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Good News Wants to Know… Setbacks That Inspire

The Good News
30 Oct 2018
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Each month we ask community and business leaders of faith, who impact South Florida in profound ways, a one-sentence, lighthearted question designed to help the community get to know them better. Like many, perhaps they too have suffered disappointment or things didn’t go as they planned.   So, this month Good News Wants to Know…  What setback have you suffered that has inspired you? Years ago, when one of my children was diagnosed with Asperger’s, it motivated me to go into overdrive researching causes and interventions. The answers I found ended up benefitting my family, and even my extended family, […]

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Retired Nurse Saves Lives Outside Fort Lauderdale Abortion Facility

The Good News
24 Oct 2018
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Patty Kelly is into saving lives. A retired critical care nurse, since 2016 Patty has been doing much the same outside an abortion facility on Oakland Park Blvd. Only now she saves lives by sharing compassion and critically needed information to help abortion-minded women choose life. Patty said, the best part of what she does is seeing God at work, like the time a woman drove into the abortion facility lot and parked right next to Patty standing on the sidewalk. The night before, the woman had dreamed God did not want her to abort her baby. She came for […]

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“Indivisible” Displays The Power of Unfailing Love And Commitment

Finley Walker
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Coming to theaters this weekend, “Indivisible” is the story of Darren and Heather Turner as they pursue their calling to serve military families. Darren is an Army chaplain deployed to help mentor and counsel soldiers stationed in Iraq. Meanwhile, Heather remains at the home base to minister to the families left behind. But as the Turners battle for the souls that they serve, their relationship strains under the pressures of stress, separation and the traumas of war. The toughest battle, the Turners soon realize, will be the one for their marriage. Darren’s unit is completely devastated when a tragedy ends […]

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Bragging Rights

Elizabeth Mitchell
17 Oct 2018
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‘“Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.’ For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends” (2 Corinthians 10:17-18). They ooze out like sticky syrup, splotching conversation unnecessarily. Boastful words. Braggadocios challenges. Arrogant assumptions. Pride raises its puffed head and portrays pretentious imagery. Everyone discovers its nonsense, eventually. We are quick to speak of accomplishments, share where we’ve been and people we know, sort of. Photos depicting charmed lives elevate our status. We post and pose our perfect worlds as selfish pride points the camera on us; all […]

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Church United Holds Teacher Appreciation Lunch

The Good News
10 Oct 2018
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Four local churches, through Church United a partnership of local churches across denominations, hosted a teacher appreciation lunch on August 14 for the faculty and staff of Fort Lauderdale High School. With the help of approximately 40 volunteers, these four churches came together to provide lunch, teacher survival kits and school supplies for 175 teachers and faculty members to kick off the 2018-2019 school year. This event included inspirational programming and raffle prizes to show teachers how appreciated they are for investing in the students. Special thanks to Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza for donating lunch, the United Way for donating […]

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The Changing Face of Education in the US and How It’s Impacting the Faith of Children

Rob Hoskins
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“Our kids learn within a system of education devised for a world that increasingly does not exist.”[1] Technology has permeated the education system with American public schools providing at least one computer for every five students and $3+ billion per year for digital content. [2] One computer to five kids Tablets and smart boards don’t magically make pupils smarter unless teachers know how to use the devices properly and in a way that fosters engagement and encourages learning.[3] The old way consisted of “learn” then “do.” However, with ubiquitous access to information and 24/7 connectivity, learning and doing have become […]

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One Name Remains

Anitra Parmele
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Wilton Manors Baptist Church, Fort Lauderdale Community Church, North Star Community Church, Midtown Campus of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale and Harvest Preparation Ministries. The names have changed over the past fifteen years, but the desire to be a vibrant beacon for the gospel and the hope it offers has remained the same. This is a story not of a church or facility but of the Church as God has moved through pastors, businesspeople and lay members to reach a community and impact the generations.   Fort Lauderdale Community Church In 2004, five men began meeting for lunch to pray about […]

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Being Childlike in a Childish World

Dr. Gary Hewins
8 Oct 2018
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Imagine a humble, little first-century home existing within the New Testament era. Picture a dinner being prepared in a small, humble kitchen in first-century Palestine. A family is about to have a meal together. Out in the courtyard—outside the home—children are playing, running about and laughing. Just outside of the kitchen in the common area, there is a chair. In the chair is the head of the household, and he is sitting down after a long, hard day’s work, listening and peering out the window at his children as they play. His little girl in the front yard hears her […]

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Gov. Scott Speaks at South Florida Pastor’s Summit

The Good News
3 Oct 2018
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About 250 pastors and ministers from around the state gathered for a briefing on historic advancements in White House Policy for the Faith Community during a South Florida Pastor’s Summit on September 20th presented by the South Florida Pastors Network held at Iglesia Comunidad/Community Church in Pembroke Pines. Apostle Mario Bramnick hosted the event, which included presentations from Florida Governor Rick Scott, a report from Jennifer Korn, Deputy Director and Special Assistant to the President at The White House, and talks from Pastor Nilsa Alvarez, Regional Faith Director for the Florida Republican Party, and Pastor Luciano Bongarrá, of the Latin […]

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The Importance of Registering to Vote

Ariel Feldman
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Normally when a group of friends is planning an outing and one of them has to cancel because they have to work, everyone goes “Awwwwww.” When I have to cancel due to work everyone goes, “Ugh Lucky,” and I respond, “Mhm I know.” How is it that my friends are jealous of me? What job could I possibly have that’s better than hanging out with my friends? These are very good questions, oh dedicated reader. The answer is simply, HeadCount. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose purpose is to register people to vote. Over the past 10 years HeadCount has registered […]

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