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In Profile: Jerry Fadgen Plantation City Counsel President

Plantation City Council President: Jerry Fadgen Biographical information: Birth Place: Pittsburgh, PA Years in Florida: 31 years House of worship: St. Gregory Catholic Church Family: Married to Kathleen Ann since 1970, 40 years last May. Two grown sons, both Eagle Scouts, a C.P.A. and Software Engineer, respectively. Prior Occupation: Certified Public Accountant   Family/human interest:   Q: Where did you grow-up and what was it like? I was the 5th of 6 children; Dad died when I was  5 & my mother died when I was 8. I lived in 3 orphanages & 4 foster homes over the next 10 years, […]

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Your Goal for New Year Just Write

The power to inspire. The ability to encourage. The responsibility to inform. The written word has an abundance of functions. There’s a strange phenomenon among people who are gifted in the area of writing. As believers in Christ, the gravity of communicating truth about God, about the eternity and about ourselves seems to only accentuate the divide? From Concept to Contract Let’s start with some essential truths. You are a writer. You have something valuable to communicate to another. Regardless of the possibility  of what is hidden within you, you may be writing the next American novel, the lyrics to […]

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Fatherless Generation; Redeeming the Story

By Bryon Mondok The Good News My family is under attack. So is yours. It’s a concentrated spiritual effort designed to undermine our civilization’s reliance, dependence, and turning to God. That’s the conclusion you come to when you read Fatherless Generation, by Dr. John Sowers. “No longer do we have to travel abroad to make war. America is making war on itself,” Sowers writes. Sowers is the national director of the Mentoring Project founded in Portland, Oregon by New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller. Miller serves on the Task Force of Fatherhood and Healthy Families for Barack Obama. The […]

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Feed the body, feed the soul

By Anitra Parmele The Good News The following is the second in a series spotlighting Hope South Florida, a unique collaboration of city officials, social agencies and the faith community with a single purpose – to end family homelessness in Broward County. For over twenty years, week in and week out, Christ Church United Methodist has been feeding the homeless. Through all the political maneuverings, changes in attitude and economic cycles, volunteers have reached out with hope and tangible assistance to those in their community without social, emotional, economic and financial stability. During that time, officials from Fort Lauderdale and […]

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Local Veterinarian Changes the Face of Homeless

By Anitra Parmele The Good News A Simple Beginning It was Thanksgiving in tent city where the homeless gathered to be fed. Fred Scarbrough remembers catching sight of a young woman as her boyfriend ferried plates of the turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing to her where she sat holding her six month old baby. “All of our guests were single men except for this one mother right in the middle of the room. Before I knew it, I was walking over to her and grabbing a chair next to her. Out of my mouth came, ‘How are you doing?’ and […]

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In Profile: Pastor David Hughes of Church by the Glades

Pastor David Hughes Birthplace: Born in Charleston, West Virginia; lived in South Florida since the age of 3 Job Title: Lead Pastor at Church by the Glades How and when did you come to know the Lord? I came to know Christ at the age of nine, at an RA Camp – similar to a Baptist Boy Scouts – in the Central Florida area. How and when did you become involved in Life ? I grew up attending Sheridan Hills Baptist Church where I began volunteering and working with students. I was surprised to find that I was wired and […]

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Haiti One Year Later

By Bryon Mondok The Good News   Since the first days after the quake, Food For The Poor has worked to alleviate suffering and rebuild the lives of the Haitian people, said Angel Aloma, Executive Director of Food For The Poor in an interview with the Good News. “It’s a long-term solution. There are no short cuts to it.” Food For The Poor launched a campaign two days after the earthquake and have continued the work ever since. “It’s continuous. We’ve been there for 24 years. And we have accelerated our work tremendously. But it’s not a special campaign. It’s […]

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Karl Mecklenburg – All pro advice for families

A former Denver Broncos captain and All-Pro, Karl Mecklenburg rose from being a college walk-on and 12th round NFL draft pick to a pro career that included six Pro Bowls and three Super Bowl appearances. Considered the NFL’s most versatile player, Karl played all seven defensive front positions. Since retiring from pro football in 1995, Karl, a devout Christian, divides his time between motivational speaking and his ongoing charity involvements. Karl and his wife Kathi have three children, still live in Littleton, Colorado and attend West Bowles Community Church. Karl was inducted into the Denver Bronco Ring of Fame in […]

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Christmas in 3D: An experience you will never forget

Church by the Glades (CBTG), recently named the 35th fastest growing church in America, has done it once again. Well known for their “wow factor”, CBTG is inviting over a hundred thousand people to witness the ultimate Christmas experience – 20 Christmas services in 3D. “Our December series will consist of three weeks of doctrinal teachings, each with three points. During our Christmas week services we will actually be giving out 3D glasses at all of our campuses and when visitors and members walk in , they will experience the ultimate worship experience in 3D,” shares Pastor Hughes, Lead Pastor […]

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Revealing truth on the The 12 Biggest Lies

It has been said that it takes two to establish a lie – one to lie and one to listen. Today’s society is full of opinions and deceptions being sold as “truths.” How do you react when you hear these opinions? How do you weigh out the facts from the deception? Do you consider yourself an independent thinker…one who doesn’t immediately take what is being given to you as solid truth, but one who prefers to uncover the whole truth for yourself?   Director, writer and producer, Andre` van Heerden is on a mission to uncover the truth in his […]

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