. Most people are weak when it comes to reconciling with another person. Most people are strong when it comes to ignoring problems in relationships. As a result, friendships take a nose dive, churches split, and marriages and families suffer. So what can we do to overcome this? 1.Reconciling with another person over an offense doesn’t necessarily mean the relationship will continue as if the offense never happened; this may be too high of an expectation too soon. New boundaries or different expectations […]

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Forum Educates Advocates About New Legal Protections for Seniors

The Good News
19 Sep 2018
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The Law Offices of Cynthia J. Arevalo, Value Care at Home & Presidential Place Assisted Living Facility hosted a lunch on August 9 for professionals working with our seniors to educate about Florida’s New Injunction for Protection Against Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults.  This law became effective on July 1st, 2018, and it’s the first of its kind in the nation. In summary, the new injunction law creates a legal process for a vulnerable adult, an organization acting on behalf of a consenting vulnerable adult, or a vulnerable adult’s court appointed guardian to ask a judge to temporarily freeze the assets […]

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L2 Alum Takes Third in Public Speaking World Championship

The Good News
12 Sep 2018
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Anita Fain Taylor brings back to Broward County the third-place trophy of the 2018 Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking held in Chicago on Saturday, August 25.  To make it to the finals, Taylor defeated 30,000 competitors from across the globe including the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Middle East, Africa, India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. After competing in the Semi-Finals with the top one hundred speakers, Taylor made it to the top ten with her speech, “Take Your Shot.”  Her final speech, “IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT AIN’T WHAT IT AIN’T,” earned her a spot in […]

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