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Angel Tree Program Launched on Giving Tuesday

The Good News
12 Dec 2018
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The Salvation Army of Broward County launched its popular Holiday Angel Tree program beginning Giving Tuesday, November 27. This year, The Salvation Army of Broward is offering two easy ways to give – through visits to local retail locations and, for the first time, through Amazon.com. The popular holiday initiative provides a unique opportunity to involve the community in a direct way, allowing them to become personally involved in sharing with those less fortunate. “For almost 40 years, The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program has embodied the giving spirit of the Christmas season through faith, hope and generosity,” said Major Keath Biggers, Area Commander […]

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Enjoy Christmas Lights, Tours and Parades in Broward and Palm Beach

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! We at the Good News have found select Christmas events and lighting displays that you and your family can delight in during the holidays. Whether you are in Broward or Palm Beach County, enjoy taking a parade of lights, an enchanting walk or an iridescent tour through these magnificent displays of a bright Christmas! Broward Garden of Lights Flamingo Gardens 3750 S Flamingo Rd, Davie, FL 33330 December 14 – 30 5 – 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays $6.45-$9.95  flamingogardens.org Faith Presbyterian Church 1700 NW 98th Ave, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 December 14 – […]

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Good News Celebrates Our 2018 – 2019 Faith Leaders

The Good News
4 Dec 2018
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During this Christmas season, we felt it only appropriate to recognize the faith leaders who offer hope, encouragement and spiritual support to our community throughout the year. If you do not already have a place of worship, we hope you will join them this Advent as we celebrate the arrival of the promised Messiah and the Good News of the gospel. Above and Beyond Community Church Boca Raton 561 997-6109 www.aboveandbeyond.church Above and Beyond Community Church, established in 1992, and SonCoast Community Church, established in 1994, combined church families in March of 2018. Austin Calder, Senior Pastor   Boca Glades […]

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The Reason for the Season

Dr. Tommy Boland
3 Dec 2018
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It’s that most wonderful time of the year again! Throughout December it is likely you will see or hear the phrase, “The Reason for the Season.” There is only one true reason, of course, and His name is Jesus Christ. And that reason does not spring from an uninformed, blind leap of faith. To those who sneer that believing in the Babe in the manger is like believing in Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you can calmly and kindly reply that the birth of Christ is an historical event that is beyond contestation, which took place just over 2000 years ago […]

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All I Want for Christmas is…What?

Dr. Bob Barnes and Torrey Roberts
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The answer to that question could determine the success or failure of your Christmas experience. As a parent, the question is: What do we really want for Christmas? Don’t we want something that will last on into generations to come? Something powered by more than batteries. I have never heard anyone say, “We have a great family tradition of giving each other video games for Christmas. It’s been an awesome part of our Christmas for generations. It’s what brings us back home each year.” There are many things we could get for our family members – items that will not […]

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Giving Thanks and All That

Elizabeth Mitchell
13 Nov 2018
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“It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night” (Psalm 92:1–2). Some people might venture through their entire life without encountering someone they believed to be absolutely extraordinary. I am not one of those people. I want to tell you about a young man who falls smack dab into this distinguished category, who made a profound impact on the life of everyone in the brief time we were allowed to know him. Our son James was born with […]

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FCA Raises $90,000 in 100-Hole Golf Marathon

The Good News
12 Nov 2018
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Eighteen men accepted the challenge and played in the first Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) 100-hole Golf Marathon on Friday, September 21, 2018 at the beautiful Coral Ridge Country Club.  Each of the players played for 9 glorious hours in a sun-drenched South Florida day. J.C. Conte was Master of Ceremonies for the after tournament Awards dinner and cool down as players reminisced about the flurry of “almost” holes-in-one. Bryan Mitchell enjoyed the tournament’s only Hole-in-one and Will Lust was Low Score Medalist and Austin Cook was tops in Most Birdies. The big winner for the day was the Fellowship of […]

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The Wonderful Things My Wife Says…

Stephan Tchividjian
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One day, my wife Lisa said she felt that it was time we sacrifice more. I wasn’t sure what she meant. Was it time to begin to construct an altar in the back yard?  What would our neighbors think? What would we do with all the animals? Would Chihuahuas qualify? “Stephan, Stephan, Stephaaaaaaan….I think God is telling us we need to sacrifice more.” When I heard my name repeated several times, I realized that I had drifted off, probably a coping mechanism. “What do you mean?”  I asked. “I think we ought to adopt a child, and I think that […]

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“The Gospel According to Scrooge” is a Rare Musical of a Redemptive Christmas

Lydia Hicks
8 Nov 2018
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“The Gospel According to Scrooge” stage production returns for its second year, bringing Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to life in ministry to South Florida’s communities this December. Revelation Ministries, South Florida’s Christian performing arts organization, will present this free Christmas production at New Covenant Church on December 1, at Community of Hope on December 7 & 9, and at St. Paul Lutheran Church on December 15 & 16. Revelation Ministries’ Director Oksana Horton shared that this two-act Christmas musical performance with vivacious acting, singing and dancing “is an unforgettable story of how a life can be truly transformed by […]

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Good News Wants to Know …. What are you Thankful For that Made this Year Special?

The Good News
7 Nov 2018
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Since this is our November Thanksgiving issue, in the year 2018 are there one or two things that you’re thankful for that made this year special?   2018 brought us a baby girl, Summer Winslow Denison. She’s grateful that her big brother thinks she’s a dog (he pats her head like one) and also grateful her big sister Nora hasn’t blinded her (she’s constantly trying to poke her eyeballs out). Bob Denison, President, Denison Yacht Sales       Last December my wife had a chest x-ray during her normal checkup. The doctors noticed several small crushed glass circles in her right lung. […]

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