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Artis Senior Living Earns NRC Health Customer Approved Award

Artis Senior Living recently announced it has earned a 2021 Customer Approved award from Lincoln, Nebraska–based healthcare-intelligence firm NRC Health. The NRC Health Customer Approved awards recognize senior-care organizations across the country that are creating outstanding care experiences for their customers. Comments from the Leaders of Artis Senior Living “We are extremely proud of this acknowledgment as it supports our strong focus on individualized, personalized care for those with memory impairment. Our residents and families are able to feel the Artis Philosophy in their interactions with our teams, and it shows with the positive customer response we get from families,” […]

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Groundbreaking Evangelism Ministry Harnesses Power of Technology to Save Souls

Groundwire saw more than 116,000 salvations in 2020, and is on track to double that number this year — while also equipping everyday Christians with relevant, effective ways to witness to nonbelievers The average U.S. church will see just one unsaved person come to faith in a typical calendar year, according to research from The Barna Group. Groundwire.net will welcome about 250,000 into the Kingdom of God this year alone, its president says. Sean Dunn’s organization led more than 116,000 mostly teens and young adults to Christ in 2020 – and is already on track to double that number this […]

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ELITE Foundation Hosts Guardian of Hope Event To End Human Trafficking

End Lost Innocence to Exploitation (ELITE) Foundation hosted its annual signature Guardian of Hope event this May in collaboration with Bishop Rick Thomas of Abundant Life Church, Humanitarian Philanthropists, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Dee Jordan, with the support of a collective of organizations, agencies and experts, advocates, and Survivor leaders in the field of anti-human trafficking.  The End the Demand is a national initiative that has pivoted in strategy in 2021 to extend the reach of the message of Hope and to inspire men to get actively involved across our country to End It. Details on ELITE Foundation Guardian of […]

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Speak Up For Kids of Palm Beach County Launches Growing Grads

Speak Up for Kids of Palm Beach County has launched Growing Grads, a new community campaign aimed to celebrate young adults who, despite involvement in the foster care system, are graduating! In conjunction with the launch, Speak Up For Kids received invaluable support from the Leadership Palm Beach County Engage Class of 2021. This year, Speak Up for Kids is celebrating 32 graduates in Palm Beach County! As Class of 2021, these students cross the finish line as graduates of high school, GED, college, and vocational school. Despite involvement in the foster care system, each of these young adults has […]

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2021 Graduates March Into The Future With Flexibility and Resolve

Kudos to the Class of 2021! Having completed their senior year in the midst of a global pandemic, they will walk across the stage to receive their diplomas and step into a culture evolving at breakneck speed. This class has demonstrated “dedication, determination, flexibility and resolve. They maintained amazing attitudes, did not complain and worked hard to make this a meaningful year,” said Dr. Ron Farrar, Upper School Principal at Westminster Academy. AS CDC Guidelines changed throughout the year, “We had to adapt to teaching students on campus and online simultaneously,” explained Christy Chipman, Upper School Principal at Sheridan Hills […]

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The Pace of Grace

Each season (winter, spring, summer, fall) has a brief window that we look forward to. It’s appreciated, and then at some point we arrive at a place that we are thankful for the next season to come along. For me it’s summer leading into fall. There is something about those dog days of summer that can seem grueling here in the tropics. But when the first whiff of cool air comes or the humidity drops as you exit your house that first morning of fall, you sense a change of seasons. Oh, how good it is! Whatever your preference, the […]

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Seek the Welfare of the City

“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers” (Galatians 6:10).   “Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor as the supreme authority or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good. For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good” (1 Peter 2:13-15).   Both Paul and Peter encouraged believers of their day to “do good” […]

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Homeless Individuals Are Receiving Their Stimulus Checks Thanks to Hope South Florida

More than $900,000 of non-filer applications over a six month period were submitted to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the homeless through assistance from HOPE South Florida. Of those submitted, homeless clients received stimulus checks valued at over $401,000. Stimulus Check Process The effort was coordinated in conjunction with Customer Assistance, Relationships and Education, Field Assitance (FA) along with Stakeholder Partnerships, Education & Communication (SPEC), Hope South Florida and Floridian Richard Campillo. There are many reason that some did not receive Economic Impact Payments (EIP checks) including due circumstances such as identity theft, change of address and bank […]

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Cancer Survivor Shares Message of Hope and Service

Nursing professor Dr. Kathy McKinnon serves students and patients as an ambassador of hope. She communicates not with empty platitudes, but with the voice of experience, as one who truly has known hopelessness. Students at Palm Beach Atlantic University listened in rapt attention recently as Kathy shared her story in a special chapel service brought by the university’s Student Wellness Committee. They came for the topic “Hope in the Midst of Uncertainty,” their own uncertainties ranging from exam grades to relatives facing cancer. “I wanted to give you a little insight into my story with cancer,” Kathy told them, “so […]

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Trinity International University Adopts HyFlex Education Model

Higher education is evolving. Trinity International University – Florida continues to advance, making sure that it serves its students, faculty, partners, and community well. For that reason, this past January the university adopted a HyFlex model of education. This provides students with the option of taking courses face-to-face at either its North Lauderdale or Kendall sites, or via Zoom from wherever they are in the world.  The effects of Hyflex Jessica Waddell, a student in the MA in Leadership program, considers that the main benefits of this new model are the comfort and flexibility it provides to both students and professors, […]

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