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The Church Showed Up with Work Gloves and Shovels at Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Edwin Copeland
1 Sep 2018
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The day after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Church United hosted a prayer vigil. At the vigil, we, the “capital C” Church, made a commitment to be with the MSD community for the long haul. As we gathered to serve the community at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on August 11, we not only demonstrated our commitment to that promise, but became the very presence of Jesus Christ to a place that had experienced tremendous loss and pain. With a timeline of three weeks, many people thought a large scale project of this size wasn’t possible. There […]

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Opening the Football Playbook

Dr. Bob Barnes and Torrey Roberts
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Football season is upon us. Whether you are a fanatic or “football-resistant” the fact is undeniable.  Here in South Florida we don’t have a lot of things that alert us to fall time. This may be the reason we all go crazy for our pumpkin lattes and fall decorations.  We don’t have the crisp air or the changing leaves. We may have a lift in the humidity but that is about it. One thing that we do have here is football. On Fridays, high school bands can be heard all over alerting us to the clash of the gridiron. And […]

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Food For the Poor Thanks Donors at Luncheon

The Good News
29 Aug 2018
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Tom Abblett, an elder at Hammock Street Church in Boca Raton, who has ardently supported the charity’s Join The Pack community food packing event for the past two years, received the 2018 Food For The Poor Volunteer of the Year Award. Food For The Poor Vice President Mark Khouri, who presented the award, said Abblett recruits family members who have come from near and far to support him at every packing session. The 2018 Corporate Sponsor of the Year Award was given to TD Bank. The company’s relationship with Food For The Poor goes back to 2009 with its continued […]

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Men Gather at Small Group Bible Studies in Palm Beach County

The Good News
22 Aug 2018
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The Gathering Palm Beach County facilitates small groups in 24 county-wide locations from Boca Raton to West Palm Beach to Jupiter and out west to Loxahatchee. Get encouraged and equipped for life’s journey through Gathering Palm Beach County’s affiliated small groups. Meeting in car dealerships, boardrooms, coffee shops, churches, these groups engage men to be fully alive in the marketplace and beyond.    

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Recommendations on the Judicial Races in the August 28 Election

H. Collins Forman
13 Aug 2018
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At this time of the year, I get lots of people calling me or asking me, “what can you tell me about these judicial races?” Judicial races are very important because people’s lives are greatly affected by the judge who handles their divorce, the adoption of their child, the probate of an estate or a dispute over a personal injury suffered or with a business associate over the future of their employment or ownership of a company. Responsible people who want to fulfill their civic duty and vote the whole ballot don’t really have any opportunity to learn about judicial […]

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Good News Wants to Know … Who Gave You Your First Personal Bible?

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My first personal Bible was given to me in 1969 by a representative of “The Gideons international,” when I was inducted (drafted) into the United States Army. Reading from this Bible almost every day gave me the spiritual strength to carry out my military infantry duties while serving in Germany and Vietnam. O’Neal Dozier, Pastor, Worldwide Christian Center     My first personal Bible was given to me by paternal grandmother Ann Connor. At the time it didn’t mean much to me, but now I don’t have the words to express how grateful I am for the gift of a […]

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Grandparents Taking on The Role of Parents

Rob Hoskins
10 Aug 2018
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You know when you get a new car, all of a sudden you start to see the same make and model everywhere? Well, that is happening to me with all things grandparent as I look forward to becoming a granddad this summer. A segment from the NBC news special, “One Nation Overdosed” caught my attention as it focused on grandparents faced with the reality of raising their grandchildren. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2012, there were 2.7 million grandparents who had the primary responsibility to care for their grandchildren who lived with them. The number of grandparent-headed households […]

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Cross International Rebuilding Communities After Volcano

The Good News
8 Aug 2018
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Cross International and its ministry partners in Guatemala are launching a major community building effort to help families displaced by the Fuego Volcano eruption. The effort aims to provide new housing construction for 1,100 families with donor support. Because of the disaster, hundreds of people died and hundreds more remain missing. The thousands who fled struggled for days with hunger and homelessness, and most are now living in crowded shelters with little more than the clothing they wore when fleeing. Plans are underway to build 200 homes on donated land in a new community to be named Nueva Jerusalem. The […]

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Rock the Universe™ 2018: A Weekend of Fantastic Music and Spectacular Thrills

Lydia Hicks
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Florida’s largest Christian music festival, Rock the Universe™, returns on September 7 and 8 with a weekend of soul-stirring music, faith and fun! The event will showcase top GRAMMY, Dove and Billboard award-winning artists such as TobyMac and Casting Crowns. Pack your bags and get ready for a dazzling, entertaining and worshipful weekend with thrilling rides and rocking artists. You can enter for a chance to win tickets or the Grand Prize Rock the Universe™ prize pack for four at goodnewsfl.org/rtu2018. Imagine yourself riding among your favorite super heroes. Check. Then you shake hands with Optimus Prime. Check. Next thing, […]

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Hope Women’s Centers Opened New Fort Lauderdale Center

The Good News
3 Aug 2018
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Hope Women’s Centers has opened their doors at their new medical center location in Fort Lauderdale. Their lease was up at their previous Fort Lauderdale Center where they have seen patients for many years, and many renovations were needed to what was an already older building. So, they began looking and are now very happy to report that they opened their doors at their new medical center location. The most amazing news came when some of their staff came to pray over the new center before they opened to the public. “We invited Hope’s very first Center Director Margy Richardson […]

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