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Hope South Florida

The Good News
1 Jul 2014
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HOPE South Florida is the Front Door to Hope for the Homeless There are currently over 200 homeless families on a waiting list for shelter in Broward County alone. Most of these families are single mothers with children. These families in crisis are our community’s modern day widows — every one of them in need of hope, housing, and restoration through loving community. Different from the man on the side of the road or the off ramp to I-95, these families are the forgotten face of homelessness. Thankfully, that’s where the work of HOPE South Florida begins. Read More Click image […]

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Hepzibah House: A Safe Haven for Survivors of Sex Trafficking

Keisha McDonnough Virtue
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Imagine for a moment a young girl, 13 years old. Imagine she’s walking home from school when she is suddenly pulled violently off of the street into a van where she is chloroformed and shackled. Imagine she wakes up in the back room of a warehouse on a dirty, stinking mattress, chained with a group of other girls. Imagine she is forced, through systematic abuse and drug doping, to perform unspeakable acts against her will, repeatedly, to those who are willing to pay for it. Imagine her bruised and broken body and soul with hope extinguished by the relentless brutality […]

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Impacting the World with Powerful Music

Marcie Blackstone
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Listening to Justin Jarvis talk about his recent ten-city tour is like listening to an excited little boy tell about opening his long awaited gift on Christmas morning. With bright wide eyes and a smile from ear to ear, Justin exudes elation. Not only is he a gifted and skillful musician living out his dream to captivate this generation through worship, but his radical love for Jesus is contagious. From pure and simple beginnings to a thriving worship ministry, Justin’s life conveys the heart of a passionate God in love with people.  As worship ministry director, he currently stewards all […]

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South Floridians Restore Missions Hospital

Shelly Pond
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In November 2008, Don Campion, president of Banyan Air, returned to Egbe, Nigeria, to show his wife, Sueanne, the little village in Africa where he grew up and his parents were missionaries for forty years. What he discovered grieved him.  The hospital that his parents, Dr. George and Esther Campion, a young doctor and nurse, had pioneered in a remote village in 1952 was completely run down and there had been no missionaries there for more than five years before their visit. “It was obvious that the hospital would be reduced to a clinic or go out of existence entirely, […]

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Dependence Day!

Dr. Tommy Boland
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This month we celebrate American Independence Day, representing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. This was the day the Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence, having already declared the independence of the colonists from the authority of the British on July 2, 1776. As important as this day is in the life of our great nation for our independence, in contrast I pray we will be reminded to declare our utter dependence upon God, not only this day, but every day on this side of heaven.  “I am the true vine, and my Father […]

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Firewall Centers Mentor At-risk Students

Finley Walker
5 Jun 2014
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“Our nation has a dropout epidemic. About 1.3 million students drop out every year. That’s 7,000 a day! At Firewall, we challenge the statistics and prove that with the right academic help and involvement, these at-risk students can not only survive, but thrive,” according to firewallcenters.org. Firewall Centers operates daily after-school tutoring and mentoring programs for at-risk students that instill and promote holistic success—academic, professional, social, family, and self. This past year, Firewall offered six centers serving almost 250 Broward County students, and next year the non-profit organization looks to open up even more centers. In furthering Firewall’s mission to […]

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Do You Reward Mediocrity?

The Good News
4 Jun 2014
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If you knew a substance was poisonous to someone else’s health, would you give it to them? Of course not, you’d give them a tonic to help cure what ails them. You’d do all you had in your power to make them better, stronger and healthier. And yet, in our culture today we dole out a toxic dose of average all the time, hurting the leaders of tomorrow.  When did excellence become D level? At times it seems we tolerate so much, that sameness and status quo are the only things that are rewarded. From 1st grade to the graduating […]

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Vows: To Live Together Forever

The Good News
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This is the fourth installment in a study on marriage vows.  “I, Patricia, take you, Patrick, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to live together…” No, this is not an article answering whether Christians should live together before marriage. As my friend Pastor Tommy Boland, says, “There are some things you need to pray about and seek God’s direction. But when the Bible is clear, what is there to pray about?” In the case of living together before marriage, God calls it fornication, and the Bible says, “No.” The questions we should be asking are: What does God expect of […]

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Renew a Happy and Holy Marriage

The Good News
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Most of my days counseling are filled with praying for and providing resources to people in deep emotional and relational pain.  There is no lack of pain and struggle.  However, the application of Christian truths will renew a Christian marriage.   The concepts below are for spouses who are safe from violence in the home. In case of violence, we strongly recommend refuge elsewhere and professional help before returning to the home. Brothers and sisters in Christ First, the husband and wife have to recognize that their most eternal relationship is as brother and sister in Christ.  In the death […]

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Ministering Beyond The Four Walls

The Good News
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The Refuge Ministry, Calvary Chapel, is an outreach program that has been ministering to the homeless in Broward County since 2006. The program was started by Jym Kaye, then pastor at Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, about eight years ago. Dirk Ruyf took up the challenge to oversee the program about a year now since Pastor Jym left to overseer the satellite churches. Lifenet4Families provides meals at its facility located at 1 NW 33rd Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, from Monday to Saturday. This leaves Dirk and his very able volunteer staff to fill in the gap on Sundays. It is heartwarming to […]

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